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Note that I've gotten their basic 18650 batteries ($8 for two) and I think they claim 2400 mAh and when I explicitly measured a few of them they were all right at the rated capacity. I've heard of problems with the batteries with higher ratings, but these ones have been right on the money.
ZERO worries treal512. it uses 4 18650 cells. (very common cells in this category) simply buy a 4 cell holder 4 cells and a charger and cut off and move the power wire to your new holder and cells.
done. should fit in the bag that came with it too. when my cells die this is what I will do. you can then buy whatever quality level cells you wish and replace every few years as needed.
nery's point is that these battery packs are pretty easy to find. And it doesn't have to be made of 18650 cells -- any two LiPo or Li-ion cells in series would work, as long as they have the appropriate protective circuitry. Even a 6xAA, C or D cell pack would work as well, though a pack of 6xAA's would not last nearly as long as a pack of 4x18650 cells.
As for an all-in-one headlight, the single cell 18650 flashlights excel at that role. Though the $23 amazon light we've been talking about outperforms them at about the same price point, but it's larger and more cumbersome to remove.
normally I can find 2x2 4 cell holders (same form factor as the light) but all I am finding right now is 1x4 holders.
320859084255 (ebay) $13 including cells.
that is all you need. swap over the plug to this (check power coming out of the plug first though !! I am not sure if its x4 serial or x4 parallel or x2 x2 serial/parallel (measure voltage from stock pack! you can get 1 or 2 cell holders whatever you need. 3.7 is your base voltage. if its 3.7 then its x4 parallel if its 7.4v its x2 x2 if its over 14v its x4 serial. buy the appropiate holders. (just put in 18650 x cell holder into ebay)
for charging you can buy a dedicated 4 cell charger ($15 to $25) or just use the charger that came with it since your swapping the plug over.
OR for more utility get something like this.
$8 and it will hold 4 18650 you can use a mini usb cell phone charger to charge it has a flashlight AND a powered 1amp usb port for "charging" things like your cell phone.
there is a lot of neat things you can do with 18650 cells :-)
the advantage of the 18650 cell is they are universal. like AA's ie common and standardized (not in stores typically though) in 10 years you will still be able to buy 18650 cells most likely.
these lights are very easy to install and remove and are freakishly small (I will take a picture later in my hand so you can see just how freaking tiny the little bugger is. I am also going to get one of those 10x30 spreaders someone posted from amazon (replacement lens) very cool.
does anyone know of any of these lights with a REMOTE on off? ie not built into the light itself but on a wire I can run elsewhere?
I'm using this on my MTB. Its a SolarStorm X2, its the cheapest X2 I can find and it performs good so far. I do my rides every night. :)
I have also tied this, a SingFire SF-90, but I got only for $15.99 it when DX made a sale (Half-Off?).
It throws farther than the SolarStorm X2. I installed it into my son's MTB.
U2 is about 10 to 15% brighter than T6 and XM-L2 is about 20% brighter than XM-L so you should end up with a 30 to 30% brighter bike light. The copper MCPCBs would allow your LED to to perform better than stock aluminum MCPCBs since it allows the LED to operate at higher temperature hence decreasing the decrease in lumens due to heat. ;)
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Well my son doesn't want to go biking at night so the SF-90 bike light is of no use to him. Therefore I decided to install it back to my MTB. The SF-90, being the farther thrower is now my hi-beam allowing me to see objects as far as 200 meters away in the road. The X-2, having two XM-L emitters is now my low-beam allowing me to see obstacles in the path.
Here's another pic taken on my two bike lights from the opposite angle .
So hi guys, newbie here, how do I tell the cheap crap that'll break, from real quality products? I've had bad luck with DX and Amazon, lots of spotty quality. What are some US brands that I can trust, in the category of, say Cree pocket ultra-bright torches? thanks.
The quality doesn't match that of lights 10x as much, true, but it's not bad.
I'm using this Koolertron headlight. $47.99 Almost above the price limited. Didn't spend much time on buying. Thought not the top performance, this light's quality is still acceptable.
Recently I only bike for about 30 minutes every night, my beam setting is mid, and my X2 would need recharging every week.
The longest ride I had with my beam set at mid was 1 hr 45 mins before my X2 started to dim (with one flashing LED in the indicator). However, the light was not freshly charged, it was already used for two successive nights for about 30 mins set at mid per riding session.
I use high beam setting sparingly/ when needed. Mid is bright enough for me.
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The listing was/is 'UltraFire CREE XM-L LED bicycle headlamp + battery + charger', twenty bucks shipped to your door. The form factor is like the UltraFire UF-18B but the electronics, LED and switch are different. These lights use a single 18650 li-ion rechargeable battery, are machined entirely out of aluminum and have a semi-integral handlebar mount.
It arrived simply but adequately packaged but the extent of the included owner's manual/instructions was the international on/off symbol on the switch. Said switch cycles high-medium-low-strobe-SOS-off. The end caps are marked + and -. The light claims to use the XML U2 LED, which industry literature tells me is brighter than the XML T6. It has a simple flashlight-like reflector and plano, and throws the traditional round hot spot plus aura beam pattern.
(Does it really use a U2? Is it a genuine UltraFire product or a fake? Will the included charger burn my house down? I dunno, I dunno and I dunno, respectively.)
How bright is it? Sorry, I don't own lamp testing equipment, but this light humiliates my Fenix L2D. It holds a couple of CatEye LED headlamps I have by the nose and kicks 'em in the seat of the pants. I know we each have different wants and needs in lighting, but in my world I can't see running this thing on bright on the street at night – medium is plenty. For the first time since I gave up on my Ed Kearney Bicycle Lighting Systems headlamp thirty years ago, I don't feel like I want more photons. The strobe setting utilizes the brightest output and might induce seizures in the twilight or dark.
Run time, well, first, let's talk about 18650 batteries. The 'UltraFire' battery that's included with this headlamp is marked '4000 mAh'. It has about as much chance of actually having a 4000 mAh capacity as I do being the direct descendant of Genghis Khan. I estimate the actual capacity to be in the neighborhood of 800-900 mAh, and the light puts out full brightness on high for maybe 35 minutes. However, fitted with a name brand 3400 mAh 18650 charged on a quality charger, the light doesn't noticeably start to drop brightness on high until after three and a quarter hours or so. With that kind of run time, the ease of swapping batteries and given the lamp's small form factor, I like it better than lamps with a separate battery pack and cable. YMMV.
The battery compartment will accept longer protected 18650 cells without any issue. The threads are cut clean and came lubricated, with a sealing o-ring, and the – (negative) cap removes easily for battery swap/recharge.
Likes: smallish, light weight (152 gm w/o battery), all aluminum construction, easy to mount/move/remove, secure, powerful light, long effective run time, cheap.
Dislikes: no warranty, wasteful optics, no marker light thrown to sides, sketchy included battery/charger - and of course the ridiculous class II laser safety warning sticker! The bright strobe is great for daytime use, but I'd much rather have an additional lower power strobe for twilight than the SOS setting.
that one has been one the market for a few years now. Buy some decent batteries and wear it out.
That said, it's estimated that Gengis Kahn is the direct descendant of about 0.5% of the world's population. Which I do realize might be exactly what you're referring to, but it probably overstates the chance of it actually having 4000 mAh, as the very highest capacity 18650 cells nowadays seem to be around 3400 mAh.
Back in late 2012, Ultrafire themselves said they don't make any > 3000 mAh 18650 cells, and that any that are out there are clearly fake.
Could someone provide some suggestions/links for a good front and rear light combo?
I'm an occasional night rider. I'd like something that is durable, and that I could use rechargeable batteries with.
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To reflect the opportunities presented by the formation of the Production Centres within the Sustainable Minerals Institute, the Advisory Boards for the W. H. Bryan Research Centre and the Julius Kruttschnitt Research Centre have been combined. The combination of these two Centres seeks to bring together the world class processing abilities of the SMI-JKMRC, with the similarly world renowned research into Mass Underground Mining and other geological projects within the SMI-BRC, and aims toward developing innovative solutions to long standing problems in the mining industry. The combined Advisory Board will provide advice to Professor Alice M Clark in her role as Director SMI Production Centres. The two Centres remain separate entities with their own skill bases and facilities. The representatives of this Advisory Board include academic and industry representatives that span the gamut of the mining industry focusing in the areas of mine geology, mining engineering and mineral processing. The Advisory board members are as follows.
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Retired since 2013, Peter has had extensive minerals industry experience spanning almost 40 years, in roles ranging from technical exploration and mining geology through to senior management. During the 15 years prior to his retirement, he held General Manager and Executive General Manager positions in technical development, project evaluation and project development with MIM Holdings Limited and Xstrata Copper. His work history includes exposure to a range of commodities, principally including copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold, in various locations in Australia, SE Asia, South America, Europe and the Middle East.
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Alice brings 30 years of minerals industry experience to this role and has held senior managerial positions as well as consulting to Government and major resources groups involved in discovery, operations development, and mergers and acquisitions. Her work on a variety of mineral deposits has spanned exploration and mine geology, resource and reserve estimation, feasibility studies, due diligence review, professional mentoring, and management.
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- Deputy Chair of the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC)
- Appointed to the Queensland Exploration Council
- Appointed as Queensland Resource Industry Ambassador by the Qld Government
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His goal is to be a leader in developing the next generation of mining that is highly profitable yet sustainable involving innovative stakeholder engagement, technology and business models with a sole focus on making this world a better place to live.
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Ian Sheppard is a mining engineer with more than 30 years' experience in mine operations, technical studies and business development gained in gold, base metals and iron ore. His experience includes both underground and open pit mining.
He has worked in Australia, Canada, Papua New Guinea and been involved with mines in Laos and Indonesia. His current role is the Chief Operating Officer for Aeris Resources, a small copper mining company based in Brisbane. Previously he held General Manager Roles with Norton Gold Fields Limited and PanAust Limited and more than seven years with Ok Tedi Mining in Papua New Guinea as General Manager and Executive Manager with responsibility for operations, technical services, business development and exploration. Mine management experience was at Mount Isa Mines in Queensland and the Kalgoorlie region in Western Australia.
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Avalon enters into rare earth refining agreement and strategic partnership with Solvay
4 March 2014
Ontario-based Avalon Rare Metals has entered into an agreement with Solvay to have Solvay process Avalon's rare earth concentrate into pure rare earth oxides for an anticipated period of 10 years from the start of deliveries to Solvay's rare earth separation and refining plant located in La Rochelle, France. In addition, effective immediately, Solvay will provide Avalon with technical support for the further design optimization, engineering and commissioning of Avalon's hydrometallurgical processing plant.
Avalon will ship a concentrate to La Rochelle containing 98.5% Rare Earth Oxide (REO) and Solvay will return separated oxides of praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), lutetium (Lu) and yttrium (Y) ranging in purity from 99.5% to 99.99%.
The Tolling Agreement also provides Solvay with the opportunity to purchase selected REO from Avalon. All rare earth products not purchased by Solvay will be sold by Avalon and delivered directly from the La Rochelle plant.
Avalon is continuing its feasibility study optimization work and will now integrate the Solvay Tolling Agreement into the project development model. The decision to use Solvay's facilities to refine the company's mixed rare earth concentrate makes the property optioned in Geismar, Louisiana for a refinery, potentially available as an alternative location for the hydrometallurgical facility, originally contemplated for Pine Point, NWT.
Avalon's next steps are primarily focused on producing an updated Technical Report incorporating the results of all the recent optimization work. Other goals for 2014 include completing land use permit applications, carrying out additional pilot plant trials of the new hydrometallurgical plant flowsheet needed to finalize detailed plant designs and engineering, securing commitments on off-take and arranging project financing. Commencing 31 December 2014, Solvay will have certain termination rights until project financing is achieved.
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When salting hides does the temperature affect the salting process. Can it be to cold?.....Does it have to be warm in the room ?...Thanks in advance, Kevin..
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Just dry. I myself prefer it to be cold.
Goes too far back for me to remember my chemistry, but I THINK that's close to where salt no longer draws moisture.
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As early as 1899 George was working as a laborer while living at his home at 1141 Medill Street. By the 1900 Census, George's situation had not changed... still working, still living at home.
In 1902, George's brother William, age 19, married a woman named Maude Brown. The marriage was over before 1910. One could wonder what impact this had on George as he did not marry until he was 32.
By 1904, George was working as a pattern marker for the railroad. I read somewhere that railroading was the high tech industry of the time. I believe it. Another person said that once you had a job with the railroad, you were set for life. I would love to know if that's true. Regardless, George never stopped working from 1904 until his death in the 70s. Talk about a job for life! His brother, was a blacksmith and even had a shop with the Geiszler name on it.
In 1912, George's brother William married Aleta Bowers. This marriage lasted throughout William's life. At some point, William and George became very estranged. It is believed that the Catholic Aleta wanted to keep the boys separated in hopes that their drinking problems, inspired by their father Henry, would subside. The timing of the separation is unknown, only that they lived in the same town but rarely saw each other. The children of George and William would rarely play with each other as well.
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Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection. Joyce M. Szabo. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. 208 pp.*
In 1995 the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum, now the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, acquired the Native American Painting Reference Library of Oklahoma collector Arthur Silberman. Included in the collection were drawings and paintings created by Southern Plains warriors who were imprisoned at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida between 1875 and 1878. The Fort Marion material includes the work of seven artists. Four of the artists—Making Medicine, Bear's Heart, Squint Eyes, and Howling Wolf—were Cheyenne and two—Zotom and Etahdleuh—were Kiowa. The identity of the seventh artist has not been established. The collection consists of 82 drawings on paper and three objects bearing paintings or drawings: a ceramic vase, a lady's fan, and a muslin shield. Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection showcases these works and explores the complex intercultural context in which they were created.
Over the course of two chapters Joyce M. Szabo provides the reader with the historical background necessary for understanding the warriors' journey from Indian Territory to Florida. She details the escalating conflict between the Southern Plains tribes and the United States government that eventually ignited into the Red River War and culminated in the imprisonment and exile of 72 members of the Cheyenne, Kiowa, Comanche, Arapaho, and Caddo tribes. After chronicling the prisoners' trip east, which entailed travel by wagon, train, and steamship, Szabo reconstructs their daily lives at Fort Marion. Richard Pratt, the military officer in charge of the prisoners, was a proponent of assimilation and viewed Fort Marion as an experiment in Indian education. When the prisoners started creating drawings Pratt encouraged the practice and provided the artists with materials. The artists sold their drawing books to tourists and Pratt presented several to influential politicians and military personnel, whom he hoped would support his agenda for Indian education and assimilation.
It is all too easy to paint a skewed picture of what occurred at Fort Marion, to grossly oversimplify the complex intercultural negotiations that were part and parcel of the prisoners' lives. On the one hand the prisoners eventually guarded themselves, moved fairly freely through the streets of Saint Augustine, and went on camping, sailing, and fishing excursions. Yet, they were prisoners none the less. They were forcibly exiled from their homelands and separated from their families. Szabo is to be commended for delivering a highly nuanced account of the prisoners' lives at Fort Marion. Her detailed analysis of daily life at the fort leads her to conclude that the prisoners were able to fashion a sense of community at Fort Marion, a "collective identity" forged by shared experiences. This new identity was expressed in their artwork.
Szabo demonstrates that the artists' unique experiences led them to create drawings that differed not only from pre-reservation antecedents, but also from later works. Established artistic traditions among the Kiowa and Cheyenne certainly influenced the drawings members of the respective societies produced at Fort Marion. Nevertheless, the subject matter and execution of these drawings also reflect the myriad influences to which the artists were exposed both during their trip east and during their time in Saint Augustine. The artists' experiences and emotions shaped their choice of subject matter. Scenes of life on the Plains reflective of the prisoners' nostalgia and homesickness were created alongside depictions of the prisoners sailing and fishing that convey the thrill of novel experiences. Exposure to photography and the works of non-Indian artists introduced the prisoners to new modes of representation. Through a careful analysis of each of the seven artist's work, Szabo reveals that despite their shared experiences and tribal traditions each artist developed his own unique approach to rendering life at Fort Marion and on the Plains.
Recognizing the artists' agency, Szabo explores the prisoners' motivations for producing drawings. Drawings served as a medium of communication. They provided another means whereby members of the different tribes could communicate both with one another and with the tourists and dignitaries who visited the fort. Through the creation of images depicting their lives on the Plains the artists engaged in acts of self-definition, communicating information about their identities and challenging visitors' negative stereotypes of Indian life. Drawing Fort Marion, Saint Augustine, and its environs helped the prisoners to orient themselves to their new surroundings. Making drawings of rail travel and sailing was one way that the men made sense of new experiences and technologies. The drawings did not merely document or reflect the artists' experiences, they played an active role in shaping them, especially the artists' interactions with fellow prisoners and visitors to the fort. The recognition of artistic production as a strategic response to life at Fort Marion encourages scholars to look at the drawings in new ways and to pose new questions.
The book concludes with a discussion of the diverse ways in which Fort Marion art has been perceived by non-Indian audiences during the 19th and 20th centuries. The original purchasers or recipients of Fort Marion drawings were a diverse lot that included, among others, tourists, government officials, artists, and advocates of prison reform. These individuals' personal interests and subjectivities shaped how they viewed the prisoners' drawings. Szabo notes that drawings and paintings on paper and muslin were originally shunned by 20th century collectors of Native American art, who equated the adoption of such materials with a lack of "authenticity." The subject matter of Fort Marion drawings also made them unattractive to most collectors. Many of the drawings lacked the imagery typically associated with Plains Indian culture in the popular imagination. Arthur Silberman's interest in the art of Fort Marion therefore set him apart from his peers. In the years since Silberman first started amassing his collection scholars and collectors have come to appreciate the artistic, historical, and cultural value of the drawings produced at Fort Marion. While Szabo provides important insights into the ways in which non-Indians' views of Fort Marion artwork have evolved over time, contemporary Native American perspectives on the drawings receive scant mention. Some readers will undoubtedly wish the author had addressed this topic more fully.
Art from Fort Marion is lavishly illustrated and well designed. The 82 drawings and the vase, fan, and shield from the Arthur and Shifra Silberman collection are reproduced in 120 color images. Numerous period photographs provide another perspective on life at Fort Marion. Szabo's analysis of these images allows her to construct a detailed picture of life at Fort Marion while simultaneously providing insights on broader theoretical issues, including the interplay between artistic production and identity construction and the role of art in mediating intercultural interactions. Thus, while Art from Fort Marion is an important contribution to the literature on Fort Marion, it is a work with much wider relevance.
Michael Paul Jordan is a doctoral candidate in the anthropology department at the University of Oklahoma and a curatorial research assistant in the ethnology division at the Sam Noble Museum. He is currently completing his dissertation, which explores the intersection of historical consciousness, heritage construction, and intellectual property rights within the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. His research has been supported by grants from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and the Whatcom Museum Society. His broader research interests include the material and expressive culture of the Kiowa and other Southern Plains communities.
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How some extra sunlight can slash risk of diabetes
MILLIONS of people may be at serious risk of ill health because of low levels of vitamin D caused by a lack of sunlight.
Poor levels of the "sunshine vitamin" is putting people in danger of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers have found.
A landmark study in Australia, the largest of its kind, found people with high levels of vitamin D are less likely to develop it.
This could lead to at-risk patients using supplements along with diet and exercise to prevent it. Pathologist Dr Ken Sikaris, from Melbourne, co-author of the study, said: "It's hard to underestimate how important this might be."
However experts advised caution. Dr Victoria King, of Diabetes UK, said: "There is growing evidence that shows an association between low levels of vitamin D and an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes but it is important to note that whether this actually causes Type 2 diabetes is still unknown.
"It is not possible to recommend supplements to reduce the risk based on the results of this study and people should not see this as a quick fix.
It's hard to underestimate how important this might be.
"Diabetes UK is funding research at Glasgow University to help establish if people with Type 2 diabetes might benefit from vitamin D supplements.
"Until we know more, maintaining a healthy weight by keeping to a healthy diet and undertaking regular physical activity is still the best way to reduce risk."
There is growing evidence that vitamin D could also play a key role in helping the elderly avoid falls by fighting bone-thinning.
Previous research has already shown that vitamin D deficiency could be to blame for 600,000 cases of cancer worldwide each year, particularly in northern Europe. The vitamin apparently slashes the chance of bowel cancer by 40 per cent and cuts the risk of women developing breast cancer by half.
Research has also suggested that people with high levels of vitamin D can almost halve the danger of developing diabetes or heart disease.
Although we get some vitamin D from foods such as fatty fish, milk and eggs, around 90 per cent is generated in the skin by the sun's ultraviolet light.
Only about one in four Britons is thought to eat enough vitamin D-rich foods to ward off disease.


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FLAT ROCK - Hasan Mansouri relaxed on a sofa in the parlor of the Woodfield Inn, looking right at home in the historic landmark that now belongs to him.
The Hendersonville businessman purchased the inn, a house that sits on the property and 24 acres last month for $2.75 million. The inn, built in 1852 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, had been offered for $3.75 million on a Web site that markets B&Bs and inns.
FLAT ROCK - Hasan Mansouri relaxed on a sofa in the parlor of the Woodfield Inn, looking right at home in the historic landmark that now belongs to him.
The Hendersonville businessman purchased the inn, a house that sits on the property and 24 acres last month for $2.75 million. The inn, built in 1852 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, had been offered for $3.75 million on a Web site that markets B&Bs and inns.
"There are roses and flowers everywhere - it's beautiful," Mansouri said. "It's a beautiful location."
Mansouri moved to Hendersonville 13 years ago from California. A native of Bahrain, an island in the Persian Gulf that is home to a U.S. military base, the 76-year-old spent four years in the U.S. Air Force.
He hopes to open the inn, bar and restaurant for business this summer. He has upgraded the kitchen with new equipment including a new stove, new refrigerator and new deep fryers, he said.
He will open as soon as the work is done and he receives his permit from the Henderson County Health Department, he added.
"According to the health department, we will be able to open once we get that, probably in about two months," Mansouri said. "They are being very cooperative so far."
While he is doing extensive work on the building's kitchen, he was satisfied enough with the condition of the inn's 18 guest rooms that he did nothing beyond replacing bathroom fixtures.
"The rooms are beautifully furnished and are tastefully done, so there was no problem there," he added.
When the inn opens for business, people will be able to enjoy hotel accommodations, eat in a restaurant on the premises and relax at the bar.
But Mansouri's plans don't end there, he said.
"I want to build 100 rooms on the seven acres that are adjacent to the inn," Mansouri said. "This will include an indoor pool, health club and a hair salon. The rooms will be available for rent on a daily, weekly and monthly basis."
The rooms will actually be cottages with each containing a mini-kitchen similar to an efficiency, Mansouri said. He intends to start construction "immediately" as soon as he lines up financing for the project, he said.
"That's a great thing for this area," he said. "Because having the inn, the bar and the restaurant supports the future facilities."
Mansouri owns several properties in Hendersonville including a vacant lot on Grove Street near the Salvation Army building across from the Henderson County Courthouse. He is working on plans for an office building on the property, he said.
Inklings of trouble surfaced in January 2008 when some employees of the inn, then owned by Eric Myers, told the Times-News they had not been paid since Dec. 1, before losing their jobs at Christmas time, adding that it was only then that they had learned of the inn filing for bankruptcy seven months earlier.
Myers said at the time that he laid off the employees because he was struggling to make payroll.
JRH Holdings, doing business as the Woodfield Inn, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2007, listing assets of $4.5 million against $3.87 million in liabilities. The inn was valued at $3.8 million and a separate home on the land was listed as being worth $310,000.
The property went into foreclosure and the lender put on the historic inn on the market. Mansouri closed on the property last month after purchasing it from SPCP Group.
Mansouri said he is looking forward to the inn returning to its former glory as a venue in Western North Carolina.
Once a popular locale for weddings, the inn is working on making a reputation for nuptials once again. Two weddings have been booked since Mansouri purchased the property. He added that he wanted the inn to be a place of "beautiful memories" for couples.
There are plans to employ 20 to 25 people, he said. He is still looking for a manager to run the inn, he added.
"I really want the place to be something," Mansouri said. "I would like a legacy and I think this will be it."
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Originally published Friday, July 4, 2014 at 4:14 PM
Bull run continues for mutual funds in second quarter
Nearly all types of mutual funds made money last quarter, powered by continued gains in stock and bond markets around the world
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Go ahead and open the latest quarterly statements from your mutual funds when they arrive. It'll likely be painless, just like it was a quarter ago. And the quarter before that. And the quarter before that.
Nearly all types of mutual funds made money last quarter, powered by continued gains in stock and bond markets around the world. Everything from plain-vanilla bond funds to broad stock index funds to potentially risky emerging-market stock funds rose from April through June.
Of the 105 fund categories that Morningstar tracks, 99 posted gains in the second quarter. And the handful that lost money are generally niche funds that rarely play more than a supporting role in an investor's portfolio.
That means making money was easy last quarter for most mutual-fund investors: All they had to do was make sure not to sell.
It's been largely the same trend for years, with only a few hiccups since the stock market bottomed in March 2009 after the financial crisis.
Last quarter was the sixth straight quarter of gains for the Standard & Poor's 500 index, the benchmark for many stock funds.
A look at some of the trends that drove performance:
• Emerging-market funds had a resurgence.
Worries were so strong last year about some developing economies that Wall Street came up with another catch phrase for them: the Fragile Five. Investors fretted that Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey and South Africa would struggle, in particular, as the Federal Reserve began easing on the accelerator of economic stimulus.
But emerging-market stock funds have rebounded and returned 6.6 percent last quarter. That beat the 5.2 percent return of the S&P 500.
A surge in Indian stocks led the way. Indian stock mutual funds returned an average 17.3 percent last quarter.
Funds that invest in bonds from emerging markets returned an average 4.4 percent last quarter, the second-best performance of the 32 bond fund categories that Morningstar tracks. They lost an average 7.3 percent last year.
• Were reports of the death of bond funds wrong or early?
In January, much of Wall Street was forecasting that bond mutual funds were due to decline because analysts expected interest rates to rise. When interest rates rise, prices for existing bonds fall because their yields suddenly become less attractive.
But interest rates instead fell, and all 32 categories of bond funds that Morningstar tracks made money in the second quarter.
• Value stock funds led the way.
The S&P 500 index has set a new high more than 20 times in 2014. That's made some investors nervous because stock prices are rising faster than corporate profits.
That's enhanced the allure of value stocks, ones that are selling at lower prices relative to their earnings than the rest of the market. Value stocks also tend to have higher dividend yields.
In the second quarter, value stock funds of all sizes beat their growth counterparts. The disparity was starkest among funds that focus on the stocks of medium or small-sized companies. Small-cap value stock funds returned 2.9 percent, for example, versus 0.6 percent for small-cap growth funds.
• Smaller-company stocks lagged.
Smaller company stocks had smaller gains during the second quarter than big company stocks, a break from previous years. Funds that invest in a mix of small-cap growth and value stocks returned 2.3 percent, for example. Their large-cap corollaries returned double that, 4.6 percent.
Many fund managers have been saying they expect large-cap stocks to begin leading the market. That's because small-cap stocks became relatively expensive after years of outperforming the market.
Stocks in the small-cap S&P 600 trade at 19 times expected earnings per share over the next 12 months, for example. Stocks in the large-cap S&P 500 index have a lower price-to-expected earnings ratio of 16.
• Municipal bond funds continued their rebound.
Investors last year wanted nothing to do with bonds issued by local governments, even if their income is free from federal income taxes. First, worries about rising rates hurt them. Second, concerns about the financial health of Detroit, Puerto Rico and other issuers spooked the market.
Investors yanked money out of municipal bond funds for 10 straight months from March through December 2013, which forced some managers to sell to raise cash.
But municipal bond funds rebounded this year as interest rates fell and default rates remained low. The largest category of municipal bonds by assets, intermediate-term national funds, returned an average of 2.1 percent in the second quarter.
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25 Years Ago: Beijing Chiefs Face Opposition
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China, and the subsequent military crackdown in Beijing. To mark the occasion, CDT is posting a series of original news articles from that year, beginning with the death of Hu Yaobang on April 15 and continuing through the tumultuous spring. The full series can be read here.
From the June 6, 1989 New York Times:
Mao used to say that 95 percent of the people were with the Communist Party and only 5 percent against it…. With the current crackdown in Beijing, Mao's estimate has been turned on its head. Or at the very least, China's leadership, probably for the first time, is now actively opposed by large numbers of its own people.
If that is true – and the mass demonstrations and the Government's brutal response to them indicate that it is -the events in China represent the long-term failure of China's Communists to turn to their advantage a virtually unparalelled opportunity. Only a few months ago, most analysts of China believed that, despite many horrible mistakes, Chinese Communism had been, on balance, a success.
It had reunified the country for the first time in half a century, given it respect in international affairs and, particularly with the economic initiatives of the last decade, set it on an upward economic path.
Now the judgment would have to be far harsher.
See also from the same day:
– In Blood, a New China Is Born from the NY Times
– China's Gunfire Echoes In London, Hong Kong from the Toledo Blade
– An Army With Its Own Grievances from the NY Times.
Beijing citizens show bullets and shells to news reporters, via CND
[This series was originally posted on CDT in 2009 to mark the 20th anniversary of June 4th.]


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#26 The Flesh Is Weak
Philip Cattan (65) is the judge accused of falling asleep during a rape case.
Presiding over the trial of a Manchester man accused of raping and sexually assaulting two girls under the age of 13, Cattan is said to have nodded off while the first of thealleged victims answered defence questions by videolink.
The trial had been going on for only a few days, but it is four and a half decades since Cattan was called to the bar – in 1970, the year Paul McCartney announced the break-up of the Beatles.
As a newly qualified barrister he may have felt he had Wings. Forty-four years later, Cattan is still touring the Northern Circuit – plying his trade as a criminal lawyer, working as a recorder (part-time judge).
Of course there is plenty of privilege in his day to day existence – wigs and gowns and 'all rise' and first class rail fare claimed as standard by the judiciary. But also plenty that is workaday – similar-sounding tales of cruelty, wantonness and people simply losing it, stretching out year after year, all having to be processed; subjected to the due process of law.
'Due process' means that people caught up in events leading to criminal proceedings – whether as defendants or witnesses, are accorded the process that is their due. Without this there is not even the possibility of justice (still less the actuality), since failure to observe due process amounts to a form of contempt for those involved.
On the other hand, observing the formality of the court serves to enter all those involved into the public domain – the place raised above personal existence where human failings are addressed in a duly impersonal way.
If he did fall asleep while his own court was in session, Recorder Cattan is to be upbraided for his offence against the requisite level of formality – the formalities which formulate the presence of the public.


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The Pizza Man Returns in Black Tie Affair
Midwest Thoroughbreds' grade 1 winner The Pizza Man will make his season debut June 17 in the $50,000 Black Tie Affair Handicap at Arlington International Racecourse.
Midwest Thoroughbreds' grade 1 winner The Pizza Man will make his season debut June 17 in the $50,000 Black Tie Affair Handicap at Arlington International Racecourse.
The massive Illinois-bred bay son of English Channel stretched his imposing stride April 18 in his first serious work toward an 8-year-old bow, working a half-mile in :50 flat.
Should his performance at Churchill Downs on Saturday evening be a good one, trainer Roger Brueggemann would send the horse to Arlington once more for a defense of his Arlington Million (gr. IT) title.
Midwest Thoroughbreds' The Pizza Man had his first work of 2016 Jan. 23 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Midwest Thoroughbreds' well-traveled grade I winner The Pizza Man has taken up residence at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots to prepare for a 2016 campaign that could include a trip to Dubai.
The Pizza Man, coming off a good fifth-place finish last out in the Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT), proved too much for his Hollywood Turf Cup (gr. IIT) field, easily capturing the Nov. 26 race in which he was third a year ago.
A minor lung infection will keep Midwest Thoroughbreds' homebred Arlington Million (gr. IT) winner stateside.
Rejuvenated from a six-month winter/spring Florida vacation, The Pizza Man has come back remarkably strong this season and is now on-track to face Europe's best runner in the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT).
The order wasn't especially demanding for The Pizza Man Oct. 23, as the Arlington Million (gr. IT) winner cruised through an easy breeze on the Churchill Downs turf in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT)
Work All Week, the champion male sprinter of 2014 and winner of last year's Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), has been retired because of a stress fracture in his right knee.
Midwest Thoroughbreds' champion Work All Week, second in his two races this year after his Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) victory in 2014, got back on track with a win in the Senator Robert C. Byrd Memorial Stakes Aug. 1.
Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Work All Week is the most accomplished performer in the July 5 Summit of Speed program, and the champion male sprinter of 2014 looks to get his revenge on season debut spoiler Alsvid.
Work All Week was the king of midwest sprinters last year. In the Breeders' Cup, he defeated defending Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Secret Circle and two-time Vosburgh Stakes (gr. I) winner Private Zone.
Midwest Thoroughbreds' Work All Week, winner of the grade III Phoenix Stakes at Keeneland in his previous start as the favorite, wheeled right back at 19-1 to win the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) Nov. 1.
Win machine Work All Week remained undefeated in nine starts on dirt and stamped his ticket to the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) with a smart win in the $200,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland Oct. 3
The Pizza Man delivered some home cooking Aug. 16 when he captured the $400,000 American St. Leger Stakes by a length over defending winner Dandino at Arlington International Racecourse.
The Pizza Man almost always delivers, and he did so again in a front-running half-length tally in the marathon Stars and Stripes Stakes (gr. IIIT) for his first graded stakes win July 12 on the Arlington International turf.
Hawthorne Race Course's spring meet begins Friday, Feb. 21. Sixty-nine horses are entered for the opening day card at the Stickney, Ill., track.


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Giving back by helping othersEllingson honored for lifelong commitment to learning
From her high school days when she would help fellow students with concepts they didn't understand, to today, in presenting advanced sonographic physics technology to present and future health care providers, Stephanie Ellingson has always valued education and giving back to the community.
As a junior in high school, she recalls her first chemistry class with Nevada (Iowa) High School teacher Ronald Jacobson, known affectionately as "Jake." She recalls his enthusiasm and advanced knowledge of science and how it encouraged the students to want to learn. It sparked an interest in science that has carried on to this day. She said that her ability to explain concepts also began to emerge with the study of science.
"I think it is the idea you should give back in any way you can," Ellingson said. "That was a way I could. If I understood something and they didn't, I could help them. Later they could help me with something. That same thing carried on through college."
Jake was one of the people Ellingson honored during her acceptance speech on Jan. 29, when she became the first Nevada High School graduate to be inducted into the school district's Hall of Honor. The Hall recognizes Nevada alumni who had distinguished themselves with academic excellence, career accomplishments, community service, personal excellence and a lifelong devotion to learning.
She recommended the current Nevada students be thankful for their education, teachers and facilities, be assertive in what they want to do, and be supportive of others.
Realizing that many times people don't understand how good teachers are until later, Ellingson said that on reflection, she saw students in college who had not had the same foundation of knowledge that she had, and she realized the good job of teaching he had done. She said that in many ways that educational foundation was life changing.
"When I teach now, I find myself explaining things in some of the same ways he did," she said.
Another thing that carried over from her high school days is when Ellingson teaches her students by applying the knowledge to real-life situations in a hands-on way.
Even with an application listing her accomplishments being five pages long and including her graduation from the University of Iowa, where she studied radiologic technology and diagnostical medical sonography, as well as many online courses to teaching the radiation science program at the university, Ellingson said she is unsure why she was chosen for the award. The application shows she is board certified in six areas of sonography. She is the program director of the sonography program at the University of Iowa. She said that she is devoted to teaching in all aspects of life, both professional and personal.
"I furthered my education in the area of education so I could teach," she said.
Seeing educating others as a way of being able to help more people, she opted to instruct instead of work in the field of sonography. Ellingson said that she feels by teaching others who will then go out and help people, she will be able to help more people.
"I like seeing other people grow and find something for their lives," she said. "I think that extends into other areas."
Growing up, she remembers her parents, Mary Jo and Karm Kellogg, always helping and teaching others. She recalls her father helping with school athletics. Her mother also taught quilting classes.
The application also goes into many areas of volunteerism, coaching and other work she has done in the community.
In the application, Ellingson's work on the Washington School Board was named as her "single greatest accomplishment." The paragraph details the board's work to improve school facilities and student outcomes.
"A board of directors is there for a reason," Ellingson said. "They are not just a figure. They are a functional body. I served on boards in my profession and I saw things can be accomplished."
Ellingson commented that many opportunities that exist now, such as college-level courses for high school students, didn't exist when she was in school. She recalls in high school (Class of 1986) the resources for learning about careers didn't exist the way they do today. It is to this end that, as a Washington School Board member, she hopes to supply the best opportunities possible for students.


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The Chancellor's budget bringing more flexibility for pensions savings, an increase in child care allowances and support for business expansion has been welcomed in West Suffolk.
The budget which, George Osborne said would 'build a resiliant economy' benefits working families who would receive a childcare subsidy up to £2,000 per child under 12 for families earning under £150,000 a year. This would be administered through an online account which would afford them a 20 per cent rebate on annual costs of up to £10,000 a year.
There was good news for Bingo halls with Bingo duty halved to 10 per cent but bad news for offshore bookies who will now have to pay tax.
Duty on whisky and ordinary cider is frozen and there is 1p off beer duty.
The main boon is for those with pensions with the removal of the requirement to take an annuity from a pension pot. Rather than taking a quarter in cash and the remainder as an annuity people can draw down from the remaining pot and would only be taxed at the normal rate of income tax 20 per cent rather than 55 per cent.
Isas become simplified with a maximum of £15,000 which can be invested tax free in a mix of cash and stocks and shares Isas.
The fuel duty planned for September will not be introduced.
Nick Plumb, financial advisor and Bury Free Press columnist, said the budget was very good news for savers and those coming up for pension age. "For the average working family it's a very encouraging budget for people wanting to save and those coming up for retirement."
John Dugmore, chairman of Suffolk Chamber of Commerce said: "The Chancellor's focus on investment, exports, housebuilding and economic resilience passes the business test. By making a better business environment his top priority the Chancellor has recognised that successful and confident companies are the key to transforming Britain's economic recovery into one that is felt in homes and on high streets."
Rooney Anand, chief executive of Greene King, said: "This cut in beer duty which we will pass onto our hard-working licensees immediately, will facilitate more investment and employment. If this leads to further cuts going forward then it could provide significant help to stem the tide of pub closures.Overall, today's budget is not a game changer, but it does go some way to addressing some of the issues both within our industry and the wider economy."


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ESPN: Watch Andrew Luck's pro day at Stanford
Which QB should go No. 1 overall in the NFL draft on April 26?
Forget the NFL scouts and GMs: You decide whether Stanford's Andrew Luck or Baylor's Robert Griffin III looks better at his pro day in front of salivating NFL personnel men.
You can watch Griffin's pro day at Baylor on Wednesday at noon ET here.
And you can watch Luck on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET here.
While it's widely viewed as a lock that Luck goes first, it nonetheless will be interesting to see if one or the other earns a better grade for his accuracy ...


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Is there was a poo-slinging league, these guys would go pro.
Considering human and monkey DNA is 98% the same, is it any surprise that these much hairier poop-slinging versions of us enjoy bringing the heat, teeing off, or slamming it home? The answer is no, by the way. But in case you're not convinced of their drive to compete, we put together this post of just how awesome they can be when it's GO TIME!


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Beginning the lead of P6 of Fishhook Arete (~5.8). Pitch starts with some intermittent hand cracks and then enters what Supertopo calls a "5.8 chimney" (just out of view above my position). In fact, not one chimney move is required as there's a great handcrack (#2-#3 Camalot) in the the chimney (June 19, 2005).
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Scire will serve as a common portal for administrative tasks for multiple Linux client machines. Common tasks will include updating software, installing software, customizing configuration files, and running scripts.
Scire will keep track of client machines and let privileged users assign tasks to individual clients or groups of clients.
The goal of Scire is to make administration of massive networks of Linux machines easy on administrators. It will be extremely modular so as to allow users to create modules that extend it's functionality.
In its simplest form, Scire is just a database of information about client machines along with modules designed to use that information to manage the clients.
When possible Scire will use existing technologies in order to make the development as easy and pain-free as possible. This will likely include Apache, PHP, a SQL-compatible databse, and a SecureXMLRPC server and client that utilizes SSL certifications. Other technologies planned for use are PHP-GACL, ADOdb, and Smarty.
Communication with clients will be permitted only to privileged users or user groups. For example: Samir is in the Technology group, and the Technology group is granted the Update privilege on the PrinterServers group, so Samir can schedule a "update world" job on Printer1 and Printer2 (which are in the PrinterServers group), but not on ImageServer1.
Scire will have two methods of communicating with clients to send jobs for the client to do. The common way will be to use a client program installed (likely in the crontab) on each client machine. This program will fetch any waiting jobs from the Scire server into a local queue to run. If this client program is not run, the client operates independently as if Scire didn't exist, and if configured to do so, Scire will present an alert to certain users or user groups stating that the client missed a communication interval. This method is preferred since it is a pull mechanism with built-in authentication checks and is more secure because it does not leave an open port.
Alternatively, a Scire client program can be run in daemon mode, where it then opens a port/socekt and both sends requests for work and waits for commands from the Scire server. This allows for immediate actions to be executed from the Scire server.
When requests are fetched either way, they are put into the client's local queue. The queue is ordered by priority and then by time (oldest jobs first). An example line for running the client might be: :$ scire_client --daemon --poll_interval 5m
When run, the client will be able to execute scripts and run jobs as the root user of that client, though this is not preferred. The access granted to the machine will be determined by the permissions the job has been assigned. The interval that the client program will be run should be configurable and be related to the number of clients, the required expediency of updates, and the hardware/network abilities of the Scire server.
In the hopes of creating a secure system, there will be at least two levels of authentication for clients before they will trust a job well enough to execute it. The client will authenticate that the host it is asking for work is indeed the Scire server, using a host key. If the key doesn't match the key on record on the Scire server, the client will not connect. In order to create a job, the user will need to login to the Scire server, and be granted the appropriate rights by the Administrators. This provides the second level of security.
Scire will duplicate much of the functionality currently existing in other system management programs such as Red Hat Satellite, m23, and SystemInstaller to name a few, and will seek to improve on that functionality, while adding new functionality not yet found in other systems.
Physically, Scire requires a server or servers to run the main database and web interface. The number of client machines will be arbitrary but Scire will be designed to scale. Setting up the clients will normally require the use of a module to configure the client machine to use the Scire client program. It will be possible, however, to install the Scire client program on any Linux computer and then set up that client's settings using the Scire web interface.
Because the developers are Gentoo users, the Gentoo Linux Installation Management Daemon will be a module designed to work cooperatively with Scire by optionally installing and configuring the Scire client program, and then providing Scire with the appropriate client information to set up the client (i.e. network settings, package versions, etc).
The user management system will utilize a basic set of ACLs to control which users have access to which clients and what access that is. Access is defined as a set of "permissions" on a client. The core of this system will be php-GACL, with a simplified front-end made to suit Scire's needs. There will be a python implementation of the ACL checks for backend use. Before any job is sent to a client it must be checked first to ensure the user still has the permission to run the job on that client.
The Administrator group will have the ability to create users and UserGroups. Users may belong to multiple UserGroups. Clients will work similarly to Users, but it is not recommended to have a client belong to more than one ClientGroup. In the "Assign Permissions" screen, the Administrator will choose a user or UserGroup and then choose from a set of Permissions and then assign them to a Client, multiple Clients, or a ClientGroup.
Since the creator of a job as well as the Permission required for the job is stored in the database, a simple check of the ACL (i.e. "Does user X have permission Y on client Z") will yield a yes/no. php-GACL takes care of all potential conflicts. In doubt, individual ACLs override group ACLs.
When a user assigns a client a job, it will go into the queuing system to be fetched by the client program. Alternatively, users will be able to schedule jobs to be executed in the future, optionally recurring. Jobs will be stored in the database on the Scire server (web server side, database can be separate).
When the client machine requests work, it will fetch all jobs
past the current time (will not fetch future jobs), and put them into a local
queue. A directory structure such as
Once done fetching the client program will look at the queue and move the
first file to


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Boo-hoo. As predicted months ago ... the commies weep!
"...a boon to private enterprise." (?) Nope! It means higher unemployment for the folks who are CITIZENS and more mendicants on the dole, which means a lot less wages to pay for the crap private enterprise is trying to sell ... and HIGHER TAXES!
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beginner helpby derpp (Acolyte)
|on Aug 02, 2010 at 19:39 UTC ( #852522=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
derpp has asked for the
wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
hi guys, i'm a beginner at perl and i'm stuck on a simple (to you, probably) problem.
i'm trying to write a short program that, simply put, finds all the numbers between two entered numbers and adds them.
ex: if i enter 1 and 100, i'd want my program to get the sum of 1+2+3+4..100.
the part where i'm stuck is..getting all the numbers between.please help D:
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It's a cold rainy, day here. So I needed some tea to warm up. I do like the smell of mint brewing in the afternoon. There is such a nice mint flavour too, it even goes well with my peppermint bark chocolates.
And I can now acknowledge… Winter is coming.


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Habitot is a great museum for the little ones. It is small enough that they don't feel intimidated but large and diverse enough to keep their interest for several hours.
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