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| comScore: July Search Share, Google Down, Yahoo Up, Bing Stable
"The new numbers only measure 'explicit' searches, in which a user types a term in a search window and clicks 'search.'"
|Aug 17, 2010
| Nielsen Says Microsoft's Bing Takes Number 2 Slot In August US Search
"MSN/Windows Live/Bing's share has grown from 10.7pct in August 2009 to 13.9pct (a delta increase of 3.2pct or a relative increase of 30pct)."
|Sept 14, 2010
| Proposals For a Global 'Internet Treaty' Are Put Forward
"The draft law has been likened to the Space Treaty, signed in 1967, which stated that space exploration should be carried out for the benefit of all nations, and guaranteed 'free access to all areas of celestial bodies'."
|Sept 21, 2010
| SORBS Problem Blocks Legitimate Email
"To make matters worse, the database problem coincided with a denial-of-service attack that made it hard for people to reach the SORBS website."
|Oct 8, 2010
| 'Free Public WiFi', The Zombie Network
"...when a user selects it, he or she isn't connecting to a router or hot spot, but rather directly to someone else's computer in the area."
|Oct 12, 2010
| DDos Blackmail: Pay Up Or Your Server Goes Down
"What would you do?"
|Oct 20, 2010
| Tim Berners Lee: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality
"Why should you care? Because the Web is yours. It is a public resource on which you, your business, your community and your government depend."
|Nov 23, 2010
| Browser History File Hijack
"Our study shows that popular Web 2.0 applications like mashups, aggregators, and sophisticated ad targeting are rife with different kinds of privacy-violating flows,"
|Dec 2, 2010
| GNU Founder Warns of Loss of Data Control In The Cloud
"Google's new cloud computing ChromeOS looks like a plan "to push people into careless computing" by forcing them to store their data in the cloud rather than on machines directly under their control,"
|Dec 14, 2010
| vBulletin Issues Warning : Google reCAPTCHA System Cracked
"Despite denials from Google, a security researcher continues to assert that the Search King's reCAPTCHA system for protecting Web sites from spammers can be successfully exploited by Internet junk mail panderers.[br][br]Researcher Jonathan Wilkins published a paper recently that included an analysis of reCAPTCHA's security. In automated attacks he conducted against the system, he reported he had an alarming success rate of 17.5 percent.[br][br]vBulletin issues the following warning to those running vBulletin with reCAPTCHA system:[br]"[i]It has become apparent from our customers and customers of other BB Systems that there is a targeted effort being made to spam forums world-wide. Unfortunately as part of that effort it appears that ReCaptcha may have been cracked...[/i]"
|Jan 11, 2011
| U.S.: New Do Not Track Privacy Bill Introduced
The bill is the first in this session to specifically tackle the creation of a do-not-track system, according to a spokesman for Ms. Speier. In December, the FTC issued a report recommending the creation of a do-not-track system and suggested that lawmakers use the report as a template for legislation.
Since the FTCs recommendation, Mozilla Corp. has said it will include a do-not-track feature in an upcoming version of its Firefox Web browser. But so far, no tracking companies have publicly stated that they will participate in a do-not-track system.
|Feb 14, 2011
| Microsoft and Google Together Sue GeoTag Inc Over Patent
Google and Microsoft have joined forces to take down a Texas company's geotagging patent that they claim has been used in lawsuits against more than 300 entities, many of which are customers of the two companies. Microsoft and Google want to protect Google Maps and Bing Maps against this kind of activity.[br][br]The complaint, filed in Delaware on March 1, 2011, asks for declaration of invalidity of the patent asserted, judgment that Google's and Microsoft's customers do not infringe any valid claim of the patent, and "a preliminary and permanent injunction precluding GeoTag (and affiliated persons and entities) from suing for infringement or otherwise asserting infringement of the (patent in question) against customers of (Microsoft's and Google's) Mapping Services for store locators or other locators on websites."
|Mar 3, 2011
| Skype Launches Ads Service On Skype
Today we announce something new, the launch of advertising in Skype, which will appear in the Home tab in Skype starting this week.[br][br]Ads will appear in the US, UK and Germany and advertising sales for Skype are initially focused in those markets. [br][br]
|Mar 7, 2011
| New Rules On Cookies to Come Into Effect in Europe
Businesses are being urged to sort out how they get consent so they can keep on using cookies.[br][br]The changes are demanded by the European e-Privacy directive which comes into force in the UK in late May.[br][br]However, the directive is likely to have an impact on the more general use of cookies that remember login details and enable people to speed up their use of sites they visit regularly.[br][br]It could mean that after 25 May, users see many more pop-up windows and dialogue boxes asking them to let sites gather data.
|Mar 8, 2011
| Microsoft Takes Down Rustock Botnet - Removes 39% of Email Spam
How about some good news? The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit has dismantled a huge and complex botnet called Rustock, an operation given the credit (or blame) for 39% of all email spam. [br][br]Writing on the TechNet blog, Richard Boscovich, Senior Attorney for the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit explained the complex of legal and technical action that lead to this success.
|Mar 19, 2011
| Salesforce Acquires Radian6 for $326 Million
Salesforce.com on Wednesday said it acquired Radian6, a social media monitoring service, for $326 million in cash and stock.[br][br]The deal, which is expected to close in the quarter ending July 31, gives Salesforce technology to monitor, track and analyze social media across properties like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, youTube and other sites.
|Mar 30, 2011
| New Techniques Can Track Net Location Within 690 Metres
The new method zooms in through three stages to locate a target computer.
|Apr 9, 2011
| Coreflood Botnet Shut Down
"This was big money stolen on a large scale by foreign criminals. The FBI wanted to stop it and they did an incredibly good job at it," said Alan Paller, director of research at the SAN Institute, a nonprofit group that helps fight cyber crime.[br][br]The vast majority of the infected machines were in the United States, but the criminal gang was likely overseas.
|Apr 14, 2011
| Amazon Cloud Outage Affected Major Sites
We'd like to provide additional color on what were working on right now (please note that we always know more and understand issues better after we fully recover and dive deep into the post mortem).[br][br]A networking event early this morning triggered a large amount of re-mirroring of EBS [Elastic Block Storage] volumes in US-EAST-1. This re-mirroring created a shortage of capacity in one of the US-EAST-1 Availability Zones, which impacted new EBS volume creation as well as the pace with which we could re-mirror and recover affected EBS volumes.[br][br]Additionally, one of our internal control planes for EBS has become inundated such that it's difficult to create new EBS volumes and EBS backed instances. We are working as quickly as possible to add capacity to that one Availability Zone to speed up the re-mirroring, and working to restore the control plane issue.[br][br]We're starting to see progress on these efforts, but are not there yet. We will continue to provide updates when we have them.
|Apr 22, 2011
| Top 30 Net Properties In Europe: Google, Microsoft and Facebook Lead The Pack
Google Sites ranked as the top European web property in March, attracting 330.3 million unique visitors and reaching 90.8 percent of the total European Internet audience. Microsoft Sites ranked second with 272.8 million visitors (75.0 percent reach), followed by Facebook.com in third place with 234.6 million visitors (64.5 percent reach).
|May 4, 2011
| Blocking Scrapers That Are Wasting Bandwidth
Is there any way to protect my site from the scraper bots. They are eating my website bandwidth and I am very tired of this now. Almost 600% bandwidth is used by the spam bots in comparision of my real user viewed bandwidth.
|May 23, 2011
| Facebook and Google Chiefs Warn on Over-Regulation Of The Net
"People tell me on the one hand 'It's great you played such a big role in the Arab spring [uprisings], but it's also kind of scary because you enable all this sharing and collect information on people'," said Facebook's founder.[br][br]"But it's hard to have one without the other. You can't isolate some things you like about the internet and control other things that you don't."[br][br]Mr Schmidt echoed his sentiments: "Technology will move faster than governments, so don't legislate before you understand the consequences".
|May 26, 2011
| Microsoft Skype Crashing: Quick Fix To Get Skype Running
It seems that after the recent acquisition of Skype by Microsoft, it's now crashing and unusable.[br][br]A Quick fix is now available.
|May 26, 2011
| U.S. Net Ad Revenue Grows To $7.3 Billion In Q1
As further evidence of an industry-wide recovery, domestic Web ad revenues hit $7.3 billion during the first quarter of the year, according to new data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.[br][br]Year-over-year, that represented a robust 23% increase, as well as the highest first-quarter revenue level ever.
|May 27, 2011
| IPv6 Global Test Day, Wednesday June 8, 2011
Google, Facebook, Yahoo and several networking companies will on Wednesday carry out a massive test of IPv6, the new version of the internet protocol that allows 340 trillion trillion trillion IP addresses, rather than the 4.3 billion IP addresses possible with IPv4.
|June 7, 2011
| comScore Stats: The Web Is Contracting
When you exclude just Facebook from the rest of the Web, consumption in terms of minutes of use shrank by nearly nine percent between March 2010 and March 2011, according to data from comScore. And, even when you include Facebook usage, total non-mobile Internet consumption still dropped three percent over the same period.
|July 2, 2011
| comScore: U.S. Search Share June 2011, Google at 65 pct
Google Sites led the explicit core search market in June with 65.5 percent of search queries conducted.
|July 14, 2011
| US Legislation Approved Means ISPs Must Retain 1 Year Of Customer Data
A last-minute rewrite of the bill expands the information that commercial internet providers are required to store to include customers' names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers and temporarily-assigned IP addresses.
|July 29, 2011
| Groupon and Foursquare Reach Partnership For Real-Time Daily Deals
Location-based check-in service Foursquare and local deals site Groupon are partnering up to offer real-time daily deals, Foursquare confirmed today. Several deals have already gone live in Chicago, and deals all over the U.S. and Canada should be live by Sunday.
|July 29, 2011
| Amazon Launches AmazonLocal Daily Deals Trial
Amazon.com is quietly launching its own deal-of-day discount offers in Chicago, a launch reported earlier by the Chicago Tribune. The Windy City, of course, is the corporate home of Groupon.[br][br]Amazon said it also has its AmazonLocal offering up and running in Seattle, Boise, the Los Angeles area and Palm Beach, Fla.
|Aug 2, 2011
| Foursquare Launches Pages For Business
Today we're making foursquare Pages self-serve. Any brand, organization, or publication can now create their own Page, gain followers, share Tips, check in, and reach their fans.
|Aug 3, 2011
| comScore: U.S. Search, July 2011, Shows Slight Decline For Google and Gain For Yahoo
Google's share of the U.S. search market declined to 65.1 percent last month from 65.5 percent in June, while Yahoo's rose to 16.1 percent from 15.9 percent, according to the Reston, Virginia-based ComScore. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) was unchanged at 14.4 percent.
|Aug 10, 2011
| Skype Acquires Mobile Group Messaging Company, GroupMe
Skype today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GroupMe, a provider of mobile group messaging services that helps users stay in touch and make decisions. GroupMe was founded in 2010 at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon and is headquartered in New York, New York. Terms of the acquisition will not be disclosed.
|Aug 22, 2011
| Have You Ever LOST Everything. How to Start Over?
I've been playing the Internet business game since around 1995 and have had many ups and downs, but have had enough downs that I'm now in the position of having to start all over, completely from scratch. [br][br]The only assets I have is experience in a variety of areas ranging from Perl, PHP, Photoshop, WordPress and the usual suspects.
|Aug 25, 2011
| Report: Americans Spend A Quarter of Their Online Time on Social Networks
"Whether it's a brand icon inviting customers to connect with a company on LinkedIn, a news ticker promoting an anchor's Twitter handle or an advertisement asking a consumer to 'Like' a product on Facebook, people are constantly being drive to social media,"
|Sept 12, 2011
| Demystifying SPF (Sender Policy Framework)
WebmasterWorld Members mull over the latest SPF issues.
|Sept 16, 2011
| SSL Encryption Broken By Hackers
Researchers have discovered a serious weakness in virtually all websites protected by the secure sockets layer protocol that allows attackers to silently decrypt data that's passing between a webserver and an end-user browser.
|Sept 20, 2011
| U.S. Net Neutrality Rules Take Effect November 20, 2011
The regulations covering so-called Net neutrality, published in the Federal Register on Friday, are sure to trigger legal and congressional challenges.
|Sept 23, 2011
| Adobe Acquires Typekit
If you're one of our customers, this announcement means things will only get better. Typekit will remain a standalone product, as well as become a vital part of Adobe's Creative Cloud. Our team will stay together, and we're excited to start working on even easier ways to integrate web fonts into your workflow.
|Oct 4, 2011
| comScore: U.S. Search Share For September Sees Google at 65pct
September search share bounced back to 65.3 percent one month after a slower August in which the market leader totaled 64.8 percent of the search market, according to comScore.[br][br]Meanwhile, comScore said explicit core searches were up 8.6 percent for the third quarter, led by Google's core growth of 7.4 percent for Q3.
|Oct 12, 2011


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Our Teachers
Alex Auder, director of Magu Yoga, was recently included on a list of America's 100 most influential yoga teachers (she was in the top 25!): sonima.com. Alex is a native New Yorker who grew-up in the Chelsea Hotel with her mother, Viva (an Andy Warhol Superstar), and her sister, the actress, Gaby Hoffmann. She is very excited to bring her 20 years of teaching experience (almost half of her life!) to Philadelphia. Known as one of NYC's preeminent teachers, she has developed a keen eye and a genuinely authentic and original voice. She began her teaching career in 1996 at Jivamukti Yoga Center and at her own studio in Rhinebeck, NY (now Satya Yoga). During her years in Upstate NY, she studied closely with her Vedanta teacher, Shubraji, who continues to deeply influence her teaching and her practice.
Over the last 10 years Alex had been teaching out of her own studio in the WestVillageYoga (critics pick in NY Magazine) and as a senior teacher at Kula Yoga Project until she recently moved to Mt Airy.
Informed by her study of Iyengar Yoga, Kula Yoga, and the work of Nevine Michaan (among others), her classes are known for her ability to gracefully integrate clear and precise alignment cues, intelligent sequencing, Vedanta, and generous amounts of masterful hands-on assists.
Alex has been teaching teachers for more than a decade. At Magu she leads two advanced Teacher Trainings (Fall and Spring). She also teaches a monthly "Master Class" at Kula Yoga in Williamsburg, BK, leads various modules of Kula Yoga's advanced TT and 200 hour TT ("Relevant Dharma Talk" & "The Art of Adjustments"), is a mentor in the new Wanderlust TT, and co-leads a summer retreat at Kripalu.
Tara Culp is thrilled to be teaching at Magu Yoga and in Mt. Airy were she was raised. She began practicing yoga at Jivamukti Yoga in 1996 while living in NYC. Her first certification was completed at It's Yoga with director Larry Shultz in San Francisco 1999. After the birth of her daughter in 2001 she continued her studies in prenatal and postpartum yoga with Jyohti Larson of Intergral Yoga Institute and Mia Borgatta director of Lila Yoga Dharma & Wellness both in NYC. In 2009 she became certified to teach Conquering Lion Yoga under the masterful tutelage of one of NYC's
most popular teachers Kelly Morris. Tara recently was taught how to practice Transcendental Meditation through the David Lynch Foundation a non profit who's mission is to help heal traumatic stress and raise performance in At - risk populations. Tara sincerely wishes that all of her students experience the healing benefits of the practice and the freedom and peace that exists within our own bodies, minds and souls.
Katy Hawkins, Ph.D, is Director of Project Shiné: Mind/Body/Spirit, the leader of yoga and meditation weekend retreats at Pendle Hill, and a consultant for mind/body integration in schools for the Friends Council on Education. During her doctoral studies in Comparative Literature at NYU, she studied modern dance at Limon, and yoga with Nikki Villela of Kula Yoga. Since earning her certification at Wake Up Yoga in Philadelphia in 2007, she has been helping students stretch body and mind in Philly yoga studios. Her twenty years of teaching began in college classrooms during her doctoral work in Comp Lit (poetry, philosophy, gender studies, French, and Italian). Now she uses these intellectual sources to offer jargon-free fusions of spiritual insight with yoga and meditation practices. Katy's teaching combines a spirit of play with challenges to drop down into deeper states of being, to come away clearer, grounded, and more joyful.
Noah's class has its roots in yoga but is not bound by them: Sometimes fluid, always informative, we will look at the geometric alignment of the body and the possibilities that arise in ones movement by correcting body mechanics and introducing old and new movement patterns. Noah's teaching is informed by intense study of numerous movement modalities (including: Yoga-Asana, Acrobatics, Gymnastics, various martial arts, Ballet, and WeightLifting) and yoga teachers of various styles (Katonah, Prana Flow, Vinyasa, Iyengar, Anusara, Ashtanga, Acro-Yoga), spanning well over a decade. Having experienced severe rheumatism and a full recovery from the debilitating disease he also brings first hand knowledge of moving through physical and mental challenges.
Emile teaches yoga as an inquiry, a discipline, a meditation and a celebration. His teaching draws from a variety of sources such as a Bachelor's Degree in Comparative Religion, a variety of Yoga Trainings, an extensive study of Buddhist Meditation and over two years dedicated practice in Circus Arts. His classes are designed to integrate traditional and contemporary yoga postures with other forms of movement. His sequencing and philosophy are laden with creative metaphor and mythology which are woven together like threads which when pulled on can lead to discovery, authentic expression, joy and liberation.
David began practicing yoga as a child 30 years ago with his lifelong teacher, Neelakanta Robinson, a disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda Saraswati. He completed his 200-hour yoga teacher training at the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre in Neuville aux Bois, France, and taught in the Washington D.C. area for more than a decade before moving to Philadelphia in 2015.
David's classes are rooted in the classical hatha yoga approach introduced to the West by Swami Vishnudevanda in the 1950s, but also draw from other traditions. Classes are moderately vigorous, with a strong focus on core flexibility and strength, as well as a profound awareness of the breath and its role as the link between the physical and mental aspects of that make up the royal path of raja yoga. He loves to play with balancing postures and help students overcome obstacles and master their headstands.
By day, David is a technology PR guy, who probably needs to take more yoga classes. When he's not working or teaching yoga, he loves spending time with his wife, daughter, two dogs and cat, and playing the occasional game of Dungeons and Dragons.
Richard (LMT, RYT) began teaching after having been involved in a serious accident in 2007. He credits his current stage of recovery to the practice of yoga and time spent on a road bike. Working safely back to pre-accident levels of ability has helped him cultivate an appreciation for and deeper understanding of proper technique to avoid and work with injuries.
All students will be able to participate in and contribute to classes in meaningful ways. Rich has had extensive experience with various modalities of yoga but sites his training in the Anusara style as being the most beneficial to enhancing the experience of students. Anusara is a non dogmatic hatha yoga system that emphasizes alignment and a "celebration of the heart." Aside from his own creative drive, the lessons learned here and those from the Pranakriya style with Yoganad Michael Carrol are what he draws upon most during classes. Participants should expect a mindful, challenging and enjoyable atmosphere in which to practice. Though alignment can be emphasized the classes flow beautifully in a way that builds on those proper foundations. Indeed, the rhythm of class never takes a back seat to detail.
Richard's other passion is massage. He teaches candidates for PA licensure at the HR school of Alternative Therapy and has a private practice. Those who wish are oftentimes treated to bodywork and skillful adjustments during class!
Matthew Mitlas has been teaching yoga full time for four years and practicing for six. Shortly after taking his first yoga class in highschool, he chose to dedicate his life's work to sharing the gifts of Yoga with others. Originally certified to teach through a private program led by his mentor, Matthew has since completed numerous advanced and therapeutic trainings. His classes invite an awareness that envelops all types of movement and keeps the mind steady, focused, and light. With his poetic verbal cues, intelligent sequencing and warm presence, Matthew co-creates the conditions and space in which his students can experience an authentic, inward Yoga practice. Focusing on alignment principles that keep the body safe while exploring inner stillness and breath in each posture, students will become present with the infinite creativity of the universe as it takes form in each and every body in its own, unique way. Matthew is also a Magu Yoga Advanced Teacher Training Grad.
Growing up an athlete, Patty was initially drawn to the physical aspect of yoga. As she continued to explore her practice, she began to realize how focusing on breath can lead to quieting the mind, assist with physical challenges and help release tension. With a B.S. in Kinesiology and Certification in Holistic Health Counseling, becoming a yoga teacher was the perfect next step, complimenting her commitment to health and nutrition. In addition to RYT-250 certification, Patty completed a 50-hour Advanced Teacher Training with Alex Auder. Patty works for Big Brothers Big Sisters and blended her two passions, yoga and empowering youth, when she became certified to teach children's yoga through Child Light in 2013.
Patty's practice has evolved from being purely physical and conquering poses to finding spaces to soften and allowing her practice to be different each time she steps on her mat. Patty enjoys sharing her love of yoga with students. In her classes, she offers gentle assists while challenging her students to explore their potential in a safe space.

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NOTE: Recent info has been discovered that eliminates connections with previously thought earlier ancestors. Until more is learned, I will begin with my earliest known ancestor--Henry McNeil.
After your visit you're welcome to send me an email to state what McNEIL line (any spelling) or related line you are researching, or just to say hello. Visit the SURNAME CONTACT LIST for others researching the McNEIL surname. While you're there, add your McNEIL line too.
Thanks to Dawn Henderson, Beverly Warburton & Brenda Bundy for the 1st two generations . We've agreed and nearly proven that my Benjamin McNeal is the same as their Benjamin McNeil.


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Lumière | Wanna Know a Secret?
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Despite the economic crisis gripping Europe, there is one industry in France that is still going strong: the discovery, telling and selling of secrets. I confess to being a sucker for books about secrets, of which I have dozens, organized in three subject areas.
First come the current events' secrets, with titles like, "Secret Notebooks of a Presidency" and "The Secret Stories of Miss France." At the moment, the No. 1 nonfiction book in France is "La République des Mallettes" (The Briefcase Republic), an exposé by Pierre Péan about the suitcases of money delivered by African leaders to top French politicians.
Second are the volumes of travel secrets, most of them about Paris. I have books about the city's secret churches, small museums, night life, gardens, places to kiss, reduce stress, drink tea. "Unexplored Paris" tells me where to find country streets, a beehive, a windmill, the last outdoor public urinal, a 17th-century Metro station. "The Hidden Side of Buttocks" shows me more backsides in French art than I will ever want to see.
Finally, there are the chick-lit secrets — guides to how to look, walk, eat, drink, smell and make love like "une Parisienne." With titles like "Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl" and "The Art of Striptease," they lure you in with promises that if you follow their rules, you too can discover the secret to discovering good sex and even better coffee with a brooding, sophisticated, narrow-waisted, velvet-voiced French man. I have learned from Mireille Guiliano ("French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure") that leek soup, in addition to acting as a purge, smells up your apartment for two days. I have learned from Inès de la Fressange, the ex-model and author of "In Parisian Chic: A Style Guide," to avoid counterfeit handbags, white fringed boots, leather suits and fishnet T-shirts
So imagine my delight upon receiving "My Little Paris: The Best Kept Parisian Secrets," a new book by a team of young Francophiles. Three years ago, these gals created a blog on the subject that has soared to success. "Parisian ladies will never reveal their favorite addresses," the authors explain. "Our team of insiders infiltrates the city from morning till dusk, spying on these ladies to unveil secret boutiques, inventive new restaurants and hidden treasures. In this book, we reveal everything."
The book cover, by the talented illustrator Kanako Kuno, is the sort of cliché I hate myself for loving: a tall, thin woman in black spiky heels; black leggings and gloves; a tightly cinched trench coat and sunglasses. Her hair, under a print kerchief, blows in the wind as she fearlessly strides across a narrow Paris rooftop.
And how secret are the secrets?
Well, there are remedies to get out of "a Paris rut," like, "Walk down Avenue Montaigne wearing nothing but your trench." No, no, I want to say. Parts of Avenue Montaigne's sidewalks are polished to make them look prettier. I once slipped and fell and severed my hamstring there, right near the Plaza Athenée.
Trust me. It is not advisable to arrive at a French emergency room wearing no underwear.
Then the authors recommend a pedicure with live fish. You plunge your feet into an aquarium and "Garra rufa" (fish doctors) nibble away at your dead skin and soften your feet. Much better to turn to Page 57 and learn how to have a Chinese massage at home.
I was most intrigued about the recommendation on how to have one orgasm per week. Alas, it was a recipe for a pepper-and-ginger-infused fondant au chocolat. "The ginger arouses your desire and excites your taste buds, while the pepper sets off an internal fire."
The value of keeping secrets in France goes well beyond live-fish pedicures and chocolate. In fact, "My Little Paris" doesn't know the half of it. Secrets here are used to to please, to titillate, to destroy. Without the revelation of secrets, Paris dinner parties would flounder; magazines would not be sold; television documentaries would not be made; daily life would be less exciting; politicians would be less potent against their rivals; more couples would stay together.
For some, keeping secrets is an essential component of being chic. As one French women's magazine put it, "Snob-inclined people hate to read an article in the press revealing the existence of their neighborhood restaurant, their hairdresser or their Chinese reflexologist." The author goes on to say that the "top" secret is the secret address, unmarked.
One master manipulator of secrets is Alain Paul Ruzé, who owns what at first appears to be an upscale gift shop in the sedate 16th Arrondissement. In the olive-walled front room of Talmaris there is a pair of ceramic eggplant salt-and-pepper shakers for 55 euros; a handmade bottle opener with a horn handle for 345 euros; a Murano goblet for 69 euros. It is only when Ruzé opens a sliding door that you share his secret — objects worthy of a decorative arts museum piled randomly on tables and shelves. The disarray makes it look as if it should be a room of bargains. Instead, he shows you items like a handcrafted silver 3,850-euro cockroach.
He tells you he makes his living not from street traffic but from clients who want service for 40 "to create a table in harmony with her decorator's vision." Of course, he will never tell you who that client is. "People pass by and have no idea what really goes on inside," he said. "I love it."
The dark side to trading in secrets comes into view when the private and the public collide. In politics, secrets are more than a game; they are part of a national survival strategy that can manipulate rumors to cover up or reveal ugly truths. Often the appeal of the rumors is more important than their veracity.
Rumors can be cruel and damaging, even if there is no hard evidence: former President Jacques Chirac has a child by a Japanese mistress; a certain former minister is a homosexual pedophile; a certain party leader may have a drinking problem; the father of another former minister's child is the former prime minister of a European country; the wife of yet another former minister caught him in flagrante delicto in a Morocco hotel suite.
As the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal unfolded, there was a rush to reveal other "secrets." Luc Ferry, a former education minister, suggested in a television interview that he had firsthand information that a former minister had been arrested during a pedophile orgy with boys in Morocco. The government at the time covered up the mess, he claimed.
"All of us here probably know who I'm talking about," he said. He was summoned quickly to a prosecutor's office in Paris, where he admitted he had no proof. Worse than that, Le Canard enchaîné, the sartirical and investigative weekly newspaper, revealed that Ferry had received 4,500 euros a month as a faculty member of the University of Paris-VII in the 2010-2011 school year without ever teaching a course. He ended the controversy by retiring. Secrets, sometimes, backfire.


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Gatting has dined out for almost 24 years on that moment (yes, yes I know his favourite musical instrument is the dinner gong) because, of course, no one has achieved it since. Captains Graham Gooch, Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain and Andrew Flintoff reside in The Ashes hall of shame: five series, 18 defeats, 3 victories.
Now manager of cricket partnerships at the England and Wales Cricket Board, Gatting concedes he might have had his last Ashes-winning meal.
"I'm always busy this time of the year – everybody wants to talk to you. They're lovely memories but it'd be nice if we started to stamp our authority as a cricket nation on the rest of the world."
So what is the Gatting blueprint for winning in Australia? "There is no magic formula. The key is that everyone does their job well. It's about the team, it's not about one individual. Every facet of the game you've got to do well to beat them. It might sound obvious, but you have to be disciplined and have a good work ethic.
"If you look through our series, everybody contributed in some way and at important times." Four bowlers took 12 or more wickets, seven batsmen averaged over 30.
The tour was the first time England had travelled with a full-time coach, Mickey Stewart. Their first job was to get Ian Botham, who had recently been banned for cannabis possession , onside. Gatting came up with the bright idea of putting him in charge of the young bowling attack. It had a sobering effect on him.
"He spent time with them, worked hard in the nets, for him," said Gatting. "I put Phillip DeFreitas in a room with him for the early matches. I said look under no circumstances are you to go out drinking with Beefy. And Beefy came into the room with some scotch and said, 'We're having a drink' and Daffy said, 'No we're not, Gatt's said I'm not to'. And Beefy said OK fine, and it was still there in the morning, untouched."
Still the tour got off to a bad start. A tabloid newspaper sent three models out to honeytrap the players. "Fortunately we got wind of it, and Mickey spent two nights in the bar with them before the first Test." Lucky him eh?!
But England lost to Queensland and almost to Western Australia in the lead up to the Test, causing journalist Martin Johnson's 'can't bat, can't bowl and can't field' jibe.
"That possibly gave people a little nudge," Gatting says. "It piqued a few."
Twenty-three years on Gatting reflects on his side's eventual victory. "You need the right people – strong characters in the team. Botham, Gower and Lamb were proven performers. If you gave them a bit of leeway they responded magnificently. Bill Athey was very aggressive – up and at em, with a Union Jack tattooed on his arm.
"[Chris] Broad never gave it away. In Australia if you get in. stay in. don't think you've ever got enough. [Phil] Edmonds and [John] Emburey – they were very competitive, both could bat a bit, gave me control with the ball, were brilliant fielders. The fielding made a huge difference. We worked really hard on it, there were no weak links and we didn't drop a catch all series. We were a damn good team."
Remarkably, those were the only Tests of the 23 Gatting captained that England won. What went wrong? "We had the Shakoor Rana affair [when he had an on-field row with the umpire] and lots of people going away to south Africa [he led arebel tour there], which was ridiculous. The people who were running the TCCB [Test and County Cricket Board] at the time handled certain things very badly." There is a tone of bitterness in his voice. "They destroyed the spirit we had in that team and put English cricket back 10 years," And the rest.
"Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss are reminiscent of myself and Mickey in the way they're building up the same ethos and there are no favourites and they work with people and they know what they can allow them to do They have the respect from the guys who could be difficult, and I like to think I did."
The Gatting tour kick-started a revolution in Australian cricket. Academies were formed, a new attitude honed and the team evolved into a ruthless winning machine. Life might have come full circle. If Strauss's men start well, bat long, field brilliantly and work together it could be time for another Australian reappraisal. We're about to find out.


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Joel to receive Gershwin Prize
The piano man. The entertainer. The stranger.
Billy Joel has called himself a lot of things over the course of his long career; now he can add "the winner" to the list.
The Library of Congress on Tuesday announced that Joel will receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, an award meant to honor "living musical artists whose lifetime contributions in the field of popular song exemplify the standard of excellence associated with George and Ira Gershwin," according to a statement from the library.
"Billy Joel is a storyteller of the highest order," said James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress, in the statement. "There is an intimacy to his songwriting that bridges the gap between the listener and the worlds he shares through his music. When you listen to a Billy Joel song, you know about the people and the place, and what happened there."
Joel, who recently performed three sold-out concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, will receive the prize in Washington, D.C., in November.
4 novelists score notable first
Karen Joy Fowler and Joshua Ferris were among four U.S. novelists who made it onto the 13-strong long list for the 2014 Man Booker Prize, which for the first time is open to all novels originally written in English and published in Britain.
The long list was announced by the administrators of the prize Wednesday.
The list includes "To Rise Again at a Decent Hour," by Ferris; "The Narrow Road to the Deep North," by Australian Richard Flanagan; "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves," by Fowler; "The Blazing World" by Siri Hustvedt; "J," by Howard Jacobson; "The Wake," by Paul Kingsnorth; "The Bone Clocks," by David Mitchell; "The Lives of Others," by Neel Mukherjee; "Us," by David Nicholls; "The Dog," by Joseph O'Neil; "Orfeo," by Richard Powers; "How to Be Both," by Ali Smith and "History of the Rain," by Niall Williams.
The winner of the prize, worth 50,000 pounds, or roughly $85,000, is expected to be announced Oct. 14.
Moore ends 20-year marriage
Filmmaker Michael Moore's divorce from Kathleen Glynn was finalized Tuesday, ending their two-decade-long marriage.
Moore filed a divorce complaint June 17, 2013, in Michigan's Antrim County, where the couple has a home.
Fans flock to Comic-Con
Like Batman responding to a beaming bat signal in the sky, fans are streaming to San Diego for the 45th annual Comic-Con pop culture extravaganza.
The four-day festival celebrating film, TV, video games, comic books, costumes and other popular arts kicked off with a preview Wednesday night and begins today at the San Diego Convention Center.
More than 150,000 fans are expected to attend the sold-out event, where studios will offer exclusive previews of their latest properties.
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"So many families in our area were hit hard by Sandy," said Beck. "We really wanted to help put some smiles on their faces during this tough time. The holidays are a time for families and children and I'd hate to think that the kids missed out because of the storms. We've seen so much amazing generosity in the wake of Sandy, I really hope that will continue through the holidays."
The Operation Jersey Shore Santa Board consists of six people: Jackie O'Leary, Stephanie Frederick, Dan O'Leary, Marcy Roemer, Sheryl Kish and Sandy Foley, as well as over 80 volunteers, including New Jersey's very own Santa Ray "The Jersey Shore Santa."
Operation Jersey Shore Santa will be collecting gifts and donations through Saturday, December 15. Deliveries will occur from December 17-23. The legislators offered their office as a drop-off point for people looking to make donations. The office is located at 32 Monmouth Street on the third floor in Red Bank. Potential Santas can also call 732-933-1591 for more information.
"Times are already tough and Sandy has really added a tremendous burden to many families in our districts," O'Scanlon explained. "This is just one way we can help our communities return a little normalcy to the lives of those hit hardest. We hope people will really reach into their hearts and help these families out during a time of year that should be full of nothing but love and laughter."
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I had one of these as a teenager (16/17) and only got it replaced after it broke. I have tried many other curling tongs etc but at 24 I a wanting to buy another one of these. It was so easy to use and the curls lasted ages. And with it being steam and not dry heat, better for my hair too. I hope I can still buy this… Read Full Review
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Carmen Girls Angel Curls Review
Hello and welcome to my review. I will start writing it now.
In the other revies, some people are saying; 'Ooh it doesnt work properly...There are no instructions...So disappointed!'
But it only sounds like their products are second hand.
It comes with very clear instrucions, and is very cheap compared to some other prices
BUT this product is really not good, which is what you can expect from a small price.
I guess it works with some hair types, or keeps the… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/12/2010
I would definitely recommend this product, because it makes your hair look nice and curly.
An important advantage is the fact that, unlike most curling irons, it does not damage your hair very badly.
I had the instructions in the package. I have to admit, it takes a bit until you learn how to curl the hair like a pro, but it is worth it.
Not to mention the fact that it is so inexpensive.
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oh my god.
i tried using these again and again?
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i got so annoyed with them in the end i just gave up D:
they do not come with instructions, and the steam thing at the top was most ridiculous, as it didn't even release any steam!
i would not recommend to anyone, as they were a waste of my money, and will be of yours too.
the one thing i liked about the curlers was the colour, and that's not nearly as important as the ergonomics.
before i made my purchase, i would like… Read Full Review
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well, my mom bought me some angel curls on ebay the other day because my friend had them and they looked really good when she used them to curl her extensions, but now i have them i do wait 5 minutes for them to warm up and wrap them round and leave them on for a few seconds and when i release the curlers it dosent seem to curl at all, please can someone comment on this and help me, thankyou so much if you do , much love. (L) xxx… Read Full Review
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I didn't find instructions in the Angel Curls Hair Styler box, and was having trouble finding out how long to do each chunk of hair for. It created lively, natural curls... that only lasted 10 or so minutes. The product has a lovely, girly design that attracted me, but the product itself wasn't really that good. I would have liked someone to tell me that the results were short-term when I bought this product - and that I would get through a lot of hairspray using it!… Read Full Review
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I have used the Carmen Girls Angel Curls Hair Styler on my friend's hair as she is shortly getting married, and as with any new product I try I am always a little sceptical but I found them very easy to use. I have been reading other reviews and in my opinion they are very good. Do not use them on wet hair so once you have washed your hair make sure you run your hair product i.e such as your mouse or gel depending on what you prefer then dry your hair. Only after this should you curl your hair… Read Full Review
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Carmen Girls Angel Curls Hair Styler, its fairly good. Curls don't stay in, they are out before you have styled the other part of your hair… Read Full Review
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Eight students who sued the University of Georgia over its admissions policies have been granted admission to UGA in an out-of-court settlement of two federal lawsuits.
The settlement, reached Friday, comes two months after a federal judge ruled against UGA in a similar lawsuit challenging UGA's use of race and gender in its admissions formula.
The agreement also stipulates that ''the University of Georgia is not awarding and will not award any new financial scholarships to any student in its undergraduate program in which race is a qualifying factor.''
Lawyers for the University System Board of Regents also agreed to pay six of the students about $66,000 -- the difference between what their costs would have been at UGA and their actual costs at the colleges in which they enrolled after UGA denied them admission.
The Board of Regents will also pay $50,000 in legal fees to Lee Parks, the lawyer for the plaintiffs. That amounts to about one-tenth of the roughly $500,000 in legal fees Parks says he is entitled to in these and other cases he has filed challenging affirmative action in UGA admissions policies.
''It completely resolves all of the undergraduate issues (at the lower court level,)'' Parks said. ''The state saw they were going to lose. We got all we could get for the plaintiffs -- admission and tuition reimbursement.''
The issues in the settled cases are essentially the same as the central issue in a similar lawsuit filed by Parks against UGA that is now under appeal: whether race can be used as part of a college's admissions formula.
The Friday settlements will allow UGA to focus its time and legal expenditures on an appeal of that first case, ''thereby saving unnecessary legal expenses and allowing us to focus on the appeal,'' said UGA spokesman Tom Jackson.
In the case under appeal, federal District Court Judge Avant Edenfield of Savannah's Southern District declared UGA's use of race and gender in making admissions decisions unconstitutional. He ordered UGA to admit the plaintiffs -- three white women who were denied admission to UGA's 1999 freshman class. A fourth plaintiff had already been admitted.
Under a now-abandoned policy, UGA gave ''points'' in its admissions policy for being a member of a ''non-Caucasian'' ethnic group, and for being male.
UGA dropped the male preference a year ago, and announced last month that it would drop the race preference for the 2001 freshman class. But in the same news conference in which UGA President Michael Adams announced that UGA would drop race as a factor, he said that the state would appeal Edenfield's decision to higher federal courts.
One of the plaintiffs in the two suits settled Friday is already enrolled at UGA. She was allowed to enroll before the settlement because although the settlement was not formally signed until Friday, the sides agreed on most of the settlement principles weeks ago, Parks said.
The other seven chose to delay enrolling until the 2001 spring semester, Parks said.
There were originally six other plaintiffs in addition to the eight involved in last week's settlement.
Four of those original plaintiffs are not part of the settlement either because they are already committed to completing college elsewhere or because a two-year time limit for filing suit has run out, Parks said. Two others have been admitted to UGA as transfer students.
All the lawsuits stemmed from UGA's ''Total Student Index,'' used to judge students whose SAT scores and grade-point averages did not win them automatic admission. The so-called TSI awarded points for being non-Caucasian and male and for such other factors as being a resident of Georgia, or from one of the state's economically disadvantaged counties, or being a close relative of an alumni.
The settlements have no effect on another lawsuit filed by Parks against UGA's law school, which is still pending in Edenfield's court.
In that one, two white women complain that they were unfairly denied admission to the School of Law by an admissions policy that promotes racial diversity.
The law school admissions policy is not the same as the UGA undergraduate policy, and is set by the law school faculty. That case is not likely to be settled, according to Parks.
Higher education reporter Lee Shearer can be reached at lshearer@
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This application is a non-provisional which claims priority to U. S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/401,319 filed Aug. 6, 2002.
This invention is directed generally to systems for facilitating the launch of drag race vehicles and, more particularly, to facilitate the launch of such a vehicle with its engine running at a desired RPM.
In the field of competitive automotive racing known as "Drag Racing," there are different levels and types of drag race vehicles. The highest levels of vehicle types and race modes are the professional enthusiasts that are subsidized by the sponsorship of a large or major corporate entity. These race vehicles and their operation require substantial financial support that generally only the income of a large corporate entity is capable of bearing. Descending below the professional level are those levels that are less demanding financially and in technological sophistication. As these levels descend, the number of participants increases, partially as a result of the reduced financial and mechanical burdens that accompany the higher level competitor/enthusiasts. These various levels are often referred to as "brackets" or "indexes," and their participants are those involved in "bracket racing" or "index racing."
There are organizations that manage and sponsor many drag racing events on a national, regional or local scale. The lower indexes or brackets are primarily made up of participants and/or enthusiasts who are not professionally compensated or funded by sponsorship. The vehicle requirements for this type of competition are far less demanding. A generally accepted term for these racing enthusiasts and brackets is "Sportsmen Bracket racing." The participants are usually individuals who rely on their income from some other endeavor to provide financial support for their vehicle maintenance and participation. The engines involved in this level of racing are generally the original equipment from the automobile manufacturers (commonly known as "stock" engine) with limited improvements, modifications or enhancements through after-market, consumer-oriented engine parts commonly referred to as "bolt-on's." The level of sophistication and intricacy for installation and/or operation is significantly less than those performed at the professional level.
In keeping with the desire for level competition, the various national sanctioning organizations have created certain rules and limitations on the types of technology that enthusiasts in various levels may employ in their vehicles. In the Sportsmen index/bracket, some races are conducted to see how closely a participant may complete the race distance in a prescribed time frame, such as one-quarter of a mile in no less than 10.031 seconds. It is the vital to the success of anyone participating in one of these types of races to get a "good launch" or start from the starting line at the correct moment. Should a racer not have his engine revved up to the most efficient level to start or "launch" from the starting line, his or her opponent may leave the line first and enjoy an advantage throughout the race. If the racer should happen to have his or her engine revved too high, there is a good possibility that the instantaneous transfer of the torque developed by the engine at that level into the transmission may, at best, cause tremendous spinning of the tires and liquefaction of the tires' surfaces from the friction between the lane surface and the tire rubber. This results in a momentary flotation of the vehicle on the liquid rubber, thus delaying the departure of the vehicle from the starting line and also giving the racer's opponent an advantage throughout the race. Achieving the optimum revolutions per minute level for a "good launch," moments prior to the start of the race, is a primary and significant element to successful competition.
Since the sanctioning organizations limit the modifications, improvements or enhancements participants may employ in their vehicles, the ability to achieve the optimum engine RPM for maximum torque transference is left to the driver's sensory capabilities. In the present application of the engine tachometer in the race vehicle, the Sportsmen index/bracket participants position the tachometer in such a way that they may be able to look at the tachometer to determine the level of engine RPM as indicated by the tachometer dial pointer, and then look toward the series of lights (commonly known as the "Christmas Tree") positioned to signal the starting of the race. As a general practice, most Sportsmen index/bracket racers first look at the tachometer dial face to verify the engine RPM, then listen to the sound level of the engine while switching their visual focus to the Christmas Tree to react to the start signal of the race. The Sportsmen index/bracket participants try to elevate the engine RPM to a level that will generate optimum torque transference to the tires, thus effecting efficient "launch" from the starting line. While raising the engine RPM by depressing the vehicle accelerator pedal, the driver must also hold the vehicle in place by depressing the vehicle brake pedal. Thus, the driver must incorporate three of the five senses simultaneously in the hopes of achieving a successful start.
In the Sportsmen indexes/brackets, the national sanctioning organizations allow for the usage of the tachometer and a "shift light" that is incorporated with the tachometer to visually notify the vehicle driver when the engine achieves a predetermined RPM that will efficiently enable transmission gear selection. Such a device currently is not held by any sanctioning body to be a modification, improvement or enhancement of the vehicle engine and is widely believed to support consistent performance by its users, which elevates the level of competition.
In accordance with the present invention, a system for facilitating the launch of a drag racing vehicle with the engine running within a predetermined RPM range comprises
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the controller actuates the switch to flash the indicator light when the tachometer indicates that the engine is running at an RPM above the predetermined range and to extinguish the indicator light when the tachometer indicates that the engine is running at an RPM below the predetermined range. The indicator light can be moved to different positions within said driver compartment for different race contexts, e.g., depending on whether the "Christmas Tree" is on the left or right side of the vehicle. A keypad or other manual input is used to supply the controller with a desired engine RPM for launch.
In another embodiment of the invention, the indicator light is mounted to be used as a heads-up display by reflecting on the windshield of the drag racing vehicle, adjustable to reflect near field of view of the "Christmas Tree" thus obtaining an optimum viewing focal plane.
In still another embodiment of the invention, a second switch is connected to the vehicle braking system such that the indicator light is only enabled while the brake pedal is depressed, thus removing any distractions after the launch of the drag racing vehicle.
The above summary of the present invention is not intended to represent each embodiment, or every aspect, of the present invention. This is the purpose of the figures and the detailed description which follow.
The foregoing and other features of the invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed description and upon reference to the drawings, in which:
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, a specific embodiment has been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail herein. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed. Rather, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Referring now to the drawings, and initially to
The controller 12 also receives a signals from a manual input device 16, such as a keypad, which enables the driver to select the engine RPM desired at the start of the race. When the user selects the desired RPM, the controller 12 automatically sets an RPM range extending 100 RPM above and below the selected value. For example, if the user selects 6500 RPM, the controller sets the range at 6400–6600 RPM. It will be understood that the use of a 200-RPM range is simply one example, and the controller can be designed to set other, wider or narrower, ranges. Alternatively, the controller may be designed to allow the user to select the range via the manual input device 16. As will be described in more detail below, the controller 12 causes the light 14 to be illuminated whenever the engine RPM is within the set range.
If the answer at step 20 is negative (indicating that ACTUAL_RPM is greater than (LAUNCH_RPM−100), the program advances to step 22 to determine whether ACTUAL_RPM is less than (LAUNCH_RPM+100). If the answer is affirmative, indicating that ACTUAL_RPM is between (LAUNCH_RPM−100) and (LAUNCH_RPM +100), the indicator light is turned on at step 23. This signals the driver that the RPM of the engine is within a narrow range centered on the desired RPM.
A negative answer at step 22 indicates that ACTUAL_RPM is above (LAUNCH_RPM+100), which means that the engine speed is excessive. In this case, the controller causes the indicator light to flash by closing and opening the switch 13 repetitively at a relatively fast rate at step 24. This signals the driver that the engine is revving too fast and should be slowed down.
Thus, the illustrative system notifies the Sportsmen index/bracket participants when their vehicle engines have achieved the desired optimum level of revolutions per minute to enable a "good launch" from the starting line. By controlling the activation of the indicator light through the tachometer and controller, the driver may preset the launch reading at the desired level, in conjunction with the application of the brake system. With the brake engaged, and the engine revolutions being increased through the accelerator pedal application, the indicator light does not illuminate until the preset RPM level is achieved. Upon realizing the preset level, the indicator light illuminates in a constant beam, provided the RPM is maintained within a predetermined range (e.g., such as: 6500±100 RPM). In the preferred embodiment, if the driver should depress the accelerator pedal to a point that increases the engine RPM beyond the predetermined range (such as 6750 RPM), the indicator light then begins to flash intermittently to notify the driver that the engine RPM is beyond the desired range.
The usage of the indicator light alone as a device to notify the driver of achieving the desired RPM level reduces the demand upon the driver's sensory abilities by 33%, thus enabling more consistent performance and greater competition.
Turning now to
Referring now also to
By being able to rely solely on the indicator light 14 to confirm the desired vehicle engine performance relevant to the start of the race, any changes or fluctuations in the ambient sound levels in the cabins of the vehicles, or outside the vehicle, are irrelevant to the concentration of the driver. In alternative embodiments, the indicator light 14 may be mounted on the tachometer 10.
While particular embodiments and applications of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction and compositions disclosed herein and that various modifications, changes, and variations may be apparent from the foregoing descriptions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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Posted on 07/25/2012 2:20:33 AM PDT by prisoner6
Before yunz head dahntahn to work, or start to red up the house nat, join us every morning for coffee (or whatever gets yinz started) and maybe some serious discussion of the issues (or not!)
Listen to the Quinn & Rose Morning Show at:
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Reminder that Mr s is having surgery today and that's why sneakers hasn't been able to post the thread.
Let's all send them both our prayers!
Prayers offered up now.
Sending prayers and keeping Sneakers & Mr. S in my thoughts....(((cyber hug)))!
Any of Yinz see that Dr. Michael 'Hockey Stick" Mann has lawyered up and is threatening to sue NRO and Mark Steyn for Steyn's brutally funny (and honest) comp of PSU's international of investigations of both himself and Jerry Sandusky. Steyn drew the similarities of two PSU money makers being "reviewed" and "supported" by Spanier. Now Mann is threatening to sue as Steyn called his hockey stick graph "fraudulent.'. Jim oughta have fun with that...
Continued thoughts and prayers for your hubbie, sneakers.
Yup, saw that. Hope Mann does sue and Mark beats him like a rented mule!
What caller was Jim talking about when he said he wasn't prepared or didn't respond well to him? I must have missed that.
Thanks! I saw it on the FRont page. I want to find the article after Jim talked about it.
Prayers up for sneakers and wishing the best today for both of them!!
The caller was saying that "someone" should have taken the full body armor shooter down....he questioned how many of the movie goers were former military or LEOs. Quinn admitted he should have been harder on him. I don't remember the callers name.
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Summer's here, which means we're ready to slip into our trusty denim cutoffs again. But this summer we couldn't help but add a little DIY magic to our old jean shorts. So with a bit of lace and some simple sewing materials from M&J Trimming, we whipped up these lace-trimmed shorts that we'll be living in all summer long. Try it out yourself and let us know how it turns out!
- a pair of denim cutoffs
- 2 feet of lace or crochet trim
- pins
- a needle
- white thread
- scissors
1. Cut a triangle out of your shorts that is roughly the shape of the lace. Make sure the triangle is centered on one of the side seams of the shorts.
2. Cut out a piece of lace in your desired size. You don't have to use all of the trim – feel free to cut off the edges to get the right shape! Then pin the lace in place on top of the shorts.
3. Thread your needle, tie a knot at the end of the thread, and start sewing the lace to your shorts, pulling the needle in and out. Make sure you sew both the inner and outer edges. Once you have it all sewn down, tie a few knots where you finish, cut off the rest of the thread, and you're all set. Now go show off your shorts!


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Astros, Biggio eager to continue partnership
Astros, Biggio eager to continue partnership
Biggio has been working full-time since 2008 as the head baseball coach at St. Thomas High School in Houston, but he's been around Minute Maid Park routinely the last few years and has made annual trips to Spring Training. Crane said Biggio will remain part of the organization.
"His contract has expired, but we're going to get him back on the team, and he's ready to do that," Crane said. "We just haven't gotten to that yet. We want to keep Craig as one of our spokespersons. We're going to work to make sure he's here."
Biggio is eager to help the Astros get back on track.
"We're going to get this thing worked out," he said. "They took control of the club [in November] and have a lot of things to digest and process and go through. It's all going to get worked out. We'll sit down and figure out the title and the status. My involvement is I want to be part of getting this team back to winning again."
Jeff Bagwell, who also has had a personal services contract with the Astros in the past, is also welcome to remain involved with the club, Crane said.
"I haven't talked to Jeff in a while, but we'll be reaching out to him, too," Crane said. "All the alumni that have participated in the past -- I visited with Larry [Dierker] and saw Jimmy Wynn today -- we're reaching out to all the guys to see how we can keep them involved and utilize them to reach out to the fans."
Former Astros owner Drayton McLane signed Roger Clemens to a 10-year personal services contract upon the completion of his playing days, and Crane said that contract is still in effect. Clemens played with the Astros from 2004-06 and retired after playing the 2007 season with the Yankees.
"I haven't talked to Roger, but the phone lines are open whenever he wants to call," Crane said. "We may reach out to Roger."


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1. Players who understand from the beginning that hard work is the minimum expected of them, and not the maximum. Players who understand that there are few guarantees in life, and that two are: A. Success will not be easily achieved. B. Players who are unwilling to give a total effort in practices are unlikely to give a greater effort once the games begin.2. Players with a favorable attention span and the ability to listen and concentrate. 3. Players who can take criticism and acknowledge their mistakes without alibis, excuses, or blaming others.4. Players who love the game.5. Players who work hard.6. Players who enjoy competing - and winning as a team.7. Players who like - and more important, respect - their teammates and coaches.8. Players who are loyal to their team, teammates and coaches.9. Players who understand that good players show up for big games, but great players show up for every game.10. Players who exhibit leadership qualities.
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The lipocalin family of proteins is a functionally and structurally diverse group. Although these proteins are most commonly found in gram negative bacterial cells, vertebrate cells, and invertebrate cells, plant lipocalins have also recently been researched. Lipocalins have been associated with many biological processes, among them immune response, pheromone transport, biological prostaglandin synthesis, retinoid binding, and cancer cell interactions.
Immune Response
Lipocalin proteins are involved in inflammation and detoxification processes caused by immune system activation in mammals. They are known respiratory allergens of mice, cats, dogs, horses, and other animals. Examples of lipocalin proteins involved in immune system responses include alpha-1-microglobulin, alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, and c8gamma. Structural information for many immune system influencing lipocalin proteins is available, while their exact role in biological systems is still somewhat unclear. Human allergenic reactions to lipocalins have not been extensively investigated.
Pheromone Transport
The lipocalin family has been connected with the transport of mammalian pheromones due to easily observable protein-pheromone interactions. Lipocalins are comparatively small in size, and are thus less complicated to study as opposed to large, bulky proteins. They can also bind to various ligands for different biological purposes. Lipocalins have been detected as carrier proteins of important pheromones in the nasal mucus of rodents, as well as mouse and rat urine.
Prostaglandin Synthesis
This family of proteins plays a part in the biological system of terminal prostaglandin synthesis.
Retinoid Binding
Retinol, (vitamin A), is an important micronutrient that affects eyesight, cell differentiation, immune system function, bone growth, and tumor suppression. Retinol absorption and metabolism depends on lipocalins that act as binding proteins. Retinyl esters (present in meats) and beta-carotene (present in plants) are the two main sources of retinoids in the diet. After intake, they are converted to retinol, successively metabolized, and finally bound to retinol binding proteins (lipocalins) in the blood plasma.
Cancer Cell Interactions
Because lipocalins are extracellular proteins, their intracellular effects are not obvious, and demand further study. However, lipophilic ligands, present as substituents to the lipocalins, have the ability to enter the cell, where they can act as tumor protease inhibitors. This research suggests another possible route of protein-tumor investigations.
Although lipocalins are a broad family of greatly varied proteins, their three-dimensional structure is a unifying characteristic. Lipocalins have an eight-stranded, antiparallel, symmetrical β-barrel fold, which is in essence a beta sheet which has been rolled into a cylindrical shape. Inside this barrel is located a ligand binding site, which plays an important role in the lipocalin classification as a transport protein. Lipocalins have desirable properties in terms of crystallization ability, molecular size, and commercial availability. Structure determination involves such processes as crystallization and multi-dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR). Specifically, this NMR technique is known as NOESY (Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy), and is used to determine structures of otherwise complex macromolecules such as proteins.
- The Lipocalins: A Review. The Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research.
- Virtanen, Tuomas et al. "Important Animal Allergens Are Lipocalin Proteins: Why Are They Allergenic?" Department of Clinical Microbiology; University of Kuopio. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 1999.
- Bratt, T. "Lipocalins and Cancer". M&E Biotech. PubMed; 10/18/2000.
- Charron, Jean-Benoit Frenette et al. "Identification, Expression, and Evolutionary Analyses of Plant Lipocalins" Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal. 10/04/2005.
- Novotny, M.V. et al. "Pheromones, binding proteins and receptor responses in rodents" Institute for Pheromone Research, University of Indiana, Bloomington. Biochemical Society Transactions, 2003.
- Diwan, J. "Review: Protein Structure". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2003.
See also
External links
- Experimentally Determined Lipocalin Structures
- The Lipocalin Website
- Lipocalins in SCOP database
- UMich Orientation of Proteins in Membranes families/superfamily-52 - Calculated spatial positions of some Lipocalins in membranes