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Last week, I found this fabulous piece of kitchy kitchen themed fabric at the thrift store. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, but I loved it!
This hutch was supposed to be used for sewing storage, but we needed game storage more, so it became the game cabinet. Looks horrible right?
I made 2 simple curtain panels out of the fabric, and put them on a tension rod. It didn't turn out as awesome as I had envisioned, but it's a definite improvement, I think.
I got a paint sample to match this green...
...and I plan to paint the trim that color. It should look better then. What do you think?
So, What have you been working on?
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
It's What I've Been Working on Wednesday
Labels: curtains, hutch, what i've been working on Wednesday
5 comments:
- Gena said...
That's adorable! I think it turned out great. Nice find on the fabric. I love it when a plan comes together!
- January 11, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- Resweater said...
Whew... i'm glad it wasn't just me! Thanks!
- January 11, 2012 at 8:10 AM
- Ms. Zimmer Teaches in Math Land said...
Awesome Fabric!
- January 11, 2012 at 9:39 AM
- Resweater said...
I know! The best part was that it was only 45 cents!
- January 11, 2012 at 9:42 AM
- NeedlesAndKims said...
What fun fabric--and the green paint will look super as an accent! I finished a two tone brown pieced skirt from your November tutorial and it turned out great! Thanks for the excellent instructions. The only thing I did different was that I used the sweater ribbing for the waistband and it worked out fine.
- January 11, 2012 at 11:12 AM
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All the Last Minute Deals in Rivabella Di Rimini Hotels
Rivabella lies north of Rimini. It's a tidy and calm resort boasting a beautiful and pedestrian seawalk where you'll find many typical shops. Many Hotels and Accommodations offer Last Minute Deals for those who leave eleventh hour and want to save money. Whether you come for Easter Holiday or the summer holiday week, or longer vacation, a last minute deal is the best way to save money. Basically you spend less than you should, but you get the same quality and services! Don't miss the deal.

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BREEZY POINT, Minn. — A 3-year-old boy, who was pulled from the water near the Breezy Point Resort Boathouse and Marina on Friday night, continued to be in critical condition Monday.
The Crow Wing County sheriff's office identified the boy as Emitt Weigel of Napoleon, N.D.
Police were called to the resort about 7:32 p.m. to a report of a missing toddler. Within minutes of the call, the boy was found unresponsive in the water near the shoreline by family members, according to the sheriff's department.
Emitt was flown to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
It is unknown how the child ended up in the water, the sheriff's department said. Foul play is not suspected.
Breezy Point is on Pelican Lake, about 18 miles north of Brainerd.


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A Perfect Caress by Nana Prah
Chapter One
Tackling a person to the ground in order grab the last piece of cake would be wrong. Lanelle Murphy had trouble convincing herself of this little truth. Maybe not so much wrong as bad and kind of depressing. Unless it ended up being the best cake ever baked.
Her gaze never wandered from the prize while a suspected perpetrator remained in the periphery. At five feet eight inches, Lanelle increased her already long stride to eat up more of the ground at a faster rate.
Their hands landed on the clear plastic container holding the triple-layered moist chocolate cake covered with scrumptious, rich chocolate icing at the same time.
Since Lanelle's palm touched the container with his warm fingers wrapped around hers, it meant she'd gotten to it first. The cake belonged to her. The stranger's resigning breath pushed away any idea she may have had of elbowing him in the ribs before running toward the cashier and dropping money on the counter without stopping.
Lanelle tilted her head to the man without deigning to look at him. If she gave him her full attention, she'd do the kind thing and relinquish the treat. After receiving a disappointing update about a project close to her heart, she deserved it.
After almost two years of planning and fund-raising to build a new neonatal unit in the hospital, Lanelle felt like giving up. Dealing with the other members of the hospital board had proved tedious.
The problems creeping up with the construction set their timeline back and deepened the financial ditch. The funds they'd raised had run out faster than expected, and she couldn't understand how it had happened. They'd been meticulous in their calculations. After going through the books with her personal accountant this past week, they'd found nothing amiss.
Maybe she should've accepted her father's help when he'd offered it, but she figured it couldn't be difficult to construct a hospital wing. It wasn't like they were building a whole hospital from the ground up. It turned out that more went into it than she'd researched.
Lanelle had been trained by the best to ensure things happened the way they should, but this project was draining the life out of her.
She needed this cake. "Hi," she said instead of telling him to get his paw off her pastry.
"Hello. It looks like we both want the same piece of cake."
The deep rumble of his voice enticed her but wouldn't detract her. "Looks that way." Didn't this man know not to get between a woman and her chocolate? She turned her head to get a good look at the enemy. They stood so close she had to angle her head back in order to see his face.
Great. The guy who threatened her sanity turned out to be at least six-two. She could've picked a better day to wear her cutest pair of Tabitha Simmons ballerina flats.
More than his height caused her breath to hitch. His sienna-brown eyes, contrasting with skin almost as rich and dark as the cake, made for a gorgeous man.
"Would you be interested in the vanilla, by any chance?" His grin drew her attention to full lips covering a set of even white teeth, adding to the squishy feeling in her stomach.
"As tempting as it looks with those rainbow sprinkles, I'd prefer the chocolate." She'd finished playing nice with the handsome stranger sporting the cutest little Afro she'd seen in a while and pulled the cake toward her. "Since my hand is on the container, it means I reached it first, so technically it's mine."
"On a normal day I'd agree, but I need this cake."
She snorted. "Let me guess. You have PMS and you're about to take down anyone who gets in the way of getting your fix." Her frown melded into a grin at his burst of laughter.
"No. My niece is about to find out if she's still in remission from the cancer she beat last year. She asked me last night to pick her up a piece of chocolate cake from this cafeteria when I came to join the meeting after her MRI. She insisted no other would do."
Lanelle squinted in an attempt to assess if he'd given her a line. Detecting no guile in his expression, she released the box. He didn't let go of her hand.
Sliding her fingers out of his grasp, she crossed her arms over her chest. "I hope your niece is healthy."
"Thank you. I know she'll appreciate that I almost got beaten up for her cake." He held out his right hand. "I'm Dante Sanderson."
"I wouldn't have fought you. Maybe just taken you down," she mumbled as she placed her hand in his. She pulled it away at the bizarre sensation of tingles racing up her arm to her scalp.
She tucked her hand behind her, confused at her body's reaction.
He raised an eyebrow. "You think it's a possibility?"
"A fact."
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Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Matthew J. Doyle is a senior project manager at the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, Fairfax County Virginia, with over 20 years of engineering experience in the private and public sectors. He is currently overseeing the construction of the Enhanced Nutrient Reduction Program for the Norman M. Cole Jr. Pollution Control Plant. Mr. Doyle has taught in the Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering Department since 2008, bringing his firsthand understanding of water treatment and distribution, waste water treatment and collection, fluid mechanics, open channel flow and river hydraulics to the classroom, illustrating theory with practical applications. Mr. Doyle is a past winner of the Volgenau School of Engineering Adjunct Faculty Member of the Year Award.


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Discusses many Marc Chagall paintings and art prints as well as a biography about the artist. Be sure to check out the Marc Chagall biography page, or the My Life autobiography. Knowing a little history about the artist helps to better understand the feelings, emotion, and history which are represented in the paintings. - [Read more]
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About CHCs
The Community Health Center Program was established, through Section 330 of the U.S. Public Health Services Act in 1965, with a vision of improving the health status of communities by making medical care more accessible to the poor and traditionally disenfranchised. Today, 56 million people, including many who have health insurance coverage-lack access to a health care home because they live in communities where there is an acute shortage of primary care providers. But it does not have to be that way. Community Health Centers across the country serve as the health care home for 17 million people in over 6,000 communities are recognized as an invaluable part of the nation's health care delivery system. Every day, Health Centers meet escalating health needs and bring doctors and primary and preventive health services into medically underserved communities. In Maryland and Delaware, our Community Health centers served approximately 360,000 people with over 1,314,000 visits provided in 2010. Community Health Centers are private, nonprofit corporations that provide affordable health services, including primary care, substance abuse, mental health, dental and enabling services. Health Centers are playing a truly integral role in the communities they serve. They provide geographically, culturally and linguistically accessible services to community members.
Community Health Centers are recognized for their successful track record in expanding access to care and providing affordable health care to communities in need, as well as to the most vulnerable in the population. They promote health and prevention through innovative programs that coordinate the delivery of primary care services with outreach, education and social services. At a Community Health Center, no one is denied services, regardless of ability to pay, residential location, age, gender, religion or ethnicity.
There are four key elements to the health center program:
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The mission of Community Health Centers is to increase access to comprehensive, primary and preventative health care and to improve the health status of underserved and vulnerable populations.
Community Health Centers are public or nonprofit agencies governed by a community-based board of directors. At least 51% of a community health centers board of directors must be patients at that health center in order to receive federal funding.
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All Health Center programs provide comprehensive primary health care services as well as supportive services (education, translation and transportation, etc.) that promote access to health care.
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Community health centers receive a federal grant to assist the agency in providing care to the underserved. Health centers have stringent financial and data reporting requirements and extensive quality assurance and risk management systems in place.


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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A Sacramento County Democratic Party leader has resigned after being thrown into the national spotlight for tweeting a death wish for a Republican staffer's children.
He didn't just tweet that he hoped for her children's death, but tweeted he wished for a horrific one.
Sacramento Democratic Party spokesperson Allan Brauer's tweet was in response to speechwriter Amanda Carpenter's tweet about defunding Obamacare.
Even after backlash against Brauer's tweet popped up, his 140-character warfare continued.
The Democratic Party of Sacramento County did not return CBS13 calls for comment, and the office doors were locked when we came knocking.
Brauer did send the Republican speechwriter an apology on Twitter, but political consultant Aaron McLear says the damage to Brauer's reputation is already done.
"It's just a bad move because whatever his point was, no one is getting that point. All they are hearing is this really low blow, and kind of horrible tweet that he sent," McLear said.
Brauer officially left his post Friday after the Democratic Party of Sacramento County called for and accepted his resignation.
There will likely be no criminal investigation. Police say for a threat to be credible, Brauer would have to be able to carry it out. And since he didn't make a direct threat and the speechwriter did not file a complaint, this may be nothing more than a bad move.


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Dominion Energy Increases Funding for Environmental Grants Available to SC Nonprofits, Schools
Monday, March 4th, 2019
Nonprofit organizations and schools in South Carolina working to improve the environment and provide educational experiences in communities served by Dominion Energy now have access to even more funding through the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
After recently merging with SCANA, Dominion Energy has increased funding of environmental grants in South Carolina. Eligible organizations can apply for the grants, which provide up to $1.5 million in areas across the Dominion Energy footprint, through April 30, 2019.
"Our commitment to the communities we serve includes enhancing support for community causes in South Carolina with a focus on education and environmental stewardship," said Rodney Blevins, president and CEO of the Southeast Energy Group, which houses SCANA Corporation's operating and services companies, including SCE&G. "We are pleased to provide increased funding of these environmental grants – including classroom grants for K-12 schools – for groups that work hard to make a meaningful difference to sustain our environment."
Eligible nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for grants up to $25,000 that focus on specific, short-term projects that promise measurable results to improve the environment. Also, eligible K-12 schools can apply for classroom grants up to $5,000 each for environmental education programs.
Dominion Energy will consider grant requests that focus on one or more of the following priorities:
Educating K-12 students and the public about environmental stewardship.
Protecting and preserving natural habitats.
Improving open spaces and making nature accessible.
To get more information and to apply online, please visit www.dominionenergy.com/envirogrants.


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The famous La Mesa Oktoberfest begins tomorrow!
Three days of music, vendors, speakers, workshops, kid's activities, lots of brats — and of course plenty of German beer. 2017 will be one for the books, with more attractions, vendors, and experiences than ever before. Bands include Way Cool Jr, DJ Valtaik, Cheap Tricked, Unsteady, Manganista, Groove Kitty, Exit 6, Super Buffet, and the Bavarian Beergarden Band.
When: Friday, Sept. 29, 4 – 10:30pm | Saturday, Sept. 30, 10am – 10:30pm | Sunday, Oct. 1, 10am – 6pm
Where: La Mesa Village | Spring Street at La Mesa Boulevard, La Mesa, 91941
Cost: Free
More information: www.lamesaoktoberfest.org


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No mater who is the deler All rest player have no opening possible hand.(ok If someboby disagree with this lets tell that deler is N)
North have 24HCP with 5 H and 5 D, but south have only 2 H 0HCP
We have no good mans! S is out of question,NT we hane Only 1s H is possible with 7 card fit and D we have 8 card fit but is minor
According the BBO Advance1.3 N sould opening 2♣ pass 2♥(totally negative hand) pass and now what? Even if partener have classic system with answer 2♦, is still possible to End this Bid below 3NT?
Sorry from this messege if is long or spam. This hand is totally random draw on friendly house game


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During the last year, I had the opportunity to create a unique fireplace surround for a family in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The home owner was planning to hang a tapestry of her own design above the fireplace, so we worked together to compose a harmonious space.
My studio assistant Jill Strait and I made dozens of ceramic leaves and custom gray tiles for the background.
With the help of a grinder the tiles were sized, and we laid out the leaves to put together a pleasing composition.
Regina Gaudette and Rika Smith McNally helped me with the installation.
We used thin-set mortar that was dyed with green powdered pigments to attach the leaves to the gray tiles.
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First Song
Then it was dark in Illinois, the small boy,
After an afternoon of carting dung
Hung on the rail fence, a sapped thing
Weary to crying. Dark was growing tall
And he began to hear the pond frogs all
Calling on his ear with what seemed their joy.
Soon their sound was pleasant for a boy
Listening in the smoky dusk and the nightfall
Of Illinois, and from the fields two small
Boys came bearing cornstalk violins
And they rubbed the cornstalk bows with resins
And the three sat there scraping of their joy.
It was now fine music the frogs and the boys
Did in the towering Illinois twilight make
And into dark in spite of a shoulder's ache
A boy's hunched body loved out of a stalk
The first song of his happiness, and the song woke
His heart to the darkness and into the sadness of joy.
Galway Kinnell 1960
Oh poetry about love. This poem melds form and content; I hope to show you here how the form twists in on itself, cradling and loving its song. That its title is "First Song" is not surprising, given the music Kinnell achieves through unity of form. His images sing with the rhyme, which reinforces the repetition which emphasizes the content. The harmony of form and content make this poem beautiful.
You ask, can she argue that the poem is or is not beautiful? In some ways, yes. In my aesthetics class right now (I have a feeling that several future PotWs will contain that phrase), we are read an essay by Clive Bell. Therein, he argues that all true art will have "significant form," which is basically a self-consciousness of structure. Now I disagree with Bell on his argument and several of his other claims, but I agree that, fundamentally, art is concerned with form. And if I can explain why I see the form as beautiful, then perhaps you might agree. My discussion might add to your view of the poem. Or you might think that the form is beautiful in other ways, or perhaps not beautiful at all, and that is one reason why we talk about poetry and art. We are discussing why we think something is beautiful (unified, graceful, coherent).
Every word is a workhorse in "First Song," accomplishing multiple tasks. In the first stanza, the oft-used internal rhyme like "Illinois" and "boy," "dung" and "hung," "thing" and "crying," establishes unity from line to line and casts a childlike feel onto the poem. The unity presages the connectedness the boy eventually experiences, and the innocence underlines the final message of pure joy. Then, too, this is the most compressed internal rhyme in the poem, perhaps reflecting the boy's extreme tiredness. The diction in the first stanza articulates this empathy as well. The phrase "a sapped thing" tenderly regards the exhausted boy like a wilted flower. We imagine that all he can do is sit and listen.
"Weary to crying," his intellect retreats, allowing his elemental parts to tune in. The pond frogs "call on his ear" as if coming to court him out of his misery. The concert turns into a dance when two boys come out of the cornfield bearing "cornstalk violins / And they rubbed the cornstalk bows with resins / And the three sat there scraping of their joy." The sweetness and whimsy of it come through in diction like "rubbed" and "scraped" and images like "cornstalk violins." I love that cornstalks can't actually produce a melody in the conventional sense; they rustle. That's all. But, the narrator notes, it was "fine music."


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Obits - 2011
Joseph William Keeney,
(PhD in geosciences, 1968)
77, passed away Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, in Alamogordo. He was born Dec. 19, 1933, in Arkansas City, Kan., to William Hogan and Hellen Rosetta (Ronsick) Keeney.
Joe graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1956 and earned a doctorate in geosciences from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 1968. His professional career included atmospheric physics, exploration geophysics and computer science from 1960 until his death. He did research in geophysics, wrote numerous scientific papers and had some patents.
He lived in Alamogordo since 1988. Joe enjoyed backpacking and hiking in the New Mexico mountains and exploring the old railroad trails.
Joe is survived by his wife of 52 years, Carlyne Rae Gerle, whom he married June 22, 1958, in North Platte, Neb. He is also survived by his children: Kevin D. Keeney and his wife, Heidi, of Cedar Park, Texas; Karen K. Normandin and her husband Douglas, of Garland, Texas; David V.M. Keeney and his wife, Tetyana Litvinenko, of El Paso; and Dr. Susan G. Keeney and her husband, Tony McKee, of Las Vegas, Nev.; grandchildren Matthew and Amber Normandin, of Garland; and half-sister Ruth Williams. He was preceded in death by his father, mother and step-father.
Betty Reynolds, who served as library director of the Skeen Library at the New Mexico Tech from 1981 to 1998, passed away at her home in Deming on April 22, 2011. She received a bachelor's in Library Science/Social Science from Northern Illinois University, a master's in Librarianship from University of Denver, and an M.B.A. from University of Missouri-Kansas City. She was active in various library organizations and served as secretary of the New Mexico Library Association, and represented the Tech Library in the New Mexico Consortium of Academic Libraries and New Mexico Library Services Alliances. She also belonged to the Friends of the Socorro Public Library and served as a trustee at the Socorro Public Library and Hillsboro Community Library.
Anthony "Tony" K. Cafarelli passed away June 5, 2011, at 84 years old. Tony was born October 11, 1926, in Trinidad, Colo., as the only son to Antonio and Louise Cafarelli.
Tony's father died when Tony was just six months old and his mother remarried to Tony's beloved step-father Fred Catenacci. Tony spent many of his early years in Raton, N.M. At the age of 17 Tony enlisted in the United States Navy and later graduated from the New Mexico School of Mines.
During his school tenure, he practiced his craft around the world, from Superior, Ariz., to Mexico City, and Nicaragua.
Following this, he enjoyed a wonderful career at Reynolds Metals, which later became Alcoa. Tony was a 3rd and 4th Degree Knight of Columbus for several years and was also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks for over 50 years.
He and his wife are also members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Tempe, Ariz. Tony is survived by his wife of 55 years, Margaret; his four children: Loretta Pacheco, and Damien, Randy, and Margaret Cafarelli. Tony was also blessed with three grandchildren: Rosalie White, Patti Schoenhardt, and John Randolph, and six great-grandchildren: Devin, Kerstyn, Noah, Preston, Hailey, and McKenzie. Tony was a well loved man and will be greatly missed.
Harlan N. "Dusty" Rhodes
(B.S. petroleum, 1953) passed away peacefully at home on October 11, 2011, after a life well lived. He was 85, and a well known Denver oil man who was a wonderful father, husband and grandfather, and a mentor, role-model and friend to many. He will be greatly missed.
Dusty was born in Wayne, Neb., on April 26, 1926, to Emma Johanna Schroeder and Harley Nicholas Rhodes. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. Rhodes earned a bachelor's of science in Petroleum Engineering at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He was a Registered Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor in various Rocky Mountain states. He was also a commercial pilot, a restorer of antique aircraft, an aviation historian and an aircraft appraiser.
In what he always claimed was the best decision of his life, he married Betty Lou Etz in Sweetwater, Texas, on June 1, 1951. She preceded him in death after more than 50 happy and adventurous years of marriage. They are survived by three children: a son, William F. Rhodes and wife, Tracy, of Prescott, Ariz.; a daughter, Kristen E. Rhodes-Anderson and husband, Stephen, of Longmont, Colo., and a daughter, Patricia L. Rhodes-Vasil and husband, George, of Lake Stevens, Wash. Dusty and Betty were blessed with seven grandchildren.
Rhodes worked for more than 50 years in the oil and gas industry. He served as chief operating officer and/or director for a number of Denver-based independent oil and gas companies. At the time of his death, he operated H.N. Rhodes, P.E., L.L.C., owner of oil and gas interests throughout the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent producing provinces. During his professional career he belonged to many professional and industry organizations and was an officer and/or director of most. At his death, he was a member of the Antique Airplane Association, the Experimental Aircraft Association, the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, and the Rocky Mountain Petroleum Pioneers.
A celebration of his abundant life was Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at The Lodge at Balfour, in Louisville, Colo. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you perform an act of kindness or charity to honor his memory.
Please share thoughts, memories, and condolences with Dusty's family at www.cristmortuary.com.
Jack H. Hunt
(B.S. mine engineering, 1950)
Jack Hunt passed away in Albuquerque on Nov. 9, 2011.
Jack graduated from Grants High School (N.M.) in 1943 and entered the U.S. Air Force. Upon discharge in 1946, he enrolled at New Mexico Tech. After graduation, he moved with his family to Carlsbad, N.M., where he enjoyed a lifelong career in the potash mining industry.
Duane H. Williams
(B.S. Physics in 1956 and M.S. in Earth Science in 1958)
Duane H. Williams, 77, passed away at his home in Capitan, N.M., on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Born in Magdalena, N.M., on June 24, 1934, he grew up in Socorro. He earned degrees from New Mexico Tech: a bachelor's in Physics in 1956 and a master's in Earth Science in 1958.
He and his wife, Nadine (Stendel) Williams, moved to China Lake, Calif. Following a 31-year career in research management at the China Lake Naval Ordnance Test Station (currently China Lake, Naval Air Weapons Station), he retired from federal civil service in 1989.
In 1990, he returned to his native New Mexico, adopting Lincoln County as his new home. Williams was an athlete and outdoor enthusiast, and following his retirement to New Mexico, he became a dedicated participant in state and community affairs in active support of smaller, efficient, and open government.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel Berne Williams and Verna Marie (Overton) Williams. He is survived by his wife, Nadine Williams, of Capitan, N.M.; daughter Karyl Williams with son-in-law Craig Westbrook of Capitan; and son Marc Williams with daughter-in-law Danialle (Rodgers) Williams and stepson Dylan Meyers, of Ridgecrest, Calif.
Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez
(Jan. 27, 1932-Dec. 3, 2011)
(U.S. Air Force, Ret.) died peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, December 30, 2011. Marquez was a member of the New Mexico Tech Board of Regents from 1989 to 1994.
He is survived by his wife, the former Stella Alvarez of Las Cruces, N.M., and their children: Diana Marquez, David Marquez, Paula Hewitt and her daughter Alisa; Patricia and Allan Knighten and their daughter Adrienne; Phil and Susan Marquez and their children Marisa, Brittanae Brown and Michael Birner; siblings Ruben and Pedie Marquez, Jim and Helen Marquez, Mary Ann Greiner and sister- in-law Esther Marquez; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents Santiago and Emma Marquez, his brother Ben Marquez and sister, Carmen Baca.
He was born on January 27, 1932, in Peralta, N.M., and grew up in the farming village of Tome, N.M. Leo graduated from New Mexico State University's Air Force ROTC program with a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology. He also earned a Master of Science degree in business administration from George Washington University. He was a distinguished graduate of the Air Command and Staff College and the National Defense College and received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Advanced Management Program for Executives at the Carnegie Mellon University. He was named a distinguished alumnus and received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from his alma mater, New Mexico State University.
He proudly served his country for 33 years as a U.S. Air Force officer before retiring as a Lieutenant General. His many decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star with V for valor for combat in Vietnam, Meritorious Service medal and Air Force Commendation medal with one oak leaf cluster. His last assignment was as Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Engineering, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon. He was a pilot with over 2,000 hours in single engine jet fighters. His many noteworthy achievements include the approval and implementation of the Air Force Combat Ammunitions Center known as "Ammo U" and the maintenance badge that all Air Force maintainers now wear so proudly just above the heart.
The Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Award of Maintenance Excellence was named and is earned by civilian and military Air Force maintenance personnel in recognition of superior service. Since retirement from the Air Force, he was an executive in several engineering and aerospace companies and served the state of New Mexico on the Kirtland Partnership Committee, New Mexico Military Base Planning Commission and as a regent of both New Mexico Tech and the New Mexico Museum Board.
Atlee Dean Beckerdite (B.S. geology, 1950)
Atlee Beckerdite died December 28, 2011, in Houston.
Beckerdite was born January 9, 1926, in Larned, Kan. He was in the U.S. Army Air Force from January 1944 until May 1946 where he was a B-17 Tail Gunner with the 306th Bomb Group, 423rd Bomb Squadron stationed at Thurleigh, England; Istress, France and Weisbaden, Germany. He flew 18 combat missions and reached the rank of T/Sgt.
Mr. Beckerdite married the former Arlene Ellyson in August 1946 and they raised two children, Beverly Dell Dracos of Houston, Texas and Jay Lee Beckerdite, who passed away in 1988. He attended the Colorado School of Mines, before transferring to New Mexico Tech. He graduated from Tech in 1950 with a B.S. Degree in Geology.
His career in natural resource economics and management is well known throughout the industry. He and Arlene pursued a career path that took them to Bismarck, N.D.; Borger, Texas; St. Albans, W.V.; Denver; Glenview, Ill.; Menlo Park, Calif.; Houston; San Antonio, Texas; and Clearwater, Fla.
Dean's work also included assignments in Europe, Australia, Africa and South America. Prior to 1979 Dean worked for several companies including Stanford Research, where he was Director of Mining, Minerals and Materials Economics; and Tesoro Petroleum, where he was a Vice President and President of their mineral producing subsidiaries.
In 1979 Dean and Arlene formed their own mine management consulting company, ADB Inc., which they operated and managed until his retirement in 1997. Their clients included "Big Eight" accounting firms, major utilities, investment bankers and other less specialized management consulting firms.
He was the author of numerous published articles and professional papers related to mineral resources economics and management. Dean was a member of the AIME and VFW. He is survived by his loving wife, Arlene Beckerdite; daughter Beverly Dracos and husband Steve; granddaughter Ellen Lesch; grandsons Thomas Dracos and wife Jennifer and Marcus Dracos and wife Melisa; sister Arlene Waite; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, in the chapel of Klein Funeral Home in Houston. For those wishing, donations could be made to the Parkinson's Foundation


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Each year the Trumpeter Swans fly over our town to winter in the fields of
. They are so beautiful and fun to watch that they brighten up our northwest grey winters just a bit. My mother and I spent the day taking pictures of the swans so I could share them with you. Skagit Valley
I had to wear my swan hunting sweater.
Click on the photo to hear their trumpeting.
This is a swan mosaic I made for my porch.
Here's a link to learn more about the Trumpeter Swan.


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This is one of those albums that people had made up their minds going in which doomed (not intended, actually) it to the eternal damnation resulting from the faint praise that is lukewarm critical reception – a four year hiatus after fans were graced/spoiled with two releases minimum per annum does that.
Here's Tiny Mix Tapes' Ajitpaul Mangat, telling it like it isn't:
"Will the real MF Doom please stand up? From missed shows to unfulfilled projects (his longtime promised collaboration with Ghostface Killah, for example) to simply not releasing an album for four years, rap enthusiasts were seemingly willing to let nearly anyone grab the mic and take the throne for a while there. (How else do you explain the popularity of Immortal Technique?) But, now, with BORN LIKE THIS, DOOM has returned. However, gone is the MF, leaving one wondering if DOOM had gone the route of his hero (Doctor) and decided to switch consciousnesses? But such is not the case, as his newest release is all classic Doom, not for better but unfortunately for worse.
It's not that classic Doom is bad. After all, this is the man who along with Madlib graced us with the singular Madvillainy. It's just that, after four years, you can't help but want something fresh and clean, not classic and been-there-done-that. And, when your major touchstone is overtly Ghostface's (who appears as Tony Starks on the mediocre "Angelz") nearly decade-old Supreme Clientele— peep its structure and comic-book sound bites — your work can't help but sound dated. But, even worse, numerous times we get something much less than classic Doom.
in the end, BORN LIKE THIS is simply not as forward-thinking as his best works."
Catch that? This is a mediocre album because of other things: this is a mediocre album because you had to wait four years for it, because the existence of Madvillainy which thou must compare this to, because this isn't as "forward-thinking" as his previous albums. (Puzzling: it's not like the majority of his works discounting the obvious Madvillainy were forward-thinking.) Thesis: this is a good album – much better than what its reputation would have you believe.
That being said, Mangat does make a few good points: the posse cut "Supervillainz" (which features Atmosphere's Slug and De La Soul's Posdnuos on hook duty) is a so underwhelming, you'd struggle to remember if anything happened other than MF DOOM's autotune, which sounds worse than the stuff it's supposed to be parodying (protip: just because something is a satire/parody doesn't make it good by default); "Bumpy's Message" and "Thank Yah" are pure filler, and capping this album with a three-song run of mediocrity does indeed leave a sour taste on your mouth. And yes, it does seem weird to have a track called "Still Dope" with MF DOOM completely absent.
[Sidebar: a lot of the people here – including MF DOOM and Jake One, who contributes four beats – and also Slug and Posdnuos – were last seen together on Jake One's White Van Music, the previous year. That one was an underrated producer's album – you should check it out if you haven't already.]
But Mangat's point – that this album cops Supreme Clientele – makes no fucking sense. MF DOOM had been using "comic-book sound bites" since Operation: Doomsday (released a full year before Ghostface's great album). Moreover, Supreme Clientele was more song-oriented than Mangat thinks; the revolving door of short songs throughout Born Like This's direct ancestor is Madvillainy.
Enough chit-chat. Two beats are produced by a three-year-departed J Dilla: "Gazzillion Ear" and "Lightworks," are both are some of Dilla's best: the former kicks the album off with Dilla's signature alarms and a thick mixture of synth and bass, while DOOM does what he does best over-top. But the beat switches for the second verse and things get louder before switching back to the first beat. It keeps you on your toes the entire time, and I don't think I remember hearing another Dilla beat that was (so fluidly) bipartite. And "Lightworks" is great no matter how familiar it might be to Dilla fans by 2009: a hooky-as-hell sample ("The name of the game is lightworks!"); cavernous water-dripping for percussion throughout the verses.
Other highlights: Raekwon hooking up MF DOOM was a great verse on "Yessir!" (even if MF DOOM's beat is simultaneously overpowering and nondescript) despite the imminent release of Raekwon's "comeback" later that year; Jake One's playful beat on seeming throwaway but actual highlight "Rap Ambush"; the comic book-synth theme of "Batty Boyz" (which you'll need to help you navigate through the cringeworthy lyrics like "The man with no beard is more weirder than a she-male"; blech); the thin string line handing off to a horn response on "Angelz"; Jake One's "More Rhymin'"'s piano loop and wafts of vocals; the East Asian string line throughout "That's That" (the album's last good song).
Surprisingly, Madlib's "Absolutely" – warm vinyl cracks and cigarette smoke – ain't much, and the 4-minute "Cellz" (the longest song here) is – like Mm.. Food's "Beef Rapp": nice the first time but not ultimately replayable due to a third of the song focused on furthering the album's "concept" (a Charles Bukowski sample, where the title of the album is derived from).
Altogether, a 'B+'. It's better than Mos Def's second good album and Raekwon's overrated sequel that same year (which took even more than four years to make, but got better reception); both of which were inspired by MF DOOM.


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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Forecast modeling is not all it's cracked up to be, Canada's new central bank chief says. So he's employing a new tool: talking to "real people."
And the real people of most interest to Stephen Poloz are Canada's corporate chiefs who, in his view, hold the key to a more robust economy.
Poloz has an inside track to these leaders, having led Canada's export credit agency before taking over from Mark Carney, the former Goldman Sachs banker whose market savvy made him a popular policymaker in the midst of the financial crisis.
Just weeks into the job, Poloz' way of talking about the economy and the role of business in it reveals a world view that appears in synch with that of the private sector, which has been reluctant to sink money into new projects until there are guarantees the global economy is safe.
With business investment lagging the overall recovery from the 2008-09 recession, Carney at one point chided companies for sitting on what he called "dead money."
Poloz clearly sympathizes with the corporate view. "I would be cautious, too," he told reporters last week.
The goal is for businesses to loosen their grip on some half a trillion dollars in cash and invest the money to help boost growth. But it won't be easy.
"People were badly burned at the time of the recession and as a consequence businesses have built up their cash reserves," said Perrin Beatty, chief executive of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and a former Conservative cabinet minister. "Confidence is at a higher level than it was at this point last year. But do people feel we're clearly out of the woods? No."
Business investment in Canada is growing more slowly than after previous recessions. Investment growth unexpectedly slowed in the second half of 2012 and spending intentions at the start of 2013 were the weakest since 2009, a central bank survey showed.
The slump was concentrated in the oil and gas and mining sectors, which represent about one-third of all business investment, with firms blaming uncertainty about global demand, pricing and market access.
Nobody expects a major shift in monetary policy under Poloz. Interest rates have been steady at 1 percent since mid-2010 and he emphasized in his first speech last week that he likely won't cut rates. The best thing to do, he believes, is sit and wait for the United States and other export markets to strengthen.
It's a hands-off approach that meshes with that of the Conservative government that appointed him and which wants the private sector to drive growth, rather than the government, the central bank or heavily indebted consumers.
But it may not sit well with those who want more urgent attention to problems like record-high personal debt or a jobless rate that remains above pre-crisis levels.
"It seems the Conservatives have chosen someone who is in line with their laissez-faire approach to our economy," said Peggy Nash, the finance spokeswoman for the main opposition, the New Democratic Party.
Poloz is hardly breaking new ground by consulting with private sector leaders; Carney met with them regularly.
But he is the first to admit that the bank's traditional forecasting models have failed and it must rely more on dialogue with industry.
One week before taking the helm at the central bank on June 3, Poloz attended a two-day meeting of members of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, who lead companies with combined annual revenue of C$850 billion ($820 billion).
Already he is hearing that companies are not quite convinced that governments have all the problems under control, he said.
Preaching patience in his first speech, Poloz stressed that the first step to recovery was something Canadian policymakers had no control over: more U.S. demand for Canadian goods.
There are some encouraging signs, Poloz said, but it's too early to "seal that deal."
Only after exports recover will business confidence improve, followed by more investment and then new businesses starting up, in that order. It's just a matter of time, he said.
It's a line of thinking that industry lobby groups have cited for months.
Jayson Myers, who represents manufacturers and exporters as the head of Canada's largest industry association, said he had been "pleasantly surprised" by Poloz, with whom he has worked for 15 years.
"It helps to have the practical experience about how international business and international finance are working," he said. "What is really crucial is someone who can instill confidence in...the business investment community and I think Steve can do that."
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This disc is DEATH FUCKING METAL. Not the mid-paced kind, not the Swedish kind, just straight brutal double-bass evil straight from the Peruvian lands. And while there are quite a few bands like this (early Immolation being fine examples), Tunjum do differentiate themselves from the pack.Clara Herrera drummer/vocalist sounds like she came straight from the pits of hell - really low, gurgling, rarely moving into a high-pitched screech. Like I said before, the drums are pretty much straight speedy double bass, and the bass is tuned low so that it often just mixes into the wall of sound Tunjum produce. The guitar seems to enmesh itself in this wall too - every instrument including vox just produces a deep, dark mass of sound. My favorite song on here is probably "Batalla Ritual" a doomy crusher with death metal speed thrown in here and there. Maybe it's just because the song is different that it really stands out. Not that this cd is extremely monotonous, and in fact I can listen to it the whole way through, but overall the rest of the tracks blend together. So, a good pickup if you like blasphemy and low-as-hell fast death.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- It looks like Steve Harvey is apologizing for another mistake.
The comedian and talk show host was featured in the latest T-Mobile commercial where he parodies a Verzion Wireless ad.
In it Harvey makes fun of the epic (and embarrassing) moment when he announced the wrong winner for the Miss Universe pageant last December.
"I will take responsibility for this," Harvey said during the 2015 pageant. "It was my mistake. It was on the card."
The new ad aired during Sunday's Super Bowl and quickly became a fan favorite.
"Whoa. Listen, folks. I have to apologize. Again," Harvey says rolling his eyes as he barges onto the commercial's set.
"It says right here on the card: T-Mobile doubled their LTE coverage in the last year."
"I'm not taking the responsibility on this one!" he continues. "Verizon got it wrong! Yes! Not me!"


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Has history known a worse and more dangerous case of confirmation bias than that of current bank regulators?
The dangers? First of course that banks will get caught with their pants down, little capital, precisely when one big exposure might get hit. But second, it introduced a senseless risk aversion that have banks no longer financing the riskier future but only refinancing the "safer" past and present… so our economies are stalling and falling.
PS. In this case it is not only regulators who suffer from "belief perseverance". Prestigious and influential economists like Martin Wolf, even when being told that the safer is riskier and the riskier is safer, can't get a grip on the issue.


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Home > Android Phone Reviews > Samsung Infuse 4G
What's hot: Class-leading and immense display, slim and light, good HSPA+ speeds where available.
What's not: Reception is average.
Reviewed May 11, 2011 by Lisa Gade, Editor
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Samsung expects the Infuse 4G to be a summer hit, and we think they're right. This is one really lovely phone with a huge 4.5" Super AMOLED Plus display, 4G HSPA+ and a 1.2GHz Hummingbird ARM Cortex-A8 CPU. The display isn't easy to describe-- sure you've seen and grown accustomed to Samsung's Super AMOLED display as seen on the Samsung Captivate; it's super colorful and bright. But the Super AMOLED Plus display is even sharper while cranking those colors and brightness to retina-burning bliss. And at 4.5", watching movies is a blast.
The phone runs Froyo Android OS 2.2 with Samsung TouchWiz 3.0. Hold onto your chairs: AT&T has allowed installation of non-Market apps (side loading), and this actually has honest to goodness real 21Mbps HSPA+ 4G with HSUPA uploads. We've been getting 5-9 Mbps downloads and 1 Mbps uploads according to Ookla's Speedtest.net app. AT&T, color us pleased. We're sure that Amazon, with their separate app store, is pleased too.
It has a front 1.3MP video chat camera, rear 8 megapixel camera that takes very nice shots and 720p video, and it has the usual WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. It has an unusual HDMI setup that uses a dongle adapter that plugs directly into a standard HDMI cable (the dongle is included in the box). The phone has 16 gigs of internal storage and AT&T includes a 2 gig microSD card. The 1750 mAh battery provides solid stamina for this big screen beast.
Livin' Large, but it's no Hummer
This is a large phone, no doubt about it. Though it's still small next to the Dell Streak and is certainly no more imposing than the 4.3" HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon. It's absurdly light at 4.9 ounces, so you won't feel like you're carrying a brick in your pocket. It's also extremely thin, unlike its chunky cousin the Droid Charge by Samsung. The drawback? You know Samsung; they adore plastics, and the phone's light weight and super-slimness are courtesy of cagey plastics engineering. The Infuse 4G doesn't look cheap though thanks to a matte textured back cover that saves Samsung from their usual unending plastic gloss, and gunmetal edges that look like metal at first glance. The removable back cover does feel cheap once you literally peel off that wafer thin piece of plastic. But it weighs nothing and saves the Infuse from weighty brickdom. In an odd reversal of common industrial design, you can remove the SIM card slot without pulling the battery, but you must pull the battery to access the microSD card slot (the microSD card slot is under the SIM card slot and it opens toward the battery).
The Dell Streak , Samsung Infuse, Samsung Droid Charge and T-Mobile LG G2x.
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As per usual for Samsung, the power button is on the upper right side and the volume controls are on the upper left. This guarantees that I accidentally hit the power or both power and volume when pulling it out of my purse. Upside: the power button location does make it easier to press one-handed vs. the usual top edge location. The capacitive Android buttons on the bottom are small but easy enough to use, and they're backlit, though the backlighting is ever so brief. The headphone jack is up top (good) and the micro USB port is on the bottom so you won't have a wire coming out of the top of your phone when talking while charging.
Video Review
Here's our 18 minute Samsung Infuse 4G video review:
Voice and Data
AT&T's 4G network is part moving target and part vaporware. The company hasn't done well by down-defining 4G, a standard that lately refers to full HSPA+, LTE and WiMAX, to cover even the little HP Veer, a phone that really only has HSDPA 3G. That said, the Infuse 4G is the first AT&T phone to have full 21 Mpbs HSPA+ 4G with HSUPA uploads. That's right; upload data speeds aren't capped to a pitiful 384k as they were on the Motorola Atrix 4G and HTC Inspire 4G at launch (now remedied with an update). Just a few months ago, AT&T didn't have HSPA+ backhaul in our area (Dallas), and we saw only 3G speeds with the Atrix and Inspire. Now the backhaul upgrade is here, and with the Infuse 4G and a moderate 3-4 bar signal we saw download speeds ranging from 6 to 8.8Mbps down and 800k to 1.5Mpbs up according to Ookla's Speedtest.net app. That might not be as fast as Verizon's 4G LTE network (averaging 19-13Mbps down on the Droid Charge), but it's more than double the speed of 3G and a bit faster than we get on T-Mobile's HSPA+ 4G phones (keep in mind that many more folks have 4G phones on T-Mobile and are fractionating available bandwidth).
AT&T says that they've got approximately one third of their network's backhaul upgraded to HSPA+ as of this writing, and by the end of 2011, two thirds should be covered. There's no coverage map to help you figure things out though, and AT&T isn't making specific announcements about new coverage areas. Why? They say they're upgrading the busiest cell sites first, and that means patchwork coverage upgrades rather than blanket upgrades for a given city. That said, we like what we're seeing with the Samsung Infuse on HSPA+, and it's doubly pleasant since the phone has the mobile hotspot feature that allows you to turn the Infuse into a mini WiFi network that serves up 3G/4G speed connections to your WiFi notebook, tablet or other device. AT&T does charge an extra $20/month for this feature. Also note that your data account settings will need a change (free) to allow your phone onto the 4G network if this is your first AT&T 4G phone.
Voice quality and volume are good overall, though we did note an occasional loss of clarity where both we and our call recipient sounded slightly underwater. It wasn't so bad as to interfere with the conversation, but was distracting. Reception is average, if a little twitchy, and it managed better bars vs. the iPhone 4 (for what that's worth), but averaged 5 to 8 -db weaker signal than our reception monster Dell Streak and 3 to 5 -db weaker than the Motorola Atrix 4G.
Display and Multimedia
Among smartphones, there's simply nothing more impressive than Samsung's 4.5" Super AMOLED Plus display. Color purists might find the intense and vivid colors a tad Disney, but they're bold, beautiful and make movies and photos look better than they are. Blacks are inky and the display is bright enough for outdoor viewing. Our only wish? That Samsung had increased resolution from the standard 800 x 480 used on smaller screen phones. But we can live with the large, easily readable text as a consolation.
The display and fast CPU mean this phone is a perfect mobile video player. You've got the usual YouTube Player plus Adobe Flash 10.2, dLNA for streaming content over your home WiFi network, Samsung's MediaHub (TV and movie rentals and purchases), AT&T U-verse Live TV (a $10/month streaming TV show service powered by MobiTV that's quite sweet) and you can play locally stored videos on the phone's 16 gigs of internal storage or on a microSD card. There's plenty of ways to waste the day away in style. Speaker volume is loud and fairly clear except at the highest volume settings, and audio quality through HDMI and headphones is good.
Rather than a standard micro HDMI port, the Infuse 4G uses a small dongle adapter that plugs into the micro USB port. You'll plug the charger into the adapter, plug in your standard HDMI cable and you're ready to watch content on an HD TV, monitor or projector. The phone's display is mirrored on the TV, and movie content from YouTube and MediaHub play through HDMI but not from AT&T Live TV (we assume due to a licensing agreement).
The 8 megapixel rear camera takes excellent photos and sharp 720p video. If you own a Samsung Captivate, you'll notice the improvement, and the Captivate took pretty decent shots. There are plenty of settings and the camera even handles dark shots well thanks to good imaging technology and a single LED flash. The camera focuses quickly, even in poorly lit locations (much faster than the T-Mobile LG G2x which hunts in the dark).
The front 1.3 megapixel camera is handy for video chatting. Alas, unless this phone gets a Gingerbread update, we won't see Gtalk video chat, but we did test Qik video chat which worked fine other than local echo of our voice when we chatted sans headset.
Performance and Software
The Infuse 4G runs on a 1.2GHz Hummingbird ARM Cortex-A8 family CPU with PowerVR SGX 540 graphics. It scores 1145 on the Quadrant benchmark, but experientially feels quite fast. The phone handled both 720p and 1080p playback fine, and we didn't suffer any odd lags or slowdowns as we did with earlier TouchWiz Android phones like the Captivate. Adobe Flash 10.2 playback was par for the course among single core Android phones, and that means occasional lag on webpages loaded with Flash banner ads and YouTube embedded content. YouTube videos played well over HSPA+ on the Infuse, despite the occasional page scroll and pinch zoom lag on heavy Flash pages.
The phone has 16 gigs of internal storage and a microSD card slot (AT&T includes a 2 gig card). Froyo (Android OS 2.2.1) powers the phone and Samsung's TouchWiz 3.0 UI jazzes things up. We like TouchWiz but don't love it. It no longer slows down the phone or causes compatibility problems with third party apps, but the large and overly colorful icons are a bit cartoonish, and Samsung enlarges menu fonts which is absurd on a 4.5" display. For example, when looking at the Android settings menu, we see only 4 items vs. 6.5 on the Dell Streak in landscape mode. We do like Samsung's added widgets and apps, including social networking that integrates with contacts (Twitter, Facebook and mySpace), Write and Go (a notepad app that can send text as social networking status updates), a Diary with scrapbooking elements and Media Hub for TV show and movie rentals and purchase.
AT&T has controlled their bloatware a bit, and finally allowed installation of non-Market apps. That means you can install Amazon's app market, beta apps and apps that are available directly from developers' web sites. AT&T pre-installed apps include AT&T Live TV, AT&T Navigator, AT&T Family Map, YP Mobile and a bar code scanner. Surprisingly, there are no 3D games pre-installed, a rarity on a high end, fast smartphone.
Despite the demands of a fast CPU, big display and 4G, the Infuse 4G's beefy 1750 mAh Lithium Ion battery had no trouble making it through the work day and into the next morning with moderate use. Nice.
There's a lot to like in Samsung's summer blockbuster for AT&T. The Infuse 4G is like having a mobile cinema in your pocket, and despite the huge 4.5" display, the phone is incredibly light and slimly pocketable. Indeed, nothing quite compares to the Super AMOLED Plus display (except the slightly smaller 4.3" Droid Charge's Super AMOLED Plus display). Colors jump out at you, blacks are deep and brightness levels and evenness are superb.
The phone is no slouch on performance with a 1.2GHz Hummingbird CPU with hardware graphics acceleration and 4G HSPA+ that delivered very good downloads in our area. The trio of a fast CPU, huge display and any form of 4G usually signal poor battery life, but thanks to the unusually high capacity standard 1750 mAh battery, the Infuse had no trouble lasting the day and then some. Our only complaints are middling reception and occasional watery voice in calls.
Pro: Huge and glorious 4.5" Super AMOLED Plus display. Fast, slim and lightweight. 4G speeds are actually pretty good. Attractive phone. Plenty of internal storage. Very good camera.
Con: Reception isn't among the best, voice can sometimes sound a bit underwater.
Price: $199 with a 2 year contract.
Websites: wireless.att.com, www.samsungmobileusa.com
The Dell Streak and Samsung Infuse 4G.
Display: Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touch screen. Screen size diagonally: 4.5". Resolution:
800 x 480, supports both portrait and landscape modes. Has an ambient light sensor and proximity sensor.
Battery: Lithium
Ion rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable.
1750 mAh.
Performance: 1.2 GHz Hummingbird CPU (ARM Cortex-A8 family single core). 16 gigs internal storage.
Size: 4.47
x 2.78 x 0.53 inches. Weight: 4.67 ounces.
Phone: GSM quad band world phone with 3G and HSPA+ 4G on AT&T's 850/1900MHz bands and 2100MHz for Europe. Has WiFi Mobile Hotspot feature.
Camera: 1.3MP front camera and rear 8 megapixel camera with autofocus lens and LED flash, can shoot 720p video.
Audio: Built
in speaker, mic and 3.5mm standard stereo headphone
Networking: Integrated
WiFi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.
Software: Android OS 2.2.1 with Samsung TouchWiz 3.0 software (Adobe Flash 10.2 is a free download from the Android Market). Full suite of Google apps including Gmail, email, web browser, Google Search, Google Maps and Navigation and YouTube player. Samsung apps: Mini Diary, social network widgets and integration, Media Hub, Video Player (MPEG4 and DivX), Voice Recorder, Task Manager, AllShare dLNa and Write and Go. AT&T and third party software: Quickoffice, AT&T Navigator, AT&T Family Map, AT&T Bar Code Scanner, AT&T U-verse Live TV and Yellow Pages Mobile.
Expansion: 1
SDHC microSD card slot. 2 gig card included.
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JOHN FREEMAN: Julia's childhood friend, alter ego, and romantic prospect, is pretty much the opposite of everything Julia stands for. He has lived his whole life in Cedarwood Ridge, loves nature, ghost stories, electronic music, and all things mysterious, especially the workings of the brain and mind. His good looks, organic charm, and dry humor let his peers easily forget that they normally call someone with John's scientific and occasional sci-fi approach to phenomena a geek. John's secret goal is to become a superhero, and he drives Julia as crazy as her friend Kellie with his belief in otherwordly stuff.
He loves computer games and techno music, which help him to chill and think, as much as he loves nature and his tree house. What he doesn't like is Julia's stuck-up attitude – while being entirely fascinated by how easily she brings out the best in him – definitely a romance in the making if he can just find the incentive to get over his lonesome superhero approach towards all things "girl."
This is a nightmare, he thought. Evidently Julia had indeed transformed into a girl since their last encounter, plus, to make a headache a migraine, she seemed to have shape-shifted into one of those frightening creatures Andy & Co. were so eager to get their hands on. And just how could she have grown so tall?


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Having just returned from being locked for almost an hour in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center mall while a surprisingly large robot fired three 12-gauge shotgun shells into a suspicious package, which was then disposed of by a man in a Kevlar body suit, I was not, I confess, in a mood to indulge those who make light of Israel's security concerns. Shortly after, my feelings were compounded by reading Benjamin Birnbaum's excellent piece in The New Republic on the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch and its treatment of Israel. It is doubtful that a better, or more important, piece of classic muckraking journalism will be published in the coming months.
The piece takes as its impetus the recent controversy between the organization's staffers and some of its board members, in particular, its founder Robert Bernstein, who recently published a New York Times op-ed denouncing the organization's attitude toward Israel. Its real value, however, is its exposure of the personalities behind the organization; the faces behind the impersonal reports and press releases that constitute the public face of HRW.


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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Chipper, named for an owner of the Locust Grove Fruit Farm, has a pedestrian appearance: Medium to large, slight ribbed and slightly conical, with a dull red blush of varying saturation that covers about half the pale-yellow green peel.
Although I bought this apple in late December, it is still reasonably firm, with a sweet cider aroma. Its calyx is open.
The fine-grained flesh, a very light yellow, is yielding and clearly on its way to mealy. It is strikingly floral and sweet. Flavors are indistinct but there are some vinous qualities and one sample includes some apricot.
I am pleasantly surprised by these tastes and wish I had found these in October, when I guess these were probably picked.
"Chipper" is nothing so grand as an official variety name. Locust Grove found this apple growing on the farm and let it bear. If the growers choose they can patent and commercialize it.
It's beyond me to extrapolate back to peak from an apple in December, but I would say that this variety has potential to be interesting.
Chipper may deserve stronger praise than I can give this time around.
Posted by Adam at January 21, 2015
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Reinsurance rates continued to favor cedents in the UK at the January 1, 2011 renewal. Catastrophe rates on line fell 5 percent to 10 percent year over year, continuing the January 1, 2010 declines of 7.5 percent to 10 percent from the previous year. Per risk programs were off 5 percent to 15 percent for working layers and high-risk excess programs, compared with a year ago.
Insurance rates varied by line of business. Commercial property was flat, while personal lines increased by 5 percent and motor by 20 percent. Loss ratios have been under pressure due to historically low rating levels. With capital markets recovering, merger and acquisition activity is again on the rise, returning to a long-term trend in the UK market. In the coming year, 2010 trends are set to continue.
In general, subject base incomes are falling because the UK insurance market is saturated, and original rates are falling, though casualty classes (including motor) are exceptions. In 2011, we expect Solvency II to have a noticeable impact on cedent purchasing habits, in particular for those with capital bases that rely on catastrophe reinsurance as a capital management tool.
There have been few structural changes to reinsurance cover with retentions and FGU amounts unchanged. Solvency II will be a key driver of this trend, but until now the FSA's ICA capital regime has imparted discipline and uniformity into UK Cat purchasing decisions. Capacity increased from last year as new reinsurers entered the market, e.g., Lloyd's syndicates and new players in Zurich.


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Sylvia Nasar's Grand Pursuit is a history of economic ideas, as told through the lives of some of the greatest economic thinkers. Sylvia's previous book A Beautiful Mind is a biography of game theorist John Nash, most famous to the general public for the film adaptation starring Russell Crowe (a film I will always hilariously remember for an incorrect explanation of the concept of Nash equilibrium in a hammy bar scene).
One thing I loved about Grand Pursuit is the window it gives to the unexpected sides of some great economic thinkers. It paints a portrait of Karl Marx as a leisurely spendthrift, who left the messy work of actually investigating the working conditions of factories to his friend (and often benefactor) Friedrich Engels. Marx managed to blow several inheritances from various family members in the 20 years he took to polish off Das Kapital. Similarly unexpected was the tale of a young Milton Friedman working on Keynesian policies in the US government (Friedman later became famous for the view that governments should interfere as little as possible in the economy). Another personal highlight was Irving Fisher's views on the importance of self-control.


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Listening For The Whisper
It would be so much easier if I could text God. An email, maybe? Come on, I'd even take a burning bush. It worked for Moses, after all. The Bible says that God talked to him face-to-face (Exodus 33:11)! How is that fair? I wish God would talk to me like that. I feel like I can't ever hear him. Or maybe he just doesn't talk to me at all.
Does that sound like you? Do you ever catch yourself complaining that you can't hear God's voice? It's so common for us in our busy lives not to hear the Lord speaking to us. We might even think that he's being silent. Have you ever considered, though, that you're listening for him in all the wrong places?
We tend to think that God will speak to us in an extremely obvious way. And sometimes he does. But I've found that a lot of the time, God's voice is a lot quieter and simpler than we expect it to be. Maybe that's why we sometimes don't hear it. We are waiting for the clap of thunder and miss the whisper.
Let's look at part of the prophet Elijah's story. Elijah was a prophet of the Lord during the reign of King Ahab and his wife, Jezebel. Elijah spoke very boldly against the worship of Baal. He eventually issued a public challenge to the priests of Baal: Let's see whose God is the real thing. On top of Mt. Carmel, 450 pagan priests set up an altar to Baal, and Elijah set up an altar to Yahweh, the true God. The challenge was to see which God would prove his power by lighting a prepared sacrifice with fire from heaven. The priests of Baal prayed for hours and hours, cutting themselves to add their own blood to the sacrifice, doing dances, trying everything they could think of to get their "god" to listen. Eventually, Elijah decided to up the ante a little and dump water on his altar three times so that it was soaking wet. Then he prayed to God, who lit the entire thing on fire, proving that he was the true God over Baal. Then Elijah ordered the deaths of all the pagan priests. Unfortunately for him, though, Jezebel was an avid Baal-worshipper, and she was not very happy when Elijah had all her priests killed. She had people sent to kill him, and he was forced to hide in a cave on Mt. Horeb. This is where we're picking up the story:
"And the word of the Lord came to him: 'What are you doing here, Elijah?'
He replied, 'I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.'
The Lord said, 'Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.'
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, 'What are you doing here, Elijah?'"
(1 Kings 19:9-13, NIV)
You can read the rest of Elijah's story in 1 Kings, but that's where we're going to leave off. God showed Elijah (and us!) a massive truth in this passage. He caused an earthquake, a fire, and a wind, essentially a tornado. All of these things are natural disasters that we would associate with power and force. They are unstoppable. What can you do to stop an earthquake? Nothing. It will shake what it wants to shake, destroy what it wants to destroy, and crumble what it wants to crumble. An earthquake is beyond powerful and entirely out of our control.
But God didn't use the powerful, obvious things to speak to Elijah. He did not manifest himself in any of the ways that we might expect the Almighty to appear. It wasn't about the appearance, the obvious, the bravado. God spoke to Elijah in a still, small voice.
Who would have expected that? God showed Elijah his power through his control over natural disasters. But his presence wasn't in them. It was in the whisper that followed them. Do you think you would have heard it?
How often do you think we miss God's still, small voice because we are waiting for him in the earthquake? This is not to say that God doesn't ever speak to us through our earthquakes. But more often than not, a nudge in your spirit or a thought you know wasn't your own will pop up. And that's God's still, small voice. You'll miss it or write it off as nothing if you're not waiting expectantly for it. Do you think Elijah would have heard the whisper if God hadn't told him explicitly that he was about to pass by? He might have assumed that God had spoken through one of the natural disasters and that he just missed it. But God had told him that he was about to pass by, so Elijah wasn't prepared to miss that. He was waiting in expectation. That's what we need to be doing.
Look for God in the less-than-obvious places. Don't try to put limits on how or when he can speak to you. He is God. Almighty, all-powerful, able to do anything. He may choose to speak to you in an obvious way… But don't be surprised if you get a still, small voice rather than an earthquake.


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Alphatec Spine Announces The Addition Of Leslie H. Cross To Its Board Of Directors
CARLSBAD, Calif., March 29, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating conditions related to the aging spine, announced today the addition of Leslie H. Cross to its Board of Directors. This appointment increases Alphatec Spine's Board of Directors in size from nine directors to ten, and increases the number of independent directors from five to six.
Leslie H. Cross is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of DJO Global, Inc. In calendar 2010, DJO Global's net sales were $966 million, with adjusted EBITDA of $262 million. DJO Global is a manufacturer and worldwide leading distributor of electrotherapy products for pain therapy and rehabilitation, clinical devices for the treatment of patients in physical therapy clinics, knee, hip and shoulder implant products, and orthopedic rehabilitation products, including rigid knee bracing, orthopedic soft goods, cold therapy systems, vascular systems and bone growth stimulation devices. Mr. Cross has held principal executive roles at DJO Global and its predecessors since 1995. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Cross held the position of Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of the Bracing & Support Systems division of Smith & Nephew. He was a Managing Director of two different divisions of Smith & Nephew from 1982 to 1990. Mr. Cross earned a diploma in medical technology from Sydney Technical College in Sydney, Australia and studied business at the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa.
"We are very pleased that Les Cross has agreed to join Alphatec Spine's board of directors. His experience with DJO Global will be a significant asset to our company," said Mortimer Berkowitz III, Alphatec Spine's Chairman of the Board of Directors. "Les' reputation throughout his career for driving growth and profitability through fundamental operating integration and leverage will make an outstanding contribution to our board. I look forward to working with Les to create substantial shareholder value."
Alphatec Spine, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC). Alphatec Spine is a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, primarily focused on the aging spine. The Company's mission is to combine world-class customer service with innovative, surgeon-driven design that will help improve the aging patient's quality of life. The Company is poised to achieve its goal through new solutions for patients with osteoporosis, stenosis and other aging spine deformities, improved minimally invasive products and techniques and integrated biologics solutions. In addition to its U.S. operations, the Company also markets its products in over 50 international markets through its subsidiary, Scient'x S.A., via a direct salesforce in France, Italy and the United Kingdom and via independent distributors in the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, South America and Latin America. In Asia and Australia, the Company markets its products through its subsidiary, Alphatec Pacific, Inc., and through Scient'x's distributors in China, Korea and Australia.
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|Sarah and Emma, with their beautiful bags! Wonderful job!
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Sewing Class: Emma and Sarah
Good day! Here are pictures of my most recent sewing class.......Emma age 11 and Sarah and 8. This was there first sewing project, and the both has sew much fun! (Sew did I, haha)... Enjoy.
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great job Ladies! I love the color combinations......
- July 28, 2011 at 8:56 AM
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So, I thought I would quickly write up an honest review of the handy Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo since I have been using it a lot lately!
You get all of this inside the box - enough to get you started on a good-sized project!
This little powerhouse is great for quick mailing labels (business or personal use), and I love that you can add custom images (like a logo or holiday image) right inside the wonderful software. The best thing about this dual-label printer is that there are two places to hold different sizes of labels that you need. The top portion holds larger ones, like mailing, and the other is great for labeling things for organization that is smaller (and the labels come in colors, too!)
I am thrilled there is NO ink EVER to buy (it is a thermal printer) and it really does print the label within seconds! I printed out all my holiday mailing labels out - and was able to customize them according to business or personal use. I printed and customized as I needed since it prints just one at a time. You can also USPS postage and more on this, but I haven't needed (or tried) that feature yet.
Now, the cons are that even with high-resolution, quality images, it still only prints a fair quality impression with the thermal printer. For me it works for what I will use it for - again, love the software (I have a Mac and it was so simple to get up and running with it).
Being a scrapbooker, and small business owner I see myself grabbing this for a lot of uses in the future! I am looking forward to getting some things organized and labeled in the New Year for sure... labeling my stamps in my stamp binder, Cropper Hoppers filled with scrapbook papers, bins, etc. as I get ready for some productive creative time.
If you want one... and $50 off... go to http://dymo.com/LW450DUO, add it to your cart, and use code BZZDUO2010 at checkout to get the deal (valid until 2/15/11).
**Disclosure: I received a product sample, coupon, collateral or other special premium from BzzAgent for this item. YAY! :)


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Selena's killer claims she had an affair with a 53-year-old doctor; he "confirms" it
¡Que escandaloooouuu!
According to Ricardo, his relationship with Selena began after he performed some lipo on the Tejano star even though "she didn't really need it." The two met at one of Selena's concerts in Monterrey, Mexico, his hometown, and both Chris Perez, Selena's husband, and Yolanda Salvidar, Selena's killer, seem to know him. In fact, since Primer Impacto doesn't fuck around when it comes to celebrity chisme, they, for what must be the 50th time, re-interviewed Yolanda and video taped her saying "she [Selena] was completely in love with Dr. Martinez."
But why is Ricardo spilling the beans now, 17 years after Selena's death? Why did he keep all this scandalous information to himself for so long? Because of "respect for her image, for her environment, and her family," says Ricardo.
And also because Yolanda Saldivar has been talking a lot of shit about him. You see, for as long as I can remember, Yolanda has been talking about a mythical video tape, one that's "locked up in a safe" in some undisclosed bank in Mexico, that's supposedly going to clear her name from any wrongdoing. And this tape ain't no ordinary tape; according to Yolanda, it's a SEX TAPE *cue suspenseful novela sound FX* of Ricardo & Selena! This sex tape, says Yolanda, was being used by Ricardo in order to blackmail Selena because he wanted her to leave Chris and "run away with him" to Brazil. Ricardo, of course, says Yolanda's claims are nothing but delusions, which is why he's coming forth with all this information now.
Check it:
Original Video- More videos at TinyPic
The second part, the one with Yolanda's new interview, can be seen here.
This is obviously BS..what would a 23-year-old married to a fine ass young man want with a married 53-year-old with 4 children?You're no George Clooney, not even back then. Come on now..and YS, STILL slandering her name? You've already killed her, I think that's enough now, pig.
Selena's thoughts on this mess:
He just gets it.


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We are a self serve yogurt store with 14 rotating flavors that include nonfat, lowfat, no-sugar-added, non-dairy, vegan, and gluten free options. There are 100+ toppings to choose from as well. Coffee and cupcakes.
14 different flavors!! 100+ toppings!! FUN!! FRIENDLY!! CLEAN!! BRIGHT!!
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The choice of flavors is small, they are except for the key lime sorbet way too sweet and compared to other ice cream places the ice cream dispensers work poorly and the ice cream is too cold.
I think it's fair to say I'm somewhat obsessed with getting a frozen yogurt fix on a regular basis. We've tried most of fro yo shops in Eugene and this one is our favorite. The staff are always helpful and friendly, it's always clean and comfortable for families. There are a lot of yogurt options and they change them up...
Yogurt Extreme is located at 879 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR. This business specializes in Ice Cream & Yogurt.
Owned by Oregon sisters, Karen takes care of the Eugene stores, while Jane runs Corvallis/Albany. We are a family run business selling "Happiness by the Ounce."