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Ninnescah Rural Electric Cooperative
Formed in January 1939, Ninnescah Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. has been providing dependable electric energy to its members for over 75 years. As a member-owned, full-service electric utility, Ninnescah powers over 4,000 meters in all or part of ten counties in South-Central Kansas, including the counties of Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford, and Reno.
Our Mission
The mission of Ninnescah Rural Electric Cooperative is to provide adequate, dependable, electric service to the membership at the lowest possible cost consistent with sound business principles.
History of Electric Co-Ops
As late as the mid-1930s, nine out of 10 rural homes were without electric service. The farmer milked his cows by hand in the dim light of a kerosene lantern. His wife was a slave to the wood range and washboard.
The unavailability of electricity in rural areas kept their economies entirely and exclusively dependent on agriculture. Factories and businesses, of course, preferred to locate in cities where electric power was easily acquired. For many years, power companies ignored the rural areas of the nation.
The first official action of the federal government pointing the way to the present rural electrification program came with the passage of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Act in May 1933. This act authorized the TVA Board to construct transmission lines to serve "farms and small villages that are not otherwise supplied with electricity at reasonable rates." — Source: NRECA
Rural Electrification Administration
The idea of providing federal assistance to accomplish rural electrification gained ground rapidly when President Roosevelt took office in 1933. On May 11, 1935, Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 7037 establishing the Rural Electrification Administration (REA). It was not until a year later that the Rural Electrification Act was passed and the lending program that became the REA got underway.
Within four years following the close of the World War II, the number of rural electric systems in operation doubled, the number of consumers connected more than tripled and the miles of energized line grew more than five-fold. By 1953, more than 90 percent of U.S. farms had electricity.
Today, about 99 percent of the nation's farms have electric service. Most rural electrification is the product of locally owned rural electric cooperatives that got their start by borrowing funds from REA to build lines and provide service on a not-for-profit basis. REA is now the Rural Utilities Service, or RUS, and is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. — Source: NRECA


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Porter's Lodge
Graduate College Mail Room Procedures and Expectations
Setting up your mailbox
- Residents must sign up for mailboxes in person at the Porter's Lodge located at the Old Graduate College's 15th entry way within two weeks of arriving.
- If you do not sign up for a mailbox within two weeks of arriving at the Graduate College, the Porter's Lodge will be unable to accept mail for you and all mail and packages sent to you will be turned away and returned to sender.
- Residents are expected to check mailboxes on a regular basis as the mailboxes do fill up quickly.
Receiving Packages
- All packages are received and signed for by the Porter's Lodge.
- When you have received a package, you will first receive an email from the Porter's Lodge. This lets you know that all packages have been received and processed and are now ready to be picked up.
- If you did not receive an email yet your package has not arrived yet. Occasionally a site like FedEx or UPS may say online that your package has arrived here when it actually has not. So please just watch for the email from the Porter's Lodge instead as this is the most accurate indicator of whether your package is actually here.
- Simply due to the size and limited space of the Lodge itself, you are expected to pick up packages the same day you receive the email from the Porter's Lodge noting that you have received a package.
- Packages can only be held in the office for 3 days unless you have made arrangements ahead of time with Lynne C. McClister.
- We are not able to accept packages for you until you actually arrive on campus and set up your mailbox. Please do not send packages until you are here and able to pick them up.
Move out
When moving out of the Graduate College, mailbox keys must be returned directly to the Porter's Lodge. (Do not bring them to the Housing Office as they will not accept them.)
If you are moving out and the Porter's Lodge is closed, there are supplies located on the ledge outside of the Porter's Lodge so that you can fill out the mail forwarding form, place your key inside the envelope and place everything in the video drop box.
- Keys must be returned to the Porter's Lodge by your move out date.
- If keys are not returned to the Porter's Lodge by or on your move out date, you will be charged a $80.00 fee (subject to change without notice) to cover the cost of lock change.
Graduate College House Guides
The Porter's Lodge no longer sells quarters.
The Porter's Lodge does not handle IDs left at DBar. Please visit DBar during regular hours to retrieve your ID.
Move-in Information
During move in keys can be picked up at the housing office from 9-4:30 at the New South 5th floor. After hours keys can be pick up at Public Safety. The Porters Lodge will not have Keys to the students rooms.
Move-out Information
Please direct your storage questions to Building Services at 609-258-3490.
If you are moving out, please make sure to fill out a mail forwarding form upon returning you mailbox key.
Please be sure ALL personal belongings and trash are removed from your room before checkout. All GC furniture must be returned to your room, and all bed frames must be assembled. Your room will be inspected and your door will be locked upon checkout. Fines will be issued for missing furniture/property, trash, damage, and remaining personal belongings.


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January 29, 2010
MAC's newest collection, Spring Forecast is scheduled to be released in North America on February 11th. I was lucky enough to be invited to a preview party at my local freestanding store on February 2. Here's the invite:
You can open it like kinda like a book and each page has one of the selected trend colours (pink, purple, coral and neutral/bronze). This will be my second time attending a preview party. I sure hope it's not as crowded as the Hello Kitty event.
I'm trying to build a wishlist for this collection as this is the first MAC collection that has actually grabbed my attention since Style Black. I think it's mostly coz it's a huge collection and also organized by colour category so there's something for everyone. You can find full collection description and swatches on Specktra. The swatches look positively drool worthy!
Luckily, I will be getting some cash from hubby for my b-day (which happens to be three days after the event). It's actually the first time I'll be using hubby's money to buy makeup; I feel kinda odd about it, lol! Based on the swatches I've seen, these are the products I'm considering:
- Perky and Straw Harvest e/s
- Purple Quad
- Neutral pigment set
- Bronzillla l/s
- Bubblegum or Victoria l/s (Victorian looks like a colour that usually clashes with my skintone though)
- Electric Fuchsia l/s
Have you guys seen the pictures from this new collection? What's on your wishlist (if any)? Who's also going to a preview party?
January 29, 2010
7 Responses to "MAC Spring Colour Forecast Anticipation"
January 29, 2010 at 4:35 PM �
Not sure what I want from this collection yet. Everything just looks great! Defiantly gotta get one of the blushes though. Have fun at the preview
January 29, 2010 at 9:51 PM �
I'm going to the party! I'm so excited because it will be my 1st one ever.
My wishlist is:
Springshine ombre
Lavender wind l/g
Bubblegum l/s
Purple quad
Straw harvest e/s
Nanogold e/s
January 30, 2010 at 12:48 AM �
cool invite! I love pretty much everything from the collection :D
January 30, 2010 at 3:59 AM �
Im considering one of the pigment stacks (will probably be the neutral one) and one of those funky looking blushes.
January 30, 2010 at 2:04 PM �
Tooooootally going to the party, but I didn't get a paper invite :( Just the emailed one.
I have NO idea what I want to buy. I know that purple quad is calling to me, but I dunno. I'll have to make a list, I guess!
Shadowy Lady
January 30, 2010 at 5:39 PM �
Kelly - thanks :) I totally forgot about the blushes!
Fintia - yey! I might also get Springshine if it's not to similar to Eversun.
Em - your swatches really did me in :D
Pixie - the pigments look really good. I wasn't considering them but ever since seeing swatches I changed my mind.
Shayla - the quad is calling me too. I think that's one of my definites!
January 30, 2010 at 9:03 PM �
**Sniff** I got my invite and they called me and I said almost crying that I couldn't go... :(
Have an awesome time =)


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The explosion of outside money in state elections shows no signs of abating, according to a campaign spending watchdog group that claims it is also becoming harder to tell where the money is coming from. In its 11th Money and Politics Project report, Maine Citizens for Clean Elections says rather than hearing from the candidates themselves, voters now are more likely to hear about a candidate from third parties with an interest in the outcome of the race.
For years, financing Maine elections remained a relatively modest endeavor, with both gubernatorial and legislative races staying below the half-million dollar mark. But that era is probably gone for good, according to Maine Citizens for Clean Elections. BJ McCollister, the program director for the organization that promotes taxpayer-financed state elections, says in the Legislature alone, outside groups have increased spending by 563 percent since 2008.
And he also says it's becoming increasingly more difficult to tell where that money is coming from. "What we're seeing is a disturbing new trend of wealthy individuals and special interests influencing our elections while keeping the voters in the dark about where this money is coming from," McCollister says.
McCollister says tracking transfers of money among allied 501c non-profit groups that can legally shield the names of contributors is turning efforts to track the money into a shell game, and the upshot is that the origin of the money that's spent by a group is sometimes untraceable.
He says that in the Citizens United case, the Supreme Court concluded government cannot restrict independent expenditures, and that opened the door for unchecked spending in Maine.
"Recent court rulings have made it possible for these large unaccountable groups to play a role in Maine elections, and they're finding a way into our legislative races, as we have a weakened clean election law and a weakened disclosure law," McCollister says. "It's time for meaningful reform to ensure that voters know where this money is coming from."
But Maine Citizens for Clean Elections' efforts to advance reform of the state's public campaign finance laws has encountered resistance at the State House. The group backed a bill in this year that would have imposed higher penalties for violations that took place in the weeks prior to an election.
Although the bill passed the House and Senate, it was vetoed by Gov. Paul LePage. An effort to override the governor's veto prevailed in the House, but lost by one vote in the Maine Senate. McCollister says reform proponents have not given up, but election watchers consider it unlikely that any new legislation will emerge in the next session of the Legislature.
"I just don't think the rules of the road are going to change for the next election cycle, whether they should in the future or not, I'll leave to the lawmakers," says Maine Democratic Party Chair Ben Grant.
Grant says clean elections reports are useful to Maine voters, but that political parties have to play by the rules that are laid down for them by lawmakers and the courts. Republican Party Chair Rick Bennett says money in politics continues to be a persistent issue of concern in Maine and nationally. But, he also says that Maine voters tend to reject extravagant efforts that cross the line.
"At a certain point the money becomes, if not self-defeating, it becomes so excessive as to be ineffective, and Maine people do ultimately see through the messaging and the tactics," Bennett says.
At Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, BJ McCollister says statewide polls have demonstrated that Maine people want to limit the influence of independent expenditures in state politics, and predicted that the issue would be back before lawmakers again in 2015.


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As of today, you can use Gmail to make phone calls. According the Official Google Blog, using your computer's microphone and speakers, you can employ Gmail voice and video chat to make calls to any phone.
"Calls to the U.S. and Canada will be free for at least the rest of the year and calls to other countries will be billed at our very low rates," the blog states.
Dialing a phone number works just like a normal phone. Just click "Call phone" at the top of your Gmail chat list and dial a number or enter a contact's name. If you have a Google Voice phone number, calls made from Gmail will display this number as the outbound caller ID. You can also receive calls made to this number inside Gmail.
U.S. Gmail users should see the "Call Phones" item in their chat lists within the next few days, and must install the voice and video plug-in to make calls. Non-U.S.-based users and Google Apps school or business users will not have the calling capability yet, but the Google blog states, "We're working on making this available more broadly — so stay tuned."


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If you've been holding off on joining the "Office lifestyle," which involves signing up for Microsoft's cloud-based Office 365 productivity software, the company has a new deal it hopes will get you to take the plunge. Until September 28, anyone who signs up for a yearly subscription to Office 365 Home Premium will also receive a free year of Xbox Live Gold.
Considering that Xbox Live Gold already costs $59 a year, getting it along with Office access for a single $99 annual subscription is a solid deal (assuming you're in the market for expanded online features for your Xbox and for a Web-based productivity suite). The deal also plays somewhat into the recently floated idea that the upcoming Xbox One could be a limited-use business machine, letting users access Web Apps and SkyDrive files on their HDTVs.
The deal is available in the UK as well, where it applies to the university-focused Office 365 product (it seems that the US offer excludes university sign-ups). Also note that you can't get this deal if you sign up for the $10 monthly Office 365 subscription; you have to commit to at least 12 months to get your free online gaming.


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Like all streams, the Brule River is always the same yet always different. A proud white pine on the riverbank could be next summer's obstacle, creating a symphony of sound as the water sifts through the branches. An exposed rock today may be submerged tomorrow. By nature, the Brule is scenic and wild, calling those who love to paddle, hunt and fish to its wooded corridor. It also offers a serene respite in its quiet moods. Though most of the colors have faded from the forest by now, there are few fall pastimes more suited to re-creating yourself than letting the Brule carry you downstream.
The Brule River meanders north for 44 miles through 47,000 acres of the surrounding Brule River State Forest before spilling into Lake Superior in northwestern Wisconsin. It has two distinct personalities. The upper river flows through miles of coniferous bog, fed by numerous springs. When the river crosses the Copper Range, it begins a fall of 328 feet in its remaining 18-mile journey to Lake Superior. This is the section that excites kayakers and trout anglers. Strings of rapids tumble over rocks and ledges as the boisterous river runs between steep red cliffs in the shadow of the boreal forest.
Well-heeled fishermen discovered the joys of trout fishing on the Brule long before the loggers arrived. Families well known in the Twin Cities, such as the Carlsons and Ordways, are longtime landowners on the Brule. Cedar Island Lodge, which is privately owned, has been a refuge for five U.S. presidents: Grant, Cleveland, Coolidge, Hoover and Eisenhower. Coolidge spent the summer of 1928 at Cedar Island Lodge, adding to the Brule's lore as the "river of presidents."
Canoe or kayak: Sunny summer days inspire legions of paddlers to push off downstream, bumping through rapids and lingering along Lake Superior at the mouth of the Brule.
The Brule's dual nature makes it fun for both novice and experienced paddlers. The most popular canoe or kayak trip begins at Stones Bridge canoe landing. The river takes its time here, winding through cedar, spruce and balsam bog forests. A handful of playful Class I rapids interrupt the mostly flat water. Even the youngest kayaker in our group, an 11-year-old nephew, handled these with ease.
More experienced paddlers like to put in at the Copper Range Campground to run the Lenroot Ledges, Mays Ledges and Hwy. 13 rapids. This stretch boasts almost continuous ledges and rapids that are rated Class II-III, depending on water flow and depth. The Brule relaxes again below the Hwy. 13 landing for a leisurely paddle down to Lake Superior. The sandy shoreline here is a great spot to search for beach treasures and to bask under the vast vault of the inland sea.
To rent watercraft or arrange shuttle service, contact Brule River Canoe Rental at 1-715-372-4983; www.brulerivercanoerental.com.
Go fishing: The Brule is an exceptional fly fishing trout stream. It is one of the few tributaries of Lake Superior to support natural reproduction, which adds to its allure. Resident populations include brook, brown and rainbow trout. The fall run of coho salmon and steelhead usually ends in late November. For details about fishing seasons and licenses, contact the Brule River State Forest (1-715-372-5678; dnr.wi.gov/topic/StateForests/bruleRiver).
Hit the trails: The Stoney Hill Nature Trail is a 1.7-mile self-guided nature trail that begins and ends at the Bois Brule Campground in the state forest. Parts of the trail are steep, but the overlook at the top is worth the effort.
The Historic Brule/St. Croix Portage Trail is the same footpath used for centuries by American Indians, explorers, traders, trappers and missionaries. This portage was a main link between Lake Superior and the Mississippi River via the Brule and St. Croix rivers. The trail begins at the sign on County Hwy. A at the north end of Lake St. Croix, and parking is available in the St. Croix picnic area.
If you enjoy fall camping with a good choice of campsites, try the Bois River Campground and the Copper Range Campground. Both are right on the Brule River and managed by the Brule River State Forest (1-715-372-5678; dnr.wi.gov/topic/StateForests/bruleRiver).
For more comfortable accommodations this time of year, try one of these options: Brule River Motel and Campground (1-715-372-4815; www. brulerivermotel.com) and Brule River Classics, which offers an RV campground and rustic log cabins in the state forest near the river (1-715-372-8153; www.bruleriverclassics.com).
Home cooking is a source of pride up here. A couple of local favorites: Round-Up North, which claims the "best pizza outside of Chicago" (5831 S. Maple St., Brule, Wis.; 1-715-372-4875; www.roundupnorth.com), and Sharon's Lakeview Café, (6884 Lake Av. S., Lake Nebagamon, Wis.; 1-715-374-2777; www.lakenebagamonwi.com/sharons/).
Superior-Douglas County Chamber of Commerce offers a downloadable visitors guide and other information (1-800-942-5313; www.superiorchamber.org).
Jim Umhoefer is a travel/outdoors writer and photographer from Sauk Centre, Minn.


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Malanie R, New York
- 12/30/2013
About Me
Hi, My name is Malanie R., and I'm thrilled to be representing New York City on the 2012 Walt Disney World Moms Panel! I am of Puerto Rican descent (Hablo Espanol), was born in New York and raised in California. Professionally, I am an Occupational Therapist specializing in both geriatric rehabilitation and pediatric early intervention. Some of the things that I enjoy in my downtime are reading, singing, listening to music and working on the next craft project. One of my favorite activities is planning a Disney vacation! Be it for myself, a coworker, or a family member, every aspect of the trip is planned in order to assure you are enjoying the magic experience that is Disney!
About My Family
I am a single mom to two wonderful children who share my Disney passion. My daughter is a voracious reader, and enjoys writing songs and watching movies from the 1980's. She loves shopping at Downtown Disney and taking her picture with all the characters. My son enjoys all sorts of sports activities, rooting for the Yankees and is acclimating to his first year in an accelerated science high school. He usually can be found chatting up the Cast Members at every attraction! Both express a desire to attend The Disney College Program in order to experience Disney on a whole different level! One of our favorite things to do when we travel is to try and identify the new Disney touches in the parks. "Hey, that wasn't here last year" or "Look Mom, that's new!!" are phrases that have become a fundamental part of our vacation.
About My Disney Experience
Growing up on the West Coast, my first taste of Disney magic was when I was 3 years old in Disneyland, and I have been hooked ever since. My children and I visit Walt Disney World at least once a year and have had the pleasure of going by ourselves and with family. During one of our vacations, I was honored to help plan and attend my brother's engagement at Cinderella's Royal Table. It still brings tears to my eyes to recall how special and romantic that was! As I work with special needs children, I have been asked on several occasions to help plan a Disney vacation, and to give recommendations and tips on how to best enjoy the park with their child. My number one tip would have to be use Extra Magic Hours to your advantage!! Oh, and take your time to enjoy everything! (Yes, that's two tips, but I couldn't help myself!)


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The Good Guys Down Under
By Katie Lamar Jackson
The word "nematode" can strike fear and loathing in the hearts of many a gardener or farmer, but there are actually some nematodes that should strike relief and admiration in plant lovers' hearts.
Nematodes are microscopic round worms that live in the soil and infect both plants and animals. Some nematode species infect plants, others infect insects and other animals. The plant-infecting ones, which harm many economically important crops such as tomatoes, cotton, lawn grasses and other agronomic and horticultural plants, are the bad guys of the garden soil. But other beneficial nematode species that attack insects are the good guys because they can be used to protect plants.
Beneficial nematodes can be purchased to treat small garden and landscape areas, and can be used against some 250 soil-related insect pests such as cockroaches, fleas, weevils, grubs, ants, cutworms, armyworms, bagworms, many damaging moths, fruit flies, Colorado potato and Japanese beetles, fungus gnats, mole crickets, subterranean termites, tobacco bud and cutworms, and a variety of tree and vine borers. In fact, almost any insect pest that spends part of its life in the soil can be controlled with beneficial nematodes.
What's more, unlike some chemical pest controls, nematodes do not harm beneficial insects (such as ladybugs), humans and other warm-blooded animals, worms, birds, plants or the environment in general. In fact, because nematodes occur naturally in the environment and don't harm people, other animals or the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has exempted beneficial nematodes from pesticide registration.
Here's how the insect-fighting nematodes work. These nematodes enter an insect host through the insect's body openings or by boring through its body wall. Once inside the insect, the nematode releases a bacterium that kills the host within 48 hours. Meanwhile, and after the demise of the host, the nematode feeds off the host's body and reproduces within the body cavity, bringing into the world more pest-fighting nematodes to populate the soil.
While many pest-fighting nematodes exist naturally in soils, you may need to increase the number of nematodes in your soil or introduce a pest-specific nematode to fight your exact insect problem. Luckily, you can buy them through the Internet, by mail-order and sometimes in local garden stores. They come nicely packaged in a concentrated form, which makes it easy for you to apply them, usually with a sprayer or through a hose nozzle.
Though nematodes are handy little helpers and their commercial availability makes using them quite easy, they are not fool-proof. Make sure you get a nematode treatment that specifically controls your pest, which means you must properly identify the pest before buying beneficial nematode treatments. Your local Cooperative Extension system office should be able to help you identify the pest and the proper nematode treatment.
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If running back Javarris James ever returns to an NFL field, it will be only after serving a four-game suspension.
James has been suspended four games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports.
The 25-year-old James is probably a long shot to make it back to the NFL. He missed the entire 2012 season after suffering a serious knee injury while playing for the Cardinals in the preseason, and he wasn't expected to be part of the Cardinals' offense this season even before this news broke.
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Cherry Energy, in partnership with BP North America and Lenoir Memorial Hospital, has just completed the third year of the company�s awareness campaign to educate citizens in Lenoir County on the topic of breast cancer prevention. In celebration of this effort Cherry Energy presented a $6,500 check to the Lenoir Memorial Hospital Foundation. Since inception the campaign has contributed $24,500 to the Foundation.
The campaign is centered around Cherry Energy�s pink delivery truck that can be seen year-round making deliveries in the community.
�The truck is our rolling billboard to remind the residents of Lenoir County of the importance of breast cancer education. Many of our close friends and customers have been affected by this disease. We care about the health and wellness of our employees and the people we serve every day,� said Jay Cherry, president of Cherry Energy. �For every gallon pumped from our pink delivery truck, a portion of the proceeds will go towards breast cancer awareness and prevention, right here in Lenoir County.�
Cherry Energy serves central Eastern North Carolina with fuels and environmentally friendly energy solutions. Founded in 1928 the company remains family owned, with a customer base that includes homeowners, industry and agriculture.
The Gate launches Christmas outreach
The Gate of Lenoir County is starting Operation Christmas 2013. If your child is in need of a Christmas present, and you would like to have his or her name placed on a tree so that they can be blessed with a Christmas gift, call Wanda Hall at 252-939-3223 or you may email her at firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline for names for the tree is Wednesday. If you would like to purchase a gift for a child in the community, contact Wanda Hall.
Salvation Army still collecting toys
The Salvation Army of Kinston will be distributing gifts to 1,179 children in Lenoir and Greene counties this year and donations still are being accepted. You can donate toys to the local Salvation Army at 2110 N. Queen St. or you can go to the Chamber of Commerce or Lowe's and drop off toys. Cash donations also are being accepted. Toys need to be donated by Dec. 15.
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Porphyry is an igneous rock consisting of large grained crystals such as feldspar or quartz dispersed in a fine grained matrix. Porphyry deposits are formed when a column of rising magma is cooled in two stages.
- Stage 1: The magma is cooled slowly deep in the crust, creating the large crystal grains visible to the naked eye.
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Used since ancient times, Porphyry's colours are never uniform as the porphyritic rocks come from different quarries and gives this product its natural charm. The natural cleft red brown porphyry variety features hues of deep red, dark brown, deep purple, rust colour with specks, this cleft surface being slightly rough and characterized by a micro porosity of 1-2%.
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T/AP students spent their day with artist Heyd Fontenot in the lab working on a set of final drawings. After Heyd explained the assignment, students spent the rest of the class time rendering a portrait as the culmination of their figure-drawing skills so far.
Working with the photographic resources from the previous week, students were provided watercolor paper, several brushes of varying size, and a painter's palette with acrylic inks in earth tones. Heyd demonstrated diluting the inks with water and testing the resulting color before applying them to the final drawing.
Since this was our last day with Heyd, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went outside to take a group photo with him. We are all so appreciative of the time he spent with us and the lessons and skills he imparted!
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The 4.3L We All Know So Well IIThursday, August 1, 2013
Editor's note: Back by popular demand is a column originally featured in Material Handling Network in September 2010.
It is hard to run a service department in 2010 without encountering a GM 4.3L engine. The 4.3L goes way back and has come in many different variations. It has found itself powering Toyota's, Caterpillar's, Hyster's, Yale's, Clark's, Hoist's, Royals, and many other brands of industrial equipment. Vortec, non-vortec, balanced, non-balanced, 4-bolt / 6-bolt intakes, aluminum oil pan or steel? So many differences that it'll make your eyeballs pop out. Ever have a truck with a broken starter bolt – how much fun is that? We have already done an article on the different variations – but we now have another member of the GM 4.3L family. The following will outline this new engine model which we will all soon become familiar.
At All Industrial Engine we refer to it as the late model aluminum. The first finding of this engine was when a customer had a problem with his motor mounts not fitting on a brand new GM 4.3L engine. Although he didn't buy the new engine from us he called in to see if we have heard about this problem. He also said that his crank sensor wouldn't fit. I asked him to email digital pictures and to my surprise the pictures revealed a 4.3L with an aluminum front cover. The rest was history – another new GM 4.3 version was born into the family.
My good friend John Despard from Yale Carolina – Bluff City, who loves to spend his free time identifying the differences in 4.3L's, was the first customer to have us build the late model aluminum. Assembly was rather impressed with the changes. One assembler commented "GM fixed the problems that the other version had – they didn't change anything stupid." Hats off to GM even though I'm not a big fan of Government Motors.
The most significant changes were:
• Engine block – casting #234
• Front cover assembly
• Oil pan and gasket
• Narrow roller rockers
• Crank sensor, cam gear and
• Reluctor wheel
So what's the easiest way to identify this version? Check for the aluminum cover but use caution – the aluminum front cover may be painted black which can throw you off. You can purchase a crank sensor modification kit that will allow a new engine to run with the old style crank sensor but not vice versa. If you replace the standard vortec with the late model aluminum your future parts purchases on items like the oil pan gasket and crank sensor will not be correct if you go by the model and serial number of the equipment.
It also appears that the late model aluminum engines are being configured with the starter that bolts to the bell housing. This is a superior setup considering all of the broken starter bolt holes that we see on 4.3L engine blocks. Although it doesn't pertain to the new style 4.3L I thought I would review the issues with the broken starter mount holes to try to help anyone currently battling this for the first time. Here are some bullet points to remember:
• Cracked blocks are very difficult to repair – cut your losses and replace the block immediately. We've seen this movie before – trust us - it ends by replacing the block.
• Make sure you use the correct bolts for your block. It can either use 3/8" or 10mm bolts. The wrong bolts will screw in but will wobble and break the block for sure.
• 4.3L starter bolts are not just any old GM starter bolt that you would get from Napa. There are different lengths and too long of a bolt will break out the entire side.
• If you have a customer with a GM 4.3L and the truck hasn't had a starter support installed – recommend installing one as it can save you and your customer money in the long run.
If you are aware of the issues ahead of time you can take precautions to prevent this from happening in your service department. If you're PM'ing the customer's fleet and your tech's have been replacing starters the customer will blame the dealership for the broken block. It doesn't matter that this is a weak point with the engine - it will become your problem and it will cost you money.
It is good to be aware of new products as they come to market. We do our best to always keep you informed. If you have any questions regarding this article or any other Tech Talk article please feel free to give us a call at 877/303-LIFT (5438) or email at email@example.com. As always, stay tuned to future helpful Tech Talk articles!


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Wii U Deluxe Dropping Nintendo Land, Adding Mario and Luigi
Starting on Nov. 1, Nintendo will have an all-new version of the Wii U Deluxe edition. Unfortunately, Nintendo Land will no longer be part of the deal.
In its place however, you'll find a copy of New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U on one disc. The bundle will still retail for $299.99, but if you want to grab Nintendo Land, you'll have to pony up an additional $29.99 for either a digital or retail copy.
"Mario and Luigi are two of the biggest heroes in video games," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "This new Wii U configuration gives people instant access to not one, but two of the most well-received Wii U games. It's another example of the tremendous value and variety that Nintendo is offering consumers this holiday season."
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Dutch oven is from 1769; OED lists it among the words describing things from Holland, but perhaps it is here used in the slighting sense. Dutch elm disease (1927) so called because it was first discovered in Holland (caused by fungus Ceratocystis ulmi).


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Gone are the days when investment banks looked only for the numerical whiz kids to help them in their investment decisions. Now, they use psychologists to get a better insight of how investors' minds and the markets work.
"The classical models of economics make this assumption that we are all completely rational, all the time and all of finance theory is based around that," Greg Davies, head of behavioral and quantitative finance at Barclays, told CNBC. "But we don't have to look around us too far to realize that we're not entirely rational all the time and, in fact, markets are driven to a very large extent — particularly in the short-term — by issues of anxiety, stress and enthusiasm."
Davies told CNBC Europe's "Squawk Box" that, as a behavioral expert at Barclays, he uses his knowledge to try to help clients become better investors.
"[We do this] by helping them to understand their personalities better, their own proclivities, and how to make better long-term investing decisions by controlling their emotions," he said.
Global markets dipped on negative earnings reportsfrom business giants such as Apple and Amazon.com on Thursday, but Davies said that current market fluctuations "were neither here nor there" — what mattered was investor liquidity.
(Read More: Corporate Jitters Are Starting to Rattle Economy)
"Keynes said the markets can stay irrational for longer than you can stay solvent, and what he was talking about was people running out of financial liquidity, even if they were in a good investment," he said. "In those sorts of times, when we get sequences of bad events in a row, people do run out of liquidity. But it's not financial liquidity, it's emotional liquidity."
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Davies told CNBC on Friday that once investors ran out of emotional liquidity, they tended to lose their resilience in the marketplace and sold at the bottom. This was probably, he added, the "biggest error people make."
The whipsaw movement in global markets in recent years has seen many retail investors abandon stocks, leading to a drop in equity volumes and a surge in safe havens. Davies said although the capital is out there, people want to invest in assets in which they feel emotionally comfortable.
"There is quite a lot of capital out there but it's not being invested, people are sitting on it or investing it into perceived safe assets or tangibles," he said. "There has been a surge in collectibles, because people feel more emotionally comfortable buying an art work that they can see touch and feel than actually investing productively into the economy."
Davies added: "The issue we have right now is that since 2008, we've had a long period of ups and downs, which over time has started to drain people's reservoir of emotional reserves." He noted that there is now a "fatigue premium" in the markets after four years of credit crisis in the euro zone.
"There comes a point where you think, 'Even if I know that the right thing to do in the long-run is to get invested and stay invested, it's simply too emotionally discomforting to do so,' " he said.
Davies said that hedge funds were not making the most out of the situation and were finding it harder to employ their knowledge to a changing market. "You don't have to be a hedge fund to take advantage of the situation. You have to overcome your own anxiety and take a long-term view," he said. "It doesn't require doing anything particularly clever, it doesn't require a crystal ball, it just requires figuring out how to control your decision making."


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A blog in which I host my brother's videos as well as a few instrumentals of my own. Tabs are provided for those interested in learning the songs. Hope you're touched and inspired by them. It's all for God :)
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hey i want the chords for the song"nothings gonna chane my love for you by glenn medeiros"
Hey collin, the chords for Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You by Glenn Mederios are,
(Capo 1st fret)
Intro: C, F, G, E, Am, G, D, Dm, Em, F, G.
Verse: C, C/B, Am, G, F, Em, Dm, G...
Pre-Chorus: F, Em, Bb, F, Dm, Em, F, G.
Chorus 1: C, F, G, E, Am, G, D, G..., C.
Chorus 2: G#, (C#, F#, G#, F, Bbm, G#, Eb, G#)...
Solo: E, A, B, G#, C#m, F#m, G#.
can you pls. teach me how to play this song??
i really like to learn the plucking in that song...thank you!


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Sunday, 28 November 2010
Since the conditions got kinda frozen last week I was eager to see if the drips of Steall would freeze at source and allow me to see off an obvious link-up project. A few months ago I did a new 8a+ called The Gurrie, between Leopold and Steall Appeal. So named because I started up it only intending to work out the first 4 moves off the deck and ended up growling and scuffling my way through the crux bulge to the chain.
The obvious link was to take in the second crux of Steall Appeal to bump it to soft 8b. Once I'd worked a sequence around the icicles at the top, I stuck my handwarmer 'teabag' in the chalkbag and got it done. Video below:
Friday, 26 November 2010
Die by the Drop pics + another new E8
Apophenia E8 7a - Taking each move as it comes on the crux section. Photo: © Suzy Devey
Above and below: Die By the Drop E10 7a (video stills)
Man it's great to be home after a week on the road on one stage or another. I've come home to a great spell of weather which has halted work on my book but been great for cragging.
Yesterday I returned to Donald's slab in Glenfinnan with Donald himself and the keen gang for a great session in crisp winter sun. Kev dispatched Donald's E5 'Frustration' in a smooth lead, if you can call one shaky skyhook a lead rather than a solo.
Afterwards I started up the remaining project on lead, with a lump in my throat. It has 2 microwires for gear which is twice as many runners as Die By the Drop just to the left. But the crux is a pure balance move without really anything useful for the hands to apply 'do or die' finger strength to if you don't climb it perfectly on the lead.
As it was, although I had a bit of mishap with lead ropes behind heels on 'the move', I felt good on it in the superb conditions after the sun had dropped. Still, 'Apophenia' still felt like a solid E8 7a to me. I suppose it might be a good idea to sharpen some ice axes soon? What do you do when conditions are perfect for bouldering, sport, hard trad and winter all at the same time? It's a hard life. Some more photos below of the action yesterday. I'm editing some film of these ascents just now too.
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Labels: Die by the Drop, E10, Glen Nevis, Glenfinnan
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Great Climb & Triple 5 DVD's have arrived
The DVDs of our live BBC Great Climb and also the Triple 5 (5 Climbs, 5 Islands) programmes are ready and Cameron McNeish is dropping them in to me later this morning. I've put them up in the shop just now.
The Great Climb DVD comes as a 3xDVD set with the full 6 hour programme of the first ascent of The Usual Suspects E9 7a, including an option to listen with or without the television commentary, extra footage from the climb such as the roof section on Pitch 4 of our route and extras about the background and making of the programme. It's in the shop here.
The Triple 5 DVD comes as a 2xDVD set of a longer cut of the film with extra climbing, interview and background footage. The '5 Climbs, 5 Islands' programmes that went out on the BBC was 2 hour cut. The DVD is a 3.5 hour cut so could go into more depth about the climbs we did during the challenge and our approaches to climbing in general. It's in the shop here.
I noticed at Kendal that a lot of folk wanted their DVD signed. If you would like that when ordering from the shop, just ask! Write in the 'Special instructions to merchant' field of the checkout page.
Hope you enjoy them.
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The Pinnacle wins at Kendal
I'm just home from the Kendal Mountain festival where I had a great couple of nights speaking about The Pinnacle film and The Great Climb. The Pinnacle won the People's Choice prize for the best film at the festival - thanks for voting for it!
It's great that people liked it so much. It was a great vibe at the premiere and watching the film for the first time I just felt so glad that we were able to make it. I think Jimmy Marshall and Robin Smith's story is as inspiring as ever and the film shows off Ben Nevis at it's absolute best.
Diff gave me a pile of Pinnacle DVDs to take home and Claire has just dispatched all the pre-orders today. I had a watch of the extras this morning, which include our live show with myself and Andy Turner talking with Jimmy at last year's Fort William Mountain Festival, Diff's full uncut interview with Jimmy for the film, and also Heatherhat's film about my first ascent of Don't Die of Ignorance (XI,11) with Joe French on the Ben. All the info about the DVD is in the shop here.
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Thursday, 18 November 2010
The Pinnacle DVD is here
Hot Aches Productions DVD about our re-enactment of the Smith-Marshall week on Ben Nevis is ready. Tomorrow (Friday) I'm at the premiere of the film in Kendal and will be picking up our DVD stock from Diff there and dispatching orders when we come home on Monday. It's up in the shop to order if you want a copy, right here.
In case you missed my previous posts about our week, this is what all the fuss is about: In 1960 Jimmy Marshall and Robin Smith, probably the best ice climbers anywhere at the time completed a week of back to back first ascents of cutting edge ice routes on Ben Nevis. The first one-day ascent of Point Five Gully, first ascents of Pigott's Route, Smith's Route, The Great Chimney, Minus 3 Gully, Orion Face Direct and a traverse of the Grey Corries as their 'rest day'. It was a massive step forward and took the generation behind them a good decade and the development of modern ice tools to catch up. Step cutting these routes day after day was a fantastic feat of skill and endurance. It became a bit of a legend in Scottish climbing, to say the least.
Hence, 50 years later, to the day, myself and Andy Turner felt it would be great to go and repeat the week of climbs and make a film about it with Hot Aches Productions. We had a great night after our week with Jimmy Marshall himself, talking about the week at the Fort William Mountain Festival (which you'll find as an extra on the DVD along with an extensive interview with Jimmy who is now 82). Since then, Paul Diffley has been preparing the edit of the film itself.
It recounts the story of Jimmy and Robin's adventure and achievement, shows off the routes and the Ben itself rather beautifully I think. It did help that we had a stunning week of weather on our re-enactment.
Hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.
About to top out on Point Five Gully during our re-enactment of the Smith-Marshall week on Ben Nevis.
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Friday, 12 November 2010
Die by the Drop E10 7a
After a a couple of weeks of October deluge in the highlands, the mountains had turned an amazing bright gold colour lit up by a rare morning of sunshine. I took my chance and headed out to Glenfinnan with Kev for a look at the slab. I was off to Spain that evening, so it was worth going for a look even just for a few hours. On arrival at Lochailort and inspection of the slab through my binoculars, it was still soaking.
Over several brews in Arisaig's caf', we discussed how precious it was to be have dry days on mountain crag projects in Scotland. It had been over two weeks of waiting since our last day at the slab, and I realised it would over three before I could come back again after a trip away and some work for sponsors.
The discussion was ringing in my ears when we arrived at the crag at noon to find my E10 project almost dry. It isn't a long route so I there were no excuses about needing to work sections of it anymore. I knew exactly what to do and that it would never be any easier to lead than today. So why not? Well, because the knowledge of the moves meant I knew how easy it would be to fall. A desperate snatch for a thumb press and another for a poor smear were definitely low percentage moves, above a sole microwire in dubious rock and a couple of comedy skyhooks in a flake you could pull off with the same force as you'd need to open a fridge door.
I guess I was in the right frame of mind, so I led it anyway. Of course the inevitable happened and everything went wrong on the crux. I caught the thumb press but at the same time my toes seemed to buckle on a tiny smear and my body arched backwards. In that breath, I fully expected to fall. But at least I also fully accepted I was committed. So survival instinct could fully kick in and I pressed down into the crimp I'd locked to my knee level with strength you only get above an unprotected drop. That was enough to escape the impending splat and I pressed on, wobbling like jelly, all the way to the top.
What a great experience and I must say I felt a lot better after it and that I'd decided to go for it.
It's a slab so who knows what bloody grade to give it? I know there are some hard slabs out there, and I also know I'm an awful slab climber. So all I can really do is compare it to recent slabs and other trad routes I've climbed: Harder than Indian Face & Walk of Life? Check. Harder than If Six Was Nine? Check. Harder than Muy Caliente? Check. Etc etc... So maybe it scrapes into E10 7a.
PS: Will post up some video stills and pics when I'm home from Spain.
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Anti-slabs in Margalef
After a summer of climbing a lot of slabs, I've been climbing for the last two weeks in the giant roofs of Margalef. Here's a wee clip of climbing and 8b and 8c (might be 8c+ now after I broke a crucial hold) in the roof of Sector Finestra. These are definitely not slabs!
Part of the fun of climbing here right now is it's good therapy for an injury I picked up recently. More on this over on my Online Climbing Coach blog here.
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When not used as a polite closing, are "Thanks" and "Thank you" sentences ending with a period? "Thanks. I appreciate your effort." "Thank you, Kevin. I will be in touch soon."
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"Thank you" is a sentence with an implied "I" or "We", as in "(I) thank you."
"Thanks" is a shortened form of "thank you", but you can use it as if it has an implied "You have my" or "I offer my", as in "(You have my) thanks."
Grammatically, 'Thanks' is as much a sentence as 'Yes' or 'Goodbye'; but, as you suspected, it is unusual to put a full stop after it when followed by a related sentence. Personally, I would put a comma in your first example and a semicolon in the second; but only because of the close relation of the meanings, and it would be the same if you expanded Thanks to Thank you.
Personally, I would use an exclamation point (e.g., Thank you, Elizabeth!), but it appears that I'm in the minority. By far, most people seem to use a period. Here's a relevant corpus search (Note: the numbers are representative, not exact. Click on the punctuation marks to see examples of use.)
Unfortunately, you can't tell from the corpus how many of these are 'used as a polite closing' in OPs words. I suspect the majority. – TimLymington Jan 8 '12 at 12:02


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By Rick Eymer
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Maria Sharapova erased all doubts concerning her return to tennis following a shoulder injury by reaching the finals of Wimbledon this year. She hopes to carry that success through the summer U.S. Open Series competition, beginning with her appearance in the Bank of the West Classic next week at Taube Tennis Family Center on the campus of Stanford University.
Ranked fifth in the world, Sharapova will play her first match at Stanford on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against an opponent to be determined. The draw will be held Friday at the Stanford Shopping Center, a nice touch for Sharapova, who lists Peet's Coffee among her favorite places.
The Classic opens Monday with matches starting at 11 a.m. The qualifying tournament begins Saturday at 10 a.m. and continues through Sunday, with matches free and open to the public.
A former world No. 1, Sharapova is currently at her highest ranking since returning from surgery in early 2009 after a nine-month layoff. She fell out of the top 100 during her recovery period.
"Even after Wimbledon I feel like I can make improvements," Sharapova said in teleconference this week. "I always feel like I can be one step quicker, that I can improve moving on the court and being more aggressive. I can take a few more balls in the air."
The winner of 23 WTA Tour singles title, Sharapova returns to Stanford after losing in last year's final, 6-4, 6-1, to world No. 4 Victoria Azarenka. For Azarenka, the first-place prize money of $107,000 was a career pay day. Sharapova would like to cash in this time around.
"I played some great matches during last summer," Sharapova said. "But it was not enough for the U.S. Open. That level didn't come through when it mattered most. That happens."
Sharapova hopes to create a different atmosphere this summer as she looks ahead to the final Grand Slam event of the season. She last won a Grand Slam with the 2008 Australian Open and last won the U.S. Open title in 2006. She has three Grand Slam titles to her credit, including the 2004 Wimbledon crown.
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Sharapova already owns one WTA title this year, winning in Rome. She also reached the finals at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami and advanced to the French Open semifinals in May.
In addition to Sharapova and Azarenka, Wimbledon semifinalist Sabine Lisicki is also entered in the Bank of the West Classic.
Thirteen-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, 2011 French Open semifinalist and 2009 Bank of the West Classic titlist Marion Bartoli, former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, and world No. 10 Samantha Stosur are also in the field.
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Sharapova (401-98 on the WTA Tour) skipped the Stanford event until two years ago. Now she's hooked.
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Sharapova already has had her share of setbacks this year, withdrawing from tournaments with a viral illness and an ear infection. Those things are nothing compared to the constant training.
"You almost put it on autopilot," she said. "It's a lot of work, especially when you're on tour. It seems easier to go to the tournaments, when you aren't practicing three or four hours a day. Those days, the days between tournaments, are a lot tougher for me mentally. There are days when I feel mentally out of it. Recovery is important. You have to keep a good balance."
Also included in the field will be two former top 10-ranked players, Daniela Hantuchova and Kimiko Date-Krumm.
The Bank of the West Classic will also welcome three additional top-20 players including No. 13 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 16 Julia Goerges, and No. 19 Yanina Wickmayer.
Helping strengthen the field will be this year's Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Dominika Cibulkova, who has been granted a wildcard into the tournament. The native of Slovakia recently impressed the crowds at the All England club by defeating world No. 1 and top seed Caroline Wozniacki en route to the quarterfinals. Cibulkova had previously faced Wozniacki in the 2010 US Open quarterfinals, and also reached the French Open semifinals in 2009.
With the return of Cibulkova to the 2011 Bank of the West Classic, the tournament field now boasts eight of the world's top 20 WTA players. Cibulkova is currently ranked No. 20.
A truly global event, the 20 players on the 2011 Bank of the West Classic's acceptance list hail from 17 different countries. Now in its 41st year, the women's only tournament features a 28-player singles draw as well as a 16-team doubles draw with total prize money of $721,000.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 866-WTA-TIXS (866-982-8497) or by logging on to www.BankoftheWestClassic.com. Single-session tickets for the tournament's opening round start at just $26.
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Damien Hirst's works were deinstalled last month as LACMA prepares for the Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures exhibition opening in late January. If you didn't get to see Hirst's spectacular butterflies, I recommend seeing them live in their natural habitat. Every winter the Monarch butterfly makes its annual migration south to warmer climates, traveling from as far north as Canada to as far south as Mexico. There are various spots along the California coast where the butterflies stop, but my favorite is a secluded area a little more than an hour's drive north of Los Angeles.
The Coronado Butterfly Preserve is roughly ten acres of land protected by the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County. It's quite unassuming—parking access is in a residential area, where the trail of the preserve leads to a dense section of trees and other vegetation that's known as the Ellwood Monarch Grove. There you'll find thousands of butterflies huddled in trees for warmth: pay special attention to the signs. The subtle movement of wings fluttering is constant, but almost invisible; words can't describe what it's like to see trees appear to breathe.
Hirst's fascination with butterflies and their life cycle have been seen in his work since the early nineties. In and Out of Love, an exhibition installed in 1991, included hundreds of live butterflies, some even attached on canvases in the pupae stage. While Hirst was able to bring an ecosystem into a gallery space, now is the best time to observe the butterflies in the open. Peak butterfly sightings at the Coronado Preserve are from December to January; by March they'll have moved onward, travelling along their migratory path. Hirst's works of "stained glass" may exude an ornate sense of wonder, but the natural trompe l'œil of the butterflies in the preserve are just as breathtaking.
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Vizio, a company best known for its inexpensive HDTVs, is looking to expand into another new market: it has just announced the Co-Star, a Google TV set-top box that will begin selling in July for $99.99. In addition to the standard complement of video streaming services and Google TV features, this new box will differentiate itself by including support for OnLive's streaming gaming service.
The Co-Star includes support for 1080p video over HDMI, 802.11n wireless, a USB port for storage and peripherals, and a Bluetooth remote has a QWERTY keyboard on its reverse side. In addition to OnLive, it features support for the standard complement of streaming video services including Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, and YouTube. Being a Google TV product, it also features a full Flash-enabled Google Chrome browser, and Vizio has also included support for DLNA streaming media servers.
The presence of OnLive on this new box is an interesting choice for the gaming company, since at $99 it matches the price of the company's own OnLive MicroConsole, which doesn't include the browsing and streaming video capabilities offered by Google TV. The MicroConsole does ship with its own gamepad, but this is available separately for $49.99, and it should be compatible with the Co-Star.
This news comes hot on the heels of Sony's next-generation Google TV boxes—the streaming-only NSZ-GS7 and Blu-ray-toting NGZ-GP9—but at $199 and $299 respectively, the Co-Star undercuts them both on price. All of these newer Google TV devices are cheaper than first-generation devices like the Logitech Revue thanks in part to their new ARM processors, but some of Google TV's innate problems (including lack of buy-in from the cable companies) remain.


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Known Casualties of the Battle of Paoli Listed by Regiment
The following list contains the names of the known casualties of the Battle of Paoli.
The list is incomplete due to incomplete records, and names will be added as they come to be known from reliable or verifiable sources.
1st Pennsylvania Regiment — Colonel James Chambers, commanding.
2nd Pennsylvania Regiment — Major William Williams, commanding
4th Pennsylvania Regiment — Lieut. Col. William Butler, commanding
5th Pennsylvania Regiment — Colonel Francis Johnson, commanding
7th Pennsylvania Regiment — Lieut. Col. David Grier, commanding
8th Pennsylvania Regiment — Col. Daniel Brodhead, commanding
10th Pennsylvania Regiment — Lieut. Col. Adam Hubley, commanding
11th Pennsylvania Regiment — Major Francis Mentges, commanding
Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment — Lieut. Col. Morgan Connor, commanding
13th Virginia Regiment(why this soldier was at Paoli is unknown/detached service?)
Randall's Independent Company, 3rd Continental Artillery — Capt. Thomas Randall
1st & 2nd Light Dragoons : Lieut. Col. Benjamin Temple, Capt. Josiah Stoddard
British Casualties
2nd Light Infantry Battalion — Major John Maitland commanding
42nd, or Royal Highland Regiment — Lieut. Col. Thomas Stirling commanding
44th Regiment of Foot — Major Henry Hope commanding
16th, or Queen's Own Light Dragoons — Major Francis Gwyn's Troop