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A total of 14 ponds were surveyed by walking along their shorelines. The occurrence of shells, middens, or live mussels, as well as the suitability of the ponds for diving was noted. The table below lists ponds and tributaries that were surveyed for this study. No mussels or shells were found in tributaries of the Cuyahoga River within the CVNRA.
|Adam Run
|Armington Pond
|Boston Run
|Brushwood Pond
|Brandywine Creek
|Coonrad Pond
|Chippewa Creek
|Goosefeather Pond
|Columbia Run
|Hines Pond
|Dickerson Run
|Horseshoe Pond
|Furnace Run
|Indigo Lake
|Haskel Run
|Kendall Lake
|Langes Run
|Meadowedge Pond
|Sagamore Creek
|Sylvan Pond
|Salt Run
|Terra Vista Pond
|Tinker's Creek
|Top of the World Pond
|unnamed tributary
|Wetmore Pond
|Yellow Creek
Live mussels were found in only 3 ponds:
|Pyganodon grandis was found in Horseshoe Lake, and Armington Pond;
|Utterbackia imbecillis was found in Kendall lake.

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Come on guys ...life is too short to drink crummy wine....(cheap or expensive) .... But I did pick up a case recently of the new release of an old favorite Napa Valley red wine - Frog's Leap winery / Cabernet Sauvignon ...its selling up here for around $40 a bottle ...but its as good as many $75 dollar bottles. I'd recommend you try a couple bottles..../and laying it down for a few years won't hurt it / but its ready to drink now as well.
treating yourself to a nice gun is the same thing ....but I can't resist making the rounds of my better used gun shops on a rainy day ....you never know what might follow you home .../and shopping for a good deal is way too much fun.
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Kinda reminds me of a double I found not to long ago, had P O S stamped right on it. Turns out that stands for Pride Of Spain.
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Here's a question related to this set of ideas: Does any manufacturer make a SXS suitable for for high volume trap shooting? A gun that will last the aforementioned 50K rounds plus?
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Oneounceload: This will show you how much I don't know about shotguns but....
I sat down with the current Gun Digest and none of the SXSs were labeled as "Pigeon Grade" - probably I can't afford one that is - so how does one know which is which? If you could suggest a model, that'd be a help. Just trying to satisfy my curiosity.
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Many of the Spanish, Italian and British guns had a "pigeon model" that was meant for the heavy duty use at pigeon matches where loads were hot and heavy and a lot of money was riding on the outcome. These guns were typically 1/2 to 1 pound heavier than target guns and up to two pounds heavier than their standard field gun.
Some still use the term "pigeon" today (most notably Beretta), but those guns are not currently built to that spec.
AyA still makes a few models meant for heavy-duty use that I know about. Most folks don't use SxS for most of those purposes any more, unfortunately. I just got my S&W Elite in today - a nicely built 20 gauge that will be for birds - carried a lot, not shot as much. For heavy use, I use my Brownings (until I can convince Zippy to part with one of his P-guns for a mere pittance). My guns are target guns, meant to go the distance. Some are better than others, which is why P guns, K guns and similar cost what they do - pure, rugged simplicity with tolerances NASA would envy and reliability that Toyota would crave.
In short, if you're looking for a serious, high-round count shotgun for lots of targets, an O/U is most likely going to be your best bet. If you can find an older SxS that was meant for trap, pigeons, etc., you might have lucked out.
Now that I know that I, as a LH, can shoot DT's with no issues, my search is on for a nice 12 gauge SxS.........
And the quest continues................
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1-oz, my friend, you've expanded my knowledge -- thank you. Previously, I thought that Pigeon grade referred to a level of extra fanciness, like a Midas or Diana grade. Does it always indicate a more durable gun or can it be just an appearance upgrade?
I'm thinking specifically of Model 12 "Pigeon" grade trap gun. I know they are fancier than a field version; but are they more durable?
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That has been my understanding of the use for pigeon grade, although, I believe in today's terms, it also denotes a gun of high quality. Personally, "back in the day", if I was a maker and wanted a name for a highly decorated gun, naming it after a common pest of a bird would not have entered my head, whereas names like Midas, Diana, Exhibition would have. However, if I was making a very strong robust gun designed for that particular sport, then pigeon definitely fits the bill. Now to be fair, most folks who did (and still do) shoot pigeons tend to be wealthy and like nicely engraved guns - hence where the two names IMO crossed over and kept going.
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Why do they call them traps. Pigeon shooting. Something had to hold the pigeons until they were called for. There was, and still is, huge money in pigeon shoots. Well, okay, some pigeon shoots used a man to throw the pigeons aloft. But I need to leave the office now. John
Trivia. The 1900 Paris Olympics...
"Live Pigeon Shooting was held only once in Olympic history, in 1900. The object of this event was to shoot and kill as many birds as possible. This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. The birds were released in front of a participant and the winner was the competitor who shot down the most birds from the sky. The participant was eliminated once they missed two birds. Nearly 300 birds were killed. The event turned out to be quite messy in the end with dead or injured birds on the ground and blood and feathers all over the place. An award of 20,000 Francs was the prize for the winner, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings. "
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Interesting interview. www.joeletchenguns.com/wing.htm
"GRITS: What's your favorite box-bird gun?
RUDY: I usually shoot a Purdey which I had made specifically for box-bird shooting. It's a specialty gun, just as special for its purpose as is the race car built for the Indy 500. It isn't something you're going to do much other shooting with.
GRITS: What are the chokes on your Purdey?
RUDY: Full and fuller. The right barrel shoots a 76-percent pattern with No. 8 shot at 40 yards, and the left barrel shoots 92 percent. It's extremely tight. That's an advantage mentally. I know that if I miss the bird with the first barrel, which every shooter frequently does, the capability is built into that second barrel to kill the bird. It's up to me to point it correctly. "
The thrown bird game is columbaire. John
"RUDY: About the only similarity is that you're shooting at pigeons in both. As much difference as between skeet and trap, two different games.
The columbaires are good, and they get to know the weaknesses and strong points of all good live-bird shooters. They take great pride in making the best shooters miss. It's a good game, and I shoot it, too.
GRITS: Not with the same gun.
RUDY: No. Instead of the tightly choked 30-inch Purdey, I shoot a Parker with 28-inch barrel bored improved cylinder and full. Again, it's a specialty gun. I try to get off the first shot as quickly as possible. It's a definite advantage to have two chokes at columbaire shooting, because your first shot is 20 to 30 yards and the second maybe 50 or more.
GRITS: The rumor goes around that a shooter can "buy" a particular columbaire to throw you an easy bird, or to throw a competitor a very difficult bird. Does this happen?
RUDY: There's a lot of conversation about it, but in all the years I've shot thrown birds around the world I've never seen that happen. I've never seen it proved. I've seen shooters miss a bird they didn't think they should get, but they forget that the columbaire remembers him. I know many of the columbaires, and I think they're completely honest people. "
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Queen Elizabeth II was flying to Australia on Wednesday for a 10-day visit during which she will travel to four cities and open a meeting of leaders of mostly former British colonies.
The 85-year-old monarch and her 90-year-old husband Prince Philip were assured of a warm welcome despite the ruling Labor Party's desire for the British monarch to be replaced by a president as Australia's head of state.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said Australia should become a republic after the queen's reign.
But Gillard did not believe that debate would mar the monarch's first visit since 2006, when she opened the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
"While the queen is here in Australia, what Australians will be doing is enjoying and celebrating her presence here," Gillard told reporters hours before the queen's chartered jet was due to land in Canberra.
"I believe she's very well respected by Australians and I think she's going to be tremendously warmly received from the moment that she sets foot on Australian soil," she added.
Australians rejected a proposal to make Australia a republic at a referendum in 1999.
The queen will visit Brisbane and Melbourne before opening next week's meeting of the 54-nation Commonwealth in the western coastal city of Perth. Leaders of the nations linked to Britain's former empire, who meet every two years, will consider a range of recommended reforms including lifting laws against homosexuality which exist in most Commonwealth countries.
Media commentators have speculated that this Australian visit - her 16th - could be the queen's last given her advanced years and the 11,000-mile (18,000-kilometer) distance from Buckingham Palace in London to a country that was one of the British Empire's most far removed outposts.
But her former press secretary Dickie Arbiter pointed to the example of the queen's late mother who visited Canada when she was aged in her 90s.
"With the queen, you should never say 'last;' never say 'never,'" Arbiter said in an interview published in The Canberra Times newspaper Wednesday.
The queen's biographer Hugo Vickers said she made a point of attending every meeting of the 54-nation Commonwealth. Only 53 countries will be represented at the Perth summit because Fiji has been suspended since its army overthrew the government in 2006.
"She has not minded when Commonwealth countries have dropped her as head of state, but she does mind if they leave the Commonwealth," Vickers was quoted as saying by The Canberra Times.
In 1954, the queen became the first reigning British monarch to ever visit Australia.
The queen will be welcomed at an Australian air force base in Canberra by Governor General Quentin Bryce, the monarch's representative in Australia, and spend most of her 10 nights in Australia at Bryce's official residence. Gillard will also be on hand to greet the queen.


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Campus Comes Together After September 11 Tragedy
Like the rest of the world, the campus community at Sac State was shocked and saddened by the deaths of thousands in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11.
Following the tragedy about 2,000 students, faculty and staff joined in a convocation to honor those who had lost their lives and to reiterate the campus commitment to tolerance. Representatives of the Universitys administration, student government, staff and faculty organizations, and Sacramentos religious community addressed a standing-room-only crowd united in grief.
Many took advantage of the opportunity to write messages to the families of the victims. The messages were heartfelt and echoed the emotions of the day:
I cannot begin to comprehend the amount of grief that this horrible tragedy has caused so many of you. My heart and my prayers go out to you and those you love and lost. May life bring you peace and closure.
Although I am not an American, I feel so much affected by this tragedy. I just hope all Americans will stay strong.
Your strength and courage during this crisis gives hope for our nation.
Dear Friend, Your pain is deep. No words can ease the agony. Or erase your loss. But take solace in knowing that it is shared, perhaps in a less painful way, but shared by civilized people everywhere.
We grieve for your loss, and the loss we all share.
Perhaps I walked by victims of this hatred one day, not knowing Sept. 11 would be their last day. But on that day, I stood in disbelief as people died, and
I cried when they could no longer.
Many of those unable to attend the convocation also expressed their sentiments. The pages were compiled in condolence books and sent to the cities affected.
Details: www.csus.edu/news/091101home.html.
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How to Grow a CEO
Its a three-letter title that carries a lot of cloutCEO. But what does it take to be a chief executive officer? The developers of a popular Sac State leadership program decided to take the matter to the topthose at the helm of area businesses.
When we were developing the curriculum, we asked 25 CEOs, What skills or attributes will be necessary in your replacement? says Jerry Estenson, faculty coordinator for the Regional and Continuing Education course Leadership for the New Millennium and a Sac State professor of business administration.
And they continue to gather input from the heads of local companies like Blue Shield and Aerojet. The program is re-evaluated each semester and revamped when necessary to meet the changing needs of both the businesses and the participants, says program director Elizabeth Hough.
Topics during the eight-week sessions cover such areas as Future Role of Leaders and The Technology of Change. Presenters possess a mix of academic credentials and applied knowledge, and have ranged from business faculty and representatives from local industry to an Army brigadier general. There is also an opportunity during each session to interview a local CEO, often a graduate of the program.
The selection criterion is strict. Each participant must be in line to become a senior executive in a company, or a senior non-elected government official, within five years and must be sponsored by his or her organization.
Its one of the most challenging things Ive ever been involved with, Estenson says. You have 25 Type As in one roomsuperstars all.
Its also networking personified, Estenson adds. Each participant leaves with a support group of 24 fellow participants and knows nine business scholars and nine CEOs by name.
Details: Regional and Continuing Education, www.rce.csus.edu.
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Outside the Books
there are questions textbooks cant answer. And every year experts
from myriad disciplines, businesses and backgrounds come to Sac State
to provide answers.
With Gratitude
Sac States Serna Plaza was completed this fall with the
dedication of this new fountain. The plaza and fountain memorialize Joe Serna, who was mayor of Sacramento and a Sac State professor, and his wife Isabel Hernandez-Serna, who was a Sac State professor and administrator.
The 10- by 12-foot fountain features two pillars reminiscent of the eagles on the flag of the United Farm Workers, an organization dear to both the Sernas. Water pours from the top of the two pillars to a vivid, hand-painted tile base depicting farms and farmworkers. Two poems about Joe and Isabel are cast in bronze and adorn the fountains brick ledge. They were written by retired CSUS professor Jose Montoya and CSUS professor Olivia Castellano.
The fountain was designed by Montoya, Castellano, retired CSUS professor Esteban Villa, and CSUS professors Ricardo Favela and Larry Ortiz.
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Mountain Air, Closer Than You Think
Be it Mexico
City or Mile High Stadium, high elevation affects athletes. But two Sac
State researchers say declines in exercise performance can hit even closer
to homeas low as 1,900 feet.
Students Energize Yale Medical Project
Sac State
engineering students have stepped in to help a Yale University team working
to provide specialized medical care in the worlds most remote regions.
Retiring Minds Want to Know
The average age on campus peaks Fridays, when hundreds of members of the Renaissance Society, a learning-in-retirement organization, gather for educational forums. Nearly 700 seniors attend various programs each semester, including member-led seminars, writers workshops and discussion groups.
No college degree is required for membership, just the wisdom that comes with experience, and the curiosity that sustains interest in learning, says Eleanor Hoffman, a retired registered nurse and community activist who is the groups president.
The Renaissance Society is sponsored by the University and is affiliated with the Association for Learning in Retirement Organizations West and the Elderhostel Information Network.
The organization started in 1986, the brainchild of Bob Heilman, a Sac State professor of social work; Leah Burdman; the late Ermyl Schwartz; and the late Peg McKoane, a retired Sac State adult students program director.
This falls seminars and special programs included a computer workshop, sessions on the U.S. Civil War and ancient Greece, writers workshops, bridge, Tai Chi exercise, a current events discussion group and conversational language classes. There were also excursions throughout the area. These are in addition to the Friday forums, which this year feature topics such as the CNN effect in foreign policy, advancements in forensic science, autism, human-trafficking in China and vanishing red-legged frogs.
The organization also awards scholarships for academic excellence and interest in topics related to the aging process. Membership is $60.
Details: (916) 278-7834.
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Calaveras Station Gets Student Writers on Track
As a writer, the process of publishing your work is a tremendous undertaking of time and patience. But the reward of seeing your name and ideas in print is worth a thousand words.
Sac State students have the opportunity to learn the process right here on campus with the English departments literary journal Calaveras Station. Students from all disciplines and departments submit their poetry, critical analysis, prose, fiction and plays to be reviewed for publication.
The submission procedure is no different than that of The New Yorker. Of course, there are many more submissions to The New Yorker but the process is the same, says Joshua McKinney, an English professor and oft-published writer. He and fellow English professor Doug Rice provide guidance to the student editorial staff, which often works on a shoestring budget. They are always looking for funding.
Students learn about layout and design, and get editorial experience, which is hard to come by. They have to impartially read each submission, which hopefully teaches them to take great care with words, McKinney says.
Founded five years ago, Calaveras Station gives students a glimpse into the professional writers world.
It gives students a necessary venue for their work and a window into the real world of professional writers. It also prepares them for the competitive process of getting published, McKinney says.
Aside from the pride of seeing their names in print, students whose work is published in the journal also become part of the English departments teaching curriculum.
I use some of the text in my classes and it motivates my students, McKinney says. It encourages them to think, I can write something like that.
Details: Department of English, (916) 278-6586.
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Your GiftsA Lasting Legacy
For more than half a century, Sac State has opened the doors of higher education to new generations of students. This tradition of affordable excellence is continues today with both state funding and, increasingly, private funding. In fact, the state now provides less than half the Universitys operating budget each year. The quality of a Sac State education would not be the same without the generous support of donors committed to educational opportunity.
A bequest to Sac State through your will or living trust will provide a legacy to benefit the students of future generations. Whether a bequest is unrestricted or designated for scholarships, equipment, curriculum enhancement or other purposes, your bequest can make a real and lasting difference in the lives of the students it touches.
Details: Call University Advancement at (916) 278-4079 or visit www.csus.edu/pubaf/givingagift
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Master the tempest is raging! The billows are tossing high; The sky is o'er-shadowed with blackness, No shelter or help is nigh Carest thou not that we perish? How canst thou lie asleep When each moment so madly is threatening A grave in the angry deep? refrain The winds and the waves shall obey thy will, Peace, Be still Be still! Whether the waters can swallow the ship where lies The Master of ocean and earth and skies They all shall sweetly obey thy will, Peace, be still! Peace, be still! They all shall sweetly obey Thy will, Peace, peace, be still!
Master, with anguish of spirit I bow in my grief today; The depths of my sad heart are troubled—Oh, waken and save I pray! Torrents of sin and of anguish Sweep o'er my sinking soul And I perish! I perish! dear Master—Oh, hasten and take control! Refrain
Master, the terror is over, The elements sweetly rest; Earth's sun in the clam lake is mirrored, And heaven's within my breast; Linger, O blessed Redeemer! Leave me alone no more; And with joy I shall make the blest harbor, And rest on the blisful shore. RefrainAmen
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Purdue stuns Badgers in battle for Big Ten lead
Saturday, in a much more shocking Boilermaker victory, Hummel�s offense did the deed.
Hummel�s 21 points spearheaded a fantastic shooting attack for Purdue, which barely hung on for one of its biggest wins in recent program history�a 72-67 victory in front of 17,190 stunned Kohl Center faithful.
�This is a huge win for our program,� Purdue coach Matt Painter said after his team grabbed the undisputed Big Ten lead. �To be able to get this win after getting rebounded the way we did is unbelievable. Our guys were focused tonight and made the plays necessary to win the game.�
It was the Boilermakers (19-5, 10-1 Big Ten) who snapped No. 8 Wisconsin�s 10-game winning streak on Jan. 26 with a 60-56 triumph in West Lafayette, Ind.. Hummel blocked UW guard Michael Flowers� short jumper that would have tied the game with two seconds to go.
But that was in Purdue�s Mackey Arena, where the Badgers (19-4, 9-2) have won just once in the last 35 years. In the rematch at the Kohl Center�where the Badgers had been 51-2 in conference games under coach Bo Ryan�the young Boilermakers were more energetic from the start, running out to a 25-12 lead by scoring on 11 of their first 16 possessions.
Purdue had not won in Madison since 1997, one year before the Badgers began playing at the Kohl Center.
Wisconsin entered Saturday�s game with the stingiest defense in Division I college basketball, giving up just 54.1 points per game. But the Boilermakers, who also got contributions from sophomore guard Chris Kramer (12 points) and freshman guard E�Twaun Moore (11 points), far surpassed that.
�They understand about making the extra pass, about playing team basketball,� Painter said. �And they don�t get rattled � I think we just have good poise as a team.�
Essentially, Purdue stirred up a perfect storm in the first half. While the Badgers struggled to find a rhythm, the Boilermakers shot the lights out, shooting 65 percent, including 6-of-10 makes from three-point territory.
Flowers was the only Badger who wasn�t flat-footed in the first half. Before the break, he co-led UW with eight points (along with Marcus Landry, who only played 10 minutes because of foul trouble), and dished out three assists while grabbing two steals.
But Flowers wasn�t careful with the ball, turning it over twice in the first 20 minutes. He wasn�t alone, though. Wisconsin committed 10 turnovers in the first half, and six in the first eight minutes, while the Boilermakers built up a 13-point lead.
Flowers directed a 10-1 run that cut the lead to four, but back-to-back basket by Hummel and Moore kept the Badgers from catching up.
In the second half, Purdue�s young team got swallowed up a bit by the raucous Kohl Center crowd, which got loud every time Wisconsin drew within two possessions of the visitors. But the Boilermakers did not break, finishing with a 53-percent clip from the floor.
The Badgers, meanwhile, simply had a cold night�32 percent overall on field-goal attempts (16 percent from three-point range). They also had a terrible assist-to-turnover ratio with nine helpers against 18 giveaways.
Wisconsin was terrific in two aspects. The Badgers hit all 15 free-throw attempts in the first half and connected on their first 20 before junior forward Joe Krabbenhoft missed the back end of a one-and-one with 9:49 remaining. Wisconsin ended up going 30-of-33 from the line.
Further, the Badgers simply dominated the Boilermakers on the glass, with a 42-21 advantage.
But those small victories will be of little solace to the Badgers, who also have little time to sulk about the shocking upset. Wisconsin heads to No. 13 Indiana on Wednesday, facing a Hoosiers team that is 19-3 and 8-1 in the conference.
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It is hard to know what an animal must feel when it is shot,
when it is coming to and flitting its milky eyes back open.
One wonders where the animal has been, if it is partly here and partly, or wholly,
somewhere else. That time you dropped all your hot tamales
in the movie theater and they rolled all the way down to the front near the big screen,
I couldn't decide whether to be sad they were gone
or delight at the sound of them spilling out under the seats.
It's also hard to know for sure,
given our current knowledge of physics, whether we are falling perpetually
at a steady rate or, rather, accelerating wildly
into the purviews of space without even knowing what that feels like,
and meanwhile sending monkeys and dogs and robots and a variety of plant species and
sometimes people out between the stars to see
if anything in them changes, if they come back alive, weakened or strengthened,
elongated, shivering or limp. I thought this was what you were doing, in a sense,
when you asked me, hypothetically, if I could ever live in a house with
a yellow kitchen or if the color would, over small increments of time,
drive me into a slow but steady madness.
We both agreed that it depends, that there are so many shades of yellow.
In some cultures it is easy to know two people
are definitely in love when one brings a fish to the other's doorstep
and the fish is not refused, while in other cultures a fish
gutted and splayed and left in the sun is a sure sign
that someone somewhere is in love, is waiting to be loved back.
In your defense, and in mine, we were not brought up
to trust the world. There was that Soviet guy, remember, who died in the 80s
of severe head injuries while attempting a reverse 3 ½ tuck dive
and then there was the Chinese guy who did it a year later
and didn't die. When I look at you, I think of him,
the one who didn't die, freed suddenly
from the clutches of gravity and hovering flawlessly there in spacetime,
the pool and the springboard and sky and trees
revolving around his stretched body, the only unmoving
thing in the entire solar system. But then I look at you again and your face
is suddenly different and I think of the earth rushing toward the diver
faster and faster, all the weight and force of the earth's crust and the seething
magma underneath catapulting itself through space and time and the iron core
tethering his body to it like a dragonfly to the windshield of a moving car.
It is hard, let's admit,
to tell the difference between jumping and falling.
But tonight, the weight of your hand
on my hand is algebraically equivalent
to one ocean upon another. This must mean we are moving very fast
into something neither one of us can see. It is hard, you tell me, to know
what your lips would kiss like in outer space.
To comfort us both, then, you say: There is this Austrian physicist
who says that anything can be
two or more things at once, for example, both coherent and shattered, exploded
and unexploded, both alive and dead. You tell me that
the universe allows a thing to remain undecided to its very core
until the act of someone looking closely enough
forces it, inevitably, to decide.
Kristin Marie Kostick is a poet and medical anthropologist researching social and cultural factors contributing to HIV risk and psychosocial health research in India, Africa and the US. Her poetry has appeared in Muzzle Magazine, the most recent Open Letters anthology, in Small Spiral Notebook and the Long River Review. She co-curates (with poet Andrea Henchey) a monthly reading series called Inescapable Rhythms in Hartford, CT that has recently featured notable poets including James Tate, Nate Pritts, Alexis Orgera, and Iain Haley Pollock.


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Mirdles: Mens Girdle Underwear
December 21, 2009 by admin
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There is a song by Carly Simon that complains about a guy being so vain. That shouldn't come as a surprise. Although most men don't express themselves in a flamboyant manner, they do care about how they look. And what is the foundation of a good wardrobe? It all starts with underwear- underwear like a mirdle. What is that you might ask? A mirdle is a girdle for men. Although this type of underwear is associated with women, a male girdle is actually quite masculine. This type of slimming underwear for men are compression shorts that have a front panel designed to flatten a bulging stomach. And since girdles bind the waist in a secure manner, girdles are wonderful for those suffering from hernia or back pain. It is great medical girdle that binds your core musles to control body temperature while promoting blood circulation.
While male girdles do for men what Spanx underwear does for a woman's hips and thighs, another problem area for men can be the chest. Yes, there are men who suffer from moobs. That's boob on guys. Obviously this is an embarrassing condition and there's even a name for it: gynemastia. This can take away from a man's dignity and fortunately, there's an easy fix for that too. While a girdle compresses the stomach from the bottom up and shapes the buttock and thighs, a compression undershirt works from the top down and shapes the chest. A sculpted chest, a flat stomach, a slim waist. This is the ideal look for a man and this can all be achieved with control underwear such as compression shirts and girdles.
So forget about the baggy shirts and jeans. Once you have a body you can be proud of, show it off in the latest fitted shirts and slim pants. Yes, that's what the metrosexuals are wearing. And before any macho men say they wouldn't be caught dead in that type of look, look at what being dapper and well groomed has done for David Beckham. He is one of the most good looking men in the world according to women. That's obviously one reason why you want to put on the slimming underwear for men.
In general, men do care about the way they look. Seriously, who doesn't like to be complimented on their appearance? It might be shallow but that's the way the world works. So do yourself a favor and up your metrosexual quotient and get a mens girdle.


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What is File Extension FTW?
Did someone email you a FTW file and you're not sure how to open it? Maybe you have found a FTW file on your computer and wondering what it's for? Windows might tell you that you can't open it, or in the worst case, you might encounter a FTW file related error message.
Before you can open a FTW file, you'll need to figure out what kind of file the FTW file extension refers to.
Tip: Incorrect FTW file association errors can be a symptom of other underlying issues within your Windows operating system. These invalid entries can also produce associated symptoms such as slow Windows startups, computer freezes, and other PC performance issues. Therefore, it highly recommended that you scan your Windows registry for invalid file associations and other issues related to a fragmented registry.
FTW files are Data Files primarily associated with FormTool Pro Form File (IMSI/Design LLC).
FTW files are also associated with Family Tree Maker Family Tree File (MyFamily.com Inc.), FontTwister File and FileViewPro.
Additional types of files may also be using the FTW file extension. If you are aware of any other file formats using the FTW file extension, please contact us so that we can update our information accordingly.
How To Open Your FTW File:
The fastest and easiest way to open your FTW file is to double-click it. This allows the intelligence of Windows to decide the correct software application to open your FTW file.
In the case that your FTW file doesn't open, it is highly likely that you do not have the correct software application installed on your PC to view or edit FTW file extensions.
If your PC opens the FTW file, but it's the wrong application, you'll need to change your Windows registry file association settings. In other words, Windows is associating FTW file extensions with the wrong software program.
We highly recommend scanning your Windows registry for invalid file associations and other related registry issues.
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Brooke Mueller has reportedly followed Lindsay Lohan's example and quit the Betty Ford rehab clinic to transfer to another treatment facility.
Charlie Sheen's former wife entered the California rehab centre in May to treat her ongoing addiction to prescription drugs.
According to TMZ's sources, Brooke has chosen a new facility in Orange County that "will help her assimilate back into society", which they didn't believe the Betty Ford Centre could do.
Earlier this week, Lindsay Lohan also left the Betty Ford Centre and transferred to the Cliffside Clinic in Malibu to continue in 90 day court-ordered treatment.
Lindsay Lohan, pictured with Brooke Mueller's ex Charlie Sheen, also left the Betty Ford Centre this week (WENN)
Lindsay, along with her judge and prosecutor, felt the rehab program at Betty Ford would only work for 30 days and not the full 90 days that was required.
Mueller, 42, is currently embroiled in a custody battle with actor Charlie Sheen over their four-year-old twin sons Bob and Max.
Charlie's other ex-wife, Denise Richards has temporary custody of the boys whilst Brooke completes her rehab program.
Earlier this year authorities removed Max and Bob from Brooke's home because the house was deemed an "unsafe environment" due her drug addiction.
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Hi MissCamino! I totally agree it's awful that just checking could impact our credit scores. Two things:
1. Only hard credit inquiries (not soft inquires) affect your credit score. They are reported to the credit bureaus and say on your report for years, like you said.
2. Hard credit inqueries can indicate that you are attempting to apply for new credit. There is predictive risk associated with this and default rate. In other words, statisticians have discovered that how often you apply for new credit has a positive effect on your loan default rate. The more often you check, the higher chance you'll default. Because of this relationship, hard credit checks is factored into your credit score. Separately, from personal experience I know that Comcast and rental agencies do a hard pull as well. In my opinion, this is completely unfair and shouldn't show up!
Hope this helps.
Inquiries may or may not affect your FICO score. A FICO score takes into account only voluntary inquiries that result from your application for credit. The information about inquiries that can be factored into your FICO score includes:
- Number of recently opened accounts, and proportion of accounts that are recently opened, by type of account.
- Number of recent credit inquiries.
- Time since recent account opening(s), by type of account.
- Time since credit inquiry(ies).
- A FICO score does not take into account any involuntary inquiries made by businesses with whom you did not apply for credit, inquiries from employers, or your own requests to see your credit report.
For many people, one additional credit inquiry (voluntary and initiated by an application for credit) may not affect their FICO score at all. For others, one additional inquiry would take less than 5 points off their FICO score.
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New movies for kids and families are released on DVD weekly. So if you're looking for kid-friendly DVDs, here's an updated list of new movies rated G or PG. --Compiled by Jennifer Berger
"Hotel Transylvania" (Sony)
The animated tale follows Count Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler), whose quiet getaway for persecuted monsters is disrupted by a human visitor. Additional voices include Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez and Kevin James. Available Jan. 29, 2013 Rated: PG ($30.99)
"Madly Madagascar" (20th Century Fox)
Alex's favorite holiday, Valentine's Day, brings hilarious surprises and excitement for the entire gang. Available Jan. 29, 2013 ($9.98)
"Wild Kratts: Lost at Sea" (PBS)
The Kratt Brothers visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts. Episodes include: Speaking Dolphinese and Blowfish Blowout. ($9.99)
"Derby Dogs" (Screen Media)
Ben secretly enters the local soapbox derby to beat school bullies. The 12-year-old will encounter a crazy cast of characters while building and racing his own car. Rated PG ($24.98)
"Pokemon Black & White 2" (Viz Media)
Ash, Iris and Cilan find themselves embroiled in a battle when, as they embark on a journey to Eindoak Town, where a trainer named Damon is attempting to capture a mythical Pokemon. Rated G ($19.97)
"LeapFrog: Magnificent Museum of Opposite Words" (Lionsgate)
Meet Scout and his friends, Violet, Eli, and Penny. The friends learn that the new Museum of Opposite Words opened in their town. Together the friends use vocabulary skills to unlock clues to help get all the exhibits completed. ($14.98)
"Barney: Let's Go to the Moon" (Lyons)
Join Barney, Riff, Baby Bop and more on a space adventure. Barney and friends discover that the sky is not the limit when you use your imagination. ($14.98)
"VeggieTales: Lettuce Love One Another" (Big Idea)
Bob, Larry and a bushel of Veggie friends share three stories and 10 fun tips on how to show love to others. ($15.89)
"SpongeBob SquarePants: Extreme Kah-Rah-Tay" (Nickelodeon)
Check out Sandy's sensei, an extreme sports team, a frozen competition, world record challenges and SpongeBob's driving skills like you've never seen them before. ($14.98)
"Frankenweenie" (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
A Tim Burton film about young Victor Frankenstein, a science wiz who tries to reanimate his beloved dog Sparky, who died in an accident. Rated: PG ($29.99)
"Let's Learn: 1, 2, 3" (Nickelodeon)
Kids will learn their numbers in these six math adventures with their Nick Jr. friends. ($14.98)
"Angelina Ballerina: Dance Around the World" (Lyons)
Angelina and her friends boogie, bop, skip and hop around the world in exciting adventures. Kids will learn the Irish Jig, the festive Chinese Dragon Dance and more. ($14.98)
"Thomas & Friends: Muddy Matters" (Lyons)
Through mud, garbage and muck, Thomas and his engine friends show that being really useful can be a dirty job. ($14.98)
"Let's Learn: ABC" (Nickelodeon)
Kids will learn about letters and reading as they play along with their Nick Jr. friends to explore the alphabet, words, and fairy tales in these six ABC adventures. ($14.98)
"Pajanimals: Pajanimals Playdate" (NCircle Entertainment)
The Pajanimals love to play games, sing songs and go on great adventures to meet new friends. Through their imaginary journeys, these friends discover fun ways to learn daily life lessons. ($9.99)
"Kaboom: Best Friends Forever" (Phase 4 Films)
Celebrate Valentine's Day with 10 episodes from "Franklin," "The Berenstain Bears," "Elliot Moose" and more. ($9.99)
"Dino Dan: To Catch a Dino" (NCircle Entertainment)
Join Dan and his friends as they try to make a kite inspired by the Quetzalcoatlus, then it's story time as Dan tells the story of two cavemen on their quest to catch a baby T. rex to keep as a pet. The DVD is filled with five action-packed adventures full of discovery. ($12.99)
"The Littlest Pet Shop: Little Pets, Big Adventures" (Shout! Factory)
Blythe Baxter and her dad move into an apartment above The Littlest Pet Shop, where she learns she can communicate with the pets. Rated G ($14.97)
"Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Best Of Widget" (Anchor Bay)
Widget is back and she's the busiest builder and fix-it whiz in Wuzzleberg, and Wubbzy's good friend too. ($14.98)
"Power Rangers Samurai: A Team Divided Vol. 3" (Lionsgate)
Jayden, Kevin, Emily, Mia and Mike face their toughest challenges yet when the Power Rangers Samurai start turning against each other. ($14.98)
"Happy Feet / Ant Bully / Scooby-Doo: The Movie" (Warner Home Video)
This Blue-ray triple feature includes "Happy Feet," "Ant Bully" and "Scooby-Doo: The Movie" ($24.98)
"Nature: Animal Odd Couples" (PBS)
A chimp bottle-feeding a tiger cub. A giant tortoise snuggling a baby hippo. A black crow parenting a meerkat. This film will look at these remarkable relationships first hand. ($19.99)
"Best of BabyFirst - An Educational Adventure" (Mill Creek Entertainment)
Children ages six months to three years will learn numbers, colors, animals, art, music and more. Enjoy classic fairy tales like "Rumpelstiltskin" and "The Ugly Duckling," and Harry The Bunny invites viewers to go on exciting adventures as he learns new words and concepts through play. Rated: G ($9.98)


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BOSTON, April 14 (UPI) -- Carey Price turned aside all 31 Boston shots Thursday and the Montreal Canadiens took a 1-0 first-round playoff series lead over the Bruins with a 2-0 win.
Price withstood a Boston onslaught in the second period when he stopped all 18 shots he faced and blanked the Bruins on three power plays for the sixth-seeded Canadiens, who took four out of six regular-season games from their Northeast Division rivals.
Brian Gionta scored both of Montreal's goals, finding the net in the first and third periods. Each of the tallies came on single assists from Scott Gomez.
Tim Thomas stopped 18-of-20 shots for the third-seeded Bruins, whose all-time post-season record against the Habs fell to 64-100 in 33 playoff series.


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'I had to slow down and rethink my path out'
By ERIK SLAVIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: June 12, 2014
The seawater was at Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Macatangay's chest when he crawled into the USS Guardian's bilge to brace the split deck plate above.
Directly below him, a chunk of Tubbataha Reef stuck through the ship, working its way deeper into the wood and fiberglass hull.
"You're hearing the wood cracking and the ship was tilting over on its side because of the sea state … but we had to push the deck plates down again to slow down the water," said Macatangay, of North Hills, Calif., while recalling the events of Jan. 17, 2013 — the final operational day of the Guardian's 23-year history.
Crouched between an air-conditioning unit a few inches above his head and the chill-water piping lining the walls, Macatangay, a damage controlman by trade, had barely enough room to work.
He lined up a steel shoring — a metal support beam meant to reinforce the hull — and spent the next 15 to 20 minutes installing it.
Meanwhile, the water poured in — about five gallons per minute. It soon sloshed up to Macatangay's neck.
"It felt like he was down there for three hours," said Chief Petty Officer Cesar Gomez, of Chicago, who ordered Macatangay, 25, into the bilge after they agreed it was necessary. "I was scared for him … I didn't want to rush him, but I did emphasize to get it done and get out of there."
The Guardian's worsening state wouldn't allow a quick repair. All of the pipes and machinery were moving independently each time the ship rocked, as did the ship structure, making it even harder to wedge in the shoring.
Macatangay was exhausted. He had pulled a 14-hour watch and been up nearly a full day when the ship ran aground at Tubbataha, a Philippines national park in the Sulu Sea.
However, Macatangay's fear — for his own safety as the water rose, and for his shipmates —proved to be powerful fuel.
If Macatangay hadn't installed the shoring at that moment, the water would have flooded the auxiliary room above, submerging the generators and killing the ship's power.
It would have left Guardian dead in the water in the middle of the night.
"We had already established communications to the outside, but we still hadn't seen any ships around us," Macatangay said.
After he finished with the shoring, Macatangay became disoriented as he waded through the water. He couldn't find the hatch.
"I had to slow down and rethink my path out," Macatangay said.
Macatangay emerged from the bilge unharmed, to Gomez's great relief.
The damage control section aligned the ship's drainage to stanch the flooding and continued safeguarding the ship for several hours before evacuating to the Military Sealift Command's MV-C Champion in the afternoon.
Eleven days after the grounding, most of Guardian's sailors had returned to Sasebo, Japan. Soon afterward, the investigations began.
The captain, executive officer, officer of the deck and enlisted assistant navigator were relieved of duty.
By the end of March, the Guardian had been decommissioned and fully dismantled.
In June, a Pacific Fleet command investigation found that poor leadership and planning caused the disaster. However, the scathing 160-page report also commended the "heroic actions" of the boat coxswains, its damage control crewmembers and its rescue swimmers.
"In short, their efforts saved lives," Adm. Cecil Haney wrote in the report's conclusion.
On April 3, Capt. Greg Fenton called Macatangay, now 25, to the front of an all-hands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington.
Macatangay knew he had been up for an award, but he figured it was a low-level commendation. Those usually begin with the words, "from the admiral."
The Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the highest noncombat award a sailor can earn, begins differently.
"When the [executive officer] said 'From the president,' I was just shocked," Macatangay said.
"I'm truly humbled and grateful for the award. I'm grateful to all the people who helped me that day, too."
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The USS Guardian sits aground on Tubbataha Reef in the Philippines on Jan 22, 2013.


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Fraudsters exploit weak passwords, auto-reload functions to wipe money from Starbucks cards.
The attacks follow a March 2014 compromise at Sally Beauty Holdings.
The attacks follow a March 2014 compromise at Sally Beauty Holdings.
Experian and Ponemon Institute partner to poll nearly 750 payment systems tech executives.
Credit unions take note of the importance of college and graduating with a minimum amount of debt.
Learn about new student loan markets and how credit unions are responding to increase market share.
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Dr. Patrick M. O'Shea, a native of Massachusetts, joined the faculty of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota in 1997, and serves as Professor and Director of Choirs in the Department of Music. He teaches voice, as well as classes in vocal pedagogy, vocal literature, and music history, and directs the auditioned 60-voice Concert Choir and the select Chamber Singers. Prior to his appointment at Saint Mary's, Dr. O'Shea was visiting assistant professor of choral music education at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He holds the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music from Arizona State University, the Master of Music degree in Choral Music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude, in Vocal Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Va., where he began his conducting studies with Grammy Award-winning conductor Robert Shafer. He continued conducting study with Don V. Moses and Donald Bailey. His composition teachers have included the late Russell Woollen, as well as Thomas Fredrickson and Randall Shinn. He has served as a clinician and adjudicator in several states. Dr. O'Shea is a member of American Composers Forum, the American Choral Directors Association, the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity. His biography appears in Who's Who in America and Who's Who Among America's Teachers.
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One of the harder parts of writing a text service is learning how to 'think' text services. Here are a couple of rules that I've developed (the hard way) after writing a text service:
The first rule of writing a text service is: Keep the edit sessions fast, and keep the edit sessions small. When your text service is running an edit session, the UI for the entire system is blocked. (Switching focus sends TSF notifications, which can't be delivered if your text service is in an edit session.) Displaying modal UI from an edit session is very very very bad. Of course, you'll probably discover this the hard way when your system locks up, but I thought I'd bring it up now and save you the effort.
The second rule of writing a text service is: Avoid Synchronous edit sessions. There are a number of text stores (namely, the 500 pound gorilla of text stores - Microsoft Word) that never grant synchronous edit sessions. (The only exception is when Microsoft Word asks for reconversions.) If you start your design with this assumption, you will avoid a painful redesign when you start testing with Microsoft Word, and you find that nothing works.
The third rule of writing a text service is: Text service code is hard to maintain. Because document modifications have to be done in an edit session, which may not run synchronously, you can't write code that expects to, for example, grab some text, inspect it, and do something from (for example) an event handler, or a keystroke handler. Instead, your handlers consist of a lot of edit sessions, and the edit sessions usually end by firing a callback (or expecting some other event handler to fire as a result of the change in the edit session).
The end result is a big pile of spaghetti code. The only way to avoid this would be to write your text service in a language other than C, which has the following feature set:
- supports closures and anonymous functions (to simplify the inherently asynchronous nature of text services)
- doesn't have a large runtime (because text services get loaded into a lot of processes),
- compiles to efficient native code (because text services run inside the event loop, and have to be fast)
- supports COM efficiently (because TSF is COM-based)
As far as I know, no language has that feature set. The last three features are much more important than the first one; if your text service slows down the system by 50%, or increases the working set of the typical application by 30%, people aren't going to leave your text service running for very long.


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It`s time to take a break!
I started this blog in July 2015 as a challenge for myself. I always wanted to have a blog and so I decided to try it over my summer holidays. At the end I didn`t want to give it up and so I continued until now, the end of the year 2016.
A lot has happened… I moved in with my boyfriend, I`m currently finishing my bachelor in architecture, I started working in an architecture office and only recently I opened a shop on Etsy TheCraftedFun. Having my own shop has always been a dream of mine too and I`m ready to invest a lot of time in it.
I`ve always loved to write blog posts and to share bits of my life here on Caroline`s Passion, but during the last months it felt more and more difficult to find blog content and only recently I realized that my blog takes too much of my precious time. Yes, time is probably one of the most precious things in life we have and I`m currently learning how to use it wisely.
It took me now over a month to make the decision of taking a break! But now that I made it, it feels good and right. I don`t know if this is gonna be the last post ever, maybe I`ll miss it so much that I will come back eventually, I just don`t know! The only thing I know for sure is that the pressure on my shoulders is much lighter now and this is a very good thing! Often we hold on to things that we should have let go a long time ago…
All of you who read this blog from the beginning or became followers only recently, I thank you! Every like, every comment, every single follower meant so much to me and it was a great pleasure to write for you! I hope I inspired some of you, because that has been my goal right from the beginning!
I wish you all a happy New Year 2017! I`m looking forward to what it will bring!
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I remember everything. I remember the jokes they used to make about Amanda, the things they said behind her back, the nasty pranks, her crying face.
It all started in middle school, Amanda and I were inseparable. We saw the movies and heard the stories. We were going to be popular, become greatest thing the school would ever see. I had no trouble adjusting to the school and was easily able to befriend the alpha upperclassmen, but Amanda was not so lucky. She sat in the back of the cafeteria all by herself, watching, waiting for me to call out to her. To be reached out to, to be invited, to join us in the light, but I was afraid. Losing my status seemed like the end of the world. My "friends" would have turned on me, but I did not know that I would be losing my one true friend. So, I ignored her.
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The conventional car is dead, if you look at the latest convocation of concept cars revealed at this week's Frankfurt motor show.
The biggest automotive expo of the year has turned every car segment upside down and inside out, from eco-friendly supercars, limousines that can drive themselves, city cars with more power than a V8 muscle machine and four-wheel-drives designed for the suburbs. Jaguar even revealed its first SUV, and Volvo pulled the covers off a gorgeous coupe.
It seems nothing is normal any more. But most have one thing in common: electricity. Electric motors continue to firm as a viable option for reducing fuel use.
While pure electric cars remain a rare breed - even in the radical one-off concept cars that are the catwalk darlings of any motor show - the number of traditional combustion engines being paired with an electric motor is gathering pace.
Manufacturers as diverse as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar, Toyota, Volkswagen, Kia and Lexus used the world's biggest motor show to take the wraps off concept or production cars that rely on partial use of electricity.
Quirky French maker Citroen even trialled a hybrid that pairs compressed air with a petrol engine. While hybrids are nothing new, their increasing emergence in production cars and the development dollars being poured into future iterations confirm this is more than a fad.
BMW Group board member Ian Robertson says electric vehicles are becoming increasingly accepted.
''I think we're at a bit of a tipping point,'' he says, adding that 100,000 people around the world have registered to test-drive either the coming i3 or i8 hybrids.
''If you went back to 2010, there were only 7000 electric cars sold. This year, it'll be 150, 160, maybe 170,000.
''There is now more and more understanding, more infrastructure being placed… the customer is being motivated to look at what's possible now. The trust is building in the technology.''
Audi chairman Rupert Stadler went one further, suggesting the interest in electric cars would take its toll on traditional petrol and diesel engines. So here's our stars of the 2013 Frankfurt motor show.
BMW i8
The German car maker kicked off proceedings when it revealed the showroom-ready version of its plug-in diesel-electric i8 supercar. Powered by a diminutive 1.5-litre three-cylinder turbo diesel engine and electric motor with a combined output of 266kW and 570Nm of pulling power, the carbon-fibre-bodied car can accelerate from 0-100km/h in 4.5 seconds - faster than an M3 sports coupe.
Yet BMW claims it consumes about 2.5 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres.
The i8's radical aerodynamic shape is set to play a defining role in future BMW models to further improve fuel consumption.
Audi Nanuk
The biggest surprise of the Frankfurt show was the Audi Nanuk concept, which was kept under wraps until the Volkswagen Group preview event the night before the show opened.
The odd-looking, high-riding supercar is said to offer the flexibility of traversing easily between the bush and the racetrack and is powered by a new-generation twin-turbo V10 diesel engine that produces 405kW and a massive 1000Nm of torque. Ignoring its off-road ability, the Nanuk is believed to preview the design direction of the next-generation Audi R8 supercar set to be revealed next year.
Jaguar C-X17
Being joined at the hip with iconic off-roading brand Land Rover, there had been plenty of questions about when - rather than if - Jaguar would join the growing league of premium SUVs.
Similarly, the British brand has been constantly quizzed about creating a smaller sedan to take on the BMW 3-Series and Mercedes C-Class, among others. And it answered both of those in one fell swoop with its stunning C-X17 concept, a five-door compact SUV that showcases the company's new lightweight aluminium small-car underpinnings.
A production version of the SUV - believed to be dubbed XQ - will arrive in 2016, but a conventional four-door sedan will be launched first, powered by a range of new four-cylinder and hybrid engines under development.
Volvo Concept Coupe
The Swedish marque pulled the covers of its stunningly simple Concept Coupe, the first in a series of three show cars that showcases the brand's new design direction as well as its coming modular platform and next-generation four-cylinder engines.
With design cues that hark back to the famous P1800 coupe of the 1960s, the concept previews Volvo's return to the four-seater sports coupe segment with a replacement for the C70, but the first production vehicle to feature the new-look design will be the XC90 large SUV due next year.
Volvo's new Drive-E four-cylinder engines include turbocharged petrol and diesel variants and a range-topping version with both a supercharger and turbocharger. The Concept Coupe also featured an electric motor driving the rear wheels with plug-in recharging capabilities.
Porsche 918 Spyder
Not to be outdone by its German rivals, Porsche revealed the final showroom-ready version of its 918 Spyder hybrid hypercar with confirmation that it recorded the fastest production car lap around the famed Nurburgring circuit: a staggering six minutes, 57 seconds.
The carbon-fibre two-seater has a 4.6-litre V8 and three electric motors that produce a maximum output of 661kW and 1275Nm and yet, despite its staggering performance, uses about 3.0L/100km of fuel as it can drive at up to 150km/h using just the battery power.
Infiniti Q30
Fresh from his victory in last weekend's Italian Grand Prix at Monza, three-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel helped reveal Infiniti's new Q30 compact-car concept.
The baby five-door is the first product of a tie-up between Nissan's luxury arm and Mercedes-Benz, with the Q30 using the same underpinnings as the German brand's A-Class hatchback.
A production version of the Q30 is expected to hit showrooms in 2015.
Nissan X-Trail
One of the most important new-car unveilings for Australian families at Frankfurt was the next-generation Nissan X-Trail.
The compact SUV features all-new styling, is larger in most dimensions for increased interior space and comes with an optional third row of seats for the first time.
Nissan claimed the X-Trail also features two world technological firsts: a suspension system that reads the road for a more comfortable ride and a CVT with engine-braking function. The company will reveal more details on the line-up, including the range of engines and models, closer to its arrival next year.
Lexus LF-NX
It's hard to strip away the aggressive lines of the LF-NX's bulging body, but behind the pumped-out wheel arches is the Japanese luxury brand's new mini SUV, which is due to hit showrooms next year.
The more subdued production version - set be called NX - will sit below the company's RX mid-size SUV and will be powered by the company's first turbocharged engine: a 2.0-litre four-cylinder. A hybrid version is expected to be available when it is launched.
Smart FourJoy
While parent company Mercedes-Benz used the Frankfurt show to feature S-Class limousine models, the Smart brand followed suit with its range-topper: the four-seater FourJoy concept.
The open-air show car previews the next-generation ForFour hatchback due in 2015.
The car will be shorter, wider and lower than the original ForFour, which was based on the Mitsubishi Colt, this time sharing its architecture with Renault for the next-generation Twingo city car.
Toyota Yaris Hybrid R
It is unlikely that Toyota will ever put its Yaris-based Hybrid R into full-scale production - which is a shame - but it is refreshing to see the Japanese brand pushing its hybrid bandwagon down the performance path.
The Hybrid R is powered by a front-drive 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder - an engine built for competition in the World Rally and World Touring Car championships - with an electric motor powering the rear wheels, for a combined power output of 313kW.
Instead of batteries, the Hybrid R borrows the high-density supercapacitors from the company's Le Mans sportscar, technology the Japanese brand is likely to use in its coming Supra replacement and next-generation 86.
Citroen Cactus
Cactus might not be a good name for a car bearing the latest technology (think ''My car's cactus''), but Citroen's radical crossover could be as hardy as the desert plant.
The concept brings the French car maker's HybridAir system a step closer to production reality.
It has a conventional petrol engine under the bonnet, but rather than assistance from an electric motor with heavy batteries, the Citroen uses compressed air generated under braking for added thrust.
A production version of the Cactus with the HybridAir system is expected to go on sale next year.


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We've played the second guess game with the Chargers and Chiefs. Next up is the AFC West's second-year GM.
We deemed McKenzie's top two picks as bold.
Where Manti Te'o was concerned, however, was McKenzie not bold enough?
After the draft unfolded, Raiders beat writer Vic Tafur wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that "the Chargers actually traded up to the 38th pick because they thought Te'o wouldn't get past the Raiders, league sources said."
Tom Telesco dealt 45 and 110 to vault over the Raiders, among others, and take Te'o.
Given another chance, would McKenzie deal 42 and another pick to get Te'o?
It's easy to see why McKenzie, a former NFL linebacker, would like Te'o. "We're looking for guys that love football, that are willing to work, and that want to put the team first," Dennis Allen said. Te'o loves football. He played in 51 games at Notre Dame, starting 48 in a row. He spent long hours studying film. He was a team captain at Notre Dame last year.
McKenzie also had need at inside linebacker, despite signing several veterans. Allen runs a 4-3 scheme, and some football men, notably former Redskins GM Charley Casserly, say Te'o better suits a 4-3 than a 3-4.
Te'o won't be wearing silver and black, though. He'll be trying to stop the Raiders. One of the Raiders trying to block him will be tackle Menelik Watson. McKenzie took him 42nd, four spots after Telesco plucked Te'o. How their careers unfold will add spice to Chargers-Raiders matchups.


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One million people have already reserved tickets to view the Shroud of Turin, which will be on display April 10 – May 23 at the Turin Cathedral in Italy.
According to Vatican Radio, "The one millionth reservation was made on Saturday, February 13," exactly "70 days after" the new site, www.sindone.it debuted.
"Apart from the incredible flow of reservations," the report continued, is the prevalent use of the internet. "Ten years ago, for the exhibition for the Jubilee Year of 2000, there were 200,000 reservations." Then, only 20 percent were made online.
For the 2010 Exposition of the Shroud, 93 percent of the reservations have been made through the internet. The remaining spots were reserved via telephone.
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Re: How run a daemon as non-root userby fmerges (Chaplain)
|on Dec 05, 2008 at 20:40 UTC ( #728373=note: print w/replies, xml )
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I think you're a bit confused... the fact that you use Proc::PID::File has nothing to do with a daemon, is just to make more handy the manipulation of pid files, like File::Pid does.
Easy way to convert a program into a daemon is using Proc::Daemon.
Then for Debian and derivates, like Ubuntu see the man page of start-stop-daemon and be ready to write a small Bash script, it even allows you to create the pid file, or "daemonize" your process.
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