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Three phases of a major flood control project on the north side of San Antonio are almost complete. In 2002, a storm brought 8 inches of rainfall in 3 hours, and convinced local leaders that the Laddie Ditch needed drastic improvements. Our Alese Underwood shows us how this new project is expected to save both lives and property.
SAN ANTONIO --Flooding is a familiar sight around Woodlawn Lake during and after most heavy storms.
"When it rains hard out there, the roads go underwater and traffic comes to a standstill," said David Wegmann with Bexar County Public Works.
"It's like the lake was going to overflow," said Alejandro Soto, president of the Woodlawn Lake Community Association.
Soto remembers the storm in 2002, when more than 200 homes flooded and one person lost their life.
"I had a leak coming through and I looked and saw there was water all over the house," said Soto.
That storm was just one of many that prompted the city and county to initiate phases one, two, and three of the Laddie Ditch flood control project.
"This is one of our major projects," said Wegmann.
Flooding on Fredericksburg Road and Kampmann Boulevard will be reduced.
"The water just finds it's natural source and goes down Kampmann thinking it's still a river," said Soto.
Kampmann might be one of the biggest trouble spots every time it rains, but not for long. With these news improvements, more than 70 homes right around this street will be taken out of the floodplain.
Laddie Place sits on 26 acres with three detention ponds to hold water.
"This whole area is going to be an interconnected area of channels, underground storm sewers," said Wegmann.
As a result, Kampmann will have 3 feet less of water during heavy storms.
But the roads aren't the only places benefitting from the project; there's soccer fields, walking paths, and new trees.
"The home is your biggest investment and the one place you want to feel comfortable and safe," said Soto.
Because of a tragic storm and the projects that followed, neighbors finally can feel safe.
In order to make space for the project, the county bought the property of the old Northwest Center to the tune of $16 million.
Finishing touches are expected after Fiesta.
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Bangalore, India (PressExposure) June 11, 2008 -- According to a recent Gartner report, Microsoft continues to gain a-mail market share, and will hold approximately 70 percent of the worldwide commercial e-mail market by late 2009.¹ Many businesses are considering moving to Microsoft platforms such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 from their current platforms, including Lotus Notes. Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) has a set of tools designed to migrate mailboxes and applications off of Notes, and to help manage and rebuild applications in the new environment.
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After 66 years of making short public information films, the Government's Central Office of Information closed down at the end of March because of budget cuts. As the successor to the wartime Ministry of Information, it covered subjects ranging from how to cross the road to what to do in the event of a nuclear explosion, and they used of any number of innovative techniques from slow-motion footage to child-friendly animations. Unfortunately this programme, hosted by Adrian Edmondson, can't quite decide whether it is trying to be jokey or serious. For the most part it opts for a jocular tone that is often at odds with clips from hard-hitting CIO campaigns. These were films that warned of the dangers of drink…


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Saturday 30 January 2010
It was Saturday, under the sign of Aquarius. The US president was Barack Obama (Democratic).
In that special week of January people in US were listening to TiK ToK by Ke$ha.
Frozen, directed by Adam Green, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2010
while Game Change by John Heilemann, Mark Halperin was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching SciGirls.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Attack of the Movies 3D or Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.
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- The Togo national football team is banned for two tournaments and fined $50,000 for withdrawing from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations after the fatal attack on their team bus in Angola. The Government of Angola and Confederation of African Football are both to be sued by the families of the dead. (Xinhua)
- Aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake:
- The United States suspends medical evacuations in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake due to a dispute as to who should pay for treatment. (''New York Times'')
- Several Americans have been charged with child smuggling for attempting to take Haitian children to the Dominican Republic. (BBC)
- Puerto Rico investigates a group of its doctors who took photographs of patients and performed operations in the earthquake zone while smiling, drinking and holding guns. (''The Washington Post'')
- Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, who criticised the country's leader and who is, according to Amnesty International, a ampquotprisoner of conscienceampquot, loses his appeal against a six-month prison sentence for assault. (''Taiwan News'')
- Authorities in China arrest two people after an incident on board a flight from Xinjiang bound for Wuhan in which a passenger set fire to some toilet paper which forced the plane to turn around. (Reuters)
- The leader of the Shia Houthi rebel group in northern Yemen, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, says they will accept a ceasefire if government actions against them cease. (AFP)
- Judges across Italy stage a walk out over Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's proposed judicial reforms. (BBC)
- 12 people drown and least 20 others are missing after a boat accident in West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh in India. (''Taiwan News'')
- The President of the Central Bank of Argentina resigns after a row with the country's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. (''The Financial Times'')
- China suspends military exchanges and reviews cooperation on issues with the United States after the latter agreed to a proposed weapons sale to Taiwan. (BBC)
- Honda recalls 650,000 of the Honda Fit (also known as Honda Jazz) vehicles worldwide over potential electrical faults. (''The Guardian'')
- Publishing company MacMillan said that on-line retailer Amazon.com, Inc. has removed all MacMillan print and e-books from its site due to a dispute over the pricing of books sold through Amazon's Kindle reader. (Wall Street Journal)
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While You Are Away, Sailor! - Poem by Nancy CruzAyala
Son, as my sailor, it was time for you to leave to take care of your duties overseas
My heart felt like it was broken in little pieces. Knowing to see you, touch you, hug you, see that beautiful smile of yours, and simply see you taking naps in our couch will be impossible made my eyes just watery
As the limo pulled over to pick you up in that dark morning day, I wanted to just hold you and not let you go, but you had a goal for yourself
As the man I saw leave for that limo dressed in that spotless, well ironed, white uniform with black shiny shoes, looking charm and handsome and all grown up
I felt more than a happy mom, I was proud, excited but at the same time the little pieces of my broken heart started to get back together again only my thoughts were a lot clearer
My emotions knew that when you come back from being away, you will be back as a handsome, brave, mature, full with stories to share, and most important with a strong arm to hold, hug, touch and know that while you are away my son, Mom is here waiting for you to get home with open arms
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From the Caldecott Medal-winning author of My Friend Rabbit comes a tale of four kittens discovering the four seasons, now in a board book edition perfect for the youngest readers
Four kittens have never seen the snow. The first three kittens are wary--snow is cold, it's wet, it covers everything. This unknown thing called snow is a little bit . . . scary. As the seasons pass and winter begins to loom, three skittish kittens worry. But the fourth kitten takes a different view. The fourth kitten is getting excited. Snow will cover everything? "I can't wait " Caldecott Medalist Eric Rohmann gives us a charming, gentle story that both respectfully acknowledges a child's fear of the unknown and celebrates the power of a positive outlook. Deceptively simple and quietly profound. "Rohmann offers another marvel of sly simplicity for the very young."--Booklist, Starred.
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OnRequest Images Launches Modeling Agency Partner ProgramEnables fast access to professional models for custom stock photographers (October 18, 2004)
OnRequest Images, the premier provider of Custom Stock photography, announced today a new program designed to provide its network of 1,600 photographers with quick and easy access to a worldwide partner network of professional models.
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SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem.
Every kid 'gets' that when you let go of the open end of an inflated balloon and it flies around the room, its speed is determined by the amount of air in the balloon. It really doesn't take a rocket scientist.
However, this same principle of physics was used by a rocket scientist to save the lives of the Apollo 13 Astronauts. NASA's Apollo program ran from 1961 to 1972, successfully landing 6 spacecraft and twelve astronauts on the Moon. The Apollo spacecraft consisted of 3 modules: 1) The command module was a home base, where the three astronauts lived during the mission. It was also their ride back to Earth. 2) The Service module provided power for the command module and the propulsion systems. 3) The Lunar Module was the craft that took astronauts from Apollo to the moon and back. It had its own power and propulsion systems. Apollo 13 experienced a life threatening problem well after launch, and it took a team of engineers on the ground to bring the crew home safely. North Carolina native Dr. Stokes Fishburne, was among those engineers.
At the time I was an aerospace engineer at Grumman Aerospace Corporation. Grumman built the lunar module.
So what happened that day in 1970?
They got about seventy five percent of the way to the moon when an explosion occurred in the service module, in one of the fuel cell supplies of oxygen that were needed to provide electrical power to the command module (and) to the Astronauts. They moved the astronauts from the command module, which was small and had very limited power, to the lunar module which had its own power supply.The lunar module had to provide the power (and) the rockets. It had to provide water for drinking, and all of the stuff which had not been counted on. NASA knew that they would then have to come up with a technique to separate the command module from the lunar module on the way back.
There were many problems to be solved in order to get the crew home alive. Dr. Fishburne and his partner Dr. Richard Oman were assigned to figure out how best to separate the lunar module from the command module just before reentry.
We needed some type of force to separate the lunar module from the command module to a sufficient distance that they would not collide with each other during the actual re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere. Whatever process we developed could not employ any rockets or electrical power that was needed for maneuvering during reentry. The only force available was that which would be generated by the air in the lunar module. It would work like this: there are two doors between the lunar module and the command module. We would leave the first door from the lunar module, coming towards the command module, open. But we would close the door at the other end of the tunnel, so that the astronauts were still within their environment on the command module.
And this is where the flying balloon comes in. Or, to be more technical, the engineers applied Newton's 3rd law of motion . Simply stated, for every action there is an equal and opposite re-action.
Then we put the right amount of air into the lunar module and at the proper moment the astronauts would release the latches that held the lunar module and the command module together. And the lunar module air would act like a big balloon. It would push the lunar module off in one direction and a blast from the air would push the command module off into the other direction hopefully with the right velocity to land properly. All we had to do was get the pressure in the lunar module 2.7 pounds per square inch, much, much less than the pressure we experience on the surface of the earth. That was enough to generate about two thousand pounds of force to separate these two spacecraft. The spacecraft was not light. The command module weighs about 13,000 pounds, and the lunar module weighs about 32,000 pounds. It's not a trivial thing to separate these in opposite directions with exactly the velocity of about 5 miles an hour.
So, how did it all work out?
The command module, now the reentry vehicle, settled into the reentry and into the areas where we scheduled to be, the impact area, with safe astronauts and exactly on time. It's a little tricky but it can be done with simple equations. It was the culmination of the old principal: if you got a job to do, do it right the first time. Thousands of engineers worked many many many problems in this whole Apollo 13 episode and they did it right the first time.
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All our riders are required to wear helmets at all times when riding, even on trails. Hair must be neatly tucked up under the helmet in a hair net, even for lessons and warm-ups. If hair is long (either male or female) you should arrive with your hair pulled back in a low pony tail or braid. This encourages formation of good habits.
Boots are a safety precaution as well as a functional riding aid. A rider (even a weekend rider) should always wear a boot with a low heel. No sneakers, loafers, heels, or flip-flops allowed! If you were to fall from the horse you would not want your foot to slide through the stirrup and cause serious injury. In addition, if you cannot remove your foot you could get dragged or stepped on. Boots and paddock shoes are also used to hold spurs and to strengthen your leg aids.
We expect our students to be neatly attired in long pants, breeches, chaps or half chaps with boots or paddock shoes, a helmet and possibly gloves. They may wear clean non-ripped jeans, a sweater, oxford shirt that is buttoned, or a knit shirt if they wish.
Note: In cold months if you are wearing a jacket or sweatshirt, there should be no hood, and the jacket should zip/snap closed. Clothing should be secure and not flapping around as it is a safety issue to the horse and rider.
In warm months, camisole tops and tank tops are not permitted. The shirt must completely cover the shoulders and chest area of the rider. Again, this is a safety issue. Females should wear appropriate sports bras.
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Kitchen - a room with high humidity and soot, which is inevitably formed during intensive use of equipment and instruments, to cope with which not under force even the most powerful extract, so the ceiling coatingKitchen should be chosen with great care, as it may turn yellow and aesthetically unappealing.
To maintain the appearance of the kitchen need to select practical and high-quality material, which can remain for a long time a beautiful, cozy and tidy.
Types of coatings
Currently, the following types of coverage for the ceiling in the kitchen:
- Painted.
- stucco walls.
- wallpapered.
- Using EPS tiles.
- design of the plastic panels.
- drywall.
- Tension.
plaster ceiling
Today there is a very wide range of materials for kitchen ceiling (see: How do the ceiling is best for the kitchen), but the most popular is still plastered. Snow White and sleek classic ceiling is still the leader in co
Its main advantages are eco-friendly materials and a decrease in the minimum height of the main surface, which is very important for kitchens small area.The disadvantages include the complexity of the process and the need for sophisticated finishes.
to create a perfectly flat, smooth and uniform surface quality required cleaning, alignment, putty and whitewash the ceiling.These manipulations require a large amount of free time.
Tip!In that case, if the ceiling is finished with in a new building, you should consider the fact that the shrinkage of the house continued for a long time, so to avoid the formation of cracks and crevices, it is better to use serpyanku and fiberglass that will make the surface more pliable, while maintaining the integrity oftime shrink.
In order to avoid the cost of filler and simplify the task and acquire reinforcing materials, you can resort to a moisture-resistant wallpaper, suitable for painting.
Painted ceiling
the question than to cover the ceiling in the kitchen, there is an optimal answer - paint.For these purposes, use washable paint to facilitate care ceiling.
Before painting the ceiling in the kitchen should be aligned with the help of putty, cement the cracks (see: How do seal the crack in the ceiling, the actual recommendations) and cracks, then walk sandpaper to get rid of the excess putty and only after that to start painting.This process requires a lot of time and effort, however, substantial savings.
Tip!In the event that carried out cosmetic repairs, the yellow spots, spoke at separate sites, we recommend primed using alkyd paint matt white and only then apply the base paint.
few words about wallpaper
Very often, the ceilings in the kitchen Wallpapers, since this version can be easily done by hand without making almost no effort.Using Wallpaper not only speeds up the repair, but also significantly reduces the cost of it.
In addition, this option is ideal for homes, which did not end shrinkage as the wallpaper will be able to create a high-quality finish and hide microcracks.
- Kitchen is best to use washable wallpaper, which last much longer. simple wallpaper with constant exposure to moisture very quickly recede, and will hang from the top, spoiling the entire repair.
washable wallpaper successfully tailor all roughness, unevenness and other defects will be easy to clean and acquire original appearance.And if you choose a wallpaper designed for painting, the kitchen ceiling can be of any desired color or pattern.
- To pokleit wallpaper the ceiling, you need to find a mate, as alone make it very difficult.First, you need to measure a strip of wallpaper.
It is important not to forget that the wallpaper may shrink after drying, so it is best to provide a small margin, it is much easier to trim excess than dokleivat missing.
- front page always glue plumb or level, and the rest of the previous one.
- adhesive is applied from the middle to the edges of the strip.
- After applying a piece of plastered should be folded in half and wait until it is saturated with glue.This will require no more than 10 minutes.
- At that time, when impregnated wallpaper, you can proceed to the primer.
- impregnated wallpaper gently applied to the plane and smooth.In that case, if the used paper wallpaper, it is suitable for smoothing the usual rag.
- For vinyl with a relief pattern, it is desirable to use a roller.
Wallpaper glue - is simple enough, but we should not forget that they may be left behind if nevovremya open .
tile from polystyrene
Asked what the kitchen to cover the ceiling, we should not forget about the tile from polystyrene, which is ideal for quick and inexpensive repair.
- ceiling for such coverage is not required careful alignment and sophisticated training.
- Ceiling defects are easily concealed thick tiles and its high elasticity.
- use of such material allows to save not only the tile, but at the finish, as it does not require skilled professionals.
- only significant drawback is not very presentable appearance, which affects the way that designers rarely use this material to decorate ceilings.However, if the kitchen designed in the style of the 70s - 80s, the old-fashioned tiles can be on hand, and turn from a lack of dignity.
If we consider the high - tech, modern and other avant-garde solutions for the implementation will require more progressive and modern trends.
PVC panels and suspended ceilings
These coatings are very similar characteristics, but the look and the price they are different.Data flows - a kind of suspended ceilings, which has both advantages and disadvantages.
- Suspended structures are mounted directly to the ceiling by means of a metal frame on which are mounted plates, rails and panels.
- main advantage is quick installation that does not require pre-treatment.
- addition of - the presence of free space becomes a much better sound insulation, there is a place to take stock of utilities, as well as the ability to install additional ventilation and spotlights.
- As for shortcomings, they are not so much, but due to design features, they can "drop" the ceiling is 7 centimeters, and formalizing the kitchen and formal appearance, looks like a office.
Gypsum ceiling
Another kind of false ceiling is drywall, also known as a solid, or boarding.For its installation requires no special preparation of the surface.
His device also allows for communication to make spotlights and additional ventilation.However, like his fellow plastic and suspended ceilings, it also makes the room below that for a small kitchen is inappropriate.
The difference this from other suspended ceiling is that its installation requires manual finishing, which consists in painting and flooring.
drywall ceiling is more expensive and requires more time, but the result is a perfectly flat surface on which there will be no seams or joints.Before finally install drywall, it must be cut out and bent as required by the design intent.
use of this material allows you to make a kitchen ceiling of any form, providing the ability to create multi-level original surface.That's what the designers are so fond of drywall.
In that case, if the house is constantly shifting the ceiling, leading to the formation of cracks, the only correct one will be the construction of plasterboard, which it is desirable to further steklooboyami or paste over with glass.
Very often you can find a photo with examples of suspended ceilings in the kitchen, which is not surprising, since they have many advantages, including quick and easy installation.
- surface requires no additional processing, you can install ventilation, fire protection system and spotlights.And thanks to the wide range of textures and colors urgent, you can create a spectacular appearance of even the most unpresentable seemingly cuisine.
data overlap made of durable vinyl, which has moisture resistance, flexibility, reliability and durability.Stretch ceilings are easy to clean and are not afraid of dirt and grease.
Cloth protects the room from dust and condensation collects. addition, such ceilings are able to withstand large amounts of water that would be useful if the top neighbors forget to close the water.
These designs also allow for the creation of complex spatial configurations and achieve different visual effects.
Now allocate Top 10 invoices for the manufacture of ceiling:
- Satin, has an antibacterial coating.
- varnish or perforated - lacquer.
- Moire.
- Metallic.
- suede.
- Nacre.
- under the skin.
- Marbled.
- under a tree.
- Matt.
Each invoice has a rich range of colors, so you can easily create any environment, in any style.
- significant drawback is the significant reduction in the ceiling.However, the lamps will not migrate on their own, since holes are cut during installation.
In addition, contact with the surface to be very careful, as even the slightest damage can lead to the replacement of the entire web.
It is worth noting the fact that the installation of the ceiling is also very complex, however, it can be done yourself by viewing the corresponding video, however, if these works had not been carried out by you, it is better to turn to professionals.


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It is smart to back up your phone in case it crashes or runs out of memory. You can set your iPhone back itself up on iCloud automatically, but if for some reason you want to store your backup elsewhere or have more data than is available to you on iCloud, Dropbox is a good option.
Using The Computer
1Go to www.dropbox.com. Create Dropbox account or sign in if you already have an account. If you have not yet created an account, it is a quick process that only requires entering name, e-mail, and password and an e-mail confirmation afterwards. After that, you will be ready to use Dropbox's services.
2Plug iPhone into computer using an USB cable.
3Click Upload on Dropbox. The button will be in the upper-left area of the webpage. This will open a new dialog box of the files that will be or have been uploaded.
4Click the Choose Files button in the dialog box that pop ups. This will open a file explorer dialog box.
5Locate the files you want to backup on your iPhone in the File Explorer. You can find the iPhone on the left pane by other devices such as drives. For a full backup, you should select every file within your iPhone.You may need to go through each individual folder and select the files within it to do this.
6Select the desired files. The files will begin uploading automatically. If you did not select all of the desired files, you can click the Add More Files button on the bottom left corner. You can hold down CTRL or drag the mouse to select multiple files at once. You will notice green progress bars begin to fill up as the upload begins on each file. This is useful to track the progress and/or speed of the uploads.
7Click the Done button in the bottom right corner once all the files have green bars with a check marker in the end. Even if you close out of this dialog box, the files will continue to upload.
8Check if your Dropbox files to ensure the upload has been successful. The files you uploaded should now be listed on the default folder of your Dropbox page.
9Move Dropbox files into folders for easier navigation and organization. For example, you could sort each backup into different folders so they can be accessed when needed.
Using the iPhone App
1Open the 'App Store' on your iPhone. If you already have the app, skip to Step 3.
2Search for Dropbox. It should be the first result with the image as shown below. Click the download button to the right of the App info to begin downloading the file.
3Open the Dropbox app and sign-in or create an account.
4Click the + button in the bottom middle of the screen. A pop-up will appear, click "Upload Photos" or "Create or Upload File"
5Select the desired files and click "Upload" in the top right corner. When selecting files, you can click "Select All" in the top right to speed up the process if you want to back up everything. The "Select All" button in the app selects by the iPhone sorted dates so you may have to select multiple dates to upload everything.
6Check the "Files" page on the bottom bar and check to make sure your files are there.
7Move Dropbox files into folders for easier navigation and organization. For example, you could sort each backup into different folders so they can be accessed when needed.
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- When you upload a file on Dropbox, only you will be able to see it unless you choose to share it with others.
- You can easily share Dropbox files with friends or classmates. A link or e-mail list can be sent out so peers can access the files freely. Permissions on the file can be set as well so unwanted changes are not made.
- You can view old documents via the Dropbox app easily. For example, old photos which may have been moved to Dropbox storage can be pulled up within the app.
- Connecting with a computer may allow a more extensive backup than using the iPhone app. It appears the app can only upload photos.
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Gradually though it has become more popular and we're being invited to Halloween parties and there are now young children living in our street so trick or treating is a real possibility this year. We don't have children, and we've thought long and hard and decided that we're not planning to participate. It's nothing to do with the history of halloween or the traditions like dressing up - we've got three sticking points with the way its celebrated.
The first is the "lollies from strangers". The local pharmacy has mostly phased out its jelly bean jar because its not ok for strangers to give children lollies. Or worse still, for children to associate the products coming out of pharmacies with lollies, and help themselves.
Secondly, with Australia in the midst of an obesity epidemic, should we be encouraging our children to eat a lot of lollies? True, they walked to get them, but I doubt they burned off enough calories to cancel out all that sugar.
Lastly, and the clincher for me, was the fact the major retailers have jumped on board the halloween bandwagon and are pushing for sales of carving pumpkins, lollies and other halloween foods (orange iced donuts) we wouldn't ordinarily buy. Perhaps we would if it was a deep-seated tradition in our family, but it isn't. It smacks of commercialism. Even the local florist was putting together halloween arrangements in orange and black when I dropped by today.
Once a food is "branded" for a celebration (e.g. Christmas lollies, Easter bunny shaped marshmallows) its no longer welcome in our house because its about retailing and profit, not about nutrition. It's my tiny protest in the face of the major retaillers. If even a portion of the profits from each sale went to a homeless shelter or animal welfare association, perhaps I would change my mind. Instead, tomorrow night we're planning a closed gate, and if we do still get trick-or-treaters they'll be offered a piece of fruit. But only after I've introduced myself to their parents. That's the best plan I can come up with for Halloween this year.
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The edges of a pan of brownies are considered by many to be the best part, but not everyone can get an "edge" piece every time. Sheila G, a brownie hero of sorts, recognized this fact, and did something about it — something wonderful.
Sheila's concoction, Brownie Brittle, tastes just like those crispy brownie edges, but better. Other pluses: they're reassuringly low in calories, you don't have to wait for them to cool (let alone bake anything at all), and they come in four equally fantastic flavors. Once we cracked a bag of these open, they vanished in record time. Brownie Brittle definitely gives the ooey-gooey center of the pan a run for its money.
Each variety features light, crisp shards of chocolaty deliciousness — just substantial enough to satisfy a routine chocolate craving, but without that weighed-down, rich feeling of a normal brownie.
While the Chocolate Chip flavor comes with a bit of added moisture and richness thanks to the ample chips scattered throughout, the Toffee Crunch flavor is insanely addictive and tastes like a Heath Bar. Nut fans will love the Walnut flavor, too. Your best bet is probably to order the three-pack Brownie Brittle Sampler — not only are you sure to plow through a bag and be ravenous for another; you'll want to experience every flavor.
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DENVER — Managing wind power makes flying a kite look easy.
Wind usually blows the most between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. when people need electricity the least. But every now and then, the weather gets surprisingly windy at other times. That's when a handful of people on the 10th floor of a downtown Denver office building suddenly get very busy.
"They're really scrambling during that time frame," said Mike Boughner, Xcel Energy's manager of generation control and dispatch, while giving a recent tour of the company's "trading floor," where traders buy and sell electricity and other employees manage the power of the company's entire electric-grid operations throughout the Western and Central U.S., 24 hours a day, seven days a week. "They're calling all the plants, both natural gas and coal, and telling them to back down as fast as they can."
This happened one recent Tuesday — which just happened to be Election Day — because it got much windier during the daytime than both the pair of meteorologists and advanced forecasting systems employed by Xcel Energy had predicted.
"This week has been a very unusual week on our Colorado system for wind," said Eric Pierce, Xcel's managing director of power operations. "There have been some challenges."
The challenges Pierce speaks of get at the heart of what is one of the biggest obstacles facing widespread adoption of wind power: its inherent intermittency. The wind blows only sometimes (and sometimes it blows too much). By contrast, you can almost always rely on a steady source of coal, natural gas, or nuclear power.
"We've asked a lot more of our units over the last three or four years and the people operating the grid," Pierce said. Indeed, Xcel has been increasing its mix of wind power over the last few years largely because of Colorado's renewable portfolio standard and supporting federal tax policy — namely the production tax credit, which is scheduled to expire at year's end.
Xcel is now the country's largest wind-electricity generator with roughly 12 percent of its production coming from wind (the country as a whole gets about 3.5 percent of its electricity from wind). Almost half of Xcel's portfolio is coal and 25 percent is natural gas, which mirrors the national mix.
"For a period of time we were driven significantly by the state renewable portfolio standard," said Dave Eves, president and CEO of the Public Service Company of Colorado, an Xcel subsidiary that is the state's largest utility. "In the last few years the wind has been added and solar too, strictly based on economics."
On that windy Election Day, Xcel's grid system in Colorado, which is less connected to other electricity grids in the country compared with others, had to turn down its gas and coal plants as soon as possible so as not to overload the system.
This is where natural gas comes in, which can be turned on and off more quickly than coal and nuclear. It's also cheaper than nuclear and cleaner than coal.
Pointing to one of many large screens in the room, Boughner said: "This shows the flexible gas-fired combustion turbines that the operator uses to fill in the gaps and respond to variabilities in the wind."
In addition to natural gas, Xcel also uses a hydroelectricity dam in the nearby Rocky Mountains as backup power to wind, which in a roundabout way is actually powered by wind. But natural gas is the primary source used by Xcel — and the country — to use when the wind dies down.
These two energy resources have long been considered a good match on the grid, and Xcel Energy is on the forefront of testing the boundaries of this relationship. Until technology offers a way to store renewable energy on a wide scale, wind needs natural gas.
"We'd have blackouts," Boughner said when asked what would happen if Xcel didn't have natural gas to back up wind. "We would definitely have events where we would have to shut off the lights."
But wind helps natural gas, too, in different ways. It has no carbon emissions, which helps utilities comply with stricter environmental rules and combat global warming. It also has a cost benefit. Even though the country is awash in shale gas and prices are at near-record lows, utilities remember that just a handful of years ago prices were five or six times what they are today. They don't want to depend too much on gas.
"We look at wind as a hedge for natural gas," said Eves. "So with some of these low-cost wind farms, that's the equivalent of locking in a $4.50 gas price for 25 years. It's an unbelievable hedge."
Representatives of the industries that produce the natural gas and wind have often been at loggerheads when it comes to lobbying. After all, they compete for pieces of the relatively stagnant U.S. electricity pie. According to Energy Information Administration data, wind and natural gas are the two fastest-growing sources of energy in the country.
"It's the best friend and worst enemy at the same time," Eves said.
The industries are being friendly as of late. The new president of the American Wind Energy Association met recently with the new president of America's Natural Gas Alliance.
"I look forward to working with ANGA and others in the natural-gas industry," said Tom Kiernan in an interview in Washington last week. "Gas sometimes and in some places is a good backup for wind, but there are a lot of times wind doesn't need back." He noted that in other places in the country where electric grids are more integrated than Colorado, other wind-energy sources can also serve as backup supplies.
Meanwhile, oil and gas companies also have positive words to say about wind, despite the energy boom they're reaping.
"Natural gas and renewables is a perfect marriage," Ted Noble, a senior vice president at Noble Energy, Colorado's biggest oil and gas operator, said in an interview in Denver. "We have to be able to supply, first of all, affordable energy to our citizens, and natural gas does that. And then at the same time when getting into the renewables side of the equation, when you marry those two together, one really can't function without the other."
The next few months will be especially pivotal to the wind industry as it fights to preserve the production tax credit. Eves said that if the tax credit expires, wind may not be able to compete as well with natural gas.
"It would have an impact on the cost of wind in the country," Eves said. "It depends on how the cost of wind without the PTC compares with natural gas."
That's when natural gas might go from wind's best friend to worst enemy.
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what the hell is wrong with me
I don't know but why you trying to get me to?
SI Vault probably burned 50 hours for me at my summer internship
Back when I was living in a ballsack. Damn.
Nothing worse than reading ignorance from that long ago
Especially when that ****** is embarrassing himself now on a daily basis
Back when I discovered my ballsack. Damn.
Lol I was 4 months old
i went to the bedlam game that year.. wasn't my first OU game, but the first one i really remember.
i read an athlon sports preview from like 2003 recently. Marcus Vick was on the cover lol
some of those old ads are amazing
Game's Life Fun Fact: My closet in my room at home has every single SI from 1999 till now stacked on the shelves. The first one I ever got was the one with Vick on the cover getting sacked during the National Championship game
Even in 1987, OU was preseason champs.
It has Brendan Fraser, so it has that going for it.
Great game.
Don't worry dude I did that with this old collection of 99-02 issues I kept from childhood. So lulzy to see the innocence of sports pre-2004
Funny, that's the last year I updated my playbook.
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"I didn't like either candidate. I didn't care who won because I felt it didn't matter," Hewitt said.
But the 40-year-old Blount County resident is no longer apathetic about politics, now that independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for president. Hewitt said Sanders' platform on income inequality persuaded her to get off the sidelines in 2016.
Hewitt was one of some 300 people who attended the first Alabama for Bernie Sanders meetup Sunday at Good People Brewing Company in Birmingham. The gathering was a way for Sanders supporters to organize and spread the word about the senators' Democratic campaign for president.
Sanders has seen a surge in interest since he started his campaign in late May. Packed crowds have come out to hear him in the early primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire, and about 250,000 people have contributed to his campaign.
The event was organized by three strangers — Mallory Anderton, Jared J. Vanderbleek and Jess Mathieu — who found each other on social media after discovering they all hailed from Alabama and supported Sanders. When they first began organizing the event, they expected 30 people would show up.
"We decided we're kind of going to put our money where our mouth is and have an event here," Anderton said. "We are just networking and really just putting our feelers out."
Alabamians showed their support for Sanders with "Bernie for President" t-shirts and stickers. One supporter sported a temporary Sanders tattoo on her cheek.
The meetup brought out people like Peter Stuart, 56, of Lincoln, who has been observing Sanders' campaign for about three weeks and found the Vermont senators' platform resonating with him.
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Stuart said he never volunteered for a campaign before, but has donated to Sanders and plans on giving "a little bit each month." He said Sanders' democratic socialist views are aligned with his Christian beliefs.
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Marty Colby, 27, of Pelham, said he was impressed by the turnout, especially for Alabama. "For a state that's so red, it's exciting to see [hundreds] of people for this. It sticks to the grassroots theme," he said.
Earlier in the day, Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, said on "Face the Nation" that his Democratic campaign for president would be a grassroots effort that "will bring more people into the [political] process," in part by campaigning in areas that Democrats have written off for decades, including the Heart of Dixie. "We're going to go to Alabama, we're going to go to Mississippi, we're going to go to conservative states," he said.


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"[I]t does not seem to have affected anyone with a sense of final destruction, with any foreboding of irreparable disaster. Everyone is talking of it this afternoon, and no one is in the least degree dismayed. I have talked and listened in two clubs, watched people in cars and in the street, and one man is glad that Chinatown will be cleared out for good; another's chief solicitude is for Millet's 'Man with the Hoe'. 'They'll cut it out of the frame', he says, a little anxiously. 'Sure.' But there is no doubt anywhere that San Francisco can be rebuilt, larger, better, and soon. Just as there would be none at all if all this New York that has so obsessed me with its limitless bigness was itself a blazing ruin. I believe these people would more than half like the situation." - H.G. Wells
On the morning of April 18, 1906, most of the residents of the city of San Francisco were sound asleep when the ground started to shake. But what started as fairly soft tremors turned into a violent shaking in all directions. The roar of the earthquake unquestionably woke up residents, at least those fortunate enough not to be immediately swallowed by the cracks opening up in the ground. The earthquake lasted about a minute, but it had enough destructive force to divert the course of entire rivers and level much of the ninth-largest city in America at the time.
Unfortunately for San Franciscans, the worst was yet to come. During the earthquake, the city's gas mains and water mains were ruptured, which had the effects of starting a number of fires and preventing the residents from being equipped to fight them.
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We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Jacksonville Area Texas hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi, the Shangri-La Hotel in Lhasa, the Imperial Hotel in Delhi, the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong, the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau, the Villa D'Este on Lake Como and the Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro. are some of the world's most famous hotels.
Legends, Scary Stories, Myths, Monsters, Folklore and Ghosts in Texas
The alleged hauntings of the historic Excelsior House Hotel in Jefferson, including a light-fingered woman in black with a baby, a perfumed lady, a headless man and a boy who wakes people up to ask whether they want breakfast (it is even claimed that Steven Spielberg had a supernatural experience at the hotel, the guests of which have included Oscar Wilde and Ulysses S Grant; the spectral cowboys who, in the hours before dawn, walk in the courtyard of the Y.O. Ranch Hotel, Kerrville; the ghostly civil war soldiers of Patterson Road, Houston; the ghost of a murdered call girl in the Gunter Hotel, San Antonio; the three ghosts of the Hotel Galvez and Spa, Galveston, including one that leaves the scent of gardenias in a room; the lady in white who carries a cat in the Marriott Plaza Hotel in San Antonio; and the phantom of a former cleaner in a brown uniform and the ghostly sounds of children playing in the Rio Grande Plaza Hotel, Laredo, are among the true ghost stories, myths and legends of Texas.
Pecos Bill with his coyote family, his rattlesnake Shake (that served as his lasso) and his true love the catfish-riding Slue-Foot Sue (Neil Armstrong may have been the first MAN to set FOOT on the moon but Sue banged her HEAD on it many years earlier, after being thrown by Bill's appropriately named horse, Widow-Maker); the Lake Worth monster, a creature appearing as part man, part goat and part fish; the ghostly woman who walks the banks of the Rio Grande in Laredo, looking for the children that she pushed over a cliff into the river; supernatural entities at Victoria's Black Swan Inn in San Antonio; the winged, humanoid monsters of Littlefield who allegedly lived in the basement of two elderly spinsters; strange phenomena at the Emily Morgan Hotel, near the Alamo in San Antonio (the Alamo itself is said by some to be the site of paranormal phenomena); and the Confederate soldier and the phantom boy nicknamed "Jimmy" who still roam Tremont House hotel in Galveston, are other legendary tales of ghosts and haunted places in Texas.
The thirty-two benevolent ghosts of the historic Menger Hotel, close to the Alamo in San Antonio, including Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt (who recruited Rough Riders in the Menger Bar), the phantom of rancher Richard King in his former suite (the King Room), chambermaid Sallie White who still meticulously performs her duties in Victorian attire, a bespectacled lady in a blue dress who knits quietly in the lobby, a man in a buckskin jacket and unseen kitchen helpers; the groaning Enchanted Rock, said to be genuinely magical; the sounds of happy children heard in the Hamilton Hotel, Laredo, even when no children are near; the suicidal jumper who is said to still haunt his room at the Omni Austin Hotel; the black eyed boy, presumably a BEK, who terrified a large airman on a military base; the spooky goings on at the St Anthony Hotel, San Antonio, including phantom second-honeymooners who don't know when to stop; and the strange phenomena at the Driskill Hotel, Austin, including the odd sensation experienced by guests who stare at the third floor picture of a child holding flowers, are more weird folklore associated with Texas.
Creepy and malevolent black eyed children (Black Eyed Kids or BEKs) in Abilene; the emerald-headed serpent, a great deity that inhabits a crystal cave in the Gulf of Mexico but which, according to Native Americans, may be seen from the coast, when it ventures to the surface with a great display of light; paranormal phenomena at the Tarpon Inn, Port Aransas, including a bathroom that sometimes has a pink glow; the spirits of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, such as the shade of Sarah Morgan (who was killed by a student) in the biology building, the ghost of a bearded and stetsoned professor in Holden Hall, the phantom of a student in the underground tunnels (still trying to sneak into the girls' dormitories) and "George", the harmless spectre of the old President's House; phantoms of the Faust Hotel, New Braunfels, which include a black cat; the unexplained phenomena and spectres of the Hotel Lawrence, Dallas, including the ghost of a gambler; the ghostly nun and the doppelgangers of staff who roam La Posada Hotel, on the site of a former convent, in Laredo; ghosts in all of the rooms (including one that still sometimes leaves tips for the maid) at Miss Molly's Hotel bed and breakfast, once a bordello, in Fort Worth; and appearances of the spiny goat-sucker, the chupacabra, are yet more strange folktales of Texas.
National Parks, State Parks, Nature Reserves, National Forests, State Forests and Refuges in Texas
Big Bend National Park on the Rio Grande; Texas City Prairie Reserve; the bayous and forests of Big Thicket National Preserve; Enchanted Rock State Natural Area with its pink granite and the Enchanted Rock itself, believed by Native Americans to have supernatural powers; Longhorn Caverns State Park; Guadalupe Mountains National Park; Palo Duro Canyon State Park; Lost Maples State Natural Area; the seventy miles of Padre Islands National Seashore with its sea turtles; and Tandy Hills Natural Area in Fort Worth, are among the national or state parks, forests and refuges of Texas.
Welcome to the United States. Nobody can visit all of America but if you have seen the cities of Albuquerque, Honolulu, San Francisco, Sitka, Atlanta, Lake Tahoe, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Anchorage, Fort Lauderdale, Santa Fe, St Louis, New York, Seattle, Skagway, Philadelphia, Juneau, Corpus Christi, New Orleans, Miami, Savannah, Phoenix, Washington DC, Sacramento, Fairbanks, Dallas, San Diego, Detroit, Atlantic City, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Chicago, Houston, Boston, Las Vegas and Los Angeles you can be regarded as well travelled within the United States. Other world famous USA destinations include Native American nations such as the Navajo and the Hopi, the Florida Keys, the Arctic wilderness of Alaska, the wild west town of Tombstone, the Ozarks, Route 66, Mount Rainier National Park, the Everglades, the Appalachians, Hawaiian volcanoes such as Mauna Loa, rodeos, the Adirondacks, Glacier Bay National Park, the California coastline, Niagara Falls, Bryce Canyon, the Grand Canyon, the Disney resorts, Yellowstone National Park, Marvellous scenery and sea life in Kenai Fjords National Park, the plantations and bayous of the Mississippi Delta, Yosemite National Park, Mount Rushmore, the beach at Waikiki in Hawaii, the Okefenokee Swamp and Mount McKinley and fabulous wildlife in Denali National Park. See as much as you can of the only country in the world that includes territory both in the Arctic and in the tropics. Good luck on your travels.
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With a stay at Hotel Basel, you'll be centrally located in Basel, steps from Marktplatz and Pharmacy Museum Basel. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Basel Town Hall and White and Blue House.
Make yourself at home in one of the 72 air-conditioned rooms featuring free minibar items and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access and gift shops/newsstands. Additional features include shopping on site and tour/ticket assistance.
Grab a bite at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, a computer station, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. This hotel has 2 meeting rooms available for events.
Hotel Facilities
- Computer station
- Terrace
- Shopping on site
- Luggage storage
- 24-hour front desk
- Smoke-free property
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Business center
- Multilingual staff
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Meeting rooms
- Bar/lounge
- Porter/bellhop
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Total number of rooms - 72
- Number of floors - 5
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Year Built 1975
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Elevator/lift
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
Room Facilities
- Climate control
- Bathtub or shower
- Slippers
- Premium bedding
- Hair dryer
- Private bathroom
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free bottled water
- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Flat-panel TV
- Soundproofed rooms
- Daily housekeeping
- Satellite TV service
- Down comforter
- Minibar (stocked, free items)
- In-room safe
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Desk
- Pillow menu
- Free toiletries
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The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for buffet breakfast: CHF 25.00 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: CHF 29.00 per night
- Pet fee: CHF 20.00 per accommodation, per night
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Mandatory Fees and Taxes
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the hotel:
- Pet deposit: CHF 20.00 per night
- A tax is imposed by the city: CHF 3.50 per person, per night
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Egg-Citing Discovery: Dinosaur fossil includes eggshells
For the first time, scientists have found eggs with shells inside a dinosaur fossil, strengthening previous conjectures about the ancient reptiles' reproductive physiology.
The dinosaur remains were unearthed in southern China from petrified sediments laid down between 100 million and 65 million years ago. The fragmentary fossil includes six back vertebrae, two adjacent tail vertebrae, and other bones from the dinosaur's pelvic area, says Tamaki Sato of the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.