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Objective: aiming to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity or equity related securities of small, medium and / or large sized companies domiciled in the US, or which derive a large proportion of their income from US activities. These are primarily listed or traded in the US or Canada
"Flexibility to invest in high quality stocks, unconstrained by market cap."
Why Hermes US All Cap?
- High quality: we define quality as companies which we believe possess a durable competitive advantage. Such companies often exhibit high market share, industry-leading margins and good cash-flow generation bought at a discount to intrinsic value.
- Flexibility: to invest across the market capitalisation spectrum.
- Bottom up: focus on adding value through stock picking across the market, rather than concentrating holdings in a few industries.
- Stable returns: investments in high-quality businesses should help performance in down markets.
Investment approach
Hermes US All Cap invests in high-quality companies: those that we believe possess a durable competitive advantage. We value consistency and stable, growing revenues and cash flow. Over time, we believe that companies exhibiting these characteristics outperform – importantly, with less risk.
The team's investment criteria are based on company fundamentals, not macro-driven. We have a watchlist of about 250 companies that meet our quality criteria, part of which have been built up over the past 10 years and supports timely investment when valuations are appropriate. A detailed company report and cash flow model is produced for each potential investment.
The strategy utilises a composition review, an optimisation tool which is run monthly, incorporating quantitative and qualitative data on each of our companies to effectively manage position sizes.
Risk management
The majority of risk in our portfolio comes from stock selection – the team's core competency – and we regularly test for unintended factor risks. Hermes EOS provides us with proprietary data about environmental, social and governance risks that may influence the performance of companies.
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Ray Sahelian, M.D., co-author with Donna Gates of The Stevia Cookbook
(Avery/Penguin, 1999), says, "Stevia is a wonderful alternative to sugar and
artificial sweeteners for those who have diabetes. This study gives us one
more reason to recommend diabetics take advantage of this safe, non-calorie
herbal sweetener."
Reference: Jeppesen PB, et al. Stevioside acts directly on pancreatic beta
cells to secrete insulin. Metabolism 2000 Feb;49(2):208-14.
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A Design Icon- Harry Bertoia
Apr 7, 2011 7:19:10 PM
At Ezmod Furniture, our modern classic furniture is designed by some of the most world renowned designers of the last hundred years. Even though some of these individuals passed away decades ago, their advances in furniture design, architecture and color schemes still set the tone for designers everywhere. One such designer is Harry Bertoia.
Harry Bertoia was born in Italy in 1915 and passed away in 1978. He was a sculptor, an artist and one of the most prominent designers of modern classic furniture in the 20th century. He visited America when he was 15 and chose to stay in America, living in Detroit while attending design school. He opened his own design shop in 1939, first focusing on jewelry design and metal work, and later he moved to California where he provided technical work for airplane and medical equipment.
After moving to Pennsylvania in 1950, Bertoia's career designing modern classic furniture truly took root. It was here that he designed his famous "Diamond Chair" a chair whose design included a lattice design of welded steel. His chair caused major unrest in the furniture design world, with lawsuits being filed over patent issues. In the end, Bertoia's unique furniture design took hold throughout the country, and the world, making him one of the most prominent figures in modern classic furniture design of the last 100 years.
Ezmod carries many Bertoia designs, including the Bertoia Style Wire Chair (which comes in various colors), the Bertoia Style Wire Barstool and Bertoia Style Diamond Wire Chair. Each item possesses a unique design, is incredibly sturdy and is offered in a variety of colors to match any color scheme. Our modern classic furniture is amazingly priced, and these items are no different. Some of them are up to 25 percent less than what just about every other website and store are offering them for.
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America ReFramed "Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman - Part 1" In this two part documentary, master storyteller Jennifer Fox lays bare her own turbulent life to penetrate what it means to be a free woman today. As her drama of work and relationships unfolds over four years, our protagonist travels to over seventeen countries to understand how diverse women define their lives when there is no map. Employing an ingenious new camera technique, called "passing the camera", Fox creates a documentary language that mirrors the special way women communicate. D
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Third tree falling down hits, kills boy
BURLINGTON, Iowa —
A 10-year-old boy has died after being struck by a falling tree near his home in southeast Iowa.
The Hawk Eye reports that Garrett Brockway, of Brockway, died Wednesday at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He'd been taken there after the accident Sunday morning.
The Des Moines County Sheriff's Office says Garrett was with his father, Bruce Brockway, while his dad was clearing trees near their home.
Lt. Clint Williams says a tree Bruce Brockway was removing with an excavator knocked over another tree, which knocked over a third tree that struck Garrett in his head.
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Who says that Republican congress-critters don't care about minorities in our society? Why, at this very moment, they are pushing hard to pass a $372 billion federal program to lift the economic fortunes of just one minority group - a far more generous proposal than Barack Obama has even dared to contemplate.
The focus of the GOP's generosity is a true American minority: the richest one-tenth of one percent of our people. Living in penthouse ghettos like Manhattan's Upper East Side, this tiny minority of about 120,000 people (who have an average annual income of $8 million) would get some $3 million each over the next decade from the Republican proposal. Doesn't that just make your heart bleed with empathy?
This windfall will go to the most un-needy among us if the GOP gets Congress to renew the Bush tax cuts for the superrich. Yes, the same Republican lawmakers who have opposed even modest funding to keep schoolteachers and firefighters on the job are wailing that we should take hundreds of billions of dollars from our public treasury and hand them to some of the richest people on the planet.
What's at work here is the narcissistic psychosis of the privileged - the delusional belief that they are entitled to special treatment because they're ... well, they're rich and therefore consider themselves to be both superior and especially deserving.
This attitude was expressed in a recent letter to The New York Times by a guy with the rather foppish name of Mr. Standish Fleming. He deplored any effort to deny these special tax giveaways to the elite, declaring that such efforts "discriminate" against the minority of wealthy and "productive" members of our society, thus rending America's "social fabric of trust and respect."
Of all the crying needs in our country today, these Republicans are wringing their hands over the discrimination against the wealthy minority. Sometimes, I don't know whether to laugh or cry or go bowling!
This is one of those times.
Is it possible that these pampered ones and their congressional pamperers haven't noticed that "America's social fabric of trust and respect" has already been rended by three decades of policies knocking down the workaday majority? America is now in a Great Jobs Depression that already has lasted 10 years and continues to rage unabated across the land. This Depression has devastated our country's middle class.
Yet, it took two months and endless compromises this summer for Senate Democrats to woo a few Republican votes needed to pass even a weak and meek jobs bill to help deter mass firings of schoolteachers and firefighters by local governments. Pious, purse-lipped Republicans - who have eagerly backed Wall Street bailouts, needless wars and other budget-busting expenditures - demanded that other programs be cut as the price of saving these essential public-service jobs.
So, what program did our stalwart senators choose to loot? Food stamps!
Yes, even as millions of Americans are stuck in long-term, relentless unemployment, thus increasing the urgent need for family assistance, our well-fed, big-butted solons grabbed nearly $12 billion from the supplemental nutrition assistance program. This puts the "dumb" in dumbfounding!
Because of the economic collapse caused by the reckless greed of Wall Street bankers, there has been a 50 percent increase in the past two years in the number of Americans relying on food stamps. In the coming months, more and more people - including schoolteachers and firefighters - are going to lose their jobs, and many of them will need the helping hand that Congress has now so stupidly and callously withdrawn.
Instead of stealing funds from our country's essential food stamp program, Congress should get the money for its jobs bill by taxing the multibillion-dollar bonuses that Wall Street bankers are paying out to themselves. And if that's not enough money, cut the pay, pensions and health care freebies that congress-critters give to themselves - most of them need to go on a diet anyway.


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However, implementing split tests on your website alone is short-sighted! In fact, you can harness the power of split testing to generate valuable information about your target audience and their overall engagement with your brand on social media websites.
To see how to do this, let's go step by step through how to carry out a split test on Twitter.
Step #1 – Create Your Split Test Tweet
The first step in the split testing process is to craft the text of the tweeted message you'll use.
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July 24, 2013
With the arrival of this summer's warm and sunny weather, many of us will be spending more time outdoors. It's important to remember that too much sun can cause health problems ranging in severity from simple sunburn to heat stroke. Some tips to having fun in the sun safely:
- Wear light-colored, lightweight clothing. Baggy clothing preferred.
- Minimize the amount of skin surface exposed to sunlight. Use a sunscreen with a SPF 15 (minimum). Use heavier a heavier sunscreen if you are fair skinned.
- Wear a broad brimmed hat.
- Drink plenty of water. Sports drinks with electrolyte replacements are useful. Avoid beverages with alcohol or caffeine.
- Avoid eating heavy meals.
- Work or play at a steady pace. Avoid overexertion.
- Take breaks out of direct sunlight in shaded areas.
- Ask your physician if your prescription medications have an impact on your being exposed to direct sunlight.
Get into a cool indoor area if you experience:
- Headaches
- Dizziness or light-headedness
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- Fainting
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Suburban parties to be featured on ABC 7's 'Countdown Chicago 2013'
Chicago's top-rated New Year's Eve countdown show isn't Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. It's ABC 7's live "Countdown Chicago" broadcast of the New Year's Eve parties around the Chicago area.
Two suburban parties will be featured on this year's show, "Countdown Chicago 2013," -- the celebrations at Viper Alley in Lincolnshire and the Hotel InterContinental Chicago O'Hare in Rosemont. There also will be live reports from City Winery in Chicago and the Hilton Chicago in the south Loop.
Before the countdown to 2013 and the midnight fireworks show at Navy Pier, "Countdown Chicago 2013" will broadcast live musical performances by Soul Asylum, Los Lobos, pop star Mike Posner and the Prince cover band, Prince Experience.
Now in its 22nd year, "Countdown Chicago" is hosted by ABC 7 sports anchor Mark Giangreco and entertainment reporter Janet Davies. This year, morning news anchor Hosea Sanders and "190 North's" Mark Nilsson will assist with the coverage. Ji Suk Yi of "Windy City Live" will keep viewers connected through social media.
The broadcast begins at 11:08 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, on ABC 7. It will be streamed live at abc7chicago.com.


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Dateline: Russia—A Russian astrologer named Marina Bai wants nearly $250 million in damages from NASA for upsetting the balance of the universe. According to Russia's Pravda news site, Bai believes that NASA's Deep Impact space probe, due to smash into the Tempel 1 comet on July 4, is a "terrorist act." NASA scientists hope the mission will reveal what comets are made of when they observe the probe's impact. In addition to disturbing the movement of cosmic forces, Bai believes that the comet impact is also a personal assault on her grandparents, as the comet heralded the beginning of their relationship. One court has already thrown out the case on the grounds that Russia has no legal jurisdiction over the American space agency. Bai's lawyer has taken the case to a higher court which is debating if NASA is in fact representing Russia through the U.S. embassy in Moscow.
Dateline: Brazil—A Brazilian man is raising a stink after being hit with a "puke tax" at his local watering hole. Luiz Fernandes Peres says the $5 tax was added to his bill at the Taverna Pub Medieval Bar in Natal after a friend of his got sick in the bar's toilet. The establishment imposes the set fee on anyone who throws up on the premises. "I consider this extortion," Mr. Peres told the Terra Noticias Populares.
Dateline: New Zealand—A 17-year-old boy had to be rescued from a mountain of peas after he forced open an industrial shipping container. The unnamed teenager and two friends used a lighter to burn plastic ties securing the shipping container in Ashburton port. As soon as the doors were open, an avalanche of fresh peas poured out, covering the teen up to his neck. Police and ambulances were called to the scene and used a forklift to free him. He was sentenced to 200 hours community service and was required to pay just over $125, half the value of the peas.
Dateline: Canada—Human poop has been banned from government meetings in Canada. Or, rather, a human dressed as poop has been banned. James Skwarok arrived at a cross-party meeting in Victoria-Beacon Hill dressed as "Mr. Floatie," a giant piece of feces. The costume was intended to represent P.O.O.P., the People Opposed to Outfall Pollution. Skwarok told Canada.com that he wanted to protest against the daily dumping of 120 million liters of raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean. He admitted he was "a little bummed out" that the politicians booted him from their meeting. Skwarok believes that the British Columbia province needs to clean up its act if it wants to host the 2010 Olympics.
Dateline: Ukraine—Ukranian firemen fled in panic from a blazing building in the town of Donetsk after one of them grabbed a firehose that turned out to be a 10-foot python. The firefighters had arrived to fight a blaze at a health club. Inside the building, one of the men tripped over what he thought was a hosepipe. Picking it up, he quickly realized that it was alive. The men were eventually talked into going back to fight the blaze by the owner of the building, who insisted the python, named Yashka, was harmless and had been kept in the office as a pet. According to local media, the fire was put out and the snake was eventually dragged to safety by its tail.
Dateline: Laos—According to an article in New Scientist magazine, biologists in southeast Asia have discovered a brand new species of rodent--by purchasing it for sale at a food stand. The rock rat--or kha-nyou--is unlike any rodent species previously discovered. It was spotted by conservation biologist Robert Timmins in the Khammouan region. "It was for sale on a table next to some vegetables," said Timmins. "I knew immediately it was something I had never seen before." Locals prepare the rodent for eating by roasting it on a skewer. Timmins and his team subsequently trapped one of the rodents in the wild, but none has yet been captured alive. The creature, which looks like a cross between a large dark rat and a squirrel, is actually more closely related to guinea pigs. Since it is so different from other species, researchers had to create a whole new family, the Laonastidae, to accommodate it. The last new mammal family was created in 1974 with the discovery of the bumblebee bat.
Dateline: New Jersey—State troopers looking for a brothel in Woodbridge spent several hours searching the home of 63-year-old widower Philip Petronella, before realizing they might have the wrong tenant. After being informed that his house was a suspected site for prostitution, Petronella told officers, "You gotta be kidding. I ain't getting any. Nobody else is getting any out of here." In fact, state police officers had served a search warrant for the property, not realizing that the suspects they were looking for had moved out nearly a year previous. Petronella has lived at the rental home with his daughter and son-in-law since last July. "It happens," State Police Capt. Al Della Fave told the Home News Tribune. Police have offered to resolve any property damage caused when officers, armed with semiautomatic rifles and bulletproof vests, smashed down Petronella's unlocked front door.


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Ercol Windsor 3 Door High Sideboard
Item Number: 9000583318
Through combining traditional craft techniques with modern machining the Ercol Windsor 3 Door High Sideboard truly is a design classic. Through the use of traditional techniques and modern machinery Lucian Ercolani designed and made the Windsor 3 Door High Sideboards with his signature dovetail joints and iconic oval handles. Tremendous craftsmanship is apparent throughout this simple yet beautifully elegant furniture collection. Using solid traditional timbers with a clear lacquer finish Lucian Ercolani has crafted a truly beautiful sideboard.
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- Dimensions: 156 x 46 x 93cm
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an, ugly fat chick that's trying to get some cock from you and you don't want her.
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The Scottish Hydro Challenge received a massive boost as the tournament teed off at the Macdonald Spey Valley Golf Course in Aviemore, with the announcement of a new three year sponsorship deal.
The new agreement will see Scottish Hydro remain the title sponsor of the tournament, with Macdonald Hotels and Resorts playing host to the €220,000 event until at least 2014, the year The Ryder Cup returns to Scotland.
Supported by Scottish Government agency EventScotland as part of that successful 2014 Ryder Cup bid, the Scottish Hydro Challenge is currently the third richest event on the Challenge Tour Schedule and has, since its inception in 2006, become one of the most significant dates on the calendar, with four of its five former champions winning a European Tour card on the back of taking home the title.
Scottish Hydro's support of the professional game in the Home of Golf is hugely significant with the energy giant also launching 'Team Scottish Hydro' earlier this year.
Team Scottish Hydro is essentially a sponsorship and support network set up to offer financial and management support to five Scottish players – Gavin Dear, Chris Doak, Craig Lee, Callum Macaulay and Jamie McLeary – in the hope that those players will develop into European Tour champions.
Alistair Phillips-Davies, Energy Supply Director for Scottish Hydro, said: "We are delighted to extend our agreement with the Scottish Hydro Challenge for the next three years. The tournament has been a big success in Scotland and we hope that this new agreement, coupled with the launch of Team Scottish Hydro earlier this year, will further underline our commitment to Scottish golf.
"We believe that our investment in the Scottish Hydro Challenge, and indeed Team Scottish Hydro, is giving emerging Scottish talent a platform to showcase and develop their abilities and we hope to see the benefits of that investment over the next three years."
Ruaridh Macdonald, Sales and Marketing Director for Macdonald Hotels, said: "Since we moved the Scottish Hydro Challenge to our Spey Valley Golf Course in Aviemore the tournament has gone from strength to strength. The feedback we receive from the Challenge Tour professionals regarding the quality of the golf course is very positive.
"The Spey Valley Course, designed by Dave Thomas, is a magnificent piece of golf course design and we are very proud to see many of Europe's most exciting young players make their way to the Highlands to experience a first class venue and, of course, Scotland's world-class hospitality."
Robbie Clyde, Ryder Cup Project Director for EventScotland, said: "This is really fantastic news for the Scottish Hydro Challenge and a timely boost ahead of this week's tournament.
"Part of the Scottish Government's commitment to securing The 2014 Ryder Cup was the promise to stage a Challenge Tour tournament in Scotland in the build up to 2014, and indeed EventScotland's commitment now is to extend this funding through to 2018 to ensure there is a strong legacy for this event beyond 2014. The real strength of this event is the solid partnership built around EventScotland, Scottish Hydro, Macdonald Hotels and the European Challenge Tour, and this has proven to be a huge success as the Scottish Hydro Challenge is now one of the biggest events on the Challenge Tour.
"This new agreement will run until 2014 when The Ryder Cup arrives at Gleneagles and who knows, we may have a 2014 Ryder Cup star playing at Spey Valley this week. "
Alain de Soultrait, Director of the European Challenge Tour, said: "This is great news for a tournament that is already one of the most important on the Challenge Tour. The support of Scottish Hydro will enable the Scottish Hydro Challenge to maintain, and hopefully improve, its status as one of the richest, and therefore most significant, events on our Schedule while the Macdonald Spey Valley Golf Course is a magnificent stage for our players to show their talents."
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Williston Mayor R. Gerald Hethcoat and the city council honored October Students of the Month at the council meeting Tuesday night.
Honored from Williston Central Christian Academy, and nominated by Rhonda Gauthier was Kendall Roberts. She is the daughter of Larry and Megan Roberts.
Williston High School Student Government Association is gearing up for this year's homecoming game, set for Oct. 10.
The theme for this year's homecoming is "Let Us Entertain You."
The students of WHS will have the following dress up days,
Monday Favorite App
Tuesday Favorite TV Show
Wednesday Favorite Artist
Thursday Favorite Board Game
Friday Fired Up Friday
The homecoming dance will follow a "Pandora Party" theme
By Pat Faherty
Special to the Pioneer
With some bright spots in overall FCAT results, the school district's challenge will be how to spread that success.
"There are schools that are performing well," said Patrick Wnek, assistant superintendent of curriculum, at Tuesday's Levy County School Board meeting. "Our goal is to find out what they are doing."
"We know it can happen in all of our schools," he said, noting that some teachers are performing at a high level.
Williston Mayor R. Gerald Hethcoat and the city council honored May students of the month Tuesday night.
Eighth grader Ryker Gauthier, a student at Williston Central Christian Academy, was nominated by Michele Winningham. He is the son of Leo and Rhonda Gauthier.
By Valerie Boughanem
District Assessment Coordinator, SBLC
Williston Mayor Gerald Hethcoat and the city council honored January Students of the Month at its meeting Tuesday night.
Today perhaps more than ever, parents and guardians are examining more and more alternatives when it comes to the education of their children.
Five students were singled out for their accomplishments last week when the Williston City Council and Mayor R. Gerald Hethcoat honored the May Students of the Month.
Kindergarten Registration at Joyce Bullock
With school starting on Aug. 20, it is critical to register your incoming kindergartener as soon as possible.
Children need to be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1. Please bring a copy of your child's birth certificate, Social Security card, shot record and a physical that cannot be more than a year old from the Aug. 20 date.
Class Assignments, Important Dates for JBES
Two Williston Middle School teachers, agricultural teacher Natalie Couey and seventh grade science teacher Elizabeth Horner are among 12 Florida teachers who have been selected for the Florida Agriscience Education Leadership Program.
The Agriscience Education Leadership Program is a joint effort between the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Florida Department of Education.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At 101 years old, New Orleans jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos opened one of 12 stages on the second day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Billy Joel brought the crowds and ended Day 2.
Couples danced and some sang along to old jazz standards such as "Back Home In Indiana" and "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" on Saturday.
Ferbos is believed to be the oldest actively working musician in the city. He performs regularly at the Palm Court Jazz Club in the French Quarter.
"He epitomizes New Orleans," said New Orleans resident Medora Monigold, a Jazz Fest veteran and fan of Ferbos. "In a day where the elders are not respected, he reminds us that wisdom and talent can exist at any age."
Monigold enjoyed a plate of seafood casserole and fried green tomatoes as she tapped her foot to the music.
Maryruth Senechal, of Hartford, Conn., said Ferbos was excellent. She said she catches his shows often at the Palm Court but prefers his performances at Jazz Fest.
"Here, I can dance and second-line. I love the old traditional brass band jazz," she said.
Senechal and her husband, Jean-Guy, have attended Jazz Fest 14 times and spend most of the festival at the jazz tent, where other acts for the day included trumpeter and singer Wendell Brunious and singer-pianist Tim Laughlin.
Brunious brought couples to their feet as he sang "I Will Never Be the Same" and "Big Chief," an upbeat number commonly performed at Mardi Gras that had many in the crowd dancing and hoisting umbrellas in the tradition known as second line. He closed his set with the New Orleans favorite "When the Saints Go Marching In."
On one of the bigger stages, the brass band Bonerama jammed before a crowd of thousands under sunny skies and a gentle breeze that broke through the warm temperatures.
"The sky is smiling upon us," said Quint Davis, the festival's producer. "We do it rain or shine, but we reach the spirit and zenith when in the sunshine."
Davis said Friday's opening day saw bigger crowds than last year.
That trend seemed to continue Saturday as thousands packed the grass spaces in front of the festival's largest stage to hear the day's final performer, Joel, who opened his set with "Movin' Out." He told the crowd that New York hurt with New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. "After Hurricane Sandy, we're taking inspiration from you guys," he said as the crowd cheered in response.
He also did his classics, "Only the Good Die Young" and "Piano Man."
On a nearby stage, neo-soul singer Jill Scott dazzled fans, singing several of her hits including "It's Love," ''The Way," ''So In Love," and "Quick."
New Orleans native Darnie Williams described herself as Scott's No. 1 fan.
"She's just awesome," she said of Scott in between dancing and singing along with her. "She's just a true soul sister. She's real and her music is so soulful, much like Aretha and Gladys Knight."
Jazz Fest continues through Sunday and then resumes May 2-5. Festival-goers will be treated to traditional jazz, rock 'n roll, Cajun, gospel, blues, hip-hop, funk and zydeco.
Second-weekend headliners include Hall and Oates, Fleetwood Mac, Little Big Town, Aaron Neville and Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews.
Associated Press writer Stacey Plaisance in New Orleans contributed to this report.


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Metallica 'Destroy' New York City's Legendary Apollo Theater
When it was announced that Metallica were to play the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City, fans had no idea what they would be in for. After all, the capacity of the Apollo is 1,506 and Metallica are used to playing shows of 50,000 and above. But with the help of SiriusXM, the band gave fans the show of a lifetime, with nonstop, in-your-face metal packaged in an unbelievably intimate setting at a historic venue.
The motto for the night was "Never Before … And Never Again." Never before had Metallica rocked the Apollo, and if the slogan is any indicator, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The show was an exclusive event for SiriusXM listeners who were lucky enough to win tickets to the gig, but that exclusive feeling wasn't unique to the concertgoers. It was obvious the band was humbled to be playing on such an illustrious stage. At one point, frontman James Hetfield said in a very honest tone, "I can't believe they let us play this place."
Opening with the first song of their professional career, 'Hit the Lights,' and sprinkling in classics like 'Master of Puppets,' 'Blackened' and 'Creeping Death' — along with two tracks from their most recent studio album, 'Death Magnetic' — Metallica didn't hold anything back. Sure, there were no pyrotechnics, there were no massive LED screens and there was no crazy, high-tech light show. But that didn't matter. When cranked to 11, all that's needed for a killer 'Tallica show is pure, raw rock 'n' roll. The night wrapped up with an explosive rendition of the authoritative 'Seek and Destroy.' No song could have better ended such a highly charged performance.
In a time in their career when everyone wants to know when the next studio album will drop, Metallica have done a great job of keeping fans interested and engaged in other things. Whether it's their first full-length feature film, 'Metallica: Through The Never,' that hits IMAX theaters this week (Sept. 27) or playing an intimate show to fans that was broadcast throughout North America on their very own Mandatory Metallica channel on SiriusXM, the band always seems to have something up their sleeves.
Speaking of new music, though, there was one point in the night that came right after 'Blackened' when all four members started an unfamiliar jam. For a few minutes, nobody in the crowd knew what was coming out of the speakers, other than that it rocked. As they wrapped up the jam, Hetfield cracked a joke about the new album. Knowing that they have hundreds of riffs already, it's very possible that fans at the Apollo and SiriusXM listeners tuning in at home heard history in the making and got a sneak peek into what's to come with Metallica.
The second part of the night's motto was simply, "… Because Lightning Doesn't Strike Twice." Metallica are a force to be reckoned with, and no matter where they go or what they do, they do it with the utmost professionalism and excitement, keeping their fans in mind every step of the way. Metallica will never play New York City's Apollo Theater again, and we're OK with that. After all, it makes the show that much more special to those who were lucky enough to experience it, whether in-person or through their radio speakers. Metallica came, they saw and they … destroyed!
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Metallica Set List – The Apollo Theater – Sept. 21, 2013
'Hit the Lights'
'Master of Puppets'
'Ride the Lightning'
'Harvester of Sorrow'
Kirk Jam #1
'The Day That Never Comes'
'The Memory Remains'
'Broken, Beat and Scarred'
Trujillo Jam
'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)'
'Sad But True'
'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
Kirk Jam #2
'Nothing Else Matters'
'Enter Sandman'
'Creeping Death'
'Seek and Destroy'


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If you're in the Atlanta area—and you love to code—a free-of-charge .NET community event called Code Camp might be just the excuse you need to get out of spring cleaning or that home improvement project you were planning for this weekend.
The daylong Code Camp event, in its fourth year, takes place on the campus of DeVry University in Decatur, Georgia, this Saturday, March 29. The camp runs from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and includes eight tracks and dozens of sessions oriented toward developers and IT pros whose jobs involve some amount of development. Among the tracks are Web, Data/SQL, .NET Fundamentals, and Office/SharePoint.
Instrumental in organizing the Code Camps are two Atlanta-area .NET community leaders, Matt Ranlett and Brendon Schwartz, whose expertise includes .NET programming as well as SharePoint and SQL Server development and administration. Matt and Brendon also maintain the Atlanta .NET Regular Guys site and have written several articles on SharePoint and SQL Server topics for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine. Ranlett expects around 300 people to attend this year's code camp. "We were one of the first regions to host a code camp, and we're still going strong!" he said.
You can find more information about the March 29 Code Camp, including links to the agenda and other code camps in the southeastern US region, at the Atlanta Code Camp site.


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BERLIN (AP) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center ranks Germany, Italy and the U.S. as the most successful at investigating and prosecuting Nazi war crimes over the past year.
In its annual report covering April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012, released Thursday, the center said there was a fivefold increase in convictions from its previous report, from two to 10. Nine of those convictions were in Italy and one was in Germany.
As of April 1, 2012, the center's Jerusalem office said at least 1,138 investigations, including preliminary inquiries, were being carried out in 10 countries, with the largest number in Germany at 528, Poland at 458, and 74 in the U.S.
Failing grades were given to 11 of 42 countries surveyed, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Estonia and Ukraine, for their lack of indictments or convictions.
Full report http://www.operationlastchance.org/


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Instead of working to improve worldwide trade, recent actions by the European Union and Oxfam, (classified as a "development, relief and campaigning organization, which works to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world") likely will have the opposite effect, says the attorney for the National Cotton Council.
Bill Gillon, international trade counsel to the NCC, recently addressed the annual meeting of the Texas Cotton Association in Austin and pointed to increased opposition to the U.S. cotton program.
"The tactics of Oxfam, fomenting certain African countries to call for an end to the U.S. cotton program while ignoring the need for dramatic internal changes in those countries' production systems, and the decision by the EU to use cotton as a decoy, make it difficult for the U.S. cotton industry to continue to be supportive of the Doha Round or the WTO in general," Gillon says.
"The outlandish tactics threaten the overall pace of reform and could grind the Doha agricultural negotiations to a halt. If the EU and Oxfam and others really want a new agreement, they will stop posturing and finish this round in December. They have a chance to do it. At this point, they are the only ones blocking progress."
Gillon says the EU's recent support of African countries' previous recommendation that cotton be pulled out of regular agricultural trade negotiations and considered separately creates a dangerous precedent. By negotiating commodities singly, trade representatives have little incentive to bargain fairly after they get what they want on specific issues.
Naïve, crippling
"The idea of changing the terms and conditions affecting one agricultural sector while leaving other crops unchanged is naïve at best and crippling to other commodities at worst," Gillon says.
"Farmers do not operate in a vacuum. If only cotton rules are changed, farmers will shift production to other crops — immediately creating new distortions. The EU approach is foolhardy, and I hope EU wheat and grain producers take a close look at the short-sighted trade remedies being urged by their leaders."
Gillon says the EU had ulterior motives for reversing its position and announcing its support for the African position on cotton negotiations.
The EU announcement on cotton came a day or two before the EU "backed out of an agreement on tariff valuations it had just reached in Geneva, throwing a monkey-wrench into the overall agricultural negotiations. It is clear that by singling out cotton early in the week the EU was trying to deflect attention from its decision to renege on a very important tariff deal."
Gillon says the tactics the EU and Oxfam employ, which he believes were coordinated, "will either backfire or will take the WTO into a tailspin as an institution."
He says both Oxfam and the African countries that initially recommended negotiations to single out cotton for special consideration apparently want the WTO to be something it was never intended to be, judge and enforcer.
"The WTO is not an arbiter of what is legal or illegal," he says. "It enforces no laws; it has no laws to enforce; it cannot make the United States or any other country change their policies."
He explained that the WTO is an agreement among members on trade rules and also empowers the body to determine if members live up to those rules. If a country does not "hold up its end of the bargain, other countries can retaliate by withdrawing any trade concessions they made. That's it."
More ineffectual
He says the more Oxfam tries to turn the WTO into a court that doles out justice the more ineffectual the organization will become. "The WTO was designed and conceived as an economic institution — not a court of social justice.
"And the EU, not to be outdone by a non-profit organization, steps up and acts like the great reformer in agriculture. The EU, the largest subsidizer of agriculture in the world and the entity that provides a support price for cotton that is far higher than support levels in every other country in the world, attacks U.S. cotton and calls for it to be treated separately and immediately."
He says the EU minister's remarks in Africa "drew up a perfect prescription for the collapse of the Doha negotiations."
Gillon also discussed the WTO's Brazil decision, which found certain U.S. programs to be "prohibited subsidies" and also found "serious prejudice" in the U.S. cotton program. The ruling considers export credit guarantees and cotton's Step 2 program to be prohibited export subsidies.
The United States has until July 1, 2005, to "withdraw the prohibited subsidies."
The WTO panel determined the deadline, Gillon says. "It will take some time for the U.S. government to decide what, if any, changes it will recommend. Once that determination is made, it will not be a simple process to make substantive change in U.S. farm policy."
He also says that the Step 2 program will remain in effect until Congress changes it, as it was mandated by law.
Found harmful
Under its findings on serious prejudice, the WTO Panel hearing the case determined that the marketing loan, counter cyclical payment, and the Step 2 programs caused "significant price suppression and serious prejudice to Brazil's interests."
Gillon says the panel's serious prejudice analysis was "fuzzy, hazy and lacked precise quantification" of subsidies that benefited upland cotton.
He says that recommendations for complying with the Brazil decision are ongoing and being considered in conjunction with the budget and other WTO negotiations.
"The National Cotton Council is discussing the case with the U.S. Trade Representative and USDA in hopes that we can work with them in developing a response to the decision."
He says the decision has short-term implications for cotton but also poses a threat to other program crops.
"The NCC intends to be a participant in this process," Gillon says, "working with the government to ensure that this decision does not harm U.S. cotton and does not harm U.S. international trade efforts, either generally or in the Doha round."
This decision will not just "go away. The cotton industry must be pro-actively involved." He says the U.S. cotton industry has been a strong advocate for world reform in trade and favors more open markets in agriculture around the world. The industry also hopes to see other governments stop "raising frivolous barriers against biotech agriculture products, stop using health and safety rules as trade barriers, stop using differential export taxes and tax refunds as hidden export subsidies, and quit leveraging agricultural input companies in order to gain price advantages.
"We would like other countries to reduce tariffs in a meaningful way and we would like to end the monopolies held by state-trading enterprises. An effective WTO makes these things possible. The National Cotton Council believes that a rules-based trading system leads to more trade, and that benefits U.S. cotton."
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Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 13:32 Written by Deb Egenberger Thursday, 28 January 2010 00:17
Swede mat men give their all at home meet.
If just one or two individual matches had gone Gothenburg's way in duals against Ainsworth and North Platte St. Pat's, the Swedes would have captured the title in their own meet on Friday.
As it was, though, the lucky breaks didn't come where they needed to and the Swedes finished third at the Gothenburg Invite.
"We put ourselves in a position to win the tournament," said coach Eric Manstedt, "and we did it with seven underclassmen and five upperclassmen. For the most part I thought we wrestled really well."
The Swedes won duals against Holdrege, Broken Bow and High Plains. In their matchups with Ainsworth and St. Pat's, the score was so tight it could have gone either way with one more Gothenburg win.
The Bulldogs finished 5-0 to take top honors.
"We've lost to Ainsworth three years in a row," Manstedt said. "I have pretty high respect for Ainsworth as a program. To be that close is pretty good for our team."
The Swedes soundly defeated Holdrege in the first round and slipped past Broken Bow in the second round after heavyweight Dane Ehlers pinned Tanner Jackson in the final match.
The Swedes got six wins—four by pin—over Ainsworth and had a shot to beat the Bulldogs with Mitch Spiegel at 103 pounds in the final weight class of the dual with the score at 36-33.
Keaton Gracey put Spiegel to his back once during the match but Spiegel fought him off.
Spiegel, a sophomore, avoided a pin but couldn't overcome Gracey, falling 6-2 and the Swedes fell 39-33 in the dual.
"We can't hang the whole dual on Mitch just because it was the last match," Manstedt said. "There were other matches that certainly could have made the difference."
In fact, the coach said, had freshman Cody Cooper not earned a big pin over Brandon Clark at 215 pounds, the Swedes would not have even been close.
"That's just the way it goes sometimes," Manstedt said.
A similar situation happened against St. Pat's as the Swedes suffered pins in the final two weight classes.
"St. Pat's has their patented move that they always do," Manstedt said of the Irish tendency to get into a front headlock. "We prepared for it last week but still ended up getting caught. We lost four matches to them that we should not have lost."
St. Pat's beat Gothenburg 39-31.
In all, the Swedes earned nine medals including two weight class championships.
Tanner Schwanz (119) and Justin Larson (125) both earned gold medals.
Spiegel and Kyle Demoret (160) placed second while Chris Hyde (135), Alex McClement (145), Trent Good (152), Cameron Frazho (171) and Dane Ehlers (285) were third.
"This meet showed us where we still need some mental work," Manstedt said. "At this point in the season, 90% or more of what we need to take care of is mental."
With his young team in the hunt every week, Manstedt is encouraged the boys are still moving toward their goal of earning a state medal.
Only two varsity meets remain before the B-4 district.
This week the Swedes travel to Hastings on Saturday, the final invite before the Southwest Conference meet at Valentine on Feb. 6.
"Every goal points toward qualifying for state," Manstedt said. "We are still firmly focused on that."
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Ainsworth 5-0; 2. North Platte St. Pat's 4-1; 3. Gothenburg 3-2; 4. Holdrege 2-3; 5. Broken Bow 1-4; 6. High Plains 0-5.
Round 1
St. Pats 39 Broken Bow 37
Ainsworth 51 High Plains 25
Gothenburg 52 Holdrege 25
Round 2
Ainsworth 63 Holdrege 18
St. Pat's 42 High Plains 33
Gothenburg 42 Broken Bow 39
Round 3
Ainsworth 39 Gothenburg 33
Broken Bow 33 High Plains 24
St. Pat's 51 Holdrege 30
Round 4
Gothenburg 46 High Plains 25
Ainsworth 39 St. Pat's 38
Holdrege 38 Broken Bow 36
Round 5
Holdrege 51 High Plains 21
Ainsworth 48 Broken Bow 30
St. Pat's 39 Gothenburg 31
103—Mitch Spiegel pinned Ernie Solorio of Holdrege in 3:05; won forfeit over Broken Bow; lost 6-2 decision to Keaton Gracey of Ainsworth; won 16-2 decision over Brandon Burress of High Plains; won 6-4 decision over Drew Riggs of St. Pat's; second place. (26-7 season record)
112—Dillon Larson pinned Corbin Rookstool of Holdrege in 4:25; was pinned by Zane Smith of Broken Bow in 44 seconds; was pinned by Ely Sharkey of Ainsworth in 5:58; was pinned by Steven Thies of High Plains in 1:53; was pinned by Adam Pasquinelly of St. Pat's in 16 seconds. (9-23)
119—Tanner Schwanz won 10-1 decision over Dillon Hill of Holdrege; pinned Zach Sanchez of Broken Bow in 1:43; won forfeit over Ainsworth; pinned Daniel Thies of High Plains in 1:00; pinned Chris Dilley of St. Pat's in 2:23; first place. (31-4)
125—Justin Larson lost 8-0 decision Richard Hinojos of Holdrege; pinned Austin Roach of Broken Bow in 4:35; pinned Dalton Pflaster of Ainsworth in 5:01; pinned Trevor Ostanowski of High Plains in 1:17; won 11-0 decision over Mitchel Ferguson of St. Pat's; first place. (24-13)
130—Bryce Eggleston pinned Addison Pruit of Holdrege in 1:04; was pinned by Wilson Baker of Broken Bow in 1:53; pinned Dustin Dailey of Ainsworth in 4:58; lost 7-4 decision to Tanner Fate of High Plains; was pinned by Josiah Allison of St. Pat's in 1:39. (21-17)
135—Chris Hyde pinned Taylor Garcia of Holdrege in 2:21; was pinned by Matt Denson of Broken Bow in 1:17; won 12-10 decision over Tanner Clark of Ainsworth; pinned Lane Church of High Plains in 31 seconds; was pinned by Trevor Wid of St. Pat's in 2:48; third place. (19-18)
140—Kyle Kleinknecht lost 6-2 decision to Dallen Johnston of Holdrege; lost 10-6 decision to Jay Brass of Broken Bow; lost 6-2 decision to Garth Swett of Ainsworth; lost 14-2 decision to Ian Carson of High Plains; won by forfeit over St. Pat's. (5-27)
145—Alex McClement was pinned by Spencer Isaacson of Holdrege in 1:40; pinned Jordan Barta of Broken Bow in 2:22; pinned Derreck Pollack of Ainsworth in 1:48; was pinned by Tanner Hannappel of High Plains in 5:24; won by forfeit over St. Pat's; third place. (8-12)
152—Trent Good pinned Ethan Wilson of Holdrege in 4:35; won by forfeit over Broken Bow; was pinned by Ty Shelbourn of Ainsworth in 3:57; won by forfeit over High Plains; was pinned by Barrett Pieper of St. Pat's in 46 seconds; third place. (7-10)
160—Kyle Demoret won by forfeit over Holdrege; won by forfeit over Broken Bow; lost 13-10 decision to Justin West of Ainsworth; won by forfeit over High Plains; pinned Joel Melton of St. Pat's in 1:46; second place. (26-11)
171—Cameron Frazho pinned Austin Pistulka of Holdrege in 2:39; was pinned by Devin O'Brien of Broken Bow in 3:59; was pinned by Taylor Gross of Ainsworth in 1:24; won by forfeit over High Plains; lost 5-0 decision to Pedro Martinez of St. Pat's; third place. (7-15)
215—Cody Cooper was pinned by Nikolos Fulmer of Holdrege in 27 seconds; lost by forfeit to Broken Bow; pinned Brandon Clark of Ainsworth in 3:27; lost by forfeit to High Plains; was pinned by Juan Martinez of St. Pat's in 3:59. (7-14)
285—Dane Ehlers pinned Ryan Barlow of Holdrege in 5:35; pinned Tanner Jackson of Broken Bow in 1:03; was pinned by Nathaniel Allen of Ainsworth in 29 seconds; pinned Kyle Beck of High Plains in 1:06; was pinned by Tanner Jenkins of St. Pat's in 5:43; third place. (20-16)


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Nas Announces Poster Design Contest for NYE Show!
Nas has announced that in celebration of his New Year's Eve concert at the iconic Radio City Music Hall, he is inviting aspiring designers to create a poster to commemorate the evening. One winner will be chosen by Nas, and 100 limited edition prints will be produced and sold as the official poster for the concert event. Posters will be available for purchase at the merchandise table on the night of the show. 50% of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy relief.
To see all of the details and enter the poster contest click HERE.


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Annual Report to Congress FY 2004
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Congress enacted the civil rights laws as a mandate to bring the formerly
excluded into the mainstream of American education. These laws also are designed
to carry out the U.S. Department of Education's commitment to assuring access
to equal educational opportunity for every individual.
The federal civil rights laws have helped bring about profound changes in American education and improved the educational opportunities of millions of students. Many barriers that once prevented minorities, women and girls, and individuals with disabilities from freely choosing the educational opportunities and careers they would like to pursue have been eliminated.
While we applaud this progress, we recognize that there are persons who continue to be denied equal access to quality education. However, behind statistical data and research findings is a human face—a student hoping for a chance to learn and excel. This hope is expressed eloquently in the letter below from a college student with a disability. The statement serves as a reminder of the potential impact of the civil rights laws in making a difference in improving individual lives.
I am one of the millions of students who have a learning disability, dyslexia, and I also have health problems that make ordinary daily living a challenge….
The life I live is hard but not impossible. I am not looking for pity or sympathy or platitudes. I do not want undeserved special treatment. I am not an exception, a freak, a statistical abnormality. I am a real person with real disabilities. The problems I live with are hard for you to see. I have no wheelchair, white cane or hearing aid. If you use your imagination, maybe you can picture my life, wanting to talk, to listen, to read, to learn, and not being able to. Now add to that the confusion of harsh, chronic pain and frequent loss of motor control. This is my condition, a condition compounded by stress and frustration.
All I ask is a little respect in a world where people and institutions are allowed to discriminate against disabled persons in the interest of convenience and conformity. I can achieve anything, learn to do anything, but not in an environment of censure and bureaucratic red tape. I am asking for a chance, a fair chance, to get an education. I am willing to fight for my future. I should not be penalized by the attitudes of people who are allowed to sweep the disabled under a rug, refusing them their rights as individuals.
I am presenting this matter to you so that you might better understand the position of disabled persons. We are fighting for our lives, every day, both literally and figuratively. We have to fight for justice, both for ourselves and for each other, because, whether our disabilities are visible or not, we are easy to ignore. I pray that you will help me complete my education and that you will work to ensure the rights of all disabled students….
Letter from a college student forwarded to OCR


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(YOU LITTLE SHIT, YOU JUST COST ME 1,000 BAHT! / Video courtesy of DBaciFightMedia.com via TheUG)
The morality of children fighting for sport (both here and abroad) has given us plenty of opportunities for debate over the years. In Thailand, no such debate exists. Little kids fight Muay Thai, and that's the way it is.
Still, it's always a little unsettling for us American non-sociopath-types to see a child kicked unconscious, which is what happens around the 1:59 mark of the video above. The referee's position actually blocks the impact from our view, but the aftermath — in which the losing fighter in the blue gloves is motionless on his back for about 15 seconds — suggests that he got seriously rattled. For what it's worth, the YouTube page identifies the winner as "Baby Muay Thai fighter Pee," and calls it a KO via body kick. Congrats, Pee.
Look, I know this is how things are done over there, but just because something is tradition, doesn't mean it's sacred. Kiddie Muay Thai knockouts — good or bad for humanity? Call 1-888-CAGE-TATO right now and let us know how you feel. Or just use the comments section.


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The city unveiled a slate of ambitious plans Feb. 8 for turning around Stockton's violent culture along with a barrage of trends, facts and figures underpinning high crime that for years has tarnished Stockton's reputation and plagued residents.
Choose the plan that's right for you. Digital access or digital and print delivery.


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2017 Land Rover Discovery: A go-anywhere vehicle that seats seven [First Look]
ST. GEORGE, Utah —
When I felt the first tire slip on the dry sandy rocks, I didn't panic. Too much. Especially because I know the vehicle I'm driving is made for this.
As the second tire fights for footing, I look up quickly searching for the man standing directly in front of me. With the nose of the 2017 Land Rover Discovery pointing toward blue sky, all I can see is a hand floating above the hood, waving me forward. With my window open, I can hear a lilting British voice say: "Good. Good. Yes. Very good."
Any trace of doubt disappears. I can do this. No, correction, the Discovery can do this.
As my spotter guides me through a rock climb, the wheels of the Discovery slip then stick, allowing the vehicle to crawl forward at awkward angles, leaving one wheel or another dangling in mid-air. And yet the Discovery manages to find sure footing again and again.
I would expect this of a Range Rover or even a Jeep Wrangler.
But the Discovery? This is a 7-passenger family vehicle.
And yet here it is, crawling up rocks and shushing through sand dunes quite competently.
With a ground clearance of 11 inches and the ability to ford water nearly 3-feet deep, you can see this is a go-anywhere kind of vehicle.
Yet it also comes with all the trappings and technology you'd expect in a family hauler. It has a 3G Wi-Fi hotspot that can connect up to eight devices. It has eight USB ports for charging smartphones and tablets. Plus, available safety tech includes a whole host of features including blind spot monitoring, lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control, autonomous emergency braking and a bevy of cameras that give front, side and rear views of the vehicle.
All this is why Land Rover is using the word "versatility"' quite liberally when describing the new Discovery.
It's the kind of be-anything vehicle that has refinement, technology and capability to suit the most active families.
The Discovery is available with two engines: a supercharged 3.0-liter gasoline V-6 and a turbocharged 3.0-liter diesel V-6, which deliver 340 and 258 horsepower respectively. The diesel is a $2,000 premium over the gasoline engine, and it is not available on the base model.
The benefit to the diesel, obviously, isn't the power; it's the fuel economy. Though the EPA hasn't tested it, Land Rover estimates that it will get 26 mpg in combined driving. The gasoline model will only get about 21 mpg.
We drove both versions of the new Discovery, and I have to admit that my preference lies with the gasoline model. The diesel lacked the oomph I wanted to pass on the highway, and there were a couple of sandy up-hill situations I witnessed where the diesel models couldn't get enough momentum quick enough to clear an obstacle, and the drivers of those vehicles had to back up, get more space and go again.
Both vehicles were very quiet in all driving situations – whether we were cruising on the highway or crawling up a rocky hill. Engine noise entering the cabin was minimal – though slightly louder in the diesel – and exterior noise was largely absent. More than once, my drive partner and I remarked on the silence.
I was also impressed with the Discovery's ability to handle the multitude of road surfaces with ease. From smoothly paved highway to rutted dirt roads, the ride was largely comfortable. Sure, you felt the bumps, but it didn't make my teeth clatter or jostle the vehicle harshly.
The Discovery replaces the LR4 in the U.S. market, and you'll see a lot of the design language from that outgoing vehicle in the new one. Some of the harsher lines and angles have been smoothed out for aerodynamic purposes, and even though the Discovery no longer has a split liftgate, it retains the asymmetrical license place treatment.
The interior is clean and simple and has a lot of large dials. I have to admit the pictures don't do the interior justice, making it look a bit oversized and blocky. But after two days of living with the Discovery, I came to appreciate the largeness of the controls and the openness of the design. It's more austere than elegant, but it works with the functional "versatility" built into this vehicle.
One thing I didn't love were the seat bottoms. They were too long for my petite frame, and I felt a little like a child sitting in an oversized chair. We were driving top-tier trims, and with all the adjustments the seats can make for lumbar support and height, it should be easy enough to add in a bottom bolster adjustment as well.
The impressive thing about the Discovery, however, is how well-suited it is to taller drivers and passengers. One of the Land Rover instructors was 6 feet 7 inches, and he told me he could sit in every seat – including the third row. When I asked if that was just for a 10-minute trip, he said he could sit back there for at least an hour.
Getting to the third row is a bit more of a challenge. I was able to easily squeeze my way in behind the second row, but my drive partner, who was more of an average-sized guy, struggled a bit through the narrow passage.
For 2017, the Discovery will have four trim levels, starting with the base SE through the top-level first-edition model, which will disappear after this first model year.
- SE ($50,985): This base trim is only available with the gasoline engine and comes standard with the 5-passenger configuration. Standard features at this trim include 19-inch wheels, rear parking sensors, leather seats, keyless entry and gesture power tailgate.
- HSE ($57,945): At this level the diesel engine is available for a $2,000 premium. Other features included at this trim are navigation, 20-inch wheels, 3-zone climate control, 380-watt Meridian audio system, sliding panoramic sunroof, front parking sensors and power inner tailgate.
- HSE Luxury ($64,945): Seating for seven is standard at this trim as is the power operation and remote control of seating position. Other features included at this trim are standard air suspension, power steering column, 825-watt Meridian audio system, front and rear heated seats, heated steering wheel and configurable interior mood lighting.
- First Edition ($74,945): This is the "everything-is-standard" trim. It adds features such as 21-inch wheels, first-edition badging, Terrain Response 2, autonomous emergency braking, lane keep assist, park assist, 360-degree camera, blind-spot monitoring, traffic sign recognition, activity key and heated windshield.
While two days with a vehicle does not a complete review make, my first impressions of the Discovery were largely favorable. No, I didn't love the diesel engine. And, yes, we did get stuck in a deep sand pit during one of our off-road stints – but I can forgive that because we were using fully inflated stock tires and had a little SNAFU that caused my drive partner stop moving when he should have kept the momentum going.
I particularly appreciated all the technology and comfort packed in the vehicle, and I loved the interior quietness and refinement. What's more, the fact that Discovery can accommodate a range of sizes in every seating position is a huge bonus.
The new 2017 Land Rover Discovery is slated to hit dealers starting in May.
Editor's Note: Driving impressions in this "First Look" review are from an invitation-only automaker launch event that allowed special access to the vehicle and executives. Land Rover covered our accommodations, meals and transportation costs.
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Hi parents of DS,
I have a very spirited two year-old (not good with transitions, very sensitive, persistent, intuitive, loves routines, stubborn, strong-willed, quick-tempered). My husband just got a job in Durham NC (yay!), and we'll be selling our house and moving next week 1/25. Since Christmas, the kiddo has been all over the place. He was at his grandparents' for the holidays with us, and then at his grandparents' again while we were looking for a house (a couple of nights), and then his dad was away for four days this week at the new job. He's obsessed with his grandparents, and normally he's okay with DH being away for a night or so at the time. But with all this going on at the same time, with boxes stacking up, and with all sorts of moving talk going on, he's understandably acting out.
He's been biting at day care (I posted about this before, and it had resolved about six months ago), and he never does this with us at home! (He only has three days left, so at least we won't get kicked out. I'll be at home with him most of the time after we move, and he'll be starting part-time pre school for 10 hours a week in mid-February.) And he's been refusing to eat and sleep (not altogether, but this is unusual for him).
I'm worried about the transition next week. Any tips?
So far we've bought a few books on moving, and we've shown him videos of the new place. We've talked to him a lot, and we give him tons of attention when we are together as a family. Any other ideas? I really want this to be as smooth as possible for the little man.
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Can you set up his new bedroom like his current one? Or as close to it as possible. Same paint color, furniture arrangement, etc.
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SilverLight Showing 3D Graphics (Rotating and Mouse-interactive) in Browser.
Alright, so you already heard a lot about SilverLight launch and that it is a Adobe Flash competitor etc. So I thought I would share some of my experiences with its early days. This article is a very basic introduction of what SilverLight is and shows one example of using 3D graphics in SilverLight.
So primarily Microsoft SilverLight is a development platform with the following key features:
SilverLight Integrates with Browser. © suchit-tiwari.org
There are some more important features of SilverLight:
In a nutshell, SilverLight can be modeled as a tetra-hedron with the following components.
SilverLight Tetra-hedron. © suchit-tiwari.org
For a more detailed component view, refer to the following pictorial overview of SilverLight. The MSDN site has a high resolution poster available.
SilverLight Developer Reference (Source: Microsoft MSDN Site)
You will need to install Microsoft SilverLight developer release from SilverLight Downloads.
Now before we jump into explanation of the code, let's understand some basics of 3D graphics. The world in which we live is 3D. The computer screen in 2D. So when we have to visualize a 3D world on a 2D computer screen, we need to "take care" of the extra dimension. This "taking care" is called projection. The projections can be done using a Synthetic Camera Model.
In brief, the Synthetic Camera model assumes a virtual camera in a 3D world. The camera film is the computer screen. And whenever we take a picture using that camera, the picture on the film needs to be mapped onto the computer screen. The following figure shows this.
Synthetic Camera Model. © suchit-tiwari.org
SilverLight provides a transformation matrix to achieve this camera modeling. The camera location is also called Point Of View (POV). Setting different POVs over a period of time can create beautiful animations. The film directors do that very nicely by swinging cameras over the cars and out of home windows. While you program this 3D world, it is pretty much like playing the director of the movie!
For a more detailed overview of Synthetic Camera Model, you can refer to this white paper.
Now let's understand how the 3D objects are represented in virtual world. There are many different ways of modeling 3D objects - polygonal, parametrics, procedural. These advanced topics are beyond the scope of this article. We will assume the polygonal modeling. Refer to the figure below.
3D Objects Representation. © suchit-tiwari.org
The objects can be seen as made up of the vertices and their connecting edges that form the faces or polygons of the object. When we enter the code, you will understand how this modeling is done in SilverLight.
To understand 3D modeling theory, do the following:
Let's start with embedding SilverLight into your web page. Making this embedding cross-browser compatible is the crux of the starting step. This is simplified by reusing SilverLight.js script in the \js sub-folder. This file basically creates an HTML block for various browsers and creates the SilverLight object. Look for:
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An XAML model is associated with this SilverLight object. This XAML file contains a shape definition for one ball object. This ball object is replicated for multiple instances.
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Marcia Welty, 83
Marcia Perry Welty, 83, of Jamestown, died June 26, 2010, at the Village House in Newport. She was the wife of Robert Welty.
She was born in Willmette, Ill., but became a Californian at an early age, when her father started as a key art director for an embryo Walt Disney Productions during the Snow White, Fantasia and Pinocchio era. Marcia's art form was the piano, however, and she graduated from Mills College, where she was a student of Darius Milhaud, the notable French composer/teacher.
Her most enjoyable job was with the giant agency, J. Walter Thompson, in the early 1950s, where she worked in television production on the old TV epics like Lever Brothers Lux Video Theater, her favorite. It's also where she met her future husband, who worked at a competing agency in Hollywood.
His transfer to New York brought them permanently east and, 35 years later, to Jamestown. Moving to Jamestown was a sort of coming home for Marcia because she spent most childhood summers visiting her Aunt Bess Peckham in Newport.
She was an active member of the Conanicut Yacht Club, a loyal crew and an all-year rackets player. She loved walking daily in Jamestown, but particularly enjoyed the dramatic beauty of Beavertail and circling the one-mile loop a few times, until her legs would no longer let her. Hers was a life well lived, and she loved it.
Besides her husband of 54 years, she leaves her daughter, Ellen, of Providence; her son, Matthew, of Atlanta, and her grandchildren, Sawyer and Kate.
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Twila Bortner, 85 - April 17, 2012
Twila L. Bortner, 85, of Maywood and Gothenburg passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg.
A visitation will take place at Blase-Wetzel-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Curtis on Sunday, April 22, from 3 to 8 p.m.
Services will be conducted at the Maywood Christian Church on Monday, April 23, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Dale Heimer officiating. Interment will be at the Maywood Cemetery.
Bortner was born April 6, 1927, to Frank Louis and Alda P. (Smith) Ruppert, and lived most of her life in the Curtis and Maywood vicinity. She was baptized on Oct. 10, 1958, at the Christian Church of Maywood.
She grew up on the family farm south of Maywood and attended the Buff View School near there.
On April 10, 1943, she was united in marriage to LaDell Elijah "Buster" Bortner. To this union, four children were born.
Bortner went with her husband while he was serving with the Army to Fort Logan in Colorado, then they came back to Nebraska where resided south of Maywood near her father's family farm.
There after, she and her husband moved north of Maywood on a farm, and then in 1966, they moved to Curtis where they lived for about 20 years.
In 2002, due to health issues, she went to live with her oldest daughter for five years. In 2007, she entered a nursing home where she resided until her death.
Bortner was a wife and caring mother, said family members, and she also worked at the local grocery store and for the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture.
She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge, a lifetime member of the VFW Auxiliary No. 1504 in North Platte and a member of the Maywood Christian Church.
Bortner loved her animals and her dogs especially brought her great enjoyment, and were always there for her when she needed them, according to family members.
She was proceeded in death by: her husband, Buster Bortner on Feb. 14, 1998; her infant son, Charles; three brothers and a sister; her parents, Frank and Alda Ruppert.
Survivors include: her daughters—Elizabeth (Roger) Broeker of Maywood, Mary (Richard) Ristine of Cozad, and son Kevin (Maurice) Bortner of Moorefield; eight grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
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