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Hi folks
Sorry I'm kicking of March so late - I find myself behind in miles as well as many other things at the start of this month.
National Half for me later this month... and I need more long runs.
I was meant to go out tonight for a few more miles but it was 40F, chucking it down with rain with 25MPH wind. - I bailed
This week coming will be tough!
nzrun - great run in your recent half - thanks for sharing such a detailed report, and thanks too to all those who posted help and advice.
Keep on keeping on, all of you!
Check in here and let us all know how your March training is going...
or if you have upcoming races, let us know about them in the Upcoming Races - 2011 thread
2017 Goals1) Run more than 231 miles2) Be ready for HM in the spring
Climbing Mt Ruapehu
i went out and just ran a half marathon disstance on saturday just because.
very slow but at least i proved i can still run that far and the weather was rubbish and it was hilly.... slowly winding up the milage though
Personal Race Records:
M 3:52:48 (Auckland 2011), HM 1:38:16 (Taupo 2010), 10km 45:05 (Sir Barry 2010), 5km 20:21 (How Pak 5km 2010)
2012 Goals:Run the 75km Hillary Trail in a day (done 10/3/2012)
Nice work vino. It'll be a good confidence builder I'm sure.
I've had a good start to march, almost 100km so far. I'm racing 10k tomorrow so just did an easy 10k round the bays today. Hoping to PR tomorrow as this is probably the weakest of my PRs - currently 42.50 - hoping for sub 42, although the weather is not looking very cooperative!
I'm not racing a half in March - although I may do one in very early April. In fact the 10k is the only race I've got planned for March - I may need to do something about that!
Thanks Mandy
The earliest I will race is Taupo I think. At the moment just building up slowly. At the moment I just ensure I run every second sday. In April i will build it up a bit more. Back into the 22's for the 5km though not pushing it hard. Still plenty of hiking weather remaining so don't want running in front of that in priorities till after Easter.
8.4km Round the Bays on Saturday. Although puriten runners scoff at this massive crowded fun run, my kids and I really enjoy the atmosphere and wouldn't miss it for the world.
Monday- 30 minutes on the bike to nowhere.
Yesterday- 25 pushups, 8.2kms easy, another 25 pushups.
Today- who knows.
Vino, I have recently tried a couple of budget wines from Argento (in Argentina), a Pinot Grigio and a Malbec- good value if you get them down there.
PBs since age 60: 5k- 24:36, 10k - 47:17. Half Marathon- 1:42:41.
10 miles (unofficial) 1:16:44.
Team 9 from Outer Space
I'm just trying to get back into some sort of running routine because a ton of Arctic (-40*C days) weather this winter has tanked my running. I had a great run yesterday. I'm hoping to get back to some consistency and start 10k training next month for a June race. I've never done a proper training cycle for a 10K but I thought it would be worth a try. I'll race the 10K in June right before I start half training for my Sept race. I figure it'll help me to get my mileage base up.
"Don't feel like running today...suck it up and run ...you're an athlete." (John Stanton, founder & owner of The Running Room)
Three half marathons later, I got a number. Half Fanatic #9292. :)
Yesterday- 25 pushups, 8.2kms easy, another 25 pushups.
50 pushups in 1 day!! And you call yourself a runner?
Just finished my 5th day in a row - The missus is out of town this weekend and I have the kids all by myself so no running for me. Just happy that I managed to get my mileage in without injuring myself. With slipping last Sunday's long run to Monday this week ends up being my first ever 40+ mile week.
Mandy - Great 10k - 1st - wow!
Keep going Simon!
Good to see you getting back Meg!
Vino - your post motivated me to get out for a Gramin Half (13.3 miles) on Monday! Thx. Looks like you had a nice 5k this week too?
Have a good weekend all.
Thanks Matt. I am on the slow incline which is good. 5km felt good not fast but good
I ran my yearly "round the bays" fun run yesterday 8.4km. 39:07. Again felt good but 3 minutes slower than last year. I felt strong just think my cadence is down a bit. It was quite hot but probably a fair reflection of where I am at.
Just gotta keep plugging at it and building a base. Ran 4x last week and hiked once so doing ok...managed to attend a wedding and all associated carry on as well.
I am carry a few minor aches and feet are a bit of a mess at the mo so I am just tryiong to balance being sensible with keeping fitness going in the right direction
nice work on recent races. Are you finding that you are racing your way into shape?
Looks like I'll be doing a bit of pace bunny work for a friend in the LA Marathon this weekend. Does anyone know how marathons feel about that? Do they remove people from the course? I'll most likely either do the last 10k (not including finish) or a half marathon somewhere in the middle. The problem with the half marathon idea is it will require me running near race pace for a long time. So, not another race for me, but will most likely be near race effort.
Have been picking up the training a bit, NICE weather!
Starting to enjoy running again...
Good work the rest of you guys- Red I think a bit of race pace work is a good thing.
Have been picking up the training a bit, NICE weather!
Starting to enjoy running again...
Good work the rest of you guys- Red I think a bit of race pace work is a good thing.
Nice weather makes a difference, doesn't it!
Yesterday I went for a run with someone I hadn't run with before (one of my son's friends' Moms) and that worked out well so I think we'll run together again. If I can do one run a week not solo, that's probably good for my training.
Less than a week to the national half for me. I've had a couple of good weeks and, while I may be a few long runs short of PR shape, I have to admit that I will be disappointed if I don't crack 2:00 in this one. A couple of easy runs early this coming week and then one short one the day before the race. Very much looking forward to it.
Glad to see that everyone else seems to be doing so well:
Peter - Did you pace your buddy in the LA Marathon in the end? Did you see the McRunner?
TWTIGER03 - How was the big apple?
Here's hoping the end of March puts a Spring in your step!
Good luck next weekend-it seems like you've put in the training to break 2.
I did "pace" my friend, which really meant run with him and hang on for whatever pace he wanted, which, at times, was too fast. It was a decent effort in bad conditions (yes, it does rain in LA!), but I'm not sure what to make of it. I did 9 miles at about 7 seconds per mile faster than my most recent HM, but my HR was 7 beats higher.
I did see the McRunner, on tv at least. This was a first for me-I watched the race early on TV then took a cab to the 14 mile mark so that I could see the leaders go by, which was great. Then I waited in the rain, which was not.


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If I'd known, I might have done something else.
We've all said it. If I'd known the stock market would tank, I'd have bought gold. If I'd known summer would come in March, I'd have planted earlier. If I'd known spring would bring perfect weather, I'd have produced more.
None of us can know what will happen in the future, but we do know something about today's consumers: They're looking for instant gratification. They want mature plants, vibrant colors, unique varieties and low maintenance. Today's consumers are looking for sustainably grown herbs, edible ornamentals and native plants.
Will future consumers have the same demands? We can't know, but we do know that the growers most likely to be successful are differentiated by three essential factors: They listen to the retailer and consumer, they have a flexible and efficient infrastructure and they have a top team to "grow" with.
A grower's business depends on the right greenhouse to grow the right plants at the right time. But "right" isn't static. Plant varieties and weather conditions change, putting different performance demands on the house and outdoor growing areas. Responding to those changing pressures requires a greenhouse that is quickly and effectively adaptable.
Consider a grower who holds a contract with a retail giant and builds a greenhouse specifically to grow finished plants that will satisfy that contract. The greenhouse and coverings were cheaper and faster to construct than some alternatives, and they made sense when there were only a few crops
sharing a single growing environment.
That greenhouse and those coverings were also inflexible. When the grower lost the retail giant's contract, the limits of the greenhouse were
quickly apparent. Neither worked well for multiple customers who wanted a variety of propagation, prefinished and finished plants with different temperature, humidity, light and hardening-off needs. The grower can meet those diverse needs but quality may suffer – and profitability will certainly suffer.
Just as important as the physical structure of the greenhouse are the internal systems and equipment that support – or inhibit – growing and business agility. Some examples are coverings, ventilation options, heating, cooling, environmental controls, watering systems and material handling.
Make Your Business Agile
Agility is what sets a business apart, especially as the economy shifts and twists with ever-increasing speed. Becoming an agile organization means
incorporating it into the way a company looks at itself, its market and its future.
This isn't something we just talk about. It's something we practice. Later this year, Nexus will be opening a new manufacturing facility in Pana, Ill. From the earliest stages, we committed to building a facility that could meet today's needs efficiently but incorporate enough flexibility to meet needs we couldn't yet anticipate.
The new design has two production lines, one for aluminum greenhouses and retail bench production and the second for steel utility and greenhouse structures. Either production line can be adapted to double the production capacity of an individual line. Walls enclosing the steel welding area are framed to allow easy removal. The material flow inside the facility has been designed for maximum efficiency, from inventory to finished product. With the additional space and equipment, we can triple our capacity – but we aren't "paying for" that expansion until it is necessary.
The agility and flexibility built into our facility are the same characteristics we see in successful growing operations. Today's progressive grower has many
options to meet the dual objectives of immediate efficiency and long-term flexibility.
Glass or other high-light glazing systems provide maximum light while open-roof vent options allow maximum ventilation and cooling. Multiple shade and energy curtain systems provide the broadest environmental control, and new technology for side and end-wall ventilation make them more efficient than ever.


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The mission of iHOPE is to transform the manner in which educational services are delivered to students with brain injuries in this country and abroad and to be the worldwide leader in advancing evidence-based services to these students.
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iHOPE-NYC is a 12-month program that runs from 8:30 AM-5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. A benefits package is available for full time staff.
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Cinema, especially documentaries, and the performing arts in general have a few useful lessons for presentations.
Of course, the main lesson regarding presentations is that preparation is key — just like with the performing arts. But this is a post about details rather than a rehashing of my big presentations post.
1. Have a script. A real script, like a movie script.
In the past I used the Donald Norman approach: have an outline, annotated with some felicitous turns of phrase (those work better if you figure them out in advance) and important facts and figures. But now I find that having a script is a great tool, even if I tend to go off-script early and often in a presentation:
a) It forces me to plan everything in detail before the first rehearsal. Then I can determine what works and what doesn't and adapt the script. (Just like in a movie production.)
b) It makes obvious when there's over-use of certain expressions, unintended aliteration, tongue twisters, and pronunciation traps. Not to mention embarrassing unnoticed double entendres.
c) It creates a visual representation of the spoken word, which lets me see how long some chains of reasoning are.
d) It serves as a security blanket, a mental crutch, especially when I'm lecturing in a language different from the one I speak all day at the lecture location (say, speak portuguese in Lisbon, listen to Puccini arias in italian, read Le Monde in french, and then have to capstone discussion classes with english lecturettes).
2. Explicitly write treatments on script
By writing the treatments (slide, board, video, interactive, prop, handout, demonstration, discussion, etc) explicitly into the script I can identify potential problems:
a) If there's a block of more than 750 words (i.e. about ten minutes) that has no treatments, it had better be an interesting story. If I think that the story could use some attention-grabbing treatment, I have time to figure out what to do as I write the script.
b) If there's a diagram on a projected material that requires several builds, and is marked as such on the script, I identify that as an opportunity for a step-by-step construction on the board. That change comes at a cost of production values (upon seeing my drawings, arts teachers suggested I follow a career in text- or numbers-based fields); the benefit is the physicality of the writing and the motion of the speaker. (Note: draw on board, turn, then speak. Even with a microphone, speaking into the board is bad practice, as the speaker cannot gauge the audience's reaction.)
c) By having a cue to the upcoming treatment, I can compensate for lag in equipment response. For example, in the script above I want the video to start as I finish my sentence "money can't buy taste or style." Given my equipment lag, I need to click the remote when I say "money" so that the words in the video follow mine without noticeable pause. (The pause would distract the audience, and direct some of their attention to the technology instead of the content. Obviously I don't say "let's see a video about that" or some such.)
d) Explicit treatments also make it easy to check whether I have all the materials ready and to make sure that I don't forget anything in the mise en scène before I start. (This is a particularly useful reminder to set up demonstrations and double-check props before the event.)
3. There's only one "take" on stage – so practice, practice, practice
The first practice talk is basically a check for design issues; many things that sound or appear adequate in one's mind ear or eye fail when said out loud, projected on a screen, or written on a board. After the first practice there's usually a lot of presentation materials rework to do. It goes without saying that failing to do this practice presentation means that the problems that would have been discovered during the practice will happen during the actual presentation – when it matters and in front of an audience.
A few iterations of this practice-analyze-rework (reminiscent of the draft-edit-redraft-edit- process for written word) should converge to a "gold master" talk. At this point practice will be for delivery issues rather than design issues: intonation, pronunciation, movement, posture, etc.
Full dress rehearsals, preferably in the presentation venue, are great tools to minimize surprises at the presentation time. I always try to get access to the venue ahead of time, preferably with the A/V people that will be there for the presentation.
If you feel ridiculous giving a full dress rehearsal talk to an empty room while the A/V people watch from their booth, just think how much more ridiculous it is to fail in front of an audience for lack of preparation.
(It goes without saying, but I said it before and will say it again, that practice is the last step in the preparation process before the presentation event; some presenters believe that practice can replace the rest of the preparation process, which is a grave error.)
4. Record and analyze presentations, even the practice ones
Given how cheap recording equipment is, there's no reason not to record presentations (except perhaps contractual restrictions).
The main reason for recording is quality control and continuous improvement; a second reason is to capture any impromptu moments of brilliance or interesting issues raised during the Q&A.
Depending on various arrangements and the presenter's approach to sharing, these recordings can also be part of the public portfolio of the presenter.
5. The Ken Burns effect - it's not a spurious animation
I have railed against the profusion of unnecessary animations in presentation, so it's ironic that I'm advocating adding animation to static images. But there's a logic to it.
There are a few times when I have a few minutes worth of words that refer to or are supported by a photo. That photo is the projected material for those minutes, but I've started using very slow pans and zooms (the Ken Burns effect, after the PBS documentarian) to create a less boring experience.
My pragmatic guidelines for using the Ken Burns effect are:
a) Use sparingly: once, maybe twice in a presentation, and not in a row.
b) Very slow motion; the idea is to create a just-noticeable-difference so that there's something to keep the attention on the picture, but not enough to distract from what I'm saying.
c) The picture has to be high-resolution so that there's no pixelation.
d) In case of uncertainty, no effect. (Less is more.)
e) Since the photo supports the words I'm saying, and Keynote doesn't allow slide transitions in the middle of animations, the length of the effect has to be just short of the time it takes to say the words.
And a big difference from performing arts and documentaries: Every talk is new, even the canned ones.
Unless you're Evelyn Waugh, you don't want to give the same talk every time. Knowledge evolves, circumstances change, new examples appear in the media, and you learn new stuff from the question and answer period after a talk, or in the socializing period.
Having a script (and a master presentation a la Tom Peters) lets a speaker track the changes that a talk goes through over its lifecycle. It's an interesting exercise in itself, but also can give hints for how to adapt other "canned" talks one may have in one's portfolio.
Preparation, Practice, and Performance. Gee, it's like one of those management things where a complicated field is summarized by a few words that start with the same letter. But it's accurate.
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Related posts:
Posts on presentations in my personal blog.
Posts on teaching in my personal blog.
Posts on presentations in this blog.
My 3500-word post on preparing presentations.


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Charles X. Block of Tamaqua celebrates 90 years in business
ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/TIMES NEWS Owner Ralph Richards, left, and manager Richard Gibson, stand next to their men's casual apparel at Charles X. Block in Tamaqua. The store is celebrating its 90th anniversary.
Charles X. Block in Tamaqua is celebrating over nine decades of business in Tamaqua.
Ted Block, who operated the store since 1963, when his father, Charles X. Block, passed away, recalled a personal letter from President Harry Truman, saying, "I remember when my father sold a hat to one of Truman's secret service guards for the President." Block, who pointed out that the President's hat size was seven and one quarter, said, "President Truman stated his gratitude for the fine hat."
Block, along with Richard Gibson, who has worked at Block's for over 30 years and remains the store's manager, recalled another memory during the years. Richard remembered providing alteration work to actors of the Lakewood Park, once located in Barnesville, saying, "Believe it or not, we used to sell women's bathing suites."
Ted also mentioned a century of family traditions revolving around his family's strong involvement in the men's suit and clothing industry; pointing out both his father's and grandfather's long successes of being in the local forefront of the men's clothing industry. "In years past, there used to be five men's clothing stores in Tamaqua. Now, ours was the only one that survived," stated Block.
In July 2011, the store was purchased by Ralph and Jeanette Richards of Jim Thorpe. "We'll never get rid of what has made the store so great for nine decades," said Ralph. The Richards are making sure the formal transition of ownership remains slow, as to allow them to get to know their customers and their needs. "Even though Charles X. Block has new owners, we decided to keep the name of the store the same," stated Ralph.
Block stated, "Ralph had worked side by side with me since October 2010 before deciding to purchase the store from me two years ago."
"The store has weathered economic depression and recession," said the current owners. "Charles X. Block has weathered numerous times of economic depression and recession."
In addition to offering a wide array of apparel and services; such as men's suits, tuxedos, rentals, shoes, gifts, accessories and tailoring services, Ralph stated they are offering a number of added men's apparel items, such as additional casual sport shirts, school uniforms, hats, gifts, jewelry, dress shirts, pants, sweaters, jeans, jackets, top coats, sunglasses, outerwear and more. "Our items appeal to everyone's everyday needs," said Ralph.
"Every month, we have specials on Facebook and via email," added Ralph. 'We communicate with over 1,000 people this way."
The store is also drop off location for dry cleaning, as well as offers clothing alterations, bridal wear restoration, personalized vinyl banners, shoe resoling and more.
Both Ralph and Ted mentioned that they have continued to offer the many traditions involved with tuxedo rentals, such as providing "swatches", or pieces of fabric, for customers to browse before selecting from their large selection of custom ordered American made suits ranging in all sizes. "Most of the items are still here," said Ralph. "We enhanced items that Ted and Charles have always had."
"Anything bought here is altered for free," said Rich. "We do more tailoring here in the past year more than ever." "We boutique orders exclusively for person that comes in," said Ralph. "Turn around is usually less than a week."
"We have widened the selection to include some updated men's ideas," said Ralph. "We are always thought of as a tuxedo and suit place. Rather, think of us as a gift idea place."
Jeanette noted that all the women who entered the store brought up the lack of women's attire or accessories. Adding a little twist to traditional inventory, Jeanette had included brand name women's clothing accessories to the store's inventory; such as fashion jewelry, one of a kind fashion handbags, custom made head and hairbands, scarfs and more. "You don't have to travel far to find an affordable gift. We have something for everyone," added Jeanette.
Charles X. Block, 251 W. Broad St., also remains longtime member of the Tamaqua Chamber of Commerce.
The Richards also pointed out the store's continued commitment to the community, pointing out the store's availability of providing fundraising opportunities for nonprofit organizations.
The store's hours are Monday to Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. They can also be reached at (570) 668-1112 or via Facebook.
"Charles X. Block was built on over 90 years of caring and we don't plan on changing that," said Ralph. "We'll continue to be a community minded business, with the idea of understanding the great benefits of shopping local."


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Happy Fall!
As usual you can find lots of information on the Northwoods Strings Calendar on this web site. Visit my web site to keep up with my performing schedule, find out about new music releases, and just find out what's new. Ditto for Duck for the Oyster.
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Meet Anthony & Miss LePew – Wendy's Pet(s) Of The Week!
Every week, The Humane Society of West Michigan brings in a new furry friend for me to meet and feature as "Wendy's Pet Of The Week". This week, Igot TWO new friends! I have to admit, I definitely more of a "dog person" than a "cat person", but these two cuties might have tipped the scale towards the feline side for me. Anthony and Miss LePew are just 2-months-old and are full of life and ready for a new, loving home. Tammy Hagedorn, Director of Development for the Humane Society of West Michigan, brought the kittens in and said that currently, they have over 125 kittens and cats in the shelter. It's very important to them to find forever homes for as many of those cats and kittens as they can as soon as possible.
To help out with that adoption initiative, the Humane Society will be running a special. Next weekend, July 12 and 13, ALL cats and kittens will be FREE! But, the offer is only good next weekend, so plan accordingly.
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It features: The Westside hole pattern (1" spacing through the bench and clean pull zone and 2" spacing everywhere else), 5/8" fastening hardware and compatibility with a whole range of Infinity Rack add ons like the Matador.
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You will find the multi award-winning Willow Tree Tea Gardens nestling in the beautiful and historic village of Godshill on the Isle of Wight. Here, owners Ian and Sue have carved out an oasis of calm, featuring a stunning renaissance garden with cascading waterfalls, hanging baskets and hand-sculpted stone seats & tables.
There is nowhere better to enjoy a glorious lunch, snack or traditional afternoon tea than Willow Tree Gardens. You won't find a more enchanting restaurant and garden in which to while away the hours whilst enjoying delicious, homemade dishes, indulgent cream teas and some of the best fresh crab and seafood that the Island has to offer.
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CARMEL VALLEY -- Santarus Inc. reported a net loss of $21.2 million, or 62 cents per share, for the quarter ended Sept. 30. That compares with a net loss of $7 million, or $3.78 per share, for the same quarter a year ago. Santarus, a specialty pharmaceutical company, greatly increased the number of shares on the
market in between the two reporting periods, from about 1.85 million to 33.98 million.
Also on Tuesday, Santarus said it plans to file an application with the Food and Drug Administration for its Zegerid capsules to neutralize stomach acid. The company said it had positive results from clinical trials of Zegerid in two dose formulations. The application to market Zegerid is expected to be filed
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$3.9 Billion!
That's what the Golf 20/20 folks peg the charitable impact of golf--professional and Monday tournament variety--in 2011.
Even if you cut that in half, as folks more jaded than I have been known to do, it's an impressive number.
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Top 10 July Fine Art Sales Total Over $146.4 Million
According to the Artnet price database, the top ten most expensive works of fine art totaled over $146.4 million at auction in July. In other news, a group of women in the Philippines create a new business with livable wages by turning rags to riches and check out a Kickstarter for cool new LED wheel lights for night biking.
Check out the news and headlines after the jump.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Fettuccine Alfredo with Sausage
... which was slightly spicy without being overpowering.
While this was very, very tasty, I'm still searching for a creamier fettuccine alfredo. As our friend D told us over dinner last weekend, "saucy" alfredo isn't authentic but I just don't care. I like a thick, creamy sauce with my alfredo; otherwise I feel like I'm eating plain old pasta with butter and cheese. Yes, I know authentic alfredo is just butter and cheese, but if I'm making the caloric commitment I want sauce, damnit!
So the search continues. If anyone out there in blogland has a creamy, saucy fettuccine alfredo recipe please let me know. Thanks!
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- C in Canada10:34 AM, August 24, 2007
You MUST use 35% cream to get the saucy creaminess. I basically just melt butter in a pan and add cream, S&P, simmer for a while, adding other ingredients you may be using, like sausage or a vegetable (I always toss in some asparagus, or julienned snow peas for texture). when you've reached the desired consistency from a low simmer, add a handful of fresh reggiano, then the pasta. add more cream if it needs to be loosened up.ReplyDelete
I used to use lower-fat cream but it makes for a dry and less rich sauce, so I bite the bullet and eat it less often with the good stuff!
I'm practically drooling here! I never make fettucini alfredo, but a local restaurant serves a chicken fettucini alfredo that I get once in a while. It's soooo evil and sooooo good!ReplyDelete
For a creamier alfredo, make the original recipe with butter, heavy cream, and reggiano, but before adding the cheese add some sour cream. Not only does this give you the "sauciness" it adds a nice piquant flavor that stands up to some stronger flavors like spinach or sausage.ReplyDelete
BTW I really enjoy your site.
Thanks for the tips, everyone. I think we need to wait awhile before making such a rich and fattening dish again but I can't wait to try your tips. :)ReplyDelete
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Skins UK Sezonul 1 Episodul 3 - Jal
Time to get to know the girl behind the clarinet. Whereas the rest of her family make their mark by spitting out rhymes to booming base beats, Jal seeks solace from the chaos all around her in the classical tunes flowing over her single reed. Although seemingly trying to keep a controllable distance from the adolescent conundrum that the 21st century teenagers have created around her, it is not long before she is sucked into the whirlwind of her surroundings. But can the resulting destruction create something better?
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Dental wait times ease slightly
Waiting times for dental patients in South Australia's Riverland have been reduced by two months since late last year, to about 18 months.
This is twice as long as Adelaide but about average for the state's regions.
The SA Dental Service says the public dental clinic is working at full capacity, while a mobile clinic at Berri will be fully staffed when a new dentist arrives shortly.
The acting executive director, Anne Pak-Poy, says private dentists have also been seeing public patients to reduce waiting times to about average for the state's regions.
"They are absolutely key to us moving forward, so it's a joint approach, the public sector in collaboration with the private sector is how we actually reach optimum removal of people from waiting lists," she said.
She says a new clinic being built in Berri with the University of Adelaide's Dental School will help patients get an appointment even sooner.
"Now that will get us over that problem where we're at the moment constrained by the amount of infrastructure that we've got in the way of public dental clinics in the Riverland," she said.
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Computer Shopper: Civilization: Call to Power: Civilization as We Knew ItJun 21, 1999, 19:55 (1 Talkback[s])
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"When it rains, it pours. At least that's how it must seem to gamers who have waited years for a sequel to the brilliant Sid Meier creation Civilization II. Now, within a short span of months, we've been treated to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and Activision's Civilization: Call to Power. If you're a turn-based strategy fan, life is good again.
"More akin to its namesake than Meier's latest opus, Call to Power's gaming concepts and conventions will make Civilization fans feel right at home. Nearly everything else about the game, however, is bigger and better than ever, with incredibly deep game play and vastly improved graphics, animation, and sound effects."
"Civilization: Call to Power is a remarkable effort, and worthy of a prominent place on any strategy gamer's must-have list."
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OAKLAND — A 79-year-old man was stabbed Sunday morning by a man who robbed him of less than $10, police said.
The man was getting into his car at a gas station in the 2200 block of 77th Avenue around 6:40 a.m. when he was confronted by another man and stabbed at least twice, police said.
He was wounded in the chest and stomach, and remains in stable condition, police said.
No arrests have been made.
David DeBolt contributed to this report.


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Supercross Is Back … And So Is Dianna [VIDEO]
Finally, it's back!
Finally, it's back!
Ever get hit on the head? By a MOTORCYCLE??
Motorcycle Monday is back!!
Time again for the fastest couple of minutes in radio .. Motorcycle Monday!!
Dungey calls down the thunder in Colorado!
Supercross went to Montreal this weekend, crunching through the ice and snow!!
Here it comes ... Motorcycle Monday!
Everybody in Phoenix this weekend for Supercross. Including me! Not for the race though :( I was there for Social Distortion...


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Bauer has been officially scratched from the 2010 Melbourne Cup due to a hoof injury.
After undergoing a veterinary inspection this morning, Racing Victoria stewards were not able to clear the 2008 Melbourne Cup second placegetter to run in the $6 million showdown at Flemington today.
The Luca Cuman-trained grey was a $71 chance to win at Luxbet and was horse number 18 in the 2010 Melbourne Cup field.
The official Melbourne Cup scratching time is 7:30am (AEDST).
Stay tuned for more details.
There are still 23 top stayers in the 2010 Melbourne Cup fields, so check the odds at Luxbet now!


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London: Indian-born Samit Patel is still recovering from the shock of being named in England's squad for the one-day series against South Africa which starts next week.
According to The Sun, Patel has certainly earned the call-up as he has excelled with both bat and ball in the 50-over Friends Provident Trophy earlier this season:
He averaged 42 with the bat and picked up 14 wickets at 13.5 runs apiece with his orthodox left-arm spin.
But he has absolutely no clue what has earned him national duty honours.
"When I first got the call I was shocked," admitted Patel, who is certain of being given a warm-up match with England Lions against the tourists either today at Leicestershire's Grace Road ground, or on Saturday at the County Ground in Derby.
"I thought Geoff Miller (Chief England selector] was only calling me about the England Lions games."
Patel has always been on the England radar since appearing at under-15 level. Under-17 and under-19 followed, the Lions and then England next week are just natural progressions, but his selection, provided he reproduces his FP Trophy form today, Saturday and in the NatWest series, opens up the distinct possibility of his being called up for the tour to India this winter.
"I cannot stress enough how much I want to get out there and play for England," he said yesterday.
Patel, who was born in Leicester, but moved with the family to Nottingham when he was two, said: "My family is from Gujarat, so it would be a big deal for me if I were picked to go on England's tour of India this winter. I have got aunts and grandparents over there. They would support me. And of course Ahmedabad would be a big match for me."


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Follow these instructions to have QuickBooks automatically back up your company file when you close the file.
If you prefer, you can schedule backups daily or on specific days and times.
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Kurt Nimmo
November 10, 2010
Despite a claim by the Transport Security Administration that its employees are not sexually assaulting passengers, a flight attendants union with 2,000 members has voiced its outrage over "invasive pat-downs" recently implemented by the TSA.
"We're getting calls daily about peoples' experiences, our members are concerned," Deborah Volpe, Vice President of the Association of Flight Attendants Local 66, told ABC 15 in Phoenix, Arizona. Volpe said the union is offering advice to its flight attendants.
ABC 15 reports that union email informs flight attendants if they opt out of using the body scanner through security and are required to undergo a pat-down to ask the pat-down be conducted in a private area with a witness. "We don't want them in uniform going through this enhanced screening where their private areas are being touched in public," said Volpe. "They actually make contact with the genital area."
In addition to voicing their concern with the union, some flight attendants have contacted the ACLU.
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The outrage of flight attendants follows that of commercial pilots who have protested both naked body scanners and intrusive pat-downs. "Pilots are piping mad over the options, saying the full-body scanners emit dangerous levels of radiation and that the alternative public patdown is disgraceful for a pilot in uniform. Some pilots have said they felt so violated after a patdown, they were unfit to fly," reports ABC News.
Captain Dave Bates, the head of Allied Pilots Association, wrote an email to pilots suggesting they forgo naked body scanners and the humiliation of a public patdown. "In my view, it is unacceptable to submit to one in public while wearing the uniform of a professional airline pilot," Bates said.
On Monday, the head of the US Airways Pilots Association, Captain Mike Cleary, said the new procedures have both the public and pilots up in arms. "These changes are far reaching, intrusive and have been implemented almost overnight, leaving little time for groups who are adversely affected to form a response," said Cleary.
He told ABC News about the experience of one U.S. Airways pilot who was so traumatized by a patdown, he is now unable to function as a crewmember. "The words this pilot used to describe the incident included 'sexual molestation,' and in the aftermath of trying to recover, this pilot reported that he had literally vomited in his own driveway while contemplating going back to work and facing the possibility of a similar encounter with the TSA," Cleary said.
The procedures are also a direct violation of the Fourth Amendment. "All this is a gross violation of Americans' Fourth Amendment rights, of course. It's also demeaning and (intentionally) humiliating to air travelers. In addition, the use of naked body scanners on children violates child porn laws," writes Mike Adams of Natural News.
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"The TSA, through its groping of passengers and the capturing of their naked body images, is guilty of committing numerous felony crimes. If a security guard at a grocery store, for example, groped little children with his fingers and took 'naked body scanner' pictures of customers, he would be arrested as a sex crime offender," Adams continues. "So why are we letting our own federal government commit sex crimes against us when we'd be thrown in prison for the same lewd behavior?"
Meanwhile, the corporate media is engaged in a full court press to convince people they have no choice but to submit to government molestation and/or a pornographic naked body scanner with its dangerous radiation.
On Tuesday, Bill O'Reilly said we have no choice but to submit or "hitchhike." He said he would submit to a naked body scanner instead of allowing TSA minimum wage goons to grope his genitalia.
Especially disgusting is the reaction of Kimberly Guilfoyle who reacted with indignation that anybody would actually resist submitting to the government.


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This morning, I ran the Run the Rocks 5K at the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO.
Or, as is shall be called from now on: The Ouch Run, or the more daring Coloradans are Crazy Dash.
For the first two miles, I was thinking this was going to be my favorite race. It looped around the parking lot, and shot down the road. Nothing but winding mountain road straight downhill. As I was running down the hill at a ridiculous pace, all I could think about is how I wanted to be on a bike so I could be flying down the hill. One of those hills.
Train of thought: I am dominating this race! I am going to dominate my PR. This. Is. Awesome!
Down. Down. Down. Down.
As I kept going downhill, passing the amphitheater, dropping far below the elevation of the finish line, I had this epiphany of impending doom. I have to go up. Shit.
The last mile & a quarter was brutal. BRUTAL. 98% of the people around me had to stop and walk up this beast for a good portion of time. The other 2% wanted to. I was one of them. That amazing downhill turned into this wretched, soul crushing uphill.
Up. Up. Up.
To top it off, Red Rocks has what I have deemed "The Staircase of Death." So after killing yourself on the back half of the 5K, the finish line was at the top of the S.O.D. Ugghhh...
I honestly haven't had my butt kicked that hard since high school football workouts.
This race made me realize 2 things:
-I need to really get into trail running if I am going to be racing in Colorado.
-I am going to HURT tomorrow.
Time: Not so good.
Workout: Amazing!
What a beautiful morning in Colorado!


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I've been trying to get in the swing of Christmas this week, so have been listening to Christmas music, watching Christmas adverts and watching cute kids share their thoughts about Christmas on Youtube.
It's kind of worked but I felt like I needed something else; then I remembered a lovely retelling of the Christmas Story I saw online last year and hunted it down so I could share it with you.
Here it is.
Isn't it lovely? I'm not religious at all but I just love Mary and Joseph, the sheeps, the smallest king and the star who seems to be channeling Patrick from Sponge Bob Square pants. My kids like it because they use a real baby, not just a doll.
I've shown it all over my timeline on FB and my friends who have commented all mention the kids' accents as it's made in NZ. After the first few seconds I don't even notice that these children speak differently to my four, but I think that's because I still have a strong Kiwi accent myself.
But I do know what people mean about kids with different accents. I can remember listening to a couple of English children on the tube when I first arrived in the UK and thinking their accents were so cute. Now I have 4 of my own yelling 'Mum' at me endlessly, the English accent is not so charming. All of them have definite British accents except for when they swear, then for some reason they lapse into a broad Kiwi accent. Can't think why…
I am unlikely to stop sounding like a Kiwi no matter how long I live in the UK ( 14 years so far and counting) and I don't mind. People often ask me where I'm from, when we are out and about, and I usually find myself saying 'Middlesex' before I realise they are referring to my antipodean accent. In my head I sound as English as my husband and children.


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Issue No. 03 - May/June (2007 vol. 27)
pp: 94-105
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MM.2007.46
Serag GadelRab , Double-Pole Technologies
Widespread deployment of 10-gigabit Ethernet connections to servers has been hampered by the high cost of network interfaces and the fast-network, slow-host phenomenon. Although the cost of 10GbE connectivity is decreasing, the mismatch between network bandwidth and host computational capacity still needs attention. This article describes the challenges posed by 10GbE termination in modern servers, presents evolving methods that can overcome the computational challenges, and highlights future research trends.
Ethernet, I/O and data communications, local-area networks, communication and networking
Serag GadelRab, "10-Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity for Computer Servers", IEEE Micro, vol. 27, no. , pp. 94-105, May/June 2007, doi:10.1109/MM.2007.46


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Aegis inSite Mobile Visibility Into Your Aegis Manufacturing Operations System inSite turns your iPad or iPhone into a mobile portal to a vast range of ...
Aegis inSite Mobile Visibility Into Your Aegis Manufacturing Operations System inSite turns your iPad or iPhone into a mobile portal to a vast range of manufacturing and traceability information. Aegis designed the apps for use by engineers, production supervisors, customer program managers, factory management and executive management. It provides quick, easy and mobile access to routinely required and actionable information from their Aegis MOS system. Key Uses in the Factory: •Executive Management: Executives who may be unfamiliar with the full Aegis interface can get quick actionable information via the simple inSite interface to help guide their factory and to have the business intelligence to make the right decisions. •Marketing/Sales: Sales and marketing can utilize the simple and powerful mobile interface to provide undeniable proof of the power of the information management within the factory by simply showing the touring customer or prospect the depth and instant nature of information recall in the plant. •Production Management: Immediate access to WIP status, yield, and problem points. •Quality Management: Drill into root quality issues and localize them while moving about the factory in real-time. •Traceability: Respond instantly to traceability requests for a unit, or an emergency reverse lookup to contain a recall. •Manufacturing and Process Engineering: Gain instant undistorted data about the latest manufacturing issue while walking to the floor and be armed with the data to properly resolve the situation. Key Features of inSite: •Forward Traceability: Input a product serial number and instantly recall the product image, the route, materials content with lots, test symptoms, measurements and defects found during production. •Reverse Traceability: Input a material lot and part number and recall the serialized units into which that lot component was installed. •Share: Email reverse traceability data directly from the app to assist in the fastest possible recall containment. •Visualize: Recall the actual product image from the CAD design at the time of manufacture by inputting its serial number. •Summary Data: From one view, see the scanned quantity, passed quantity, failed quantity, yield, defects and completed units and drill into detailed bar graphs or Paretos. •Quality Data: Scoping by time, work order, assembly etc, drill into Paretos, to defect types, quantities, and even down to the pin or connection level of a single component. •WIP Monitor: Drill into the unit quantities at this moment residing at certain work cell or route locations of units within a work order, part numbers, etc. •Packout Records: See the progress on a particular job and the ship quantities and records. •Quality: Drill down into the yield and defects by time, work order, and assembly. System Requirements: •iOS 4.0 and above operating system on iPad or iPhone •Aegis Version 7.6.2 and above MOS system. •Wifi connection or mobile data connection are required either within the Aegis FUSION iServer network or via VPN if secure access is desired. •Emailing traceability data requires at least one email account operational on the iPad or iPhone where inSite is installed. •Data available via inSite is dependent upon the MOS system modules owned and their deployment within the factory. The application cannot display data the system is not gathering.
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An Arco gas station in Otay Mesa was held up on Friday shortly after midnight, San Diego police said.
A Latino man in a dark, hooded jacket and a red bandanna walked into the gas station market on Del Sol Boulevard at Picador Boulevard and demanded money, police said.
He simulated having a gun tucked into his waistband. A clerk handed over some cash and the robber left. He was described as 20 to 30 years old, about 5 feet 3 inches tall and of thin build.


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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center director to present program at Taylor Community Jan. 17
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LACONIA – Ian MacLeod, executive director of the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center will present an illustrated program about the work the center does and what's new for 2014. The program will be held on Friday, January 17 at 11 a.m. at the Taylor Community's Woodside Building.
MacLeod will bring a live osprey and discuss Project OspreyTrack, an international project started by the center in 2011. Each year, nearly 50,000 visitors walk the center's exhibit trail in Holderness to see live animal exhibits and learn about New Hampshire's ecology. Another 13,000 students participate in school programs; 10,000 passengers enjoy a spectacular tour of Squam Lake and thousands more attend adult and family programs and special events.
In 2012, the center launched the Nature Matters capital campaign with a goal of raising $3.5 million for exciting new exhibits and enhancements that will be completed by 2016 – the Science Center's 50th anniversary.


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Boerke Landfill
Site Information
- Oak Creek, WI (Milwaukee County)
- CERCLIS listing
- Alias(es): Allis Chalmers-Boerke
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
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312-886-6163 or 800-621-8431, ext. 66163
Remedial Project Manager
Patrick Hamblin
312-886-6312 or 800-621-8431, ext. 66312
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Oak Creek
Public Library
8620 South Howell Avenue
Oak Creek, WI 53154
Phone: 414-764-4400
Prior to the 1940s, a portion of the site measuring approximately one-quarter acre served as a disposal area for arsenic wastes from an adjacent dye manufacturing facility located on the property directly north of the Boerke site. Results of investigations conducted by DuPont in the mid-1980s revealed that high levels of arsenic were present in several areas: disposal area soils; sediment in an adjacent wetland; and sediment in portions of a drainage swale that extends from the wetland to the north along the property boundary to Lake Michigan.
In December 1994, at the request of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), U.S. EPA performed a site investigation to determine the need for U.S. EPA assistance and cleanup. After collecting and analyzing a limited number of soil and sediment samples at various locations on the site, U.S. EPA determined that the site posed a potential threat to human health and the environment and that a cleanup was needed.
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- Proposed Plan for Cleanup of the Boerke Site (PDF) (10pp, 341KB) September 2009
- Introducing the Boerke Site (PDF) (4pp, 822KB) July 2000
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- Enforcement Action Memorandum (PDF) (13pp, 840K) April 2002
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C NYI 5 years ago
John Tavares collected a pair of helpers in New York's 4-3 win versus the Tampa Bay Lighting on Monday.
Tavares was held pointless in the Islanders' season debut loss to the Devils. In this contest, he set up goals by Matt Martin and Kyle Okposo in the late stages of the second period.


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LMAO - Cookies. :hiya Booby Trap girl :lol
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LMAO - Cookies. :hiya Booby Trap girl :lol
Cookies? Wow!
Cookies?! Freaking COOKIES?
The girl doesn't have two working brain cells to use here...
Roxy announces at TC that Angie is a booby trap and it's bothered her from day one. And that Malcolm and Angie snuggling is creepy because she wouldn't do it with her brother.
And then Roxy calls jeff "josh".
Roxy's doing a good job throwing Angie under the bus. But I think it might turn on her. She is the weakest link...and I think Denise will vote her out along with Angie and Malcolm.
I just do not like Roxy...her attitude gets to me. She's very self-righteous and holier than though. I do hope she goes. Too bad...I was rooting for her last week.
:lol Booby Trap is smirking :hiya Roxy
Excellent! Roxy is gone!
Excellence. Roxy and her bitchface are gone.
Roxy laughs when she's voted out. Again...that attitude is just too much. She really thinks she's smarter and better than everyone else. Her less than diplomatic attitude and her super weak performance bit her in the butt. buh-bye!


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THE FACTS: With their best player, Dirk Nowitzki, sidelined for at least another month following knee surgery and another key starter, center Chris Kaman, out with a pulled calf muscle, the Mavericks weren't expected to put up a fight Tuesday night against the re-tooled Lakers. That information obviously wasn't passed along to the Mavericks, who continuously poked holes in L.A.'s defense while pulling away in the second half for a 99-91 season-opening victory at Staples Center.
QUOTABLE: "We were opportunistic."
-- Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle
THE STAT: The Lakers can place a lot of blame on themselves for starting the season 0-1 and frustrating their optimistic crowd. Simply put, they shot 12-for-31 from the free-throw line. Dwight Howard, a 58.8 percent career free-throw shooter, was much worse than that in his Lakers debut, shooting just 3-for-14 from the stripe. Howard is the first member of the Lakers to shoot 25 percent or less from the line with a minimum of 10 attempts since 2004.
TURNING POINT: Dallas point guard Darren Collison drained a pull-up jumper with 1.4 seconds remaining in the first half, giving the Mavericks the lead for good, 48-46. Kobe Bryant banked in a shot with five minutes left in the third quarter to cut the deficit to three, but Dallas followed with a 6-0 run and the Lakers never got closer than five the rest of the way.
HOT: After coming over from Indiana in the offseason, Collison had an impressive debut for the Mavericks. The Southern California native scored a team-high 17 points on 8-for-12 shooting and helped limit Lakers point guard Steve Nash to seven points and four assists in his debut as well. That was the first time the eight-time All Star has been held to less than 10 points and five assists while playing at least 20 minutes.
NOT: Nash made the first shot of the game for the Lakers, a 3-pointer after Howard missed a dunk, made his second attempt but then shot 1-for-7 the rest of the way. That was more productive then fellow starter Metta World Peace, who shot 1-for-8 and scored three points.
QUOTABLE II: "Our guys started thinking a little too much and our execution wasn't quite there like it was to start the game."
-- Lakers coach Mike Brown
GOOD MOVE: Dallas coach Rick Carlisle made a late change and inserted Brandan Wright into the starting lineup at center, then brought Eddy Curry off the bench. Curry, who was claimed off waivers late last week and had played in just 24 NBA games in the last four years, seemed better equipped to run with the second unit and finished with seven points and four rebounds in 17 minutes.
BAD MOVE: Jordan Hill was one of the more active players for the Lakers, finishing with nine points and five rebounds in 14 minutes off the bench. But after the Lakers cut the deficit to five on a 3-point play by Antawn Jamison at the start of the fourth quarter, he couldn't keep Shawn Marion from dribbling around him and dunking for a three-point play. That pushed the lead back to eight and took the air out of the crowd.
NOTABLE: The Mavericks had six players score in double figures and nine finished with seven points or more.
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The king said on Israel's Channel 2 TV that it's time for Israel to be "fully integrated into the neighborhood," CNN reported Sunday.
He said diplomacy in the Middle East now has its last opportunity to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
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The moving account of Richard and Mildred Loving, who were arrested in 1958 for violating Virginia's ban on interracial marriage. Their struggle culminated in a landmark Supreme Court decision, Loving v. Virginia (1967) which overturned anti-miscegenation laws in the United States.
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Free us and let us be off on the grand experimental journey to the other side of the hidden valley.
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LeFraks' Sudden Craving For L.A. Real Estate
On a sunny day in June, a hundred Los Angeles brokers gathered for an open house at the LeFrak Organization's recent acquisition: a 12-story office building on Hollywood Boulevard. The LeFraks, big landlords from New York, gave each agent a crisp $100 bill. A handful of guests won free nights at the Malibu Beach Inn, a $500-a-night resort owned by entertainment mogul David Geffen. "Come bring us tenants," said Jamie LeFrak, managing director of the real estate firm. "We want to own several million square feet in your city."
While many players are retreating amid an industrywide slump, the LeFraks are gearing up for their biggest expansions in decades. The real estate group, which controls 13 million square feet of office and retail space and 25,000 apartments around New York City, wants to be bicoastal. In the past year it has plunked down $185 million on three office buildings in Los Angeles after largely hibernating during the recent buying frenzy.
Current conditions favor deep-pocketed family empires like the LeFraks, San Francisco's Shorensteins, and Houston's Hines clan. With lending drying up, cash is a must. A year ago Wall Street firms and big banks provided 60% of the money used to finance commercial real estate deals. Now it's more like 9%, an environment that's forcing many buyers to take over existing mortgages on the buildings or negotiate financing with sellers. All that has pushed out the private equity firms, hedge funds, and other short-term speculators, which depended on cheap credit during the boom. Says Michael Kirby, chairman of Green Street Advisors, a real estate research firm: "Their model doesn't work."
The LeFraks will need a long-term mentality, given the state of the market. Total sales of office buildings nationwide are down 67%, to $30 billion, in the first half of 2008, according to the research firm Real Capital Analytics. And prices show no signs of stabilizing. That means it could take years, if not decades, for the LeFraks to show a profit on their recent purchases. In April the family paid $866 a square foot for a medical building in Beverly Hills—a record price for the city. Says Jamie LeFrak: "I want my great-grandson to say, 'Wow, you only paid $800 a square foot for that? It's worth $80,000 today.' "
It's a conservative buy-and-hold philosophy developed over four generations. Harry LeFrak, an immigrant, started building tenements on Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1901. His only son, Sam, cranked out thousands of apartments across the city for working-class families. The most notable: LeFrak City in Queens, which opened in the early 1960s and offered one-bedrooms for $120 a month. "We weren't Rockefellers," says CEO Richard LeFrak. "My father [Sam] went around job sites picking up nails off the ground so he could reuse them."
Richard LeFrak and his two sons, Jamie and Harrison, began scouring for deals beyond New York a few years back, everywhere from London to Boston. They settled on Los Angeles, which has limited land for new construction. The LeFraks were also heartened by the parallels between L.A., where the entertainment industry dominates, and New York, where finance rules. "If you're Exxon (XOM), most of your expenditures are in Russia or Angola," says Harrison LeFrak. "In entertainment or finance, most of it goes to the employees."
The LeFraks funded the move with cash, selling off $300 million worth of Brooklyn apartments. They also took advantage of an IRS rule that allows them to defer the capital gains taxes on the properties if they reinvest the money in real estate within six months. Says Richard LeFrak: "All this financial wizardry that went into our business violated the fundamental laws."


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Stop pulling your hair out. It's not you, it's them -- your customers. You're not the only one facing obstacles when selling data backup and disaster recovery (BDR) and business continuity solutions. And here's just one example to prove this point to you.
"I like to show my clients evidence that disasters can happen to them," says Jim Turner, president at Hilltop Consultants, a Washington, D.C-based managed services provider (MSP).
Turner plays the role of lead interrogator when sitting down with customers. If you've ever seen an episode of Law & Order, you know what I'm talking about. Two cops (usually a good and a bad) sit down with a suspect at the police station in a dimly lit room to lay out the evidence on the table.
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- Customers don't realize how much they depend on their data, and that not all backup solutions can back up their data.
Placing the data in front of potential customers is what brings them back to reality. It makes them believe they're going to be at risk if they're not properly protected with some kind of a solution.
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Los Depósitos Francos en España, 1914-1930
In the last third of the nineteenth century free warehouses and free trade zones sprang up in several European countries as economic policy resources. At the turn of the century some Spanish ports wished to equip themselves with this institution in order to make up for the loss of the last ultramarine colonies, gain trade and help to promote commodity exports. After fifteen years of parliamentary debate and disagreement, the free warehouses of Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz and Santander were established during the First World War. In addition to the processes initially authorized, such as coffee roast or coconut oil refinement, other industries soon developed especially automobile assembly. The establishment of Ford was as decisive for the free warehouses as it was for the American company, which made good use of the duty-free institution. Free warehouses allowed the multinational firm to assemble automobiles using national or foreign components, delaying taxes until the car was imported to Spain or remaining free of those tariffs if the merchandise was sent to another country. The assembly plant of Barcelona made up about 40 per cent of the domestic market before the Civil War, and was successful in assembling and selling automobiles in Portugal, North Africa, Italy or Adriatic Europe.
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@Fantasm: First off thanks for the kind words and the potential pledging. I don't want to scare away any backer so I'm gonna go into
full detail
In regards to the money concern I understand where you're coming from, and I appreciate any pledge you're willing to make. I'm currently asking for the bare minimum to get the game done with funds I've also stashed away. The initial amount allows me to work full time for a year as well as three additional people (1 musician, 1 coder and 1 artist). This doesn't mean my ultimate target goal is 25k, if you look at the stretch goals I'd like to get 100k+. That's not to say 25k means it will be a bad game, it's going to be badass and hopefully re-invirgorate the RPG and old school genre as I think the rehashed and reused systems are becoming a bit stale.
The first and foremost benefit is I am using a engine called Unity, which allows me to get a lot done in a very short amount of time. Everything you see done so far, is me working on Arakion in my spare time as a side project over a few months, so I'll just do the numbers out.
20 hours or so a week, over the course of 4 months. If the projects makes its initial amount the twenty hours becomes 80 hours (how much I currently work all together, I put in these hours because I'm passionate about what I do). So 4 months just became 1 month.
Achieved so far
12 characters finished (they will be animated after the Kickstarter as I'll be setting up a motion capture room)
Full base coding finished, although it still needs worked on (combat, town building, character development, etc )
Four environment sets fully finished (forest, snow, dungeon, desert)
A couple hundred area objects finished (lamps, doors, keys, materials)
Full GDD finished
3 dungeons completely done
1 open area finished
Generically speaking lets add the three people at 40 hours a week that's 120 more hours to round out to about 200 hours a week. This essentially gives me 10x as much working power as I currently have.
So as you can see it's not unreasonable to finish a great game for the price I'm asking for, it would just be a shoestring budget, and I would work my ass off to get it done properly because I expect no less of myself and am willing to give you no less as a supporter.
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Qatar Airways' CEO voiced confidence in Boeing Co. over its delayed 787 program Saturday, but warned the fast-growing carrier may scrap orders for the planes if development problems drag on.
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Qatar Airways' CEO voiced confidence in Boeing Co. over its delayed 787 program Saturday, but warned the fast-growing carrier may scrap orders for the planes if development problems drag on.
Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker noted, however, that there are no current plans to amend Qatar Airways' multibillion-dollar orders for 30 787s and options for 30 more.
"If there is another slip, yes we will have no alternative" but to consider canceling orders, he said. "But as of today, I still have confidence in Boeing."
Al-Baker has been one of the most vocal critics of 787 delays. He wouldn't say how long the carrier would hold out before canceling its orders if delays continued.
He made the comments Saturday as he opened a new arrivals terminal at Doha International Airport to accommodate the airline's rapid growth. The facility, part of a $1 billion revamp of the airport, is meant to provide additional space until a new airport opens in 2012.
Test flights on the 787, also known as the Dreamliner, were halted last month because of an electrical fire, adding another wrinkle to a development program that is running well behind schedule.
Boeing is aiming to deliver the first 787 to Japan's All Nippon Airways early next year - nearly three years later than originally hoped. That target is widely expected to be pushed back further.
The 787 is made mostly of composite materials designed to make it lighter and more fuel-efficient than other planes of the same size.
Qatar ordered its 30 confirmed 787s in 2007 along with 27 Boeing 777s. The combined value of that package was $13.5 billion at list prices, though bulk buyers often negotiate steep discounts.
In Doha, al-Baker said Qatar Airways is on track to turn a profit for the second consecutive year. He said the airline is generating "a very hefty profit" but didn't provide specifics.
That has prompted the carrier to begin laying the groundwork for an initial public offering of its shares, he said. Al-Baker said the IPO could be launched as early as 2012 and involve a sale of as much as a 50 percent stake in the company.
Qatar Airways is growing rapidly, adding 18 new planes and 10 new destinations to its network so far this year. The carrier has ordered five of Airbus' A380s, with the first expected for delivery in 2013.
Al-Baker said Qatar Airways' board is mulling further orders for the double-decker planes but didn't provide details. "You will hear it when we announce" it, he said.
Additional orders for the mammoth plane would be a welcome vote of confidence for Airbus.
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The investigation stems from a series of hundreds of e-mails that became public about two weeks ago after they were hacked from a computer server at the University of East Anglia in England.
Many of the e-mail messages, which date back to the mid-1990s, appeared to critics to show unseemly manipulation of scientific data. Critics say the messages indicate the scientists who wrote them, who believe in human-caused climate change, wanted to hide key data or keep information from being publicly released, to make climate-change skeptics look bad.
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