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As one of the popular snacks in people's daily life, how to deal with it quickly and efficient to give more convenience to people has been a popular topic.
March 11, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Pine nuts comes from the seeds of various species pine trees. About 20 species of these seeds are large enough to be worth harvesting for human consumption. The shell must be removed before the pine nut can be eaten. Typically there are two kinds of pine nuts from the perspective of outer shell, namely, soft-shell pine nuts and hard-shell pine nuts. Due to the different types shell of the pine nut, the shelling method is not the same.
For the hard-shell pine nuts, the rotary-friction shelling method can be used. This shelling method need to be finished by pine nuts sheller. Amisy pine nuts shelling machine is an example of the pine nuts sheller. This shelling machine combines the friction and impacting force perfectly so as to achieve high shelling efficiency as well as low broken rate. Before pine nuts are fed to the pine nut shelling machine, they need to be sized by pine nut grading machine firstly. The shelling rollers gap can be adjusted according to the sized nuts. So the uniform sized nuts can be shelled in quantity at one time. Kernels will come off pine nut shells and flow to gravity tables when cracked pine nuts are shaken by sizing decks.
The soft-shell pine nuts are simpler to be shelled than hard-shell pine nuts are. To save time and shell the nuts in quantity, the impact shelling method can be applied. With this method of shelling, pine nuts do not need to be sized. You can directly place the soft-shelled pine nuts between the terry cloth towels and using the rolling pin, roll firmly and then the shells will come off the nuts and stick to the towels. So you can just pull the towel, then the shells will be pulled away with the towel and the kernels are left. This method is mainly used by many homemakers. Of course, if you just want to enjoy the cracking of pine nuts just like sunflower seeds, you can snap open them by your teeth. Another way is to hold the pine nut between the thumb and the forefinger one at a time. By placing gentle pressure on the shell while rolling between the thumb and forefinger, it should pop.
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Her husband may have been 7,500 miles away but the Duchess of Cambridge still received plenty of love on Valentine's Day.
William sent her a card and some flowers – and the people of Liverpool, England, added their bouquets and hugs on Tuesday.
During her 20-minute visit to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Kate, in a chocolate brown overcoat by Hobbs and earrings by Niki McDonough, received flowers from onlookers and greeted (and hugged) some young admirers.
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I'll be in London for 7 nights in June. So far I've got the following on my list:
Ba Shan before theatre at the Haymarket
I have two concerts at Royal Festival Hall. Definitely RSJ before one and maybe Canteen before the other (otherwise not planning on trad English food, so that might be a good bet for convenience).
Planning to do the Borough Market, Tate Modern & Globe on Friday afternoon and will probably do lunch at Tas Pide (I'm a pide nut).
May do an afternoon around Whitechapel and check out Gram Bangla & Brick Lane Beigel.
I have the following Indian restaurants on my list (my main focus)
Definite: Thattukada, Hyderabadi Spice & Ma Goa. Despite mixed reviews I'd like to do either Rasa Travancore or the original Rasa, but Stoke Newington really does seem a pain to get to by public transport. I guess one transfers to the 73 bus from a tube station?
Anything in particular I'm missing, given my plans and interests? As I mentioned in my Regional Indian thread, I'm not interested in "standard" Indian menus.
I'm staying at Holiday Inn Express at North End Road and Lillie Road (West Brompton/West Kensington/Earl's Court area). Anything worthwhile nearby in case I'm really exhausted the day I arrive?
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■ The NHL expansion Atlanta Thrashers named Don Waddell their first-ever general manager. Waddell moves from Detroit, where he was assistant general manager for the Stanley Cup champion Red Wings. The Thrashers begin play in 1999.
■ The University of Cincinnati and football coach Rick Minter agreed to a four-year contract extension that will pay the former Notre Dame defensive coordinator about $250,000 annually. The deal includes a $125,000 base salary, plus money from television and radio gigs. Minter could reap as much as $400,000 annually by meeting various incentives linked to victories, bowl games, attendance and graduation rates.
■ Denver Broncos quarter back John Elway won in the Victor Sports Award category for Professional Football Player of the Year. Elway, who won his first Super Bowl in January and recently decided to return for another season, received the award in Las Vegas June 27.
■ Guiding the University of Michigan's football team to its first national title since 1948 has paid off for coach Lloyd Carr. He has signed a $5.1 million contract over seven years with Michigan that will more than double his salary. Carr, going into his fourth year as Michigan's coach, will continue to get a base salary of $280,000 a year but will now also receive $465,000 annually for TV, radio and Internet appearances.
■ The Chicago Blackhawks have hired Dirk Graham as head coach. Graham, 38, played for the Blackhawks for seven seasons. He replaces Craig Hartsburg, who was fired in May after the Hawks failed to make the playoffs for the first time in more than two decades.
■ Vera Clemente and hall of famer Lee MacPhail will be the honorary captains for baseball's All-Star Game on Tuesday. Clemente is the widow of hall of famer Roberto Clemente, who was killed in a plane crash in 1972. She'll be honorary captain for the National League team. MacPhail, representing the American League, was AL president for 10 years.
■ The NHL expansion Columbus Blue Jackets named Doug MacLean the team's president, adding to his current general manager responsibilities.
■ Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Sterling Sharpe signed a multiyear extension with ESPN.
■ Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling was this year's winner of the John Wanamaker Athletic Award. The honor, established in 1961, is awarded each year to the individual, team or organization that "has done the most to reflect credit upon Philadelphia and to the team or sport in which they excel." Schilling was selected for his performance on the field and for his charitable work, including his fund-raising activities for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
I'll begin with the best investment made by my parents: providing me with excellent educational opportunities, allowing me to attend Yale University and Georgetown Law Center. Consequently, providing the same opportunities for my sons, Grant and Eric, ages 5 and 4, has been my investment priority. When I worked for the Philadelphia Eagles, I visited the Franklin Institute, a hands-on museum in Philadelphia, and stopped at an exhibit that automatically calculated what tuition at various universities around the nation in 20 years would cost. I punched in an Ivy League school, Penn, and the answer was $250,000. Unbelievable. At that point, we started putting money in a mutual fund every month as an investment in our sons' futures. However, we won't turn down a scholarship to Duke or Stanford.
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The poll, conducted by a bipartisan team of pollsters — the Democratic polling firm Fairbanks, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates of Oakland, Calif., and Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies of Washington, D.C., — found that Californians blame the drought on a variety of causes but more than three in five point to population growth and waste of water as "major causes." Some 85% of Californians continue to view the drought as a "very serious" or "serious" problem, with 48% considering it a "serious crisis" — more than triple the number that said that in a 2011 poll.
At the same time, sizable majorities recognize that California's water supply problems are long-term, and will not be resolved by additional rain. In fact, more than three in five label drought conditions "the new normal."
However, there is a major partisan divide on the role that climate change plays in the current drought. Some 55% of Democrats pin part of the blame on climate change; just 35% of Republicans do.
Protecting and regulating groundwater — a key issue facing the legislature this year — is overwhelmingly favored by Californians. Some 94% say it needs to be considered in managing future droughts.
Voters, for the most part, are far less likely to say they personally have been impacted by the drought, but they believe that others have been significantly affected. Farmers were viewed as the most impacted, with 56% of Californians citing Central Valley farmers as being among the most affected by the drought. Significant numbers also recognized that fish and wildlife are suffering from the lack of water in the state.
More than nine in 10 voters agree that California should employ a wide range of potential solutions, from conservation to water storage to recycling. In contrast, voters are divided on rolling back environmental regulations.
Gov. Jerry Brown is given a vote of confidence in dealing with the drought. Some 56% of Californians say he is doing a good job on the issue.
Voters are split on the proper scale of action. Democrats, Latinos and Southern Californians favor a statewide solution, while GOP voters, independents and northern Californians prefer a regional approach.
A majority would be willing to pay a water fee of as much as four dollars a month to address water supply problems and even larger proportions express support for smaller amounts.
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some of the guitar is wrong. the timing is off on some of the notes in the intro for the lead guitar, and the lead riff in the bridge starting at measure 99 is pretty messed up. you need to listen more carefully to the song.
men it helps. now i can play it on a four string bass. i love the way you tab it on a drop D tuning. now my jam mates/dorm mates can jam it together. you rock man. never mind that Astronomer dude, your tab was great.


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Service department expected to close June 1 at Wadena GM
Service personnel at Wadena GM have been told that the business will be closing June 1.
Wadena GM service advisor Jason Ostlund indicated Monday afternoon that personnel at Wadena GM have received no information to the contrary since last Wednesday.
Many Wadena GM customers have been arranging for warranty work on their vehicles so the service department has remained busy.
The sales department at Wadena GM was closed at 11:30 a.m. last Wednesday. The general manager, Dan Johnson, and the sales manager, Joe Altricher, are no longer with the business. Only the service department remains open.
Wadena GM is owned by Roger Dondelinger of Brainerd. It has been reported that Dondelinger is also closing dealerships in Little Falls and Pine River. His Brainerd dealership will remain open. Dondelinger has not returned phone calls to the Pioneer Journal to clear up conflicting reports in the media regarding his dealerships. The Pioneer Journal received information last week from Altricher that the Wadena dealership would break ties with General Motors and continue as Wadena Auto Mall, but Altricher was no longer with the company days later.
General Motors, which has received billions in bailout money from the federal government, intends to close 1,500 dealerships around the United States as they attempt to cope with poor sales triggered by a struggling national economy.
Approximately 20 people worked at Wadena GM until last week. While the Dondelinger family has owned Wadena GM since the early 1990s, the business has actually been part of the Wadena community for decades under different management groups.


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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Only in an age of legal deconstruction -- where words mean whatever a majority of justices say they mean -- could this sentence be construed as a cudgel to wield against expressions of religious faith in the public square.
"Establishment" no longer means an institution where, as in 18th-century England, the king appointed bishops and church property was maintained by public taxation. Instead, the term has morphed into any exhibition of religious belief, especially Christian belief, that occurs on public property. This rendering makes mincemeat of the "free exercise" clause that follows -- a prohibition intended to prevent just the kind of meddling in local religious arrangements that federal judges now relish. Indeed, when the Bill of Rights was written, several states had their own "established" churches that were protected by this amendment.
For our black-garbed despots, however, the separation of church and state (a phrase found nowhere in the Constitution) has become the separation of religion and state. The implication of this interpretive alteration is that a large number of government structures -- together with the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance -- should be declared unconstitutional.
The words "In God We Trust," for example, appear on the walls of the U.S. Capitol. And, irony of ironies, both Moses and his tablets show up in the Supreme Court building. Another prominent edifice, The Jefferson Memorial, quotes our third President as follows: "God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God. Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. That his justice cannot sleep forever…." -- a confessional mouthful that dwarfs even Judge Roy Moore's monumental tribute to the Ten Commandments.
A secondary effect of the exclusion of religious expression from public venues has been its replacement by the dogmas embraced by secular elites. The promulgation of these ideas in civic space is defended by noting that they aren't religious. Marxist ideas and symbols, for example, are legally permitted based on freedom of speech principles -- as are classes where pornography is both praised and practiced at state universities.
Meanwhile, religious, and especially Christian, symbols are excluded -- or at least forced to clear a higher legal hurdle -- precisely because they are religious. Even a religiously neutered Christmas tree was judged too exclusive by the powers-that-be at Indiana University's law school in Indianapolis -- an example of the way court rulings are used as springboards by zealots to go beyond even judicial extravagances.
All of this is pure linguistic legerdemain -- a fraud designed not to promote "inclusion" or to prevent the "establishment" of religion but rather to promote a secular agenda honestly articulated in 1933 by John Dewey and his pals but now pursued by stealth.
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I love that picture of Maverick. What a beautiful face!
He photographs well. But boy can he a jealous jerk to the other cats. If one of them is cuddling with us, he will make sure to force that cat away so he can nuzzle his way in. There is a reason we call him the "Orange Asshole!"
^Ha! He's an..."insecure" kitty, then.
Keep track of the Guinness World Records, according to them the oldest recorded living cat is 25 and turns 26 this July. Once could be in hte running for a Guinness record.
Methinks someone likes Top Gun....
Does Maverick make high-speed passes over ten litterboxes and one Admiral's kitty?
I'll keep that in mind! She definitely looks geriatric, but she keeps plugging along like nothing will stop her.
What's funny is that my wife had those two cats before we ever met. I don't think she has ever seen Top Gun, she just knew of the character's names and thought they would sound good as a pair. Rocky, however, is named after the movie/character because I love both.
Unfortunately, no. Neither does he play volleyball while cheesy 80s music is playing!
^ If he meows "You've Lost That Loving Feeling", he'd probably still sound better than Tom Cruise did.
I watched the Kitten Bowl today.
They should have had one of those hairless sphinx cats in the question and answer period
Bald Finebam'
Yes, did you need something?
Or this is my spot, get your own.
I visited my friend the other day, the older (darker) of her cats Is the mother of my Füb:
The new arrival, Ilse, is a bit of a brat at times, so her cuddeling up like this is rather weird -even for a cold wet winter day...
Aww! She wants a snuggle.
Their coloring is so similar that they just sort of blend together.
Indeed, they appear very similar...
But one is very loving and sociable and cuddly and the other would shred the hand of a stranger if it had the chance (the people she knows are only attacked once she's had her fill of cuddles).
Our two cats have very different temperaments. And of course they behave differently depending on who they are with.
Trying to be on the computer but Junior has other ideas:
^Funny, I've seen stories about people's cats doing this to them. Our Emma never does this.
I downloaded a cat-entertainment-thingy for my tablet...
The best thing I know to get the cat off of my dealings with the computer is to switch on the cat-entertainer... sure, the cat'll look at the ('mouse' on the) monitor for a few seconds (rarely as much as a whole minute)... but then it'll bolt - knowing it's all a fake and not for it.
You are only busy when you are playing with ME!
Hugo - The asscat is called Pepsi
Ha! Love the expression. What a beautiful kitty!
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Drawing cartoon mouths can be challenging, especially for beginner cartoonists. This article will help you get started.
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1Draw a traditional smile. The traditional type of cartoon smile is shaped like a D. It is usually red, and is paired with happy eyes. Draw a wide arch and connect it with a straight line at the top.
2Draw a toothy smile. Similar to a traditional smile, a toothy smile has the teeth showing. This can be a face for an arrogant character, a cute character, or a mean character depending on the eyes. Draw a traditional smile, then add lines in between.
3Draw a mouth with braces. This can be a mouth for a nerdy/unpopular character. Simply draw a toothy smile, then add squares to each tooth.
4Draw a sneaky mouth. Though this may or may not be considered a smile, it is in this category. Draw a slightly curved line, then draw a deeper, shorter line. Make sure it reaches to the center and is off centered so it is not mistaken as a tongue.
5Draw a slight smile. This is when someone is slightly amused, and/or slightly happy. Draw a slightly curved line, then draw a more curved line directly underneath.
6Draw a cute smile. A variation of the toothy smile, this is for toddlers or small children. Simply draw a curved line, then two rectangles for teeth.
1Draw a traditional frown. Basically the opposite of the traditional smile, the frown is an upside down D. Draw curved eyes to really emphasize the look.
2Draw a very simple frown. This version of a frown is a simple curved line with two curved lines at the ends.
3Draw a dismayed face. This is the opposite of the slight smile. It is a simple line, possibly curving downwards slightly.
4Draw a cute sad frown. This is when someone young or someone stupid gets sad. Draw a traditional frown, then add two rectangles for teeth.
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1Draw a traditional angry mouth. Though an angry face depends mostly on the eyebrows, you can still add to it with the face. Draw a rainbow shape, but slightly leaning to the side. Repeat on the bottom.
2Draw a screaming mouth. Draw a squiggle, then draw a straight line underneath. Feel free to add a tongue and/or teeth.
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After a Talkeetna Resident lost her cat over the holidays, she asked veterinarians what might've ended her kitty's life. The answer was poisoning, but the cat came into contact with it through an unusual way. It was in her pet food.
Budget-minded pet food with a semi-moist consistency frequently uses Propylene glycol as a food preservative. Propylene glycol is also known for its automotive uses under another name: antifreeze.
A high-profile class-action lawsuit made national headlines last year when 24-thousand people sued Menu Foods for distributing tainted pet food from China. Menu Foods is an umbrella organization that owns as many as 150 different brands, many of them are major-brands.
Antifreeze poisoning in pets results in kidney failure, and symptoms include excessive water intake, finicky eating habits and weight-loss. The dismayed pet owner contacted KTNA to remind pet owners that reading the labels on dog or cat food can help save their pets lives.


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Five Factors That Affect Real Estate Prices
Plans for Route 531, one of the main feeder roads to the Trans-Israel Highway, include a section along the city's southern outskirts that is liable to seriously damage property values nearby. Ra'anana property owners have discovered to their horror that despite the steady price increases and the demand throughout the city, it's risky to invest in properties along Route 531. So it's no wonder that over the past year there have been many calls by Ra'anana residents for Route 531 to be built as a tunnel.
The city's predicament was discussed recently at the economic department of Ehud Hameiri & Co., a land assessment and economic consulting firm. The department conducted a feasibility study of real estate investments in various parts of Israel. This research revealed a few main factors that could affect future price trends.
Most of these factors are out of the hands of the property owner, such as the changing security situation, new construction plans, the overall economy and even demand from foreign residents. Some of the factors can boost an apartment's price, while others can drag it down by dozens of percentage points.
The feasibility study sought to identify the factors that could harm an apartment's value.
The first factor is the construction of roads and national infrastructure projects. The study found that while new roads, such as those that connect the Trans-Israel Highway to the other two major north-south highways (Route 4 and Route 2), are likely to increase property values in nearby communities, residential properties right next to the new roads are likely to suffer from the noise and air pollution.
The second factor is ground pollution. Some enormous new projects are currently planned for places such as the former Israel Military Industries compound in Ramat Hasharon, the Pi Glilot compound and the IMI compound on Derech Shalom in Tel Aviv.
Until recently the general public had little awareness of ground pollution, but the more the plans for these areas progress, the greater the public's awareness. Since scientific information in this field is not readily available, the investing public's reactions to environmental matters are also affected by psychological factors such as the aversion to cellular antennae.
Hameiri researchers contend that property values near ground pollution will decline, at least until the actual situation is clarified. CEO Gilad Hameiri notes that environmental awareness is very developed abroad, where, for example, banks demand information on ground pollution risks in the area surrounding residential apartments that serve as security for mortgages.
A third factor, Hameiri says, is the spike in demand wherever the train system and railroads are upgraded. In general, the connection of a town to a rail line contributes to the town's development, thanks to improved access, resulting in increased property demand, which pushes prices up accordingly. On the other hand, such infrastructure development can also draw demand away from some communities due to competition from other communities.
Hameiri's study uses Holon, Rishon Letzion and Petah Tikva as examples, as these cities have been enjoying brisk demand in recent years thanks to the construction of new, modern neighborhoods and their proximity to Tel Aviv.
Even so, Hameiri notes that in the near future Modi'in will be hooked up to the rail system, providing better and faster access to central Tel Aviv, and this could divert demand from the cities north and south of Tel Aviv to Modi'in, a new city with expansion plans and prices that are still relatively low. As a result, prices in certain neighborhoods in Holon, Rishon Letzion and Petah Tikva might be affected.
The fourth factor is demand from foreign residents. According to Hameiri's study, prices in a certain sector of properties, mainly luxury apartments in north Tel Aviv and downtown Jerusalem, are significantly influenced by demand from foreigners. As more of them come, more developers build luxury projects to meet the demand.
Hameiri stresses that a risk analysis in such an investment must include a differentiation between demand from Israeli citizens upgrading their homes and demand from foreign residents. Demand from the latter stems partially from comparisons to alternatives elsewhere in the world. At least some of the demand from foreign residents can be attributed to the changing trends such as "real estate in Tel Aviv today, office space in Shanghai tomorrow."
So it's hard to predict how long the current trend will continue, and this puts Israeli buyers at risk, as they may already be paying excessive prices for luxury properties in Tel Aviv.
The fifth factor is the security situation. The escalation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip and the regular bombardment of surrounding Israeli communities have raised fears of a similar situation developing in other parts of the country, such as Ashkelon's southern neighborhoods.
An example of this can be provided by property owners in the expansion neighborhoods in Israel's north. The Second Lebanon War erupted when sales in those areas were in full swing and prices had risen. With the outbreak of the war, real estate activity ground to a halt and only recently, almost a year after the war, are property owners able to breathe easily and begin to report a reasonable level of sales.
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The Selva Negra Mountain Resort offers its visitor many unique experiences. Selva Negra offers a complete range of lodgings, from a chalet with more than 125 years of history to newly built hotel-style rooms. The lodgings are carefully separated to protect your privacy and provide peace and quiet. All of them blend into the landscape and offer panoramic views of the estate's natural setting. The resort is easy to get to and has a fairly extensive history. Eddy and Mausi Kühl, the proprietors of the resort, are ecologically sensitive and have a keen sense of history. Their ecological efforts have been rewarded in many national and international awards the estate has received. A trip to Selva Negra is one that you will not soon forget.
Selva Negra offers hotel-style rooms in the Karen and Laguna rooms. Both buildings are located near the lake and restaurant, adjacent to the conference rooms. Rooms are double occupancy and extra beds are available upon request for an additional charge. Some of the rooms have televisions, but there is no cable TV in any of the rooms.
Cabanas are cozy, comfortable, private, and artfully decorated down to the finest detail, from the colorful bedspreads to the tied-back bow curtains. Order your meals and coffee from room service for the times you don't feel like straying far from home. Take your meals on the front porch if you feel like dining outdoors. Some of the rooms have televisions, but there is no cable TV in any of the rooms.
Selva Negra offers restaurant services at the lodge that is within easy reach to all the bungalows and chalets. Located on one of the resort's small lakes it offers a large deck with a wonderful view of both the mountain and the lake. The dining room is open seven days a week from 7AM to 10PM. Restaurant service offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Cake and coffee are served all day long and of course, offer our own Selva Negra Estate Coffee as well as designer desserts from the hotel's very own Cordon Blue Bakery Chef.
Within Selva Negra you will find a wide variety of activities to take advantage of. From the strenuous hiking experiences that the Peter and Helen trail offers to the utmost in relaxation as you sip a cup of Selva Negra coffee and read a pleasureful book on the deck of the restaurant overlooking the mountains.


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ADC family lowers power requirements by up to 60 percent
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Weybridge, UK — Analog Devices has introduced 18 power-efficient analog-to-digital converters (ADC) with resolutions ranging from 10 to 16 bits. Designed for power-sensitive communications, industrial, portable-electronics and instrumentation equipment, the ADCs reduce power consumption by as much as 60 percent compared to many competing devices, while maintaining best-in-class noise performance and dynamic range. Improved power efficiency, for example, enables wireless basestations to operate more cost effectively with better system reliability.
The flagship converter in this series, the AD9268, claims to be the industry's first 125-MSPS (megasamples per second) 16-bit, dual-channel ADC and consumes 376 mW per channel — 60 percent less power per channel than competing devices. The ADC's integration and energy savings allow system engineers to increase channel counts without increasing a product's board area or power consumption, enabling higher call volume in cellular base stations, for example, or improved image resolution in medical magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) equipment. In handheld and other power-sensitive applications, the low-power ADCs likewise enable improved system performance while extending battery life in hand-held devices, such as portable spectrum analyzers.
The AD9268 dual-channel, 16-bit ADC is available in speed grades of 80, 105, and 125 MSPS. The 125-MSPS option achieves 78 dB SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) and 90 dB SFDR (spurious-free dynamic range) to 70 MHz analog input frequency, while consuming 376 mW per channel.
Available in a Pb-Free, 9 mm x 9 mm chip-scale package, the AD9268 is pin-compatible with the company's other low-power ADCs. This speeds product upgrades, simplifies new-product engineering debug, and improves time-to-market by reducing the number of separate ADC pin-outs that manufacturers must support.
Another converter in the series, the AD9251 is a dual-channel 14-bit ADC and is available in the same 64-lead LFCSP pin-compatible footprint and is offered in speed grades of 20, 40, 65, and 80 MSPS. With 73.5 dB SNR and 85 dB SFDR to 70 MHz analog input frequency, the AD9251 dissipates only 86 mW per channel at 80MSPS, improving power efficiency by more than 50 percent over competing 14-bit ADCs.
All of the low-power dual ADCs operate from a single 1.8-V analog power supply and feature a high-performance sample-and-hold circuit and on-chip voltage reference. The AD9251 family offers a separate driver supply to accommodate 1.8-V or 3.3-V CMOS logic outputs, while the AD9268 family offers 1.8-V LVDS or CMOS outputs.
The ADC cores use a multi-stage, differential pipelined architecture with integrated output error-correction logic. They also contain features designed to maximize flexibility and minimize system cost, including programmable clock and data alignment and programmable digital test-pattern generation. The available digital test patterns include built-in, deterministic and pseudo-random patterns, as well as definable test patterns that users can enter via the serial port interface (SPI).
Further, the company's low-power ADCs are compatible with their dual-channel VGA (variable gain amplifiers), including the AD8372 programmable dual VGA and AD8376 IF dual VGA as well as the ADL5561 differential RF/IF amplifier and ADL5562 differential RF/IF amplifier. Recommended clock generators include the AD9520-0 and AD9522-0.
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Located in the heart of Battery Point, this hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Salamanca Place and Salamanca Market. Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens and Cascade Brewery are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a business center are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include meeting rooms, concierge services, and dry cleaning.
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All 52 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and iPod docks. For entertainment, LCD TVs come with cable channels, and guests can also appreciate comforts like premium bedding and pillow menus.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Lenna of Hobart
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Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms.
A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, a garden, and concierge services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Lenna of Hobart is a smoke-free property.
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Porter/bellhop
- Year Built 1874
- Express check-out
- Meeting rooms 5
- Restaurant
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free self parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Smoke-free property
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Luggage storage
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 52
- Number of floors - 5
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Garden
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Rainfall showerhead
- In-room massage available
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Free WiFi
- iPod docking station
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free newspaper
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Room service (limited hours)
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Pillow menu
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Cable TV service
Where to Eat
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Lenna of Hobart has a restaurant serving breakfast only.
Chandelier Lounge Bar - This bar serves dinner only.
Late night fare is available from room service (during limited hours).
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 2 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for AUD 55.00 per day.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18 years old.
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- Fee for continental breakfast: AUD 15.00 for adults and AUD 10.50 for children (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: AUD 55.00 per day
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Quality of Life and Health Economic Measurements in Allergic Patients Treated With Immunotherapy (SABAL)
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Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift hook up; Christina Aguilera's bum rap
DEAD WITH A BULLET: Per the AP, "Amy Winehouse is still hitting music milestones after her untimely death last month. Britain's Official Charts Company says Winehouse's Grammy-award winning "Back to Black" has become the best-selling album in the U.K. in the 21st century. Winehouse's second album had jumped to the No. 1 spot on the charts shortly after the soul singer was found dead in her London town house on July 23." http://apne.ws/oxV55x
YAY, OR SOMETHING: Per People, "It was the most lavish celebrity wedding of the year, but Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are happy to report that all their expectations were met – and more! "It was like we were in heaven," Kardashian tells this week's PEOPLE in a cover story with an exclusive wedding photo album." http://bit.ly/qsPvlL
THAT WOULD BE NAPLES: Per E!, "Just a day after Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries were spotted en route to the City of Love, they were caught yet again—not in Paris, but rather deboarding a plane at the second of their whirlwind European honeymoon destinations yesterday afternoon." http://eonli.ne/pbJva1
HE'S A RELATIVE LOCAL: Per the L.A. Times, "For a composer associated with the minimalist movement, Philip Glass always has a lot to say. In comparison to the repeating and sometimes laconic quality of his music, he's full of words and ideas and speaks in long, often coiling sentences. Glass is interested in film –- he's composed Academy Award-nominated scores for "Kundun," "The Hours" and "Notes on a Scandal" –- and in Franz Schubert, India, vegetarianism and spiritual matters. (The Baltimore native has called himself a "Jewish-Taoist-Hindu-Toltec-Buddhist.") http://lat.ms/pbArhW
MOMMY DEAREST?: Per TMZ, "Christina Aguilera is firing back at rumors she's somehow responsible for a giant bruise on her son's face -- telling friends little Max simply had himself a little fall at the park ... chasing squirrels. The photo was taken yesterday afternoon at LAX -- with rumors circulating that Christina's "erratic behavior and alleged booze-filled outings" somehow contributed to Max's accident. But sources tells us, that's total nonsense." http://bit.ly/r8ATEr
A SWIFT BIEBER: Per Perezhilton, It's no mystery music video, but hey, it'll do. http://bit.ly/pYdwXu
STILL IN GOOD STANDING: Per Access Hollywood, "Rumors ran rampant that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith had split, but the couple denies the reports of their breakup and say it is completely false. Also, Jada and "HawthoRNe" co-star Marc Anthony deny rumors of an affair." http://bit.ly/pY0nj6
WHAT A TRIP! Per TBD's John Hendel, "The star of Magic Trip is big and immediate, overwhelming and occasionally mobile, as much ugly kitsch as it is unforgettable. And the documentary's star has a name — "Further." The film features what is perhaps the most famous bus in history, the only one I'm aware of that has its own name and immortalized in countless ways, not the least of which is Tom Wolfe's non-fiction chronicle The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test." http://tbd.ly/nEvbiM
CREATIVE DIFFERENCES?: Per indieWIRE, "HBO is prepared to greenlight a fourth documentary in the "Paradise Lost" saga. Peter Jackson says he's still funding investigation into the real culprits behind the murders. However, "Paradise Lost" director Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky say they aren't ready to commit to shooting another doc about the West Memphis Three." http://bit.ly/pkwlwF
WHAT WOULD JERRY SAY?: Per Rolling Stone, "Last year, Bob Weir told Rolling Stone why Grateful Dead drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann weren't part of the new Dead offshoot band Furthur. "Phil [Lesh] and I were boldly pursuing new musical directions onstage, and some of the guys weren't picking up on it," Weir said. "Phil and I are way more current." Hart and Kreutzmann declined to comment at the time, but when Hart stopped by Rolling Stone last week to discuss his new band, we reminded him what Weir had said. "I don't really have any comment on that," said Hart – who proceeded to spend the next three minutes commenting on it." http://bit.ly/pIcwco
POLITICO BLINK: "President Barack Obama has taken a decidedly low-key approach to racial issues since he became America's first black president two years ago. But in a hallway outside the Oval Office, he has placed a head-turning painting depicting one of the ugliest racial episodes in U.S. history. Norman Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With," installed in the White House last month, shows U.S. marshals escorting Ruby Bridges, a 6-year-old African-American girl, into a New Orleans elementary school in 1960 as court-ordered integration met with an angry and defiant response from the white community." http://politi.co/pdrLxc
MIXED NEWS FOR RYAN'S SON: Per Radar, "Redmond O'Neal formally pled no contest this morning to felony possession of heroin and firearms charges, and will be released from jail Wednesday and will enter a one year inpatient rehab treatment program, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. O'Neal had been in jail since his arrest two weeks ago, because of a prior conviction of heroin possession." http://bit.ly/o4L55v
AND FINALLY: Today's mystery music video. http://bit.ly/cjvzX2
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The county Medical Examiner's Office Sunday identified the two men killed in a glider crash at Jacumba Airport Saturday afternoon as Martin Gary Rothwell, 54, of San Diego and Richard Riley Noble, 63, of La Jolla.
The Perkoz SZD-54 Glider had just been released from the towline used to get it airborne and was about 100 feet off the ground when "for unknown reasons" it went out of control and crashed at about 12:30 p.m., officials said.
Located off Old Highway 80, the Jacumba airport has long been popular for sailplanes. Enthusiasts from the Associated Glider Clubs of Southern California, which owned the plane that crashed, had planned a weekend of flying there.
The glider club, which bills itself as the oldest of its kind in the country, owns three aircraft. The Perkoz, certified about two years ago, is 27 feet long with a wingspan of about 65 feet. It is manufactured in Poland.
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Roxburys 826 Boston wont open its cryptozoology supply store until this spring at the earliest, but the creative and expository writing center (an offshoot of 826 National, which began in San Francisco) is offering free writing workshops and one-on-one tutoring. In just a few months, its already served hundreds of MCAS prep-overloaded kids. The center, open to all area students, has recruited an impressive advisory board, including novelist Tom Perotta and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Even more impressive: its 250 volunteers. Join them.
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"Apple is fairly valued but there's a lot of work that needs to be done if they switch processors, ... There are a lot of details that need to be fleshed out."
"We remain concerned that continued declines in PC pricing will continue to make PC revenue growth harder for Dell, ... We are lowering our PC growth estimates... We also expect Dell to face tougher competition in the enterprise hardware and services segments."
"Our research suggests that current IBM customers are considering other vendors and certainly Dell is on that short list,"
"It isn't a demand issue. There will be some turbulence near-term based purely on component delivery issues that are beyond Apple's control."
"What people are looking for is confirmation from management that they believe corporate IT spending is getting better,"
"On the PC side, we're seeing a rolling upgrade cycle. People are continuing to upgrade desktops and notebooks. We expect a strong back-to-school season, as well."
"You're seeing a land grab attempt. As everybody rushes in, there will be incremental revenue gains but it remains to be seen what the gross profits will be."


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Transfer news: Wesley Sneijder set for Galatasaray stay
Last Updated: 29/07/14 8:17pm
Wesley Sneijder will remain with Turkish side Galatasary, according to club president Unal Aysal.
Sneijder's performances for the Netherlands during this summer's World Cup were thought to have attracted interest from a number of clubs across Europe.
But Galatasaray, who appointed former Italy manager Cesare Prandelli as head coach in place of Roberto Mancini last month, insist the Dutchman's future remains in Istanbul.
"Sneijder is going to stay with Galatasaray," Gala president Aysal was quoted as saying by Turkish media on Tuesday.
"It's not just our opinion but that of Cesare Prandelli and the player. There can be no talk of a split between us.
"He had a tiring season and right afterwards he played at the World Cup. He will rejoin us after the holidays."
Sneijder - a UEFA Champions League winner under Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan in 2010 - is understood to have a 20million euro release clause in his contract and has been linked with Manchester United and Chelsea.
Monaco are also thought to have earmarked the 30-year-old as a replacement for James Rodriguez, who joined Real Madrid earlier this month, but a move to Ligue 1 was dismissed by Sneijder's agent Guido Albers.


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This week we brave the perils of Matchmaking in honor of Xbox Live's birthday. [url=/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12969] click for full story [/url]
kewl bro
To be serious I haven't really looked into the humpday challenge so I kinda don't know what it is.
[quote] ____ _____ ____ _____ ____ |\ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | |__ | \| |__| | _|__ |____ |___[/quote] Where are the file [b]Films[/b]? I also want the "gigantor" screenshots from the new levels coming out Dec 11th. So I can put them in my FileShare. [Edited on 11.27.2007 5:20 PM PST]
like seeing Bungie play NOOBS for humpday. Shouldnt this be ranked for humpday?
cool, i really expected you guys to be better... not that i can say anything since... well since i´m not a pro myself.
Those guests got pwned! NICE!
Hey where can i get the pic thats on the top left of this article. Its a nasty pic props to the photographer.
Wiener Cake and his merry band of adventurers! LOL!!! Bungies record 5:0 or is it 6:0... anyways great humpday bungie!
Yikes! playin newbs that 4 out of 5 are playing split screen. WOW ! You guys got tha skillz 4 killz ;(
Has anyone else noticed how in all the post game screenshots in the humpdays, that even when luke doesnt win it says TJ Scoot placed first? how very odd....
they played nubs and guests no skill bungie sry not impressed.
I don't understand how this is considered 'gaming with fame', I mean all 3 games had 2 guests on the other team... that means 3 people had TINY screens, and 2 of those 3 don't even have their own account/360/halo3 disc. 'Fame' would be people from MLG or even just some of the better randoms off the forums, or even yet, anyone with a level 50 (trust me it's not hard to find them, it took me 2 weeks on/off to get mine). Not to be mean, but you guys only won 50-40 with guests on the opposing team, and you guys actually [i]work[/i] for Bungie. That means people who barely play at all came close to beating the creators of the game itself. Once again, no offense, just pointing out the irony.
I think that if the games had been different, like no guests, that the Bungie employees would not have had such an easy chance to win all three games. Just a thought since they I was reading Lukems stickie in Optimatch about playlists and read the rationale for BTB being ranked or unranked. So ridiculous.
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] HeftyButterfly Funny that they didn't include [url=http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=139116516&player=TJ%20Scoot]This Game[/url] in their writeup - it was played immediately after their CTF game. It would've been game number 4 on their humpday writeup... [url=http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=KILLER%20IRISHMAN]Killer Irishman[/url] had a field day with them! ... I just noticed that [url=http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=KILLER%20IRISHMAN]Killer Irishman[/url]'s 'glory shot' is now a picture of him headshotting LukeMS in that very game. [/quote] Now this is what I'm talking about! Why wasn't this on the front page?
You should have booted 1 guy and played team slayer or skirmish. You should have played good people who came in as a team like you. But you didn't, you pwned some newbs who probably don't even visit Bungie.net. If your going to play "the fans" then play the ones who know how to get kills. Trust me, you wouldn't think its so easy to kill a mauler guy if you played good people who don't run at you from a mile away. You should experience the horror of the mauler on Guardian...THE HORROR!!!
Hooray Thanksgiving! :) Sound like cool games....WISH I COULD WATCH THE VIDEOS **COUGH** How can I? I can't do that fileshare thing. Any other way?
Most likely deleted.. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] fr0ger pk3r does bungie take on challenges? if i was to get a team together and we wanted to try our luck fighting bungie would this be a possibility? and how would i got about doing this. or is bungie just going to delete my msg once again.....[/quote] Most likely deleted.. My group/clan have been barking up that tree for 3 years now. Without one respons... [i]Hey bungie. Want to play a real team?[/i]
does bungie take on challenges? if i was to get a team together and we wanted to try our luck fighting bungie would this be a possibility? and how would i got about doing this. or is bungie just going to delete my msg once again.....
is good. i was gonna come online, but wanting to University prevented me (test). nice of bungie to play with community, doesn't matter if they lost, they still gotta meet bungie, and that's a win in itself (sorry, gotta be positive somewhere). lol. respect, peace out zaeet
i vs evil otto before.him and his flameing head. it was oddball. all he did was going around kill people, so when i had the chants i hit him in the back :-)
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] IIDWells55XII Congratulations, you beat guests and randoms. The sponsors will be arriving any moment now.[/quote] Not to mention that they only won the shotty-snipes game by using almost nothing but shotties. (One guy had half his kills with snipe, almost all the rest were shotty). Explains a lot about why matchmaking sucks so horribly. So do these guys.
They played Social games? Meaning they played games where theres a good chance there will be guests that will usually have no idea to play the game? I was expecting them to jump in level 30-40 ranked matches.
ye bungie picked they games were they won but i bet they lost like 50 others before they got 3 they won
thank god bungie has seen how retarded people can get in the game.its sad sad really.
Aww come on, beating up on a bunch of guest is fun for you guys.... Shamefull...


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Author: Lisa Rogers
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
ARC, 186 pages
Date Published: February 1, 2012
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As a child, Angelina spent years in counseling learning that Josie, her imaginary friend, wasn't real, but it turns out her childhood friend wasn't imaginary after all.Now Angelina has to accept she's either (A) crazy or (B) able to see ghosts. Wanting to believe in her sanity, she chooses (B) and welcomes Josie back into her life. But even Josie can't help her deal with Shelly, the spirit of a confused teenager, and things go very, very wrong.When Angelina finds herself in a psychiatric hospital, she faces a choice: she can spend the rest of her life pretending to be someone she isn't, or she can embrace who she is and take a chance that she may never get to go home.
Angelina can see ghosts. More than that, she's been able to see ghosts since she was a child, but willed the ghosts away when her parents put her in counseling. Now that she's allowed the idea of them back into her life, her childhood 'imaginary friend' Josie – who is really a ghost – is back. Her mother finds out, freaks, and the seeing ghosts thing becomes a secret. One that she can't keep.
The premise then becomes whether Angelina can truly see ghosts vs. the possibility that she is actually mental institute insane. And, unfortunately, it isn't executed the best. I never saw the possibility of Angelina being crazy as a valid option. But I did see far too many easy convenient explanations to make the plot move forward.
Angelina, the ghosts, the people at the mental institute, Angelina's family – they are all one dimensional. I tried to see more to them, but I couldn't. Being unable to connect with the main character meant I could never get into the story, so I was unable to enjoy it.
Angelina's Secret is a simple story with somewhat one dimensional characters and a contrived plot. If you're looking for a quick read, then this is the one for you. It wasn't the story I had hoped for, but there are plenty of YA readers out there who have read and loved it.
Opening line: The premonitions always made her feel this way – weak, disoriented, scared. ~ pg. 1
*This is the e-ARC version and lines, pages, cover art may differ from final copy
*This review is my honest opinion and I received no monetary compensation from it.
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In lieu of Verizon Wireless' Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC), a video has been released by the company. This video describes how UCC will simplify each user's work experience, as well as prepare them for a future which is more secure.
While watching the clip, it is still hard to tell if there's anything new we will be seeing from Verizon. From the looks of it, Big Red only seemed to term wireless unity as 'UCC.'
Prior to Verizon's UCC, other platforms have already made its features available—including cloud based computing and storage, email, chat, and video conferencing. But compared to Verizon, other carriers did not make up a term for it. However, they still offer similar, if not the same, services that UCC does. The only edge Verizon has over others is that they have a 4G LTE connection.
Thanks to this LTE network, Verizon gets to do things faster and more efficiently. This is what keeps its customers pleased. But with a little research, you can also find other carriers who are capable of this efficiency.
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Let the Games Begin! #OKWUglobal
OKWU students from around the globe weigh in on their favorite things about their home countries.
Transformation Tuesday: Mariah, Steven, and Nichole
Senior student-athletes share how they've changed during their time at OKWU
Student Profile: Andy Carroll
Senior accounting student, Andy Carroll, talks about the best parts of OKWU, including professors and his soon-to-be-wife, Alivia!
OKWU Croquet Wins Another National Championship
OKWU Croquet competed against top schools like the Naval Academy and Harvard to take home their third national championship.
5 Top Misquoted Shakespeare References
Don't make Shakespeare give you this face for misquoting him.
The Reality of College Commitment: #OKWUhacks
Finals week looms. Here are some survival tips from #OKWUhacks
The Binge-Watching Phenomenon
Eagle staff writer, Katelyn, shares facts and fun about that all-to-well-known phenomenon on college campuses and beyond.
All Sons and Daughters Concert
Photos from the All Sons and Daughters concert held on campus April 21, 2015.
Must-See Movies 2015 Edition
Eagle staff writer, Alex Vieux, weighs in on the movies you absolutely can(not) miss.
Staff Profile: Peggy Mills
Peggy Mills, OKWU favorite, talks OKWU history and best memories in her 24 years as the OKWU Student Development Administrative Assistant.
True Confessions of a Christian Waitress
Ava Yeabower, Eagle staffer and Christian waitress, shares advice on how to eat at a restaurant and still reflect Christ.


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Travel delays likely Saturday on I-290 in Tonawanda
Lane closures may cause travel delays Saturday along a westbound stretch of the I-290/Youngmann Memorial Highway in the Town of Tonawanda, where bridge maintenance work is planned.
The work zone will be between Exit 1/Delaware Avenue and the Niagara Thruway, according to a spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation. Lane closures will occur between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
The work is weather-sensitive and could be delayed. For real-time travel information, call 511 or visit www.511ny.org.


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Leadership Development through Art
I offer leadership development programs based on Aesthetic Inquiry as well as talks and workshops on leadership, mindfulness, stress management, and cocreation. I use dance, poetry, photography and other art forms to help leaders experience their challenges and sollutions with the fullness of their sensory capacities..
Based on research, I carried out at Cranfield School of Management from 2010 to 2014, I have developed a unique approach to leadership development. In this approach, we use art and mindfulness techniques to work with the way the sensory-motoric centers in the brain perceive problematic leadership situations. The goal is to transform those seemingly unsolvable problems every leader faces in his/her work into simpler, solvable problems. I call this approach to leadership development: Aesthetic Inquiry.


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Randox Announce Worldwide Launch of Automated Biochemistry Assay for Heart-type Fatty Acid Binding Protein (H-FABP)
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Highly sensitive & specific biomarker of myocardial ischemia can now be used routinely for the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), via new CE-marked laboratory assay.
This new quantitative, automated assay, and the encouragingly positive results of several recent trials, mean that H-FABP is now ready to be implemented into routine clinical practice, in combination with Troponin.
H-FABP is a low-weight cytoplasmic protein (15kDa) that is involved in the intracellular uptake and buffering of free fatty acids in the myocardium. It has been shown to be a highly sensitive & specific biomarker of myocardial ischemia, as it is released within 30 minutes of an ischemic episode and is 20 times more cardiac specific than Myoglobin.
Recent trials have shown that H-FABP has highly significant & additive diagnostic value, especially during the early hours following ACS symptom onset. Such results are particularly valuable, as this has traditionally been a "troponin-blind" period for hospital Emergency Departments, and many patients are conservatively admitted for further observation, in many cases, unnecessarily. The addition of H-FABP to an existing Troponin test offers the potential to rule-out ACS in many patients as early as their time of presentation to hospital.
These results have been shown to apply, even when one of the new generation of "high sensitivity" Troponins (hsTn) is used. The results of one recently completed study from the University of Manchester, UK, were presented at the IFCC EuroMedLab conference in
Dr. Body continues, "Recent publications report the enhanced diagnostic value of hs-troponin assays. However, it is becoming apparent that even a normal hs-troponin level at presentation doesn't rule out acute myocardial infarction (AMI) without serial sampling. This demonstrates that there is still the clinical need for an early marker such as H-FABP. The preliminary analyses presented at IFCC EuroMedLab suggest that the combination of H-FABP and hs-troponin is extremely promising and we eagerly await the outcome and publication of our final analyses".
Such new studies on the diagnostic value of H-FABP further build on the extensive existing evidence base on its prognostic value. Two recent landmark studies from a group based at Leeds General Infirmary,
"Presently, where Troponin is used on its own and generates a negative result, patients are frequently sent home," says Lead Investigator, Professor Alistair Hall. "However, our study found that a significant number of these people are subsequently found to be at high risk of having a heart attack over the coming months, if they have not done so already. H-FABP can help to identify these high risk patients." Recent data from the group also shows that these results hold true even after 6 years of follow-up and, again, even when a highly sensitive Troponin assay is used.
CEO of Randox Laboratories, Dr Peter Fitzgerald, believes the release of this new laboratory-based assay represents a new era in the clinical use of acute cardiac biomarkers. "This exciting new quantitative and fully automated assay means that hospitals around the world can now utilise H-FABP, in combination with Troponin, as part of their standard clinical protocol. H-FABP, alongside Troponin, offers much improved potential for ACS rule-out on presentation, better risk stratification across the ACS spectrum and facilitates improved management of post-MI patients". He continues, "The new Randox H-FABP assay is a simple & rapid test that can be performed on a wide range of clinical chemistry analysers, without the need for specialist software, training or equipment. We believe it represents a wonderful opportunity to improve the management of patients with suspected ACS and enable a more effective utilisation of healthcare resources".
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1.) Body R, McDowell G, Carley S, Wibberley C, Ferguson J, Mackway-Jones K. A FABP-ulous 'rule out' strategy? Heart fatty acid binding protein and troponin for rapid exclusion of acute myocardial infarction. Resuscitation. 2011 Apr 2.


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Words can't describe how much I detest these two opportunist scumbags.
SANFORD, Fla. — Reverend Al Sharpton and Reverend Jesse Jackson will be back in Sanford on Saturday.
The well-known civil rights activists will lead a rally and march that begins at Crooms Academy and ends at the Sanford Police Department.
The rally comes after big developments in the case, including a video showing George Zimmerman in handcuffs at the police station on the night of the shooting.
Some say the video proves Zimmerman's account of the incident, that Martin punched him to the ground and repeatedly smashed his head into the pavement, is untrue because he shows no apparent signs of having been in altercation.


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Photos with Michelle for $10,000
How much would you pay to have your picture taken with First Lady Michelle Obama?
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Michelle-Obama-Charging-10000-Per-Picture-at-Chicago-Fundraiser-132060658.html#ixzz1bATiOOvT
When she travels to Chicago next week to tour Chicago food deserts with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and later host a fundraiser at Plumber's Hall, she will be asking for a pretty penny.
The going rate for a photograph at the near West Side fundraiser with the First Lady is $10,000 for a family of up to six members.
Tickets alone range from $100and up for the Oct. 25 event.
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- $100 – Limited Availability Gen44 Tickets
- $500 – General Admission
- $7,500 – Host (write or raise)
- $1,000 – Preferred Section
- $10,000 – Family Photo Reception (max 6 in photo)
Funds will be contributed to the Obama Victory Fund and the Democratic National Committee.
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Michelle-Obama-Charging-10000-Per-Picture-at-Chicago-Fundraiser-132060658.html#ixzz1bATcm7zn
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IPL honchos get most things right
To say the IPL was a success is to gild the lily. All the indices said so — a television audience well in excess of 100 million over 44 days, four million spectators at the grounds, TV viewership ratings in excess of 8 TRPs and record rates for 10-second spots at the final to rival US networks at primetime.
Where the IPL goes from here is what will define world cricket. Will the ICC wake up to the reality of a player-centric popular tournament and create a window so that all, including the English players, can get into the IPL and enjoy the competition and the monetary benefit?
If they choose to block it, it is the member countries of the ICC who will be left facing a rebellion. To stifle market forces would be to invite consequences the administration is not qualified to handle as we saw in the Packer case 30 years ago when Justice Slade came down on ICC like a ton of bricks.
Can there ever be two IPLs in one season? That is too fanciful, perhaps a typical instance of chasing success that may prove to be the ruination of the event. By offering distilled cricketing action in the new format the IPL has captured the imagination even in its saturated, daily presence. A second season may kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
Such a season may also face stiff opposition from the franchise owners who may be the ones who have many reasons to feel dissatisfied with the the first year. The financial packaging of the IPL's 10-year plan would face severe disruptions if a second season creeps in. Additional teams would also mean lesser share of central revenues to franchises.
The point is the first event was a roaring success, from day one of Brendon McCullum's pyrotechnics that dazzled even more than the fireworks down to the finale, which, as Warne said so well, could not have been better written by a scriptwriter. Why tinker with a successful product is something IPL mandarins must ponder over.
The IPL was also such a success because none of the foreigners were mercenaries out only to make a buck as people may have suspected. One look at the Rajasthan dugout in the final moments, when there were more closed eyes than at an Alfred Hitchcock movie, would have convinced anyone how much the result meant to all, including Graeme Smith who was benched due to injury.
There is bound to be heartache when the barter or transfer windows open. If, say, Kevin Pietersen is paid $4 million a season, as the grapevine has it, then it would become an awkward talking point among the professionals.
They were bought collectively when there was a $5 million cap on salaries but new signings may not be subjected to the same controls.
Much has been said already about how the salary cap will go soon, which means IPL cricketers will soon be laughing all the way to the bank. What this will do to franchises whose budgets will implode is a different matter altogether.
The expectation is teams can go on to the bourses through an IPO (Initial Public Offering) even if it remains to be seen whether we are mature enough to consider sport a business and buy shares of a cricket team that would have become a public limited company.
A number of momentous issues are likely to arise that will test the ingenuity of the IPL honchos who got most things right from first ball to last.
The route forward seems to point to taking the concept to the entire cricket world rather than tamper with the Indian success story.
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The Chargers tidied up their roster before training camp.
A backup center was cut Monday. Another will be signed shortly.
San Diego waived Nick McDonald with a non-football injury designation. His roster spot is expected to be inherited by Khalil Wilkes, whom a source said recently agreed to terms on a three-year contract. Players report to training camp Wednesday. Their first practice is Thursday morning.
Wilkes hoped for this news.
The former Stanford center participated in the team's three-day rookie minicamp in May. The callback is better later than never for the 6-foot-3, 285-pound lineman, who'll become the second tryout player from that camp to sign. Guard Craig Watts is the other.
This is a chance for Wilkes to continue his football career. He can build résumé tape from preseason game film, potentially leveraging it into a future opportunity with the team or elsewhere. He'll work behind Nick Hardwick, Rich Ohrnberger and Chris Watt in practice.
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SOUTH AMHERST — The driver of a white Ford F-150 is being sought in a hit-and-run accident around 6:15 p.m. Saturday on Pyle-South Amherst Road.
Motorcyclist Richard Cremeans was traveling south on Pyle-South Amherst when the F-150 pickup turned left from Middle Ridge Road in front of him, said Trooper Shawn Kline of the Ohio Highway Patrol's Elyria post.
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I understand ice cream and alcohol are the recommended treats for tonight. Since I can't eat ice cream or drink alcohol, I'll just imagine myself jumping into a vat of Mocha Almond Fudge carrying a bag of pretzels and a fifth of bourbon. While wallowing, I'll repeat the mantra...is there a mantra?
Also - you east coasters - please keep those comments flowing as I do believe I will dip into this pool for this week's recap. That was such fun last week, let's do it again. Remember that I'll choose posts to tell the story of the show, so witty and sharp, all. No pressure. Heee.
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It was still Frosty Friday, with free frozen treats for hundreds of employees at Research In Motion Ltd.'s campus of squat, concrete buildings in Waterloo, Ont., despite financial results that sent shares of the former high-tech darling plunging.
"I guess we can still afford ice cream, eh?" one older employee said as he strolled by two young workers heading towards a trolley with an umbrella of RIM blue-and-white in the company's parking lot.
For the young interns eating their chocolate-dipped ice cream, the taste was bitter-sweet. Like thousands of young programmers and computer engineers in Canada, they've been dreaming of landing a full-time job at RIM, the creator of the BlackBerry and the gold standard for technology in Canada.
But now, "I assume there will be nothing," one of the young engineers said about the prospects for full-time employment, as the other nodded. They had found out, via Facebook, that the company is planning layoffs.
Long the economic engine of the Waterloo region - and of Canada's tech sector - RIM is suddenly flagging badly in the smart phone wars, losing ground to rivals Apple Inc. and a slew of devices running Google Inc.'s Android operating system. That reality was brutally clear in Thursday's announcement that the company's revenue projections are plummeting, profits are under serious pressure, and jobs losses are on the way.
RIM's long run as a favourite among investors and financial analysts is ending with a thud, as well, as the stock plunged 21 per cent on Friday to close at $27.24. Phillip Huang at UBS Securities dubbed RIM's next phase as "the big reset" as it attempts to recapture is former stature.
The tense atmosphere around RIM headquarters is part of a broader tableau of fear and frustration, as the potential impact of RIM's decline is dissected in boardrooms and cafeterias across Canada.
"We are so critically dependent on them," said Thomas Keenan, a University of Calgary professor with a high-tech focus. "You kind of need a cheerleader, you need somebody that you can rely on [to help foster other entrepreneurs] It's like you can't have an ecosystem without some big fish."
For the young engineers whose careers depend on that ecosystem, the prospect of lucrative post-graduation employment at RIM is suddenly precarious. One employee said the firm was being understandably more cautious with hiring and scrutinizing new hires more carefully, as RIM weathers a brutal transition.
Many employees find it fascinating to see the public obsession with RIM's troubles. They see the characterization of a Canadian technology company locked in a losing battle with rivals such as Apple and Google as unfair, since those titans simply have more marketing power and sway over popular opinion. RIM is continuing to innovate, employees say, and working hard through a transition period as new products are slated to be launched.
"Everyone's got enough work to do that they're keeping busy. We're just soldiering on," one employee said. "But there is an air of uncertainty."
That uncertainty is being fed by the increasingly negative views from the analyst community. Friday, Kris Thompson at National Bank Financial lowered his target price to $25 (U.S.).
"We believe the smart phone sector is moving into a new paradigm of lower margin pricing as Android handsets attack the high-, mid- and low-end market segments," he wrote in a note to clients. "We do not expect [RIM's]gross margins to rebound."
Mr. Thompson believes that Google's Android operating system is the bigger threat. While Apple sent RIM's margins down about 5 per cent when it introduced the iPhone, Android's presence in the mobile market has sent RIM's market share down to between 35 and 40 per cent, from above 50 per cent three years ago. "We'd avoid this stock until there is some evidence that a sustainable turnaround is achievable," he noted.
Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd., RIM's sixth-largest shareholder, has sold half of its position. Stephen Jarislowsky, the company's chairman, said there is just too much competition in the mobile market now. Because of that, smart phones have become a commodity, and he said it is hard for anyone to be a market leader with that type of product.
In the RIM parking lot, there is acknowledgment that RIM has had a couple of stumbles, that the two co-CEOs in charge of the company, though brilliant, have not exactly portrayed a unified image of a sleek, innovative company to the public. And the company has also failed to bring much new technology to market in the past year - with the exception of the Torch touch-screen phone, which has been a success, and the PlayBook. But the tablet device launched full of glitches and has largely been considered a disappointment.
For employees, it's too early to tell where the axe may fall. "We're still unsure," said one RIM engineer.
But anxiety over RIM's future ripples through the entire Kitchener-Waterloo area, which has blossomed into a technology hub, and organizations have benefited not only from close contact with RIM, but from the company's generous donations.
No one in the thriving tech ecosystem around the region thinks the company is about to shrivel up and quit. Indeed, there may actually be some short-term benefit from RIM layoffs. There are about 2,000 unfilled tech jobs for developers and programmers in the region.
"We're hiring another 100 developers, so if they slow down their hiring a little, we're happy, to some degree," says John Baker, president and CEO of Desire2Learn Inc., an e-learning company based out of an old industrial loft space in the area. "But there's a lot of concern, for sure, in terms of their health as an organization."
Brian Hurley also faces an internal conflict in his judgments on the RIM slowdown, Mr. Hurley's Ottawa company, Purple Forge, develops smart-phone applications for third-party users. He has seen demand plummet for applications based on the BlackBerry smart phone, compared with those for the Apple iPhone and Google's Android. In fact, the loss of the RIM platform would simplify his life.
Yet as a Canadian, he knows it would be terrible for the country. RIM, he says, is "the headwater" for a lot of Canadian innovation and company start-ups. Canada needs its large tech companies, and RIM is one of the last bastions.
With reports from Paul Waldie