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Often find yourself snacking between meals? Can't help reaching for that extra cookie? Having difficulty exercising portion control? Optimized Saffron with Satiereal® may be just the answer you need.
Satiereal® is a clinically studied, proprietary extract of saffron … a spice that's been prized since ancient Persia as a way to enhance mood and relieve stress.84,85
Previously available only in Europe, this standardized saffron extract provides support for healthy body weight by targeting some of the emotional factors that make you eat more when you're trying to eat less.
Just two 88.25 mg capsules of Optimized Saffron with Satiereal® delivers the active constituents safranal and crocin, shown to modulate certain serotonergic receptors in the brain to support mood.86-89
In clinical studies,90,91 women taking Satiereal® experienced:
They experienced a greater sense of control over between-meal snacking, and a change in eating behavior, without that "jittery feeling" or other undesirable effects.91 They reported feeling better about themselves and better in general.
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Comments about Life Extension Optimized Saffron with Satiereal®, 60 vegetarian capsules:
As a mood enhancer. Easy to take.Less anxious.
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Didn't work then I figured out the issue
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About Me Health Conscious
I bought this and it didn't work. Although LEF has a good return policy, I kept it. Decided to try it again, but I figured out how it works and for whom. I get cravings for carbohydrates from time to time and I can get low. The article says this controls serotonin, so I found if I ALSO take 5-HTP with it (generally a few time a week) and use the saffron as directed, I don't eat between meals and my impulse control not to eat (you know, that food is calling) is greatly strengthened. I suspect those it doesn't work for don't have the serotonin issue. So, I would recommend this to any friend who gets carb cravings.
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After taking this product 2 weeks, I noticed I was not feeling as down. After 3 week I was feeling terrific. I wasn't laying around, feeling depressed and unmotivated any more. On top of that, I started noticing I was thinking clearer which has been a huge benefit to the type of work I do. I was so excited that I told a friend, who decided to try it. After 5 days she could tell the difference. We both say we can't imagine living our lives without it, because of the noticeable difference we feel. We feel great.
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Didn't seem to have any effect on my mood or less appetite.
Great for health conscious people
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I take 1 capsule of Optimized saffron with satiereal, twice a day with a meal. It is small, easy to take and effective.
Still trying it out
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Kind of going on faith with this one, haven't really noticed any positive effects.
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At first I thought that the supplement did not work. I continued to use it with each meal, however, and after about 14 days I noticed that I was not hungry until evening. It seems effective for that usage. Give it two or three weeks to kick in and use it daily. I would recommend this product to anyone who is trying to lose weight through cutting calories.
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Didn't work at all for me
By Karen the Car Rider
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I bought the product to help me with weight loss and appetite suppression. It didn't seem to work at all. It didn't bother me any, but gave me no weight loss or appetite suppression at all.
I'm a believer.
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Saffron seems to make me feel better and it has proven beneficial effects. I'm going to stay with it.
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Coronary artery spasm: Cause for concern?
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I've been working on a WebGL demo on my spare time for a while and just like I've always been doing when writing games in C++ I wanted to have my assets all neatly wrapped up in a zip archive.
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By Susan Howell
By Ruqayyah Nicholas Social Security District Manager Gainesville Question: How do you replace a damaged Social Security card? Answer: While you can replace your Social Security card for free if it is lost or stolen, you may not have to do so. Knowing your Social Security number is what is most important. You may need a new card if you are starting a new job and your employer asks to see the card. For more information about getting a replacement card, go to www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber.
I never thought my life was anything out of the ordinary. Sure I've had some random adventures over the years, but who hasn't? However, this past month was one I'm ready to put behind me–once and for all. It was an October to remember–and forget. But I suppose it started a week before that. I developed a little cough, along with a sinus headache. Ah, September, I thought. Allergy time.
I think it is safe to say that by this time of year most of us Floridians are ready to let summer go. Cooler days and nights are almost within reach and the change of season for me is always anticipated.
Alice Moses-Turner
What is the earliest age that I can apply for Social Security retirement benefits?
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An inpatient hospice care center offers all the comforts of home, as well as the compassion and care that patients and families need during an especially challenging time. While most hospice patients prefer to be at home, a care center provides "a home away from home" when patients require more intensive symptom management and pain relief than they can receive at home or in a hospital. It's also a place where a caregiver who needs a break can trust that a loved one will be in good hands.
By Pierce Kelley
By Paul Barnes
Modern technology is wonderful, except when it scares the heck out of you.
This week I was filling in at our Williston newspaper, my former home paper, in between getting the South Marion Citizen material put together.
That meant extra traveling. My car is only nine months old, so I wasn't worried about driving between the two offices, providing I could avoid the West Port High and Williston Elementary school zones.
Leonard Pitts Jr.
Lyndon Johnson once said of Gerald Ford that he "played too much football with his helmet off."
Theodore Roosevelt once called William Howard Taft "a fathead with the brains of a guinea pig."
Harper's Weekly once described Ulysses S. Grant as "a drunken Democrat dragged out of the Galena (Ill.) gutter."


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Faucet Holes | 3 |
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If you say "Mi profesor viejo," your indicating your teacher old age-wise. I was wondering how you indicate that your talking about a past teacher.
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You Might Be Surprised - Most people usually are.
However, I had some so called friends for the last 2 1/2 years that fooled me good.
It's not often I miss stuff, but there are other circumstances so.
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Mar 7, 2011
His Story - You stand up in front of a classroom acting as though your life is so much better than anyone else's, because you've done everything right. You got married, you had one perfect kid, you got a nice house, you got a nice car. You got an education, even if you did mess...
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Apr 29, 2012
I Like To Think I Can -
Some people are easy to see through while others are harder. I like to think I can makes it easier to by pass them and go own about my own business.
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Apr 15, 2011
I See The Real You - "Your Looking At Me,But I'm Looking Thru You"
Some people put up a disguise that reflects who they really aren't. The face in the mask is who they really are.The mask is who they want to portray. Some feel they are not accepted as who they are,they have to be...
5 Responses
Mar 8, 2012
It May Take Me a While. - Especially if you are to close to me. That throws my instincts off a bit.
But when I am on the outside, looking in, I can pin point whats what.
How I act upon it is something I have to...
6 Responses
May 12, 2009
Just As This Group Says. - It almost feels like a sixth sense sometimes, because I have always been able to pick up vibes from people easily, and over 90% of the time my intuition turns out to be correct about whoever is around me (and most of the time they are negative...
2 Responses
Dec 2, 2009
I Can See Through People....but That Might Be Because Christopher Reeves Was My Grandfather. - (christopher reeves was superman, just in case you didnt get the reference)
Everyone that i notive being fake i call on it. I dont believe people should live this...
3 Responses
Aug 10, 2009
Blessed With The Sight - I'm blessed or cursed alternatively with the Second Sight, it is gift that a few of our Riders have found invaluable in our duties. The best way to explain this is that I can read auras, hidden agendas, ulterior motives or just general things that someone...
Feb 5
Better Beings - its one of the things that fascinates me the most is why do people or things feel a need to belong somewhere ?
and what does it feel like to want something so bad that you can't have it. I seen so many people go through the extreme length to get some bodys...
Nov 19
Related Experiences
So Yoda spent the night with some friends last Saturday when I worked overtime. When I finally crawled into bed, it was empty, no warm little body, no nest-making. I had to smell his blanket, I missed him so.
I rather sleep with my pup then most people.
18 hours ago
Spice Of Life - Having friends that share my interests are extremely important. Likewise having friends that have different views of life are also equally important. The two serve important roles in my life, and hopefully it's the same in return. One is the support side that will...
2 Responses
Dec 3
My Dog Is My World - I love my dog more than anything.
It's funny that only 8 months ago I drove to LA to pick up my Saint Bernard baby. I fell in love at first site. I remember getting lost and freaking out, running through the terminal trying to find him.
8 months have passed...
6 Responses
Nov 20
Change Has Come - The world is changing into a united world power. It is a scary thing. I somewhat agree with a world power, but not the way it is coming about. It is being born thru lies and deceitfulness. The ruling elite do not have the interest of the people in mind. The...
Dec 1
Errrr Just Want To Rage At Them!! - Judgmental people.... man, where do I even begin... well probably most importantly. Common traits of judgemental people :
1. insecure about themselves
2. they are bullies whether they know it or not
3 they are stuck in a closed world of their...
Nov 13
Love Song For A stranger
Melody comes in, And your room is cold
Hold me against the wind, Let me feel your soul
Gravitate towards the waves of light, Let my spirit pierce your eyes
Tell me of all my rights, Let the wrongs slip us bye...
Hold my hand and stare at me, Whisper in...
4 days ago
This Just In: Human Beings Now Considered A Virus - Kinda Makes Sense To Me. - Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not.
Ben Cohen on December 03, 2013
"I'd like to share a revelation...
1 Response
Dec 3
Personally I don't think I could find a friend like me..but I like that. I love when people are different, which means you will go through different experiences!
2 Responses
2 days ago
I love my pup to pieces. One of the best decisions I ever made was bringing him home from the shelter. There isn't a day that has gone by that he isn't excited to see me, and all he asks in return is cuddle time.....now who doesn't want cuddle time?..
1 Response
2 days ago
Mastiff Allergic To Everything!!! - I have a cane corso mastiff. He is allergic to everything. Literally! I had him allergy tested an he tested positive for everything they tested him for. I live on a farm so it is hard to keep him from getting into things....poop! He started...
1 Response
Nov 14
I love my Lab sometimes more than actual people. He's so sweet.. he makes my heart melt.
1 Response
Dec 3
My best friend in the entire world is the most outgoing and completely rational person I know. Meanwhile, I'm the quiet and emotional one. We are of different races and religions. We have wildly different opinions on many topics. And he is the best thing that has ever happened to...
1 Response
a week ago
I luv my dog
He is the life line of my family
So full of life energetic
He luvs everyone in my family like crazy and we all luv him so much
Dogs r so faithful and loving , they never judge you
They sense when u r sad and try to console
They speak with their eyes and their...
5 days ago
It Excites Me - I like to wear short skirts and heels. But when i wear short skirts i wear thongs or nothing at all. This makes me so excited! The idea of a stranger seeing my ***** is invigorating. I always go slowly on stairs and drop things often. Sometimes i catch guys...
11 Responses
Nov 12
Here Is Practical Explanation About Next Life, Purpose Of Human Life, Philosophical/Religious Facts, Theories Etc. - ___________________________
Practical Explanation ( For Example ) :- `1st of all can you tell me every single seconds detail from that time when you...
Nov 25
Its An Amalgam ~ - I love to meet different people. I think its really fun once you get to know the different things your missing in your life ones you get to see from a different point of view :3
2 Responses
Nov 25
The Internet Is Just Like Real Life - Lots of fake people on the Internet, people hiding their true feelings, lying and pretending to be something they are not. Women tease here just like in real life, men boast and brag and make up lies. Its so disappointing to meet a real...
Nov 28
Brightness - I don't like bright lights, and don't need much brightness to see. I usually leave blinds closed and lights off. Even at night, I use minimal lighting, which usually is just the TV or a distant light. People complain that they can't see and wonder how I don't need...
1 Response
4 days ago
Love New Interesting People ... - Of we were all the same that would be so boring :)
4 Responses
Nov 23
Yep - People that are my opposites have been the greatest friends I've ever made. Finding someone who understands is nice, but someone who respects your feelings and opinions; that's lifelong relationship material.
Nov 23
Don't have too many real close real life friends. But the people I know come from all types of backgrounds. I like diversity. :)
4 days ago
I easily befriend people who have nothing in common with myself, although somewhere along the lines a mutual topic of some sort comes about and we end up having at least one thing in common
1 Response
23 hours ago
Kik Friends???? - I am a great listener and is easy to talk to! I give great advice and if I can't answer a question for you.... I will get the answer for you!
1 Response
Nov 22
Depths Of Reality... - There are some things in this world that are invisible to conventional sight. Things that are too surreal to comprehend and are in some cases dismissed as a type of hallucination or illusion. When a person can distinguish the differences that lie within the...
Nov 23
I can and honestly they are probably 100 times more fun than the friends that are like me. I am more of a city girl and I met my best friend in 5th grade, she is a country girl and we instantly clicked. I have more fun and make memories to remember with that girl than I have with...
1 Response
Nov 30
How in the world can one defend saying "giving women like you what they need, vitamin D Haha". Is this not derogatory??? And then "she probably wet her knickers anyways" in defence?? What bull!
This is similar to the mentality that rape victims deserve it or probably wanted it...
1 Response
1 day ago
Confused, Is This Reality? - About two weeks ago me and my boyfriend broke up....up and till now I still am confused about it because it was over something really petty but that petty thing was taken to far. I think now maybe I could've just played it as a joke like he did but my...
Nov 25
Mysterious!? - Yes, there is the serious side and the fun loving side, the nurturing side and the caring side, the vulnerable side and the go get em side.
Each person is multifaceted and I am no different, but.......
I have aspects I keep purely to myself, and seldom show. My...
3 Responses
Nov 14
Boogie! - I love my family's family dog!well more like brother!he is a English brindle bulldog named Boris he's scared of heaters to touch them but loves it when it's on.i love him even though when we play he puts boogers on my clothes.he also loves his armpits rubbed .his...
Nov 29
Greetings - i am here to make friends - and talk.
if ever you also feels like it , thumbs up ! :P
1 Response
Nov 12
Embarrassing - I feel embarrassed about everything all the time. It's really strange.
4 Responses
Nov 13
I love my girlfriend... But god damn, she is way to clingy. I love spending time with her but she needs to back off Somtimes like I need alone time, she just needs to chill, but I'm afraid if she does back off then she will become interested in another guy, with she already is...
Dec 1
Yup I don't judge you for the person you are. You are nice to me, I'm nice to you. Simple as that
1 Response
Dec 2
A lot of girls have done this. Because of my body figure or how my face is "sooo pretty". I disagree 100% with them. There is nothing special with me at all.
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Dec 4
There's nothing rong with being friends with someone different than you. Not everyone has to be like you to be your friend😜
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4 days ago
My Problem With (Most) People Who Look For Transwomen - Before I ever started to date, I felt fairly certain that I was only ever going to be hit on by people who had transgender fetishes (oh yes, they exist). I really didn't like that idea. Not that I don't have fetishes...
3 Responses
Nov 15
I'm Pretty Sure Most People Would Avoid Me. - I'm not as friendly as the face I put on. I'm a really judgmental person. I just keep it to myself and vent to appropriate people. I'm pretty sure most people would be a little weirded out by how much I think about food and sex... I'm...
1 Response
Nov 23
That What Most People Do - Promise is a very interesting word. You hear someone say they will keep a promise and you think you can trust them. However, most people are full of **** and it only words and they don't truly mean it. So the best way to have a promise not being...
Nov 30
See Through Pants! - So today i noticed before school that the girl from my other story was wearing these legging like material, so i just thought "yay". I noticed when she stood up or sit down that I could see her thong through her pants, not like entirely but i could easily see...
3 Responses
Nov 19
I Mostly Keep To Myself... - I am not a social person. I live with my sister and a friend and even when there are people over, most of the time I am in my room playing a video game or watching a movie or tv show. I rarely drink, I don't smoke or do any drugs. And when people are...
Nov 22
Hate At People - I starting to realized due to events happen to me I have a hate for most people in the world and I going to list various reasons. Issues face in live such as racist people, people don't support people with disabilities, people put people down the way how the...
2 Responses
Dec 2
I want someone who i can talk to about anime or manga. - Hello, i want a friend who i can talk to about anime or manga. Where I live most people don't watch or read either of them. I hope i can meet someone who i can talk to about this stuff. It gets really bothersome when i don...
2 Responses
Nov 30
People Do - I think about from the time I joined EP February this year up to date I learned most people on EP do really hate me because I have a bulk amount of stories about my life issues. But I decided not to rarely care what people think. I just going to keep writing.
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RISE Summer Registration for classes July 1 through Aug. 3 at RISE Vineyard Performing Arts, 455 State Road in the Woodland Business Center, Vineyard Haven. Call 508-693-2262.
Pastimes Group Art Show of various mediums featuring Fran Dropkin, Nick Paciorek, Jeff P'an, Joan Rusitzky, Louisa Gould and John Holladay at the Louisa Gould Gallery, Main street in Vineyard Ha
Journal Keeping Seminars is from 9 to 11 a.m. at Seastone Papers in West Tisbury. Cost is $35. Call 508-693-5786 or visit seastonepapers.com.
Sunday July 28, 2013
Pulp It UP! for ages 7 to 12 is from 9 a.m. to noon at Seastone Kids in West Tisbury. Cost is $65. Call 508-693-5786 or visit seastonepapers.com.
Annual Book Sale is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the West Tisbury School on Old County Road. Sponsored by Friends of the West Tisbury Library. Continues through Monday, July 29. Call 508-693-3366.
Oak Bluffs Open Market is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Washington Park. Locally grown produce, seafood, specialty foods, flowers, artisans, antique and vintage dealers.
Sunday July 28, 2013
Sunday Service: Rev. Jeffery Williams from the King's Cathedral in Providence, R.I., begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs.
Farm Tours and Animal Visits are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Native Earth Teaching Farm, 94 North Road in Chilmark. Call 508-645-3304 or visit nativeearthteachingfarm.org.
Sunday July 28, 2013
Union Chapel Guest Preacher with Rev. Liz Walker, interim pastor of Roxbury Presbyterian Church. Service begins at 10 a.m. with organ prelude at 9:40 a.m. All are welcome.
Vineyard Artisan Festival is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury. Local art and food. Visit vineyardartisans.com.


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The EC70 Zero utilizes the same overall monocoque carbon construction as the EC90, but with an aluminum upper clamp. This low-profile, micro-adjusting clamp allows easy adjustment and optimal saddle clearance. By incorporating RAD™ Relief-Area Design and TaperWall™ technology, the EC70 has been intelligently designed to distribute stress along the length of the post. We also remove material in critical clamp zones to prevent pinching the carbon (which can sacrifice durability).
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Finish | MATTE CARBON |
Weight | 225gr |
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5 CFR 304.102 - Definitions.
§ 304.102
For purposes of this part:
A consultant is a person who can provide valuable and pertinent advice generally drawn from a high degree of broad administrative, professional, or technical knowledge or experience. When an agency requires public advisory participation, a consultant also may be a person who is affected by a particular program and can provide useful views from personal experience.
A consultant position is one that requires providing advice, views, opinions, alternatives, or recommendations on a temporary and/or intermittent basis on issues, problems, or questions presented by a Federal official.
An expert is a person who is specially qualified by education and experience to perform difficult and challenging tasks in a particular field beyond the usual range of achievement of competent persons in that field. An expert is regarded by other persons in the field as an authority or practitioner of unusual competence and skill in a professional, scientific, technical or other activity.
An expert position is one that requires the services of a specialist with skills superior to those of others in the same profession, occupation, or activity to perform work on a temporary and/or intermittent basis assigned by a Federal official. For example, a microbial contamination specialist may apply new test methods to identify bacteria on products, a computer scientist may adapt advanced methods to develop a complex software system, or a plate maker may engrave a novel design.
Intemittent employment, as defined in part 340, subpart D, of this chapter, means employment without a regularly scheduled tour of duty.
Title 5 published on 2013-01-01
no entries appear in the Federal Register after this date.
This is a list of United States Code sections, Statutes at Large, Public Laws, and Presidential Documents, which provide rulemaking authority for this CFR Part.
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It is not guaranteed to be accurate or up-to-date, though we do refresh the database weekly. More limitations on accuracy are described at the GPO site.


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The 1970s.
Some called it the "me" decade. That seems a misnomer for a time of awareness beyond borders, an era of unprecedented innovation, a period in which we experienced so much.
We saw student demonstrations spill into bloodshed. We witnessed the fall of Saigon. We watched paranoia push our president to untenable ends. We experienced oil embargoes and energy crises. We felt the terror of Black September in Munich and unfathomable tragedy of Jonestown. We took hope in tentative steps toward peace.
We styled our hair in sideburns and afros and Farrah Fawcett feathers. We sat transfixed by lava lamps and reached dizzying heights atop platform shoes. We heard hard rock edges sharpened on the glittery ball of disco. We mourned the premature deaths of Jimi and Janis and Jim and said goodbye to Elvis and Bing Crosby.
We joined in a new, green revolution. We celebrated our nation's birth and 200 years of history. We cheered as the women's movement took to the tennis court and a golden age returned to the racetrack. We played Pong and Tank, Asteroids and Space Invaders. We bought microwaves and VCRs and calculators. We observed the microprocessor's rise without realizing how indelibly it would change our world.
And, during this time, in our own small corner of it all, we grew. We added staff and services. We settled into new digs and settled on a new name.
Getting greener
Our Company
- Feels like home
The decade opens with the firm settling into its new digs in a renovated house on SW Abernethy Street.
- Feels like home
Taking Stock
- Portland population: 379,967
- Seattle population: 530,831
- Price of a U.S. postage stamp: 6 cents
- Cost of a gallon of gas: 36 cents
- Average cost of a new house: $23,450
In the News
- Chicago Seven
The Chicago Seven defendants are found not guilty of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Five of the seven are found guilty on lesser charges. - Earth Day
San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto issues the first Earth Day proclamation on March 21. The first Earth Day is celebrated nationwide on April 22. - Cigarette ads banned
Signed by President Nixon on April 1, the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act bans television ads for cigarettes effective January 1, 1971. - Unlucky 13
Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert launch on their mission to the moon on April 11. An oxygen tank explosion two days later forces them to abort the mission and return to Earth. Their capsule splashes into the Pacific Ocean on April 17. - University shootings
Ohio State National Guardsmen kill four students and wound nine during a May 4 demonstration at Kent State University against the U.S. incursion into Cambodia. On May 14, state law enforcement personnel fire upon a crowd of demonstrators at Mississippi's Jackson State University, killing two and wounding two. - Teens gain right to vote
The voting age drops to 18 with the ratification of the 18th Amendment. - Federal focus on the environment
The National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are founded in October. The Environmental Protection Agency is founded in December. - Week without fatalities
In November, for the first time in five years a week passes without the report of any U.S. combat fatalities in Southeast Asia. - Worker safety
President Nixon signs the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law on December 29.
- Chicago Seven
Local Happenings
- City Hall bombing
The bombing of Portland's City Hall destroys its bronze Liberty Bell replica, blows out windows, shatters the doors, and upends council chamber furniture. No group claims responsibility and no arrests are made. - "Queen of the skies"
Boeing's 747 "jumbo jet" enters commercial service. Pan American Airways flies the maiden voyage from JFK International Aiport to London's Heathrow Airport. - Seattle gets historic
Seattle designates Pioneer Square the city's first historic district.
- City Hall bombing
Technological Breakthroughs
- Codd's database
IBM computer scientist Edgar F. Codd develops the first relational database management system. - CD-ROM technology
A researcher at Battelle Memorial Institute's Pacific Northwest Laboratories in Richland, Washington, patents the first systems for digital-to-optical recording and playback. His compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) is years ahead of its time and won't gain the interest of audio companies until the mid-1980s. - Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Xerox Corporation assembles a team of researchers in Palo Alto, California, with the goal of creating "the architecture of information." Innovations throughout the decade include the concept of windows, laser printers, the concept of "what you see is what you get" word processors, and Ethernet.
- Codd's database
In the Industry
- Reinforcement
The 1970s mark the introduction of fiber reinforcement in concrete.
- Reinforcement
Pop Culture
- Welcome to Pine Valley
ABC broadcasts the first episode of All My Children on January 5. - Getting heavy
Black Sabbath releases its debut album, considered by many to be the first true heavy metal album. - Subcompact cars
American Motors Corporation releases the Gremlin and Ford introduces the Pinto. - Isle of Wight
An estimated 600,000 people attend the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 off the coast of England at the end of August. The largest rock festival of all time features artists including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, Donovan, Moody Blues, Joan Baez, and Jethro Tull. - Doonesbury
The Doonesbury comic strip by Garry Trudeau achieves national syndication. The strip is a continuation of Bull Tales, from the Yale University student newspaper. - Cup o' Noodles
Nissin Foods introduces Cup o' Noodles to U.S. consumers.
- Welcome to Pine Valley
Beginnings and endings
Our Company
- Paging Tom
Shortly after moving into the new office, the company gets its first intercom system.
- Paging Tom
In the News
NASDAQ stock index debuts. - Vietnamization
500,000 people in Washington, D.C., and 125,000 people in San Francisco march for peace in late-April. The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers in June. Vietnamization of the war efforts begin, with U.S. troop levels dropping below 200,000 by October. - Amtrak hits the rails
Amtrak begins inter-city rail service. - U.S. opens trade with China
The U.S. ends its trade embargo against China in June. - New York Times Co. v. United States
The United States Supreme upholds the New York Times' right to publish the Pentagon Papers, terming government injunctions unconstitutional prior restraint.
Local Happenings
- D.B. Cooper disappears
A man, known only by the pseudonym Dan or D.B. Cooper, hijacks a Northwest Airlines flight from Portland to Seattle. After collecting a $200,000 ransom and four parachutes in Seattle, he orders the pilots to fly to Mexico. As the plane flies over the Cascades near Ariel, Washington, he parachutes out never to be seen again. A packet containing $5,880 of the ransom money will be found in 1980 on north shore of the Columbia River, just west of Vancouver. - Starbucks store #1
Inspired by entrepreneur Alfred Peet, business partners Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker open the first Starbucks coffee shop at Seattle's Pike Place Market. - Bumbershoot's roots
Festival '71 spans Labor Day weekend, the festival will later morph into Bumbershoot, Seattle's annual festival of music and arts.
- D.B. Cooper disappears
Technological Breakthroughs
- Man pages
The UNIX Programmer's Manual is published. - "Computer on a chip"
Intel presents the world's first single-chip microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
- Man pages
Pop Culture
- Marlboro Man restricted to print
A ban on television and radio cigarette advertisements takes effect. - Meet the Bunkers
All in the Family debuts. The show becomes an enormous success, ranking as the number one rated TV show from 1971 through 1976. - Ed Sullivan finale
The Ed Sullivan Show airs its final new episode on March 28, after nearly 23 years on the air. - The big pool in the sky
The original Shamu dies in August. - Disney moves east
Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida.
- Marlboro Man restricted to print
Year of the Beetle
Our Company
- Engineering growth
On a tip from Portland State University's H. Chik Erzurumlu, Tom Mackenzie hires promising engineering student Doug Fiala. By 2010, Doug will have dedicated nearly four decades to the company and stand as its longest-tenured active employee.
- Engineering growth
In the News
- Nixon goes to China
In February, President Nixon takes a step toward normalizing U.S. relations with China with an 8-day visit to the People's Republic of China, meeting with Mao Zedong. - Developments in Vietnam
The entrance of North Vietnamese forces into the DMZ triggers the Easter Offensive. In June, President Nixon announces that no new draftees will be sent to Vietnam. Remaining U.S. ground troops are withdrawn in August. After a visit in October, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger states that "peace is at hand." By the end of November, troop levels are down to 27,000. - Watergate arrests
Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee after two failed burglary attempts the month before. Days later, President Nixon and his chief of staff H.R. Haldeman are taped discussing utilizing the CIA to deter the FBI's investigation of the break-ins. - Final men on the moon
Apollo 17, the United States' last manned moon mission launches on December 7. Astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes the last man to set foot on the moon's surface. - No more DDT
The U.S. ban on DDT takes effect on December 31.
- Nixon goes to China
Local Happenings
- Plan for Portland
Concern regarding the lack of public involvement in the formulation of plans and review decisions by the Portland Planning Commission sparks development of the Portland Downtown Plan. - Oregon gets greener
Oregon passes the first bottle-and-can bill, marking the beginning of major recycling efforts. - Pre runs for Nike
Steve Prefontaine becomes Nike's first endorsed athlete.
- Plan for Portland
Technological Breakthroughs
- Advances in handheld calculators
Hewlett-Packard introduces a new handheld scientific calculator, the HP-35, the first handheld calculator with transcendental functions. The company also releases the HP-9280, its first algebraic calculator complete with a BASIC-like programming language. It is the first calculator with implied multiply (4A=4xA). - Pong hits the market
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney co-found Atari. The company kicks off the videogame craze with the release of Pong in November. - email@breakthrough
Ray Tomlinson writes the first email program to send messages across the ARPANET. In his test message, he uses the @ sign, the first time it appears in an email address. - Mr. Coffee
Sunbeam develops the Mr. Coffee, the first percolator with an automatic drip process and automated cut-off control. The product becomes the country's leading coffeemaker.
- Advances in handheld calculators
In the Industry
- Pereira's Pyramid
Construction finishes on the Transamerica Pyramid, designed by William Pereira, in San Francisco. At the time of its completion, it stands as one of the five tallest buildings in the world.
- Pereira's Pyramid
Pop Culture
- Beetle tops Model-T
Volkswagon Beetle sales exceed those of Ford's Model-T with the production of the 15,007,034th Beetle. - An offer you can't refuse
The Godfather enters movie theaters. - An American chess champion
Bobby Fischer becomes the first American chess champion after his defeat of Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland, on September 1. - "Come on down!"
CBS airs the first episode of The Price is Right, hosted by Bob Barker. - The Immaculate Reception
The Pittsburgh Steelers win their first post-season game, topping the Oakland Raiders 13-7 on a last-second catch.
- Beetle tops Model-T
Bridging the gaps
Our Company
- Licensure
Rick Saito makes it official, earning his architectural license on August 10, 1973.
- Licensure
In the News
- Peace for Vietnam
President Nixon cites progress in peace negotiations as he announces the halt to all offensive action in North Vietnam. U.S. engagement in the conflict ends less than two weeks later with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords on January 27. The first American prisoners-of-war are released on February 11. The last U.S. soldier officially leaves on March 29. - Roe v. Wade
The U.S. Supreme Court overturns all state bans on abortion in a landmark, controversial ruling. - Watergate revelations
On March 23, James McCord, Jr., admits to being pressured to remain silence and names Attorney General John Mitchell as the "boss" of the Watergate burglary. President Nixon announces the resignation of several top White House aides on April 30. Televised hearings begin in May with former counsel John Dean beginning testimony before the Senate committee in June. In July, former aide Alexander Butterfield reveals that President Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations. Calls for his resignation grow louder with the "Saturday Night Massacre" in October. In November, he proclaims, "I am not a crook," days before an 18-1/2 minute gap in one of the recordings is revealed. - FedEx takes flight
Federal Express, a future Group Mackenzie client, begins operations with the takeoff of 14 aircraft from Memphis International Airport on April 17. - Lengthy eclipse
Earth enjoys an unusually long solar eclipse, one of only seven in the entire millennium to exceed 7 minutes. - A new general in the war on drugs
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is founded. - 1973 energy crisis
The Arab Oil Embargo against allies of Israel begins in October, sparking the 1973 energy crisis. In December, OPEC doubles the price of crude oil.
- Peace for Vietnam
Local Happenings
- Portland's newest bridge
Construction wraps up on the Fremont Bridge, which was built by the State of Oregon at a cost of $82 million.
- Portland's newest bridge
Technological Breakthroughs
- Hey Joel, guess where I'm calling from...
Motorola's Martin Cooper makes the first handheld cellular phone call in New York City. Cooper calls his research rival, Joel Engel of Bell Labs. While mobile phones for cars had been in use since the 1940s, Cooper's phone was the first designed for truly portable use. The phone earns a patent in 1975.
- Hey Joel, guess where I'm calling from...
In the Industry
- A new tallest building
With its completion on May 3, Chicago's Sears Tower, designed by Skidmore Owings Merrill claims the title of world's tallest building. - Sydney's opera house
The Sydney Opera House opens after 14 years of construction. The project is one of the first to use computational analysis in a significant way in its design. Using computers allows finite element analysis, providing the ability to more accurately predict stresses in complex structures. - World Trade Center towers complete
The World Trade Center towers, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, open.
- A new tallest building
Pop Culture
- "Aloha from Hawaii"
Elvis Presley's January concert in Hawaii is watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings. - A perfect season
The NFL's Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl, claiming the league's first "perfect season." - The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd releases its epic album The Dark Side of the Moon. The album enjoys record-breaking success, remaining on the Billboard 200 charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. - Show of dominance
Racehorse Secretariat lays claim to the Triple Crown with a record-breaking win in the Belmont by a margin of 31 lengths. He becomes the first horse to do so since Citation in 1948. - Battle of the Sexes
Billy Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in straight sets in a much-hyped, televised tennis match at Houston's Astrodome.
- "Aloha from Hawaii"
Not a crook, not a president
Our Company
- Goodbye to slide rules
While parallel bars and lead holders still rule the drafting tables, calculators oust slide rules, becoming prevalent throughout the office.
- Goodbye to slide rules
In the News
- One man's war
March 10, A Japanese WWII soldier, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, surrenders in the Philippines after three decades of service. - Oil flows
Most OPEC nations end five-month oil embargo against the U.S., Europe, and Japan. - Nixon steps down
President Nixon announces his resignation on August 8, effective the next day.
- One man's war
Local Happenings
- Reclaiming the waterfront
Closures of Portland's Harbor Drive begin on May 23 and are completed by the end of the year.
- Reclaiming the waterfront
Technological Breakthroughs
- "Beeeep"
First UPC code is scanned—on a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. - Computer on a chip
Texas Instruments releases the TI TMS 1000, the first widespread application of "computer on a chip" technology. The design featured enough RAM and space for a program ROM to allow it to operate without multiple external support chips.
- "Beeeep"
In the Industry
- World loses another great architect
Estonian architect Louis Kahn dies on March 17. Kahn served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of architecture from 1947 to 1957.
- World loses another great architect
Pop Culture
- A prom to remember
Steven King publishes his first novel, Carrie. - Rumble in the Jungle
Muhammad Ali regains the heavyweight title that was stripped from him 7 years previously with an 8-round knockout of George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, on October 30. - Rubik's cube
Ernõ Rubik develops his Rubik's cube. The invention begins as a study of structural design. Rubik hand carves each small cube individually and assembles them. His creation will go on to become the most popular puzzle in history.
- A prom to remember
Our Company
- Beach bums
Informal trips to the coast for the weekend spark the formation of an official annual company picnic—a tradition that will continue into the future.
- Beach bums
In the News
- Watergate sentencing
Former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are convicted and sentenced as a result of the Watergate break-ins and subsequent cover-up. - Saigon falls
The fall of Saigon forces mass evacuations of Americans and South Vietnamese, prompting the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam and end of the war. - California scheming
President Gerald Ford survives two assassination attempts in California, one in Sacramento on September 5, the other in San Francisco on September 22.
- Watergate sentencing
Technological Breakthroughs
- Sparking an era
Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems' release of the Altair 8800 sparks the microcomputer era. The system features an Intel microprocessor and retails for less than $400. The build-it-yourself kit is without keyboard, monitor, or its own programming language. Data are input with a series of switches and lights. - Microsoft gets its start
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The pair begin by developing a version of BASIC for the Altair 8800. - A photographic first
A relatively recent hire at Kodak, Steve Sasson develops the first digital camera. - Another calculating breakthrough
The HP-25 enters the market. It is the first Hewlett Packard calculator with an engineering display format.
- Sparking an era
Pop Culture
- VW Rabbit
Volkswagon introduces a new front-wheel-drive economy car, dubbed the Rabbit in North America. - "I'd like to buy a vowel."
Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC in January. - "Live from New York…"
NBC airs the first episode of Saturday Night Live on October 11. George Carlin hosts the premiere episode and Billy Preston and Janis Ian are the musical guests.
- VW Rabbit
America's Bicentennial
Our Company
- Hitting the gym
The company focus on fitness continues as employees take to the hardwood for weekly, "friendly" basketball games—a tradition that continues today.
- Hitting the gym
In the News
- America turns 200
Bicentennial celebrations across the country mark the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. - Carter bests Ford
Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford, becoming the first U.S. president to hail from the Deep South since the Civil War era.
- America turns 200
Local Happenings
- Football comes to Seattle
On August 1, the Seattle Seahawks play their first football game, a pre-season tilt against the San Francisco 49ers in the newly constructed Kingdome. - Freeway scrapped
Governor Straub and the Federal Highway Authority finalize cancellation of the Mt. Hood Freeway project.
- Football comes to Seattle
Technological Breakthroughs
- Apple Computer, Inc.
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne form the Apple Computer Company in Cupertino, California. The company sells the Apple I, personal computer kits hand-built by Wozniak. The following year, Wayne will depart the company, selling his stock to Jobs and Wozniak for less than $1000. - The first laser printer
IBM introduces the IBM 3800, the first commercial printer to combine laser technology and electrophotography, speeding the output of high-volume documents.
- Apple Computer, Inc.
Pop Culture
- Punked out
The Ramones release their self-titled first album. The 100 Club Punk Festival in September helps raise the profile of the punk movement in mainstream pop culture. - One league
The National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association merge. Players from two ABA franchises that folded are reassigned via a dispersal draft. - "On a dark desert highway…"
The Eagles release "Hotel California." Topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in May 1977, the song goes on to win a Grammy award and is later ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 50 greatest songs of all time.
- Punked out
Rip City
Our Company
- Support staff
Andrea Strauss joins the company as an office administrative assistant and receptionist. Thirty-three years later, Andrea is still answering phones and greeting visitors at the company's Portland headquarters. - Making it official
In July, the company incorporates as Mackenzie/Saito & Associates. - An addition to architecture
Rick Saito adds Dennis Woods to MSA's architectural staff. Throughout his 33 years (and counting) with the company, Dennis will cultivate numerous valuable client relationships, including with PacTrust. An invite to his annual Alaska fishing trip becomes a coveted item.
- Support staff
In the News
- An act of healing
President Carter pardons individuals who dodged the draft during the Vietnam conflict. - A dream remembered
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., posthumously earns the Medal of Freedom. - The lights are dim
Looting and general disorder break out during a blackout in New York City that lasts for 25 hours. Areas of Harlem, Brooklyn, and the South Bronx experience the worst damage. - The worst of times?
France performs its last execution by guillotine, carrying out the death sentence against convicted murderer Hamida Djandoubi. - American oil
The Trans Alaskan Oil Pipeline opens. The largest privately funded construction project at the time, the pipeline costs $8 billion to build. The pipeline conveys oil from the North Slope to the northernmost ice-free port in Valdez, Alaska. The first oil flows on June 20, and the first tanker departs Valdez on August 1.
- An act of healing
Local Happenings
- Baseball returns to Seattle
The Seattle Mariners play their debut game on April 7. Before a sellout crowd at the Kingdome, the team loses 7-0 to the California Angels. - Red hot and rollin'
Series MVP Bill Walton leads the Portland Trail Blazers to the NBA championship with a 109-107 game 6 defeat of the Philadelphia 76ers. - Mass transit
In December, Portland's downtown transit mall opens. Led by TriMet, the project rebuilds 5th and 6th avenues as priority streets for buses from West Burnside Street to SW Madison Street.
- Baseball returns to Seattle
Technological Breakthroughs
- Apple takes a bite out of the home computer market
The first Apple II computers hit the market. The desktop personal computer features a keyboard, video monitor, mouse, and expandable random-access memory (RAM). Independent software manufacturers begin to develop applications for the system. - A new gaming experience
Atari releases the VCS game system. Later renamed the Atari 2600, the system popularizes the use of microprocessor-based hardware and individual game cartridges rather than having games pre-built into dedicated hardware. Systems first come packaged with Combat and later Pac-Man. - Nobel breakthrough
A trio of researchers—Hideki Shirakawa, Alan MacDiarmid, and Alan Heeger—announce the discovery of electrically conducting organic polymers. These are developed into light-emitting diodes (LEDs), solar cells, and displays on mobile telephones. The three go on to earn the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2000.
- Apple takes a bite out of the home computer market
In the Industry
- Deconstructed
Frank Gehry redesigns his own Santa Monica house.
- Deconstructed
Pop Culture
- Roots
Roots airs on ABC. Based on Alex Haley's novel, the landmark miniseries draws record audiences and earns numerous awards, including nine Emmys, a Golden Globe, and a Peabody Award. - "A long time ago…"
Star Wars becomes the then-highest grossing film of all time shortly after its release in late-May. - Farewell to the King
Rock and roll's king, Elvis Presley, dies of a heart attack at age 42 in his Graceland home on August 16. - An icon retires
Pelé plays his final professional soccer game.
- Roots
Seeking peace
Our Company
- Tree hunt
Another company tradition begins in the '70s as MSA employees and their families gather in the woods, united in their quest for the perfect Christmas tree.
- Tree hunt
In the News
- Senate takes to the airwaves
Proceedings of the U.S. Senate are broadcast via radio for the first time. - Camp David Accords
Israeli leader Menachem Begin and Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat discuss peace at Camp David, Maryland, in September. The two sign the accords on September 17. They are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in November. - Lip-smacking good legislation
President Carter signs a bill authorizing the homebrewing of beer. - Suffragette currency
The first Susan B. Anthony dollars are minted and distributed.
- Senate takes to the airwaves
Local Happenings
- Metro's roots
In May, Portland-area voters approve the creation of the Metropolitan Service District (Metro).
- Metro's roots
Technological Breakthroughs
- Trial by tower
In Chicago, AT&T and Bell Labs begin public tests of a new cellular phone system with more than 2,000 trial customers and mobile phone sets. - Sun-powered number crunching
Sharp releases the first solar-powered calculator.
- Trial by tower
Pop Culture
- Legendary laziness
The Garfield comic strip debuts. It will eventually become the most widely syndicated comic strip worldwide.
- Legendary laziness
A second oil crisis
Our Company
- Kruse Way
The firm begins providing site development services to Schnitzer Investment for a site along Kruse Way. The area will continue to spawn projects in the ensuing decades. - Outgrowing our offices
By the late-70s, continued growth has pushed the firm beyond the capacity of the Abernethy house and employees are spread between multiple offices.
- Kruse Way
In the News
- Ring around the planet
Images obtained by the US Voyager I space probe reveal the rings around Jupiter. - Three Mile Island melt-down
The nation suffers its worst nuclear accident after a fire at the reactor in Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, on March 28. - A holy visit
Pope John Paul II visits the United States in October. - Oil crisis
On November 12, President Carter orders the halt of all Iranian oil imports into the United States in response to the Iran hostage crisis. The crisis began eight days earlier when 3,000 radicals invaded the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 90 people hostage. The group demanded the return of the former Shah of Iran so he could stand trial. The crisis in Iran sends oil prices around the world skyrocketing - Cold day in February
The Sahara Desert experiences snow for 30 minutes on February 18.
- Ring around the planet
Local Happenings
- Destructive winds
A windstorm on February 13 sweeps across western Washington with winds in excess of 115 mph, sinking a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. Rebuilding the bridge will take nearly three years and more than $140 million. - Super SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics defeat the Washington Bullets to claim the NBA championship. Dennis Johnson earns the Finals MVP trophy. - Responsible growth
The City of Portland establishes its first urban growth boundary. - Your tax dollars
Oregon voters approve the kicker refund law.
- Destructive winds
Technological Breakthroughs
- Spreadsheet capabilities
VisiCalc enters the market at the first commercial spreadsheet program. With more than 700,000 copies sold over a period of six years, the program is credited with legitimizing the microcomputer as a serious business tool. - First laptop computer
William Moggridge of GRiD Systems Corporation in England designs what is thought to be the world's first laptop computer. The GRiD Compass 1109 has 340 kilobytes of bubble memory and a folding electroluminescent display screen housed in a magnesium case. In the early 1980s, NASA will use the system for its shuttle program. GRiD will patent the "portable computer" in 1982. - Sony Walkman
Sony releases the Walkman. Originally marketed as the Soundabout in the U.S., the device features stereo playback and mini headphone jacks. A "hotline" button activates a built-in microphone to allow one listener to speak to the other over the music.
- Spreadsheet capabilities
In the Industry
- Honoring service to design
Philip Johnson earns the first Pritzker Prize for architecture. The prize was established to encourage awareness of how people perceive and interact with their surroundings. The jury praises Johnson's five decades of imagination as demonstrated in a host of museums, theaters, libraries, houses, gardens, and corporate buildings.
- Honoring service to design
Pop Culture
- "Life ain't so bad…"
Michael Jackson releases Off the Wall, which goes platinum seven times over. - A new worldwide leader
The Entertainment Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, enters the cable television market. - NPR news
Morning Edition debuts on National Public Radio. Barbara Hocker hosts the first year of the popular weekday news program. - Boldly going to the big screen
The Smithsonian Institution hosts the world premiere of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. - "Would you like fries with that?"
McDonald's introduces the Happy Meal.
- "Life ain't so bad…"


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LOUD3R is a real-time content discovery, curation and publishing platform that combines semantic search, aggregation technology, and human knowledge to provide publishers and marketers with high-quality content for their sites, applications, and social media at low cost. The LOUD3R team, led by former Google, MTV, MySpace, and Yahoo! executives, is based out of Pasadena, California.
LOUD3R uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) extensively, supporting an architecture that includes everything from clusters of aggregation and semantic technology processes to front-end hosting and application programming interface (API) access. The LOUD3R team takes advantage of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS) boot volumes for their Linux/Apache/MySQL and PHP/Python front ends. They use Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon CloudFront for their content delivery network and storage, Amazon SimpleDB as a scalable solution for their API, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) for task management, and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) for distributing load across Apache instances.
LOUD3R lead engineer Billy McClure raves about AWS' "incredible flexibility," as the technology he supervises requires the processing and storage of large amounts of data at all times as well as the flexibility to increase processing power as LOUD3R's client implementations scale. As McClure notes, "We are able to have nearly complete control over the architecture and can make changes when we need them…The ability to spawn instances for a few hours at a time to try out a new technology is invaluable for a small technology startup that needs to stay vigilant when it comes to resources spent on R&D."
The LOUD3R API sits behind ELB and is hosted on machines distributed across the United States-East availability zone. LOUD3R stores large data sets in CouchDB, indexed by user ID and important attributes corresponding to the data in Amazon SimpleDB. The LOUD3R API runs on TurboGears2, with an in-house Amazon SimpleDB model that builds queries based on GET request parameters, and currently serves content to over 170,000 domains hosted by NameMedia. "AWS was able to provide us with scalability at an incredibly low price," says McClure.
McClure is also grateful for the frequent releases of new AWS features that lessen the need for IT management, such as Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) and Amazon SimpleDB. "Our flexibility as a company grows even more," says McClure. "We can divert resources we'd usually spend supporting software tools into our own algorithmic advancements."
LOUD3R has an Amazon RDS migration planned in the future in addition to an integration of RabbitMQ and Celery to create a distributed task flow across a set of instances managed by Amazon Elastic Load Balancing and Amazon CloudWatch. "I'd personally like to add, as a developer," says McClure, "that it was an unexpected and well-received action of Amazon Web Services, getting in contact with LOUD3R after eighteen months in which we never really contacted your team. In the last three weeks [AWS has] extended nothing but helpful ideas and desire to see us architecturally succeed using your service. I am beyond grateful for the time set aside to help us."
To learn more about LOUD3R, visit http://www.loud3r.com/ .
(Published 2010)


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...to the cyber-home of young adult author (and possible screwball film escapee) Gwenda Bond.
My latest novel, The Woken Gods, is out now from Strange Chemistry (Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound | Powells). My first novel, Blackwood, is also available (Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound | Powells). Or you can order from your local independent bookstore.
Navigating around the site, you can find out more about me and my novels, Blackwood, The Woken Gods, and Girl on a Wire (Skyscape, 2014). You can also see my recent reading recommendations, view my events schedule, and track down the other spots I frequent online (psst: twitter and tumblr). New blog entries appear below.