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Even though he's won a Super Bowl, it still irks Aaron Rodgers that he and the California Golden Bears were bumped from the Rose Bowl seven years ago by Mack Brown and the Texas Longhorns.
The Longhorns went on to beat Michigan in Pasadena. Relegated to the Holiday Bowl, Cal played like a jilted team and was overrun by Texas Tech in Rodgers' final game.
The Golden Bears can get a measure of revenge when they play the Longhorns in a matchup of 7-5 teams in the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday night.
Rodgers said earlier this month that he's still upset about Cal getting overhauled by Texas in the final BCS standings of 2004, because he and his teammates wanted to be the ones to break Cal's long Rose Bowl drought.
Cal coach Jeff Tedford said he understands how Rodgers feels and that it was unfortunate at the time. But he says he's moved on and is now friends with Brown.


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I refuse to watch Coronation Street now, there is too much sex says Hilda Ogden
FOR 23 years she played Coronation Street's broom-wielding battle-axe Hilda Ogden.
But actress Jean Alexander says she cannot watch the soap any more because there's too much sex in it.
The 88-year-old insists she is just not interested in who's having an affair with who in the ITV show that made her a household name.
She said: "The only stories they seem to have in mind is who's jumping into whose bed next. I have lost interest somehow."
The only stories they seem to have in mind is who's jumping into whose bed next
Since Jean left Corrie in 1987, the show has had numerous steamy goings on including Rosie Webster bedding builder Jason Grimshaw and teenage lesbians Sophie Webster and Sian Powers falling for each other.
This was before the raunchy scenes between married love-rat Peter Barlow and his mistress Tina McIntyre.
Only in February, the half-naked gay embrace between Todd Grimshaw and Marcus Dent prompted 100 complaints because it was screened before the watershed – although watchdog Ofcom ruled that the scene did not breach acceptable standards.
Now retired and living in Southport, Merseyside, Jean has long ruled out a return to the famous cobbles.
She says Hilda's character would have changed following the death of husband Stan and the storyline which saw her leave to take a job as a doctor's housekeeper in Derbyshire.
She said: "It is more than 25 years since she left the Street and I have been asked a number of times to do an episode but she wouldn't be the 'old scrubber' she was now.
"She became a doctor's housekeeper and has gone from being a nobody to a somebody.
People would want her to be the old Hilda. I couldn't do that."
Jean, whose TV appearances after Corrie included playing Auntie Wainwright in sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine, added: "I'm enjoying my retirement. I can do exactly what I want to do which has been my ideal ever since I was at school. That suits me fine."
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Every time I use the site, I have to unclick the box offering marketing stuff, and state why i want the room. Its just cheap and nasty. Every time I use the site I have to bat away an email asking for a hotel review. Take your commission and stop bugging me. And now I get emails asking for a review of laterooms itself. So it's no wonder I use apps for hotels that I'm comfortable with, whenever i can.


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So this morning my mom said that Nadal win the match and I just simply answer her with "Ohh" and then she asked me how can I know after 15 is 30 ?? And I said I know it from anime.
Tonight post is about "Tennis no Oujisama / Prince of Tennis" the title often shortened to "Tenipuri". I watched this anime when I were on middle school so this is an old anime. Based on Takeshi Konomi's manga and adapted to anime. The story is about Echizen Ryoma, the tennis prodigy who attend on Seigaku a private famous school for it's tennis club and the talented players. Ryoma quickly defeats numerous upperclassmen shortly after entrance to secure himself a spot as one of the the team's regular. In pursuit of their ultimate goal of winning the National Middle School Tennis Championship, members of the team make new friends while learning and mastering increasingly complex techniques. Ryoma also begins to develop his own style of tennis, and eventually realizes what the sport really means to him.
The New Prince of Tennis is set shortly after the end of the original manga. Ryoma returns to Japan after his trip to American as a candidate for the Japanese U-17 (under 17) High School Representatives Selection Camp, along with 50 other middle school tennis players. They begin a new adventure there, where only the top potentials in the Japanese tennis train.
This is one of my favorite anime and manga about sports. This manga teach us so many things. Beside give us a basic knowledge about tennis, this manga also teach us about friendship, solidarity, train hard, work hard and the other things.
"Normal" people may thinkthat anime and manga is JUST for kids. But here one example for you. Anime and manga teach us so many things. Just like this tennis case, when my mom asked me how can I know about the score system and I'm proudly answer "I knew it from anime/manga" which means is Tenipuri. Lol
Here's a picture from Tenipuri ♥
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Police and bomb-sniffing dogs checked the area and did not find any devices or anything that would pose a threat, police said. The call came about 4:50 p.m., and the all-clear was given about 6:30 p.m.
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I found it immediately hard to believe that Michael Schenker was still going strong and performing actively at various concert halls in Europe. The German-born Schenker was an original member of the heavy metal band Scorpions (with his brother Rudolf), and the Schenkers' propensity for using the Gibson "Flying V" guitar has become their signature tool in their performance, even after Schenker left the band and went on to be part of the bands UFO and McCauley Schenker Group (or MSG). He also has been close to being attached to other bands since his Scorpions departure, with legend being he auditioned separately for the guitarist spots in the Rolling Stones and Aerosmith, but he has continued on as a solo act, with various musicians coming in and out of Schenker's circle to comprise a group.
Schenker (with fellow former Scorpions in bassist Francis Buchholz and drummer (and Werner Herzog doppelganger) Herman Rarebell, along with singer Doogie White) have continued to tour and release albums, the latest of which being 2011's Temple of Rock, and one of the concerts from the show was recorded for distribution on Blu-ray and DVD platforms. The concert, from Tilburg, Netherlands in May 2012, includes the following songs:
"Into The Arena"
"Armed And Ready"
"Another Piece Of Meat"
"Hanging On"
"Cry For The Nations"
"Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"
"Coast To Coast"
"Assault Attack"
"Before The Devil Knows You're Dead"
"Lights Out"
"On And On"
"Let It Roll"
"Shoot Shoot"
"Rock You Like A Hurricane"
"Rock Bottom"
"Doctor Doctor"
Over the course of the more than 90 minute set, I have got to admit I was taken back in time with Schenker's music. Not in the sense that I remembered his songs (though most of them are familiar, with only one that I could tell from the new album being played in concert), but the riffs on the Flying V made me feel oddly nostalgic for the days of high school, where I would blast the Scorps, Motorhead and Metallica. Days when I would piss off my parents by accumulating Marlboro Miles and smoking weed from a makeshift bong. But most of all, I think Schenker and the band is certainly comfortable performing these songs now. The crowds in front of them are comfortable with the music and are there to maybe recapture some of the feelings I experienced when watching, or perhaps are looking for something different. But the crowd is having fun and it comes through with the performers.
In terms of the songs I was not familiar with, while sounding generally similar to things that would have been plucked from a Scorps/UFO show (the rhythm section of the Schenker group does not help in that regard), they have subtle wrinkles in it that are made their own with Doogie's vocals, and the Rarebell-Buchholz work is familiar and more than capable, providing for some independence past the superficial. As for Schenker's fretwork, it remains as polished as it was in its heyday, remarkable for someone of his age and compared to similar peers at that level who would maybe just be comfortable doing the power chords every so often. Schenker does take a breather on songs occasionally and plays rhythm, but he is out there handling himself well and the result is a good show.The Blu-ray:
Presented in 1.78:1 widescreen and in high definition (1080p, compared to similar shows that have been previously released in 1080i) using the AVC codec, and looks solid. The show would appear to have some decent production value thrown into it, with multiple camera angles, everything shot in HD and looking about as good as one can expect, despite some image noise and occasional pixilation inherent in the source. Image detail is adequate in some areas and lacks in the wider shots, and black levels are fairly consistent though not entirely deep. Perfectly acceptable viewing material I think.Audio:
You get your choice of a two-channel LPCM stereo track or a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless surround one. In switching tracks on the fly, one can certainly tell the difference between the two. Experiencing the lossless one, the low-end activity participates when it is called upon, but the sound stage is filled quite nicely between the guitars, drums and PA. The song lyrics sound clear and the ambient crowd noise provides an immersive experience to those who listen to it. One would expect a sharp audio track, and this does that.Extras:
The disc includes a small five song set with the group (with Rudolf appearing as well) to perform "Armed And Ready," "Another Piece Of Meat," "Rock You Like A Hurricane," "Hanging On" and "Doctor Doctor," which they performed at the High Voltage Festival in London. In addition, we see the group in two different areas: the first is during the band's sound check for the Tilburg show (21:34), the second is just before the band takes stage (10:43), where Schenker puts down Red Bull after Red Bull and goes over the set list and walks up to the stage before the Tilburg show, while the band (save for Doogie, who waits and points out genitalia drawn comically on a wood table) gets ready and go.
It should be noted that there is a Limited Edition set which includes CDs and a standard definition DVD for the Schenker-est of the Schenker fans.Final Thoughts:
Temple of Rock pleasantly surprised me in the way Michael Schenker brought some adrenaline to the stage when he very easily could have mailed it in at some point. He plays his hits, but does so in a way that makes you enjoy them, even if you have heard them countless times before. Technically the disc is quite good and has a decent-ish peek at things from a bonus material context. Definitely worth watching if you have had any fondness for '80s heavy metal, non-hair band category


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Pacifica Radio's Amy Goodman celebrates Berkeley's Free Speech Movement with a blistering critique of the mainstream media's coverage of US interventions around the world in in this talk entitled "Fomenting Democracy: Independent Media in a Time of War and Elections." (#8467)
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MLB may use veteran umps in Fall Classic
Change would break longstanding baseball tradition
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
Major League Baseball has made no official announcement, as the league typically doesn't announce umpiring crews until the Series opponents are set.An all-veteran crew would break baseball tradition. The AP report said that in 24 of the last 25 World Series, the umpiring crew has included at least one umpire working the event for the first time. At least two first-time World Series umpires have been on each of the last five crews, and there were three first-time umps in each of the last two World Series. Umpires have been scrutinized throughout the postseason, from Phil Cuzzi's foul call on what should have been a Joe Mauer extra-base hit in the American League Division Series between the Twins and Yankees, to a pair of disputed calls by Tim McClelland this week in the Yankees-Angels AL Championship Series, among others. While the controversial calls have led to rumblings about the expansion of instant replay, which is currently used only to settle questionable home run calls, Commissioner Bud Selig has said that he is not inclined to implement more.
"We need to do a little work, clean up some things," Selig told FOXSports.com during the Division Series. "But do I think we need more replay? No. Baseball is not the kind of game that can have interminable delays."
And at least some of the recently affected players are not in favor of revamping replay either.
"Nah," Angels outfielder Torii Hunter said after Game 4 of the ALCS. "This is the way it's been forever. Why would we change it? Human error is good sometimes. Trust me."
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter expressed similar sentiment.
"People are human," Jeter said. "They're going to make mistakes sometimes. Umpires are trying their best. Sometimes you get calls and sometimes you don't."
The Yankees held a 3-1 series lead over the Angels in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series entering Game 5 on Thursday night. The Phillies punched their World Series ticket on Wednesday by dispatching the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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As we got what we paid for we cannot complain or moan (just the weather could have been better, but can't blame this on anyone, right?). We only spoke to sales person on couple of occasions, to re-confirm all details and to add a bag to the flight, which was done for us as asked.
Hotel was in good location, close to Garre Du Nord, rooms small but cosy and looked after, friendly hotel staff. Parisiens are notoriously known for their moodyness, but we thought they were fine and quite friendly, just once we didn't like the man serving at the caffe when we only wanted to order a tea and no lunch - he was obviously expecting some tips of us.
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This is a user interface to tell eDonkey2000 'core' what to do (ie.
connect to servers, do searches, download stuff). The core comes
with a very simple text interface (=command line client), where you
can tell it what to do by typing in commands. Most people do not
find this very convenient and rather have a window with lists and
buttons to click. The 'GUI' is a separate program which connect to
the core via a TCP connection and tells it what to do. Likewise,
the core sends messages to the GUI when something happens (eg. a
download has finished), so the GUI can present this to the user.
Check http://www.edonkey2000.com/ and the WWW site below.
WWW: http://users.aber.ac.uk/tpm01/guihome.html
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was: linux-edonkey-gui-gtk
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Use PLIST_FILES (bento-tested, marcus-reviewed).
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From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Lyung
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 14:56:56 -0500
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No marriages under that name, but this which appears to be a messed up LYON:
Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900
Lyuons, John Spouse : Williams, Mary C.
Marriage date : Jan 24, 1884
County : Garland
Gender : Male
Source : County Court Records
Microfilm Number : 1012703 - 1012706
Jean Cuevas
At 11:47 AM 10/3/01 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/3/01 2:02:07 AM Central Daylight Time,
> writes:
><< Does any one have information on the Lyung family? Looking for info
>regarding Elizabeth Lyung >>
>Hi, Wanda! [I watch all your posts for progress on KIZZIA / KIZZIAR
>--connected to my LUTHER line.]
>You may already have this. One family and one individual came up under LUNG
>on the LDS CD. Nothing on LYUNG--but, who knows, could be garbled and
>indexed incorrectly.
>Peggy in Tulsa
>* * *
> Census Place: Helena, Phillips, Arkansas
> Source: FHL Film 1254053 National Archives Film T9-0053 Page
> Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
>Si LUNG Self M M W 31 DE
> Occ: Manufacturer Fa: DE Mo: DE
>Mattie E. LUNG Wife F M W 25 AR
> Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
>Beva Mosiel LUNG Dau F S W 2 AR
> Occ: At Home Fa: DE Mo: AR
>Charles BUTTRICKS Other M S W 21 KY
> Occ: Works At Soda House Fa: KY Mo: KY
>* * *
> Census Place: Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas
> Source: FHL Film 1254056 National Archives Film T9-0056 Page
> Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
>N. J. FLEMING Self F W W 68 TN
> Occ: Keeping Hotel Fa: VA Mo: VA
>Arabela WARD Dau F W W 38 AR
> Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: TN
>Warren FLEMING Son M S W 36 AR
> Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: TN
>E. H. FLEMING Son M S W 34 AR
> Occ: Clerk In Hotel Fa: KY Mo: TN
>James C. FLEMING Son M S W 32 AR
> Occ: Clerk In Hotel Fa: KY Mo: TN
>Charled A. FLEMING Son M S W 30 AR
> Occ: Clerk In Drug Store Fa: KY Mo: TN
>Wallis WARD Nephew M S W 19 AR
> Occ: Works In Furniture Factory Fa: LA Mo: AR
>Jessie LUNG Other M S W 24 TN
> Occ: Cabinet Maker Fa: TN Mo: TN
>Marry CULIMORE Other F W B 20 GA
> Occ: Servant Fa: GA Mo: GA
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The father of a 13-month-old girl found injured in the street after either falling or being pushed out of a moving truck -- along with her mother who died -- surrendered to police, officials said Saturday.
Fransico Montano, 21, turned himself and his black Toyota Rav4 into detectives at the Santa Ana Police Department, officials said in a press release.
He was booked into jail on felony hit-and-run charges in connection with Thursday night's discovery of a dead woman lying next to her baby girl in the 1600 block of West Edinger Avenue in Santa Ana.
The woman was identified as Gloria Sanchez, 21. Montano was the victim's boyfriend and father of the child, police said.
Family members contacted police after seeing media reports about the case.
Police said Sanchez suffered major trauma apparently as a result of either being pushed or having jumped from a vehicle that was traveling east on Edinger.
She died at a hospital.
The baby in stable condition.
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After five decades of good use, it was high time for the Met to replace Franco Zeffirelli's 1964 Falstaff and present a fresh view of the piece. Robert Carsen's production, which originated at Covent Garden in 2012 and bowed here on December 6, is probably too idiosyncratic to last fifty years into the future. But it offered a lively take on the work, well attuned to its musical dramaturgy.
Carsen shifted the opera to the 1950s, with Windsor as an upscale suburb, basking in the postwar economic boom. Paul Steinberg's set designs hinted at camp without spilling over, and they rendered the town's material comfort in recognizable terms. From Falstaff's unpaid-for, mahogany-lined hotel room to Alice Ford's lemon-chiffon kitchen, the midcentury-modern luxury of the settings made clear that the Fat Knight's courtship of Alice and Meg was governed as much by avarice as by concupiscence.
Not all of Carsen's choices were equally successful. The Herne's Oak scene turned into something of a production number, too slick to evince the Wives' authorship. Even less successful was the decision to shift the setting of Act I, Scene 2, from Ford's garden to an upmarket restaurant. The new locale allowed Carsen to establish the easy (and here, slightly boozy) camaraderie of the Merry Wives in instantly apprehensible terms. But it made a bad structural fit for the scene, which calls for its female and male flanks to take the stage alternatively. The very nature of a restaurant is that people sit in place for long periods; here the successive entrances and exits seemed improbable and unmotivated. And why would the gran borghese Ford entertain the raffish Bardolfo and Pistola at such a respectable venue?
Carsen's work with his performers, however, was above reproach. The singers here cohered into a true ensemble. (The guiding hand of the man in the pit, James Levine, was no doubt another factor.) Their work was ebullient without being forced. And in a piece that often goads its performers toward desperate indications of comedy, these people were actually funny.
Clearly, Ambrogio Maestri, who sang the title role, has a natural gift for comedy. With a voice as huge as his outsized physique, the Italian baritone seems to have been born to play Falstaff; in fact, the evening marked his 200th performance in the role. He commandeered the audience's attention from the instant the curtain rose; moments later, after his stentorian rendering of the knight's paean to his own belly, the crowd broke into spontaneous, delighted applause. His command of the stage allowed him to hold his own against the hay-eating horse that Carsen interpolated into the first scene of Act III. Looking every bit the buffoon in Brigitte Reiffenstuel's witty costume designs — jodhpurs, a soiled onesie — Maestri consistently realized Falstaff's absurd dignity. It was a performance worthy of both Verdi and Shakespeare.
Stephanie Blythe, the evening's Mistress Quickly, was equally commanding — and equally funny. The voice itself had so much impact that it created its own comedy: this Quickly was a woman accustomed to being heard. Blythe once again proved herself to be an expert, dexterous physical comedian as well, her every muscle showing her commitment to the comic spirit of the piece.
But while Blythe's Quickly was a known quantity, the success of Angela Meade's Alice Ford was a surprise. The soprano has made her reputation portraying the grand tragic heroines of bel canto opera; I came to the performance wondering about her temperamental fit for the assignment. But Meade entered into the spirit of the proceedings with unflagging zest: her Alice was vivacity itself. And it was revelatory to hear this music sung with such impeccable florid technique. The role, her singing demonstrated, abounds in filigree — such as the skipping staccato line leading to a high C in "Gaie comari di Windsor," here delivered with breathtaking aplomb.
Lisette Oropesa was a sweet, dewy Nannetta, even if her voice didn't have the ideal component of warmth in her summoning of the fairies. Paolo Fanale, in a house debut as Fenton, displayed a compact, firm tenor, opening the opera's final scene with a confident, shapely reading of his serenade. Jennifer Johnson Cano's buoyant Meg was a full co-conspirator in the wives' schemes. Keith Jameson and Christian Van Horn were a properly sleazy Bardolfo and Pistola. Carlo Bosi, in another house debut, delivered the role of Caius with penetrating tone and crackling-crisp diction; his opening "Falstaff!" truly kick-started the opera into action. But the casting of Franco Vassallo was puzzling: he was a pallid Ford, with a voice that seemed too small for the house. He delivered his monologue to little effect, and in the "Se t'agguanto" section of the Act II finale, his interjections were so lacking in incisiveness that they sapped the coiled momentum of the whole ensemble.
It could be, though, that momentum was not foremost among the conductor's goals. Levine has led nearly every Met performance of Falstaff since 1972, and if my ears aren't mistaken, his reading has gotten mellower — and slower — over the years. His control of his forces remains masterly, but his work on this occasion was characterized less by whiplash precision than by its attention to the work's human comedy. Levine seemed to be not so much "conducting" the piece as masterminding a performance in which singers, musicians and production team worked together to reveal the genial humanism of Verdi's late masterpiece.
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|01 Sep 2009
Installed the HAALI spliter and all is fine in the world :-)
Now, if only I could get the PC to auto-logon (have tried control userpasswords2 several times), I'd be properly sorted !!
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Run control userpasswords2 (I always run it from an elavated cmd prompt)
Select your user name, untick "users must enter a user name and password to use this pc"
Click apply and it will then ask for your username and password credentials.
Whack em in and click apply and you done !!
PS this is assuming you have set a password in the users control panel in the first place.
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|01 Sep 2009
Hi Damo.
As I said above, I've done that a few times but it don't stick !!
I have 2 other computers running W7 and they auto-logon just fine.
Just installed Tweak-7 to see if that helps and it has auto-logon, but Tweak-7 is only a demo version so I'll wait and see.
Thanks anyway.
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|24 May 2011
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
I think I've sussed my DOLBY D problem out.
Apart from the OUTPUT (to SPDIF) setting in ffdshow, I also had the DivX Tech Preview: MKV on Windows 7 software installed, which I took off when I removed the Dolby Surround software.
Today, I re-installed the DivX Tech Preview: MKV on Windows 7 software, as I couldn't get my MKV media files to play in WMC7, but as soon as I did, I lost the AC3/DTS signal on my receiver !!
Removing the software got me AC3/DTS back !!
Identical problem just caused me no end of hassle. Now resolved. Thanks
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Computer programmers use the acronym GIGO. It means "garbage in, garbage out." If you enter bad data, you'll get bad results. Waste facilities have a new riff on that. Call it GIFO: garbage in, fuel out. The proper preparation of MSW (municipal solid waste) or postindustrial waste inputs is key to getting a high-quality burnable product as output.
Most waste-to-energy facilities are quite careful about their infeed material. Size and quality of the material are monitored. Nothing is left to chance. At plants around the country, the goal is to reduce the amount of waste going into landfills while capturing as much burnable energy as possible.
"We produce a high-Btu fuel with little to no chlorine," says Jay Saxton, general manager at Balcones Fuel Technologies, Little Rock, Ark. Balcones' typical end product is more than 10,500 Btu and gets an output of from 12,500 to 13,000 Btu, Saxton says.
Balcones is fortunate to have a fairly consistent blend coming into its plant. "Our feedstock hasn't changed much," he says. All of the company's material is postindustrial waste. The bulk of its input product is nonwoven scrap fabrics from filters, baby care products, car covers and items like reusable grocery sacks that do not make the grade.
In addition, Balcones runs some postindustrial food plant waste. "This is not food, itself," Saxton says. Rather, it is waxed cardboard used to package food, plastic packing bags that do not pass muster for some reason and other packing that might have breading or fat residue.
The company also processes waste from a peanut butter plant. "The residual peanut oil burns great," Saxton says. And the PET (polyethylene terephthalate) jars have great Btu value.
No matter what the material, it is shredded, run through a metering bin, mixed further and then processed. Balcones does not accept material with metals. However, the plant is equipped with drum magnets to remove ferrous contaminants that may be in a load.
Balcones produces a 4-inch-minus product. Saxton says the company found its optimum size by trial and error. A good shred is one key to the process.
"We have slow-speed shredders running at low rpm," Saxton explains.
The input at other RDF (refuse-derived fuel) fuel operations may not be as defined.
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One of the oldest waste-to-energy facilities in the country is run by the Solid Waste Authority (SWA) of Palm Beach County, Fla. Its feedstock is varied.
"We went with RDF to hedge our bets," recalls Palm Beach County SWA Director of Engineering Ray Schauer.
Originally known as its North County Renewable Energy Facility, the operation is now Renewable Energy Facility #1 (REF #1). It accepts and processes about 2,000 tons of curbside collected MSW per day and produces 1,800 tons per day of RDF, six days per week.
A second facility, called REF #2, will soon come online. A mass burn facility, it is expected to process 3,000 tons per day with three 1,000-ton per day boilers.
Palm Beach County got started with RDF in 1989 when waste to energy was just coming into the public eye. Schauer says the county talked about a MRF (material recovery facility), recycling and other options and decided to go the waste-to-energy route.
The front-end of the SWA's REF #1 facility is a primary shredder. "We size material and send it through trommels," Schauer says.
"Our raw material is residential and commercial MSW that is collected curbside and in roll-off type containers," Schauer says. The community has an aggressive source-separated dual-stream recycling program that includes newspaper, mixed paper, cardboard, UBCs (aluminum cans) and glass, plastic and steel containers.
REF #1 comprises four areas: the MSW Receiving Area (tipping floor), the RDF Manufacturing Building, the Fuel (RDF) Storage Building and the Power Block, which includes the fuel feeding equipment, boilers, power generation equipment and the ash handling equipment.
The MSW processing equipment is located on the front end of REF #1. Waste arrives on the tipping floor and is inspected and fed on to a feed conveyor. Then it is inspected again and conveyed to a flail mill that coarsely shreds the MSW. The output of the flail mill is conveyed through a magnet, which recovers ferrous material, to a trommel screen. The first stage of the screen removes the small fraction (less than 2 inches) as precombustion residue. This small fraction is later cleaned with air classification and combined with the RDF. The heavy fraction is processed further for metals removal.
The second stage of the trommel screen removes the MSW fraction that is less than 6 inches and typically consolidates the containers. The UBCs and other nonferrous metals are removed via eddy current separation and the balance is conveyed to the RDF storage building, Schauer explains.
The MSW fraction that is larger than 6 inches is conveyed to a secondary shredder for further sizing and is reprocessed to remove metals prior to being conveyed to the RDF storage building. The resulting RDF product is typically characterized as a loose material between 2 and 6 inches.
"We take what is left over at the RDF Facility for further processing," Schauer says. The front-end equipment is designed to size the material to between 2 and 6 inches and to remove the ferrous and nonferrous metals. The facility also includes recovery of metals from the resulting ash on the back-end of the combustion process.
The concluding RDF is a loose product that typically includes the remaining paper, plastic, wood and organics.
Sizing Material
The idea at most RDF sites, including Palm Beach County's, is to produce a feedstock that runs 2 to 4 inches in size.
"We are manufacturing RDF specifically to provide for the disposal of solid waste and the generation of clean, renewable energy as part of an integrated waste management system," Schauer says. Other operations have a somewhat different focus.
Vexor Technology, Medina, Ohio, gets its material from single-stream MRFs. Steven Berry, president of Vexor Technology, emphasizes that his company's product is not classic RDF, but an engineered product designed to meet customer's specific requirements.
"We do not compete with recyclers," Berry says. "We work hard to differentiate ourselves."
Rather, Vexor takes nonrecyclable plastics, waxy cardboard and other materials that do not have economic value in the traditional recycling stream or cannot be processed economically and mixes it with other materials to produce a high-quality fuel.
Coming onto the line, the material ranges up to 1 foot in size. Grinders and shredders take the material down to three-quarter-inch minus particle size. "That's what our customers request," Berry says.
The material, he explains, typically gets delivered to cement and power plants and has a Btu value of about 10,500 per pound.
At most RDF plants that rate their products on a quality output basis, the material typically will be compared with coal for its burn. Bituminous coal produces from 10,500 to 15,500 Btu per pound, according to the American Coal Foundation. Lower grade lignite coal produces only 4,000 to 8,300 Btu per pound. So Vexor's product certainly is in good company.
At Vexor, magnets at the front and back end of the system remove metals.
In Palm Beach County, large bulky items, such as mattresses, refrigerators, washers, dryers, freezers, engine blocks and more are recovered on the tipping floor and recycled when possible.
Hazardous materials—typically propane tanks, in this case—are manually picked out on the tipping floor. Ferrous metals are magnetically separated early in the process, and aluminum is removed by eddy current and manual picking. A proprietary system collects coins.
Interestingly, the SWA recovers almost as much metal on the back end of its process by sifting the ash as it recovers in the daily curbside recycling stream.
Testing is an important part of the fuel producing process. Berry says Vexor tests 32 different parameters ranging from moisture content to heavy metals. Quality control (QC) testing is performed at the start of the process and on the end product.
"We have QC tests to assure the proper mix of material," Berry says.
"The material is inconsistent (coming in). But we need a consistent product out," Berry says.
Dealing With Feedstock
Feedstock inconsistency is a fact of life every facility must contend with.
"We definitely do not want an abundance of moisture," Saxton says of Balcones' feedstock. That is a high hurdle in humid Arkansas.
"We try to keep it sub-20 percent—and under 15 percent is better. We want it as dry as possible," Saxton says.
The large volume of baby wipes and infant care products makes that a tough standard to meet.
"Humidity is naturally high in Arkansas," Saxton says. "They use a super absorbent polymer in their product. It grabs moisture out of the air."
Sometimes the product is wet before arrives at the lot. Once moisture is in the product, it is tough to remove.
Moisture is one of the many outside factors that make dealing with feedstock challenging. The challenge is bigger when the feedstock can change daily.
"MSW, by its heterogeneous nature, is difficult to deal with. The economics are a balancing act," Schauer says.
SWA's REF #1 site typically runs at full capacity. Three identical RDF processing sites provide approximately 150 percent of the required capacity.
In Arkansas, land is fairly cheap, and landfill costs are lower than they are in many other parts of the country. It can be more economical to landfill material than to make fuel from it. Many of the companies Balcones serves are striving to be as green as possible.
"We only attract companies that want to be as close as they can to landfill free," Saxton says. "They appreciate the service we provide," he concludes.
The author is a contributing editor with the Recycling Today Media Group and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com. This article first appeared in the March/April issue of Renewable Energy from Waste, a sister publication of Recycling Today.


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Low Temperature Oxidation System
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Low Temperature Oxidation System
CARB Grant Number ICAT 99-2
|The statements and conclusions in this Report are those of the grantee and not necessarily those of the California Air Resources Board. The mention of commercial products, their source, or their use in connection with material reported herein is not to be construed as actual or implied endorsement of such products.
|BOC Gases has demonstrated its patented LoTOxTM technology for low temperature NOx removal at a reverbertory furnace used for lead smelting, operated by Quemetco, Inc., City of Industry, California, a subsidiary of RSR Corporation. The demonstration was funded in part by an Innovative Clean Air Technologies grant from the California Air Resources Board. The demonstration was very successful, accomplishing > 90 percent NOx removal under varying reverb furnace operating conditions, and the installation of a full scale system for control of NOx emissions from the Quemetco, Inc., process is expected to be completed by the end of 2001.
|LoTOxTM Process Description
|The LoTOxTM System is a NOx removal system that injects ozone into the flue gas stream to oxidize insoluble NOx to soluble oxidized compounds. Ozone is produced on site and on demand by passing oxygen through an ozone generator. LoTOxTM is a low temperature system; therefore, it does not require heat input to maintain operational efficiency or to prevent the "slip" of treatment chemicals, such as ammonia, as is common with SCR and SNCR systems.
|Ozone is produced in response to the amount of NOx present in the flue gas generated by the process. The low operating temperature allows stable and consistent control regardless of variation in flow, load or NOx content. There are no adverse effects of acid gases or particles on the LoTOxTM System, and some particles may even enhance the reaction by producing sites for nucleation of moisture and by catalyzing the oxidation reaction.
|Ozone rapidly reacts with insoluble NO and NO2 molecules to form soluble N2O5. The species N2O5 is highly soluble and will rapidly react with moisture in the gas stream to form nitric acid. The conversion of NOx into the aqueous phase in the scrubber is rapid and irreversible, allowing nearly complete removal of NOx. The nitric acid, along with unreacted N2O5 and nitrous acid formed by reaction of NO2 with water, can be easily scrubbed out of the gas stream in a wet scrubber with water or neutralized with a caustic solution.
|The rapid reaction rate of ozone with NOx makes ozone highly selective for treatment of NOx in the presence of other compounds such as CO and SOx, resulting in a high ozone utilization efficiency for NOx removal with no wasteful consumption of ozone by CO and SOx.
|The LoTOxTM System can be installed as a stand-alone design or as a polishing system in compliment to combustion modifications or other post-combustion technologies for NOx removal. Because the system is modular, it requires minimal downtime to install and can be made to fit into limited space, with auxiliary components located elsewhere on-site. The economic and environmental benefits of heat recovery are achieved readily because of the LoTOxTM technologys low optimum operating temperature. Since the system efficiently removes more than 90 percent of the NOx downstream of the combustion process, the operator can tune combustion components for stable burner operating conditions, allowing more efficient combustion and lower CO emissions. This reduces fuel consumption and maintenance costs and extends boiler / burner life.
Figure 1 is an overall process diagram of the LoTOxTM System.
|The LoTOxTM technology is based on the high solubility of higher-order nitrogen oxides in water. NO and NO2 are relatively insoluble in water as compared to other oxides as shown in Table 1, where typical constituents in the combustion flue exhaust are listed.
Table 1 - Relative Solubility of Various Gases in Water at 70ºF and 1 Atmosphere
|However, once the NOx is oxidized to higher orders of nitrogen oxides, their solubility and reactivity with water increase significantly. The NOx oxidation step proceeds according to the following reactions:
NO + O3 à NO2 + O2k298 = 1.8 x 10-14 (cm3/molecule*second)
NO2 + O3 à NO3 + O2k298 = 3.2 x 10-17 (cm3/molecule*second)
NO2 + NO3 à N2 + O5k298 = 2.0 x 10-12 (cm3/molecule*second)
|These reactions are much faster than the ozone oxidation of CO to CO2 [k298 ~ 1.1 x 10-21 (cm3/molecule*second)] and of SO2 to SO3 [k298 = 2.2 x 10-22 (cm3/molecule*second)]. Thus ozone is highly selective for the oxidation of NOx relative to other combustion flue gas components. Nitrogen pentoxide (N2O5) formed during the oxidation process reacts vigorously with moisture in the gas stream to form nitric acid (HNO3).
|Comparison of Post-Combustion NOx Abatement Technologies
|Although there are other competing NOx technologies, SNCR and SCR remain the most commonly used post combustion NOx abatement technologies. The LoTOxTM technology works quite differently from SCR and SNCR in the principal for NOx abatement; i.e., while SNCR and SCR reduce NOx using ammonia and urea, LoTOTM technology uses ozone to selectively oxidize NOx.
Reduction Using NH3 / Urea Oxidation Using O3/O2
(SCR, SNCR) (LoTOxTM)
|The technical and operating features of SNCR and SCR are compared to the LoTOxTM technology in Table 2.
Table 2 - Comparison of Common Post
Combustion NOx Abatement
|One of LoTOxTM Systems key advantages over technologies based on reduction is that the LoTOxTM System can conveniently handle multi-pollutants. Since SOx and particulate emissions commonly accompany NOx emission, integrated scrubber systems can be implemented to remove NOx, SOx and particles without significant additional costs. These features of the LoTOxTM system are shown in Table 3.
Table 3 - NOx Emissions Control Technologies from Various Sources
|Description of Testing
|The testing at Quemetco, Inc., focused on measuring incoming NOx and flow variations, varied ozone dosage, residence time and temperature data, and the impact of these variations on treatment efficiency. The experimentation was conducted in manual operation mode to effect these parametric changes, varying specific parametric settings and recording the results as part of the data acquisition system. The residence time and treatment effectiveness test series provided valuable information for characterization of the process gas stream. Information was tracked for ozone usage in relation to percentage of NOx removal, residual O3 and temperature effects.
Range of Gas Test Conditions
|Demonstration Test Results
|There are three primary process variables which impact the NOx control capabilities of LoTOxTM process: Temperature of the flue gas (T), Residence Time of the flue gas in the reactor duct (RT) and Amount of Ozone (O3 Factors) injected into the reactor duct. Based on the results of the LoTOxTM demonstration testing, the most efficient control parameters for a full scale system on the Quemetco, Inc., furnace are a temperature of 175°F or less, a residence time of four seconds, and an ozone injection factor of 80 to 90. The O3 Factor represents the O3 to NOx ratio at the inlet to the reaction duct. The presented data uses O3 Factor for the sake of clarity and to provide meaningful data while maintaining confidentiality of proprietary intellectual information.
|Graph 1 depicts the performance conditions of the LoTOxTM process for the design conditions of RT = 4 seconds, T = 175°F and O3 Factor = 70 to 90. Under these design conditions the NOx removal achieved ranges from 80 percent at an O3 Factor of 70 to 95 percent at an O3 Factor of 90.
Graph 1
|From the demonstration test data, it is clear that the LoTOxTM process is extremely effective and efficient at removing NOx from the Quemetco, Inc., furnace flue gas. NOx removal efficiencies ranging from 80 percent to 95 percent were demonstrated as achievable and controllable. When installed to treat the entire furnace exhaust (at 100 ppm NOx) the LoTOxTM System will reduce NOx emissions by up to 70 tons per year, depending on production schedule. The LoTOxTM System also allows the ability to tailor the NOx emissions to the source allowables, providing market-sensitive NOx control. By injecting more or less ozone, the degree of NOx removal can be adjusted to optimize the economic value of creating saleable NOx credits. Full scale systems include automated control systems which automatically adjust the ozone injection rates in order to maintain a desired outlet NOx level, thereby enabling the system to automatically respond to variations in the process conditions. The testing also demonstrated that residual ozone levels can be maintained at undetectable levels despite variations in the process conditions, due to the effectiveness of sulfite, which is formed as a by-product of Quemetcos SOx removal system, as an ozone scavenger.


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Wondering Why Your Phone Bill Keeps Going Up? Thank the Government
Are you wondering why the cost of your smartphone plan keeps going up? Remember last year when AT&T hiked rates and Verizon switched from offering individual plans to a Share Everything plan? Unlimited data used to be the norm, but today people are fortunate if 1GB of data is included in their plan. On top of that, nearly every carrier has introduced some sort of data throttling, which slows down access speeds after you hit a data cap.
What gives?
Demand for data among cell phone users is greater than the phone carriers can supply-because a huge chunk of the electromagnetic spectrum in America-the system needed to carry the data-is owned by the federal government. Brent Skorup at the Technology Liberation Front points out that the government owns around 1500 Mhz of the spectrum. In 2010, President Obama directed government agencies to free up a third of that spectrum for consumers to use instead.
So far, that hasn't happened. The Pentagon believes it must have all of its spectrum in the name of national security, and other agencies have been digging in their heels as well.
Skorup suggests we take one of two proposals: either implement a GSA-like entity that would lease the spectrum to government agencies, forcing them to economize by actually having to pay for using the spectrum, or a BRAC-style agency that would clear out the spectrum for use by consumers. The second option is better. The GAO pointed out that the government is using its spectrum inefficiently, surprise, surprise, so its unlikely that the GSA would function any better than the original.
Congress instructed the FCC to conduct incentive auctions, buying out private broadcasters to free up spectrum, then selling it again. (Note, this isn't the digital version of eminent domain; the government will only buy the spectrum at rates the broadcasters agree to.) The idea is that the spectrum will be more valuable for mobile data than for TV broadcasts, which seems likely.
However, the FCC is going about it the wrong way, contemplating banning Verizon and AT&T from participating in the auction of certain spectrum blocks. That's exactly the wrong thing to do. Freezing out the two largest carriers is, first, not fair, and second, gets the government involved in picking winners and losers.
Supposedly, the argument is that if Verizon and AT&T expand their spectrum holdings, T-Mobile, Sprint and other small carriers won't be able to expand their networks.
That doesn't seem right.
If AT&T and Verizon manage their networks terribly and fail to provide their customers with the services they want, their customers will switch to other networks, bringing increased revenue to the smaller players. A free market system allows T-Mobile, Sprint and others to build out their networks, even potentially buying spectrum licenses from the bigger players. And if AT&T and Verizon treat their customers well, then they will be glad to have the extra spectrum to handle their data traffic.
The FCC should let everyone participate to make sure consumers get their money's worth.
It's obvious that demand is gradually outstripping supply in the spectrum market. In order to avoid sky-high mobile plan costs, the government needs to free up as much spectrum as possible.


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You buy a storage device to put your precious data on. If the device dies, you're basically on your own. Your data is gone for good unless you have backups.
To try to help ease the fear, Seagate introduced its Seagate Rescue and Seagate Rescue and Replace data protection plans, offering coverage starting at $29.99. The former offers data recovery, the latter also includes a replacement of the storage device itself.
This is the first time that a storage vendor offers a complete plan that covers both drive replacement and data recovery services for data contained on the drive. And according to Seagate, you can buy the plans to cover "nearly any brand of internal or external hard disk drive or solid-state drive." The plans offers data protection against physical damage, corruption, or accidental deletion.
The service will first be made available through Seagate.com and will later be available to be purchased from retail and manufacture partners at the time you purchase a computer, an external storage, or a NAS server. The Seagate Rescue plans come in two-, three-, and four-year packages that costs $30, $40, and $50, respectively. The plan for Seagate Rescue and Replace also comes in the same packages that cost $10 more apiece.
While these fees are relatively low for the length of coverage, note that neither of the plans cover data loss in case of theft. That said, make sure you still have a backup solution for important data.


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Hotel "AEOLIS THASSOS PALACE" is a new 4 star hotel located in a place of unique harmony
Our bar & restaurant specialities will make your stay as pleasant as possible
A haven for personal healing, growth and discovery. Relaxation at its best
Discover Thassos island's endless opportunities for all kinds of excursions
Interior Playground, table tennis, darts etc.
Convention Centre (conferences/incentives)
Elevators, Central & Children Pool
Sun-umbrellas & beds at pool area & beach
Room Service
Luggage transfer
Babysitting (on request & availability)
Reception services (rentals, taxi, etc.)
Shuttle service (mini bus transfer)
Internet corner
Wi Fi net


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I've been using one of the little irons because the pp quilt that I am working on has tiny pieces. I am finding the little holder that came with the iron very awkward. I have turned it over numerous times and I am afraid that my dog will walk by and move the cord, knock it down and get burned, not to mention myself. (I am keeping the cord pushed to the inside of the table near me, but I would be so upset if Arlo got hurt.)
I am thinking that I saw some ideas somewhere about what to do with the iron instead of using the holder. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!


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Deadly gas filled Turkish mine in minutes after blaze, operator says
* Mine operator says exact cause of fire unclear
* Build-up of heat led to partial collapse
* 284 confirmed dead, 18 remain trapped
* Company chairman says has no links to Erdogan
* Ruling party says mine inspected 11 times
Fire sent carbon monoxide coursing through a coal mine in western Turkey within minutes, killing close to 300 workers, but the exact cause of the country's worst industrial disaster remains unclear, the mine operator said on Friday.
An unexplained build-up of heat was thought to have led part of the mine to collapse on Tuesday, fanning a blaze which spread rapidly more than two kilometres below the surface, the mine's general manager Ramazan Dogru told a news conference.
Most of the 787 workers inside had oxygen masks but smoke and gas spread so quickly that many were unable to escape, with 284 confirmed dead and 18 believed still to be trapped and unlikely to be brought out alive.
"It was an unbelievable accident in a place where there have been very few accidents in 30 years," Soma Holding Chairman Alp Gurkan told the tense news conference. "A mine with top level miners, accepted as being the most trustworthy and organised."
Anger has swept Turkey as the extent of the disaster became clear, with protests partly directed at mine owners accused of prioritising profit over safety, and partly at Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government, seen as too cosy with industry tycoons and too lax in enforcing regulations.
Footage of Erdogan apparently slapping a man as residents jeered and jostled his entourage when he visited Soma, the scene of the disaster, did little to calm nerves. The man, Taner Kuruca, confirmed Erdogan had slapped him and told Kanal D television he was then beaten by his bodyguards.
AK Party spokesman Huseyin Celik said there was no visual evidence of Erdogan striking anyone, while his adviser Yalcin Akdogan, writing in the Star newspaper, accused "gang members" of provoking the prime minister's team as he went to meet mourning families.
Questioned on the relationship between Soma Holding executives and Erdogan's ruling AK Party, Dogru confirmed his wife was a local AK Party politician but Gurkan said he had never met the prime minister before this week.
"I shook hands with him for the first time in my life here ... I don't know him at all and have never talked to him. There's not the slightest relationship between us," he said.
AK Party spokesman Huseyin Celik said the formerly state-run mine at Soma, 480 km (300 miles) southwest of Istanbul, had been inspected 11 times over the past five years and denied any suggestion of loopholes in mining safety regulations.
Some mine workers took a different view.
"The inspections were carried out with a week's notice from Ankara and we were instructed to get ready," said one miner in Soma who gave his name as Ramazan, reluctant to identify himself further for fear of retribution by his employer.
"It was like putting make-up on the mine."
Plant manager Akin Celik said there was no question of negligence on the part of the company, but Gurkan was more cautious, saying he would wait for the outcome of an inquiry led by the Labour Ministry, which is responsible for workplace safety standards.
"If there is neglect within the operations, a mistake, a shortcoming, I'll follow up legally to ensure those responsible are punished," he said, adding a foundation would probably be established to pay compensation to the families of the dead.
Some initial reports suggested a fire at an electrical sub-station in the mine had knocked out power and shut down the ventilation shafts and elevators, but Dogru said this appeared not to have been the case.
"What we think happened is that there was a heating up which was not possible to detect ... The heated-up area collapsed with pieces of glowing coal falling, causing the fire to quickly spread. It has nothing to do with the sub-station," he said.
Celik, the plant manager, said intense smoke had then blocked the miners' way out, with visibility dropping to zero.
"Because of the fire escalating so quickly, people were not even able to move 20 metres," he said, pointing to an escape route on a diagram which he said the trapped miners had been unable to reach.
Akin estimated that efforts to pump clean air into the mine had helped to save around 100 workers. The company said 122 miners had been hospitalised and a further 363 had either escaped on their own or were helped to safety.
Thousands gathered after noon prayers on Thursday for mass funerals at Soma's main cemetery, where more than a hundred tightly packed graves have been newly dug. Efforts to retrieve those still trapped continued on the edge of a community where much of the population either works in or has relatives employed by the mining industry.


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Notifications on the iPhone can be annoying. Right? They drop at inappropriate times, and I always end up accidentally activating them. Of course, my iPhone is more than happy to hop over to the application that sent the Notification in the first place. There are, however, a couple of cool ways of dismissing them without activating them, short of waiting for them to go away, which is what I've done since they appeared in iOS 5. Today's tip shows you how.
The first way to dismiss the active notification from the top of your iOS device screen is to touch and slightly pull down on the banner notification, then flicking it up. In essence, you're activating notification center here, then dismissing it.
The other way to do this is to swipe from right to left across the banner, with an almost subliminal down up motion, which the original tipster says can be fairly unreliable, so your mileage may vary.
You'll need to be careful about holding your finger down since iOS will interpret anything less as a tap, and you'll end up activating the Notification rather than dismissing it. Give it a try and let us know how it goes.
Source: iMore


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Padron 4000 Maduro
Padron 4000 Maduro
Padron 4000 cigars are handmade with all Nicaraguan-grown tobaccos that teem with richness, complexity and earthy essences of coffee bean, cocoa and dark tobaccos. This savory wide-ring shape sports mouthwatering Maduro wrapper presenting a much heartier and always memorable smoke. Try 5 now!
I've tried them all over 10 years. Now i only buy Padrons,the 3000 and 4000 are my favorite
This has been my Go To cigar for several years. Great construction, great draw, great flavor in the maduro and a good price for a regular smoke. I love trying different cigars but always keep these in my humidor. To get a better stick you have to pay a lot more. Well done, Padron. Well done.
Excellent draw, appearance %26 taste. I gave it a 95 across the board.
Easily my favorite brand, Padron delivers every time. The price, flavor and consistency set this maduro apart. If you enjoy the 1926, 1964, or any of the Family Reserves give this one a try; while not in the same class, you will be on familiar ground smoking this beauty. The draw is easy, which can make this smoke fast and lend to a hot smoke late in the stick. First third has no spiciness. The sweetness, cocoa and cream coat the mouth. These flavors build and strengthen from first light through the second third. The last third is my least favorite, though still exquisite. I usually purge the stick a few times for the last three inches. The ash is white and light gray with flecks of dark gray in the seams. Burn, while not perfect requires little attention. In short a classic smoke ready to light from purchase.


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Expand the file system on your Beaglebone microSD media card.
You just loaded the latest Debian image on your microSD 8GB card. Did an update and upgrade and are now out of space? This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to expanding the file system on your BeagleBone microSD media card.
What You Will Need
BeagleBone Black
BeagleBone expandable case Orange or Black (recommended)
AC adapter 5 Volts, 2 Amp (optional)
microSD 8GB card(recommended)
Insert your microSD card, that you have flashed with the latest Debian image using Win32DiskImager. As you power-up the BeagleBone, you may need to press the boot button (and hold it until LEDs are on) to load from the microSD card.
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HLC Steering Committee Meeting
Thursday, February 25, 2010
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Presidential Room, Maucker Union
- Welcome – Bev
- January 28, 2010 meeting notes - Shirley
- Open Forum follow up & self-study feedback– all
- Team Evaluators – Bev
- Updates to Cabinet, AAC, University Faculty Senate
- Transition – the passing of the torch - Bev
- For the good of the order
Present: Agee, Buse, Chatham-Carpenter, Cutter, Hanish, Hays, Kaparthi, Kopper, Licari, Martin, Morgan, Murtha, Neibauer, O'Connor, Pease, Uehle, Upah, Vinton, Wilson
Absent: Arthur, Patton
1. Welcome – Bev
Bev thanked the committee for all of their work
2. January 28, 2010 meeting notes
The notes will stand as distributed.
3. Open Forum follow up & self-study feedback
After the March 12 feedback deadline, comments will be compiled and discussed by the steering committee.
4. Team Evaluators – Bev
Below is a list of our team of evaluators:
Bette Midgarden-Chair Minnesota State Univ.-Moorhead
Kathryn Alley South Dakota School of Mines & technology
Donald Betz Northeastern State Univ.-Tahlequah, OK
Anne Blackhurst Minnesota State Univ.-Mankato
Jo Calhoun University of Denver
Bruce Fox Northern Arizona University
Robert Guell Indiana State University
Lillie Howard Wright State Univ.-Dayton, OH
Jose Rosario Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis
Jeffrey Slovak Governors State Univ.-University Park, IL
Sleeping rooms as well as a meeting room have been reserved for the team at the Country Inn & Suites. They will arrive in Cedar Falls on Sunday, November 7. Steve Moon has agreed to provide computers at the hotel if needed. The headquarters while they are on-campus will be in Gilchrist.
5. Updates to Cabinet, AAC, University Faculty Senate – Bev
Bev has updated the Cabinet and Academic Affairs Council and asked that they be available while the team is on campus. A list of all UNI policies and procedures, including the last time each was updated, was shared with the Cabinet. During research for the report, we discovered a policy that has been pending since 1988.
July 1 is the deadline for all UNI web sites to be updated. Each division has a point person who should be sharing this deadline with staff.
6. Transition – the passing of the torch – Bev
Mike and Barbara have agreed to co-chair the self-study process.
In addition to handling feedback comments, a conclusion chapter will need to be written as well as the addendum. The addendum could include the new strategic plan, an update on FoE, and any developments that occur after the report is finalized.
Even after the report goes to UMPR, it will be very important that this committee is involved in the marketing and dissemination of information about the self-study process. There are several bookmarks left over from the Open Forum and an abbreviated booklet for distribution to staff was discussed.
During July, a call for feedback must be made public and all comments go directly to the HLC. Kate asked if the HLC shares these comments with us.
The next scheduled meeting is Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 3:15 p.m. in the Presidential Room.


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The Worst Family Places To Eat
Looking for a cheap "family friendly" place to eat. You might be surprised where the worst and where the best places are. Consumer Reports recently ranked "family-friendly" eateries — meaning they're typically informal, cater to kids, are open long hours and serve no liquor — based on an evaluation of things like taste, service, mood, noise, menu, cleanliness and value.


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The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. But at last the wars that once ravaged the country have ceased.
The Buried Giant begins as a couple, Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years. They expect to face many hazards--some strange and otherworldly--but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark and forgotten corners of their love for one another.
Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge, and war.
©2015 Kazuo Ishiguro (P)2015 Canongate Books in partnership with Faber & Faber Ltd
This book was dreamy and magical, with a light, deliberate pace. I don't think I understood all of the story's elements and themes, but I enjoyed it very much. It's really a love story.
"A book to treasure, a story to return to."
A masterful performance of a skillfully crafted story, rich in purpose and imagery. There is a compelling beauty in this universal theme of remembering and forgetting, of a personal quest and the soul's essential journey.
"Can heroes or love survive the truth?"
A strange beautiful book, that hides within a medieval fantasy, themes that reverberate with today's dilemmas of forgotten wars, deceiving clergy, and the very nature of heroism and love surviving the truth. At no point is this book blunt or gory, nor is it sweetly romantic or full of magical spells just a dream within a dream, that envelops even the reader, and creates images that are hard to dispel.
King Arthur is dead, some of his Knights are alive but are now old men, Britons and Saxons live in relative peace, a mist of forgetfulness cover the county where ogres and dragons still exist, this mist envelops the very story with all kinds of insinuations and perils, the main characters a couple that travel looking for their lost memories and a son that they claim awaits them, she is an old woman, named Beatrice a name laden with meaning and possibility in literature, for she is the guide in Paradiso and Purgatory In the Divine Comedy, her name means beatific vision, that means seeing God finally face to face and not imperfectly through faith. With her travels her husband and older man Axl his name is more distant in meaning, but for a small give-away he refers to Beatrice as princes, Axël is a drama by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam about a Byronic hero with a Germanic princes, they speak of the amazing journeys never completed unlike in this story.
By now you begin to see that this book is reach and allegorical, full of hidden and and palpable minings. That develop in a dream like state, you meet a hero and within a few pages he reveals a side to himself that is tainted and dark; even the forgetfulness is a double sided blade; and the narrative voice hides mystery and meaning.
It will probably take me a long time to digest this book properly, and I will more than likely change my mind about some of these conclusions, but that is half the fun.
The reader of the story in perfect and maintains a cadence that to my ears is complementary to the story.
I'm still mulling over what I feel having finished The Buried Giant. While I was listening to it, I quite enjoyed certain parts, particular themes, it had some momentum, but I felt disappointed and frustrated by the story in the end. It promised but, for me anyway, failed to deliver on those promises. Maybe it's a book to be read in print, so one can conjure up one's own cast of characters.Ishiguro featured dragons and ogres but he failed to use them in an interesting way, almost as if he were ashamed of including them in the story in the first place. I'm not suggesting he took Tolkein's approach at all, but to ignore them as he did felt clumsy. Presumably if one lives in a land where ogres, pixies and dragons roam freely then I would imagine that one lives in a constant state of fear and people may have developed strategies to deal with said dangers. I didn't get this sense at all, the couple just meandered along, speaking in their strange stilted way to one another.I think my expectations were way too high.
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Versatile, downbeat, droning
I can't imagine this book, as it stands, being a good movie. But maybe if it had a director with a good imagination a new genre of meta-fantasy film making might emerge.
If you're expecting literary fantasy then this book isn't for you. It has a lot of fans, I don't want to do it down, I guess it just wasn't my thing. I read the last 50 pages to see if I might enjoy it more than listening, but by that stage I just wanted to finish it and move on.
"Couldn't bear to finish"
All the right ingredients, but nothing enjoyable in how it came together. Can't recommend. Uncomfortable!
"Beautiful but slow going"
A beautiful story wonderfully read. However it felt like it always needed nudging to keep it moving. But that aside I enjoyed it & would recommend it (to anyone not looking for a fast pace).
"Not my cup of tea"
Although excellently narrated and written well I found this book tedious and without a story. I am sure there is some deep message within the text but I did not enjoy it at all. It was a struggle to continue listening past chapter 2.
"Complex, rich and heartbreaking"
It will leave you hollow and affected by a deep loneliness at the cruelty of men's hearts.
Brilliantly written, heartbreaking and full of nostalgia for a time that never was and a people who never were
"Slow & gentle, with rising intrigue and richness."
I was not sure at first, but when they leave the village the elderly couple at the heart of this novel got under my skin and drew me on into their forgetful world. I slowly became more and more involved with their story and impressed with the author's vision of the mythical dark ages. Many of the old elements are included; Saxons and Britons, ogres, monks, a castle and even a dragon. But all these things are made new and at its heart this is a touching story about healing and memory.
This is my favourite book for quite a long time.
"Seriously, what am I missing?"
The story itself. I was disappointed by how bored I was. After all the critical acclaim, I was frustrated by this meandering yammer that never gets to anything of substance.
Gasping, droning, wet mouth noises.
All of the above. Is there someone out there who was blown away by this pulp? Can you please explain it to me?
This book made me look forward to getting to work in the morning and switching off the app.
"Slow and boring."
Could not get through it and returned. I love everything else this guy has written, but this - the story seemed to be going nowhere. The narrator did not help either, droned on and on.
"Plot slightly odd"
Pleasant listen, but the plot didn't quite come together for me. There were patterns but I didn't quite grasp a sense of direction or closure at the end. Perhaps it is different if te book is read rather than listened to as an audiobook. Judge for yourself...
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