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Beyond The Mic: I Challenged Jordan Wallace & Failed Miserably [Video]
I didn't play baseball growing up, but that doesn't matter, right? I mean, I could probably at least hit a foul off a great softball pitcher.
Just kidding. About the second part anyway.
With some ribbing from Ryan Baniewicz, I decided to accept his challenge. I would try to hit a pitch off of Louisiana Ragin' Cajun pitcher Jordan Wallace.
For anyone that thinks they can hit a softball pitch off the LSWA Pitcher of the Year (2013), watch this video first.
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was clearly holding back got smoked. Having said that, how cool is it to see Wallace's pitch in slow motion? Even breaking it down to milliseconds, it's hard to see the ball cross the plate. It's much easier seeing me make a fool of myself give it my all like a champion.
Ryan claimed that if I attempted this feat, he'd accept any challenge I threw at him. The challenge is…Reagan Bazar.
How do you think he'll do against a Ragin' Cajun baseball pitcher that has been clocked at 100mph? Come back to ESPN1420.com later this week or subscribe to the ESPN1420 YouTube channel and find out in the coming days.

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Seems like most here, as well as everywhere else, have been very interested in the subprime credit mess. CNBC produced a two hour special that did a real good job of explaining in layman's terms how the financial system got to where it is today. It's not a 'put the blame on this one or that one' so if you're looking for ammo for the R vs D argument you won't find it in this special. If you're looking to try to understand how this mess got so out of hand you might want to watch.
It's on CNBC again on March 15 at 9 PM Eastern and March 29 at 8 PM Eastern.


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i think that they are trying to say that they have a cirrus logic sound card, and windows 98se can detect it, but linux cant..... i think.. cant be too sure with those kinda posts...
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I really like the name Dean - it is handsome, cool, and scholarly all at the same time. Sounds good with Nils, also, where something like Axel might overpower as a sibling name...What about Dean Henry?
We're expecting baby boy #3 in 2 weeks and his name will be Henry. Love it! We are planning to use the nickname Huck so I guess if there are too many Henry's around he can just go by that. Our other sons are Oliver and Miles so popularity is not a huge issue for us. Just use the name you love!
I think Henry will be a top 10 soon ... lovely name, but this probability would be a deal-breaker for me. I really like Dean ... a lot. I haven't heard anyone use the name recently :)
I don't think Henry will be top 10 soon. Maybe 5-10 years. It's still rising in popularity but it's only steadily rising, as opposed to rising by leaps and bounds.
I have a cousin named Peter and he doesn't get teased for his name.
I've never met a Peter who gets teased for his name... I wouldn't use Henry as a first name if he'll have a cousin with that name but maybe for a middle name? I normally don't like names that start with D but Dean doesn't bother me. I knew an adorable Dean in college, sweet guy!


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Officers found that a red Jeep Wrangler struck the rear of a red Chevy Cavalier that stopped in the outside lane, according to the release.
Witnessess, according to the release, said the Cavalier had a blown tire and was traveling slowly before coming to a stop along the interstate.
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WHAT: The Volunteers of America Auxiliary of Greater Baton Rouge's annual luncheon and card party fundraiser.
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday.
WHERE: Woman's Club, 259 East Blvd., Baton Rouge.
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DETAILS: Students should bring high school ID, a current report card or a letter from a teacher, counselor or principal confirming enrollment at a Louisiana high school and come with a female parent, guardian or relative older than 18. Brides do not need to provide proof of financial need; dresses are distributed on the honor system. Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis. Each student or bride will be paired with a volunteer personal shopper, who will guide her through the inventory during a 30-minute shopping appointment. Private dressing rooms will be provided.
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What could be more fun than drifting a MINI Coupé around Rio, Brasil during Carnival? Director Paulo Martins takes you behind the scenes in the latest MINI commercial from the Another Day, Another Adventure campaign. Instead of filming the commercial during the annual Carnival in February, Paulo recreated the festival months later so he could drive the car directly into the parade. I have to admit I was a bit nervous watching the stunt drivers weave in an out of the city but it does make me envy one of these small cars. After watching the BTS video, watch the second video below for the final commercial. Also head over to the MINI Youtube Channel to watch other commercials in the series from Honk Kong and Iceland.
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OH MAN THAT WAS AWESOME. Love cars, love video, love photography, love Brazil. You can only imagine what I think about this video.
Wow impressive :-O
But i really thought it was dangerous, sliding through all of those people.
But great work!!
why are there so many negative reviews?... i didn't particularly love it, but there was nothing not to like either @__@
Well the final video was kinda wack but the BTS was pretty cool. It LOOKED like it was shot on a DSLR to me. ewww. Cool car though.
What lens does he have mounted in the end? It looks like 70-200 but then again not exactly. It was an okay BTS video but the final product looks completely different.
It was a 70-200 with either a 1.4x or 2.0x extender.
Nice idea but I still think it needed a 'movie look' filter slapped over all that DLSR footage.. As another poster said, "DLSR ewww"
Wow... again my comments is gone... strange.... I was saying, overall, I think the Red One is the best Vid cam over all the others. DEtails in low and highlight are always on top 3.
The details in the read dress are amazing compared to the others. But is the Red one the most expensive of the group? I don't know...
I have a hard time with the crappy camera flash effect on the last shot.. It's like they REALLY had to get it out the door without polishing that! Looks rushed IMO..
...uuhhhh.... I think they are trying to sell cars in this ad.... are they not? I mean really.... how polished can you make it when one of the main characters is a sumo witch doctor.... ;) I was actually caught up in the moments, especially when the skin appeared on those luscious south american babes, to even notice any discrepancy with production issues..... :0 "(!)" "(!)" "(!)" .....oh yeah baby!!!!


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Seems Dapper, or at least the current incantation on gpilotd can't read usb palms (got a new one for my wife for her B-Day). Luckily, palm users abound, and many people have been squacking about the situation. There is currently a work around to the problem posted by qball on ubuntu fourms which is to issue the following on the command line:
sudo mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb/
Seems the problem is that gpilotd is looking for info in /proc/bus/usb/devices and things don't live there anymore in Dapper. (broke my usbview too :| )
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It's that time of year again where gorgeous people in costumes flood streets like Bourdon, drinks in hand, beads piled around their necks, with the true spirit of Mardi Gras taking over the historic (and once torn) city of New Orleans.
Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday," which is when the festivities get started (this year it's March 8th). It is a time of year when people eat fatty, heavy foods before fasting for the Lenten season, which starts on Ash Wednesday the following day. "Traditional" Mardi Gras' are held in Catholic cities across the globe.
While these "roots" are steeped in religious ritual, the New Orleans version of Mardi Gras is a bit more… relaxed. Tourists and locals take to Bourbon Street and the French Quarter to eat, drink and be merry, while various parades take place in Uptown and Mid-City Nah'leans along St. Charles Avenue and Canal Streets, where women bare their chests in exchange for beads… a heaven on earth, many would say.
Most visitors are hitting up The Big Easy this weekend in preparation for Fat Tuesday next week (so if you haven't booked a hotel you're probably out of luck). If you're lucky enough to be headed down south for Mardi Gras this year, here are a few things you should know:
– The booze will be flowing, but be sure to save some room for the local foods, such as their world-famous fried doughnuts called beignets (be sure to enjoy them with a cafe au lait (which will help with that hangover), boiled crawfish (which may not help with that hangover), a big bowl of steaming jambalaya or gumbo, and don't forget to have a Po' boy, a sandwich with fried meat and/or seafood served on a crusty roll.
– In addition to Bourbon and the French Quarter, Louisiana has other fantastic sites to see, like Saint Louis Cathedrale, the oldest continuously operating cathedral in the country. Tour the harbor (on an authentic steamboat!) and be sure to check out the wetlands and swamp areas where you can get up close and personal with gators and other wildlife.
– Music is at the heart of New Orleans. Hop on a mule-drawn carriage and enjoy the various musical stylings of the many street buskers who sit on practically every street corner in the downtown core of the city. If you're a jazz-lover you'll be especially excited, as this area of the country is credited with being the birthplace of jazz.
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Retail Entrepreneurship: Using Simulation to Teach Students the Techniques of Opening a Small Business
According to an article in the September/ October 2008 issue of The Futurist, "perhaps the most practical and potentially rewarding major (for students) is the relatively new field of entrepreneurship. …Self-employed individuals report the highest level of job and career satisfaction….(and) make up more than 75% of U.S. millionaires." No educator who is attempting to prepare students for entry into the work world today should ignore the importance of entrepreneurship as a viable and rewarding career. To prepare students properly, this paper will explore a simulation class as the best way to obtain a clear understanding of what it takes to open and operate a successful small business.
The presentation will evaluate the merits of offering this instruction as a senior level capstone class, one that calls upon the knowledge that students have gained in many of the other classes that they have previously completed in the university environment.
I will explore how interaction with the local business community and government agencies might make this experience more "real" to students as their learning is expanded beyond the classroom into the community . The simulation format uses traditional classroom resources coupled with problem-solving techniques to overcome obstacles that naturally exist in opening a successful business. The opportunity exists for students to come away from the experience with, not just learning from books, but the ability to uncover hard-to-find information and deal with community professionals to achieve success.
Keywords: Simulation, Retail Entrepreneurship, Problem-Solving, Learning
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A dispute over a dog led to a fight involving a sawed-off rifle and the arrests of three men in San Rafael, police said.
Ricky Lane Hill, 26, Maurice Lamar Jenkins, 23, and Louis Anthony Bynum, 18, were booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and other allegations. The suspects are Marin City residents.
The incident occurred at about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at an apartment on Deer Valley Road, just north of Smith Ranch Road. The people involved included the three suspects, two women who live at the apartment, and the boyfriend of one of the women, said San Rafael police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher.
Rohrbacher said the incident started with a dispute over a dog that one of the women did not want in the apartment. That led to a fight involving the boyfriend and the suspects.
One of the suspects allegedly pointed a loaded sawed-off rifle at the boyfriend, prompting him to jump off a balcony to escape. The three suspects and one of the women left the apartment and got into a 1999 Mercedes, and police intercepted them in the area.
Police searched the vehicle, found the alleged weapon in the car and arrested the three suspects but not the woman.
Hill and Jenkins were released on bail, and Bynum remained in custody, while the district attorney's office reviewed the case.
The boyfriend, a 27-year-old Novato resident, was not injured in the jump from the balcony.
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Hey everyone! Got my G2 today. Got it rooted in like 5 mins. Almost done setting it up. One thing I can not seem to make work is Lightflow. It's kinda weird I've done everything I normally do. It's set up the same way as my Nexus 4. LED is enabled. I've tried unchecking all the stock system LED'S etc. Stock works. I've Googled it already and it doesn't seem like any kind of known issue. Accessibility is turned on. Root enabled. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I love Lightflow.
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Yes, it does work. However, it took a while for me to figure out the proper configuration. You must leave the G2's stock LED notifications enabled, but disable all the individual apps/notifications (incoming call, missed call, etc) except for the one labeled "Downloaded apps" (make sure that one is enabled/ticked).
In Lightflow's settings, have "root mode", and "Run in foreground" enabled. Seems that "Nexus 5 force LED reset" is enabled by default, so I left that alone. "Reduce wake" is optional...seems to work either way.
For some apps to work properly (Like Facebook Messenger) you must have "Accessibility Services" enabled for Lightflow as well.
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Pilgrims who flocked to Rome for the inaugural Mass of Pope Francis on Tuesday had high hopes he can reform and revive the Catholic Church, bring it closer to ordinary people and focus global attention on helping the poor.
"Ideas are changing under Francis. The powerful have to finally understand they can't destroy the world for money," said Francisca Fernandes, a psychologist who traveled to Rome from Patagonia in Argentina for the inauguration.
People watched and cheered as Francis toured St. Peter's Square in an open white jeep, frequently stopping to greet the crowds and kiss babies. Many of them said they were struck by the new pope's openness and accessibility.
"He has a very special presence, his smile and attitude. I feel close to him," said Veronique Blaise, a 40-year-old purchasing manager from Paris. "We need someone sincere and simple like him to bring back traditional values."
Up to 200,000 people waving flags and banners crammed into the square to hear a homily in which Francis appealed for the protection of the environment and the defense of the weakest in society.
"He touched me the most when he was talking about the poor, the sick and the aged—he has the world at heart," said Rev. Emmanuel Korsah, a priest from Ghana studying Church law at a Catholic university in Rome.
"There will be a lot of challenges, but he means to face them, in the name of St. Francis and with the lifestyle of simplicity he wants to live," he said.
Others noted that the Jesuit pope's humble style was a clear break with the past.
"The new pope seems different. He is closer to young people," said Michele Del Grosso, a 17-year-old student who traveled overnight from Olevano sul Tusciano in southern Italy to take part in the Mass.
"His approach is almost revolutionary," said 42-year-old sports writer Marco Da Milano. "His words are very interesting and also easy to understand."
The former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio has tried his best so far to flout Vatican pomp, stressing his role as bishop of Rome and frequently reaching out to greet well-wishers, to the obvious discomfort of his security detail.
Some pilgrims attending the Mass said they believed Francis also has what it takes to shake up the Church's dysfunctional central administration, or Curia, which has been blighted by rivalry, scandal and infighting.
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One thing all Bikram Yoga devotees have in common is the story of how they first came to find themselves in the hot room and how it has transformed their life over time. We are so proud to share with you a few of our member's Bikram Yoga stories.
Fifteen years ago, when I was just 21 years old, I fell in love with a man with an anti-social personality disorder. Of course, I didn't know it at the time. Love is blind and I was severely blinded. We married a year later and had two little boys shortly thereafter.
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In 2004 I was diagnosed with Seminoma Cancer. A massive tumor had spread to my left kidney, lungs and had managed to wrap itself around my aeorta. This is the same cancer that Lance Armstrong had. Needless to say, I was reading all of his books he had written about his cancer journey.
Oona Krieg
My first Bikram Yoga class was surprising; it was hot, I was sweating, I could not do any of the positions that everyone else seemed to be able to do with ease. It was overwhelming. It took that first class, and already I could breathe better.
Sharon Yap
Nobody forgets their first encounter with hot yoga - at least not me. It was January 2008 my girlfriend and I decided to do something about our weight gain. Eagerly we paid $20 for our first week of trial.
Willi Isaak
I was introduced to Bikram Yoga by my trainer at Karp Fitness who was helping me through a few overuse sports injuries (knee, shoulder and elbow). She recommended that I try Bikram Yoga and told me that it would be a great balance for my training and I thought I would enjoy the challenge.
Barbara Isaak
Physically my body from head to toe has been affected, in a good way, by Bikram Yoga. Sinus headaches...gone. Big toe bunions...gone, almost. Circulation is so good that my eyesight & hearing have improved.
Maria Wahl
Three times a week I walk into the Bikram Yoga studio on Lougheed Hwy in Coquitlam, and reconnect with an old friend, I've known this friend for 53 years, we lost touch for a time but Bikram Yoga brought us back together. The old friend I connect with is my body.
Even though we are strong, and focused, and present, we sometimes have moments when we don't feel like we are. This brings me to the last lesson I will write about today. At Bikram Yoga we learn patience, and acceptance of where our body and mind are for today.
Sue Cowan
I'm in my mid-fifties and had to stop swimming and running due to wear and tear. After 4 months of Bikram Yoga, I lost 10 lbs. The arthritis in my neck is much less troublesome, middle back pain is gone and my sinus problems are gone. My posture has also improved.
Chelsy Lumb
One day I woke up, looked in the mirror, and I hated who I saw. I was frustrated with how my clothes fit and disappointed with my over all life decisions. I decided something had to change. I was tired of being looked at as the big boned girl; really what they were saying was over weight girl, just sugar coated.


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Just because we vouched for Homeboy's track record at SXSW doesn't necessarily mean we'll be posting everything the Stones Throw recruit drops, which is the reason we skipped over the somewhat sleepy explanation for why "Cops Get Scared" of this Isaac Yankem lookalike a week back.
However, it would've been foolish for us to bypass the brother's offbeat video to "The Miracle." Wonderfully directed by the non-three-point-shooting Steve Smith, this visual wonderland literally paints pictures over Sandman's various cadences, adding enough eye-pleasing appetizers to make listeners forget they'll need to replay the spacey song twenty more times to understand what the Queens MC is even talking about on this cut off his Subject Matter EP.
If I'm the only that feels that way, I'd appreciate if someone could crack his code in the comments.


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This elegant five bedroom Victorian house is beautifully presented throughout with tremendous character and is full of period features. A pretty tiled hallway leads into a guest cloakroom and the main house; there is a Smallbone of Devizes kitchen/breakfast room which has fabulous storage space, including serpentine style drawers in the central island, granite work surfaces, integrated appliances including dishwasher, microwave, fridge/freezer and a Smeg range style cooker, plus an original walk in larder. Off the kitchen is a utility room, with space for washing machine and dryer, doors to the garden and a separate good size workshop/storage space. A large bright and airy hallway is the centre of this house with beautiful period details including a stained glass window; it leads to four reception rooms and the first floor. A generous sitting room has a focal marble fire place with working gas fire and a grand window with views to the garden. There is a family dining room to the front of the house, dual aspect with glazed double doors to the bright drawing room, with bookshelves and bright garden views, a delightful hexagonal study is adjoining, with lovely fitted furniture, window seats and a gorgeous sloping ceiling detail. A graceful staircase leads to the first floor, which splits at the top, to the right leading to a bedroom, shower room and separate WC (possibly the original staff quarters) and to the left, four further bedrooms with the front bedroom benefitting from fitted wardrobes and vanity unit. The three bedrooms at the rear of the house all have wonderful large windows, with the master bedroom having fitted wardrobes and an en suite bathroom, with separate enclosed shower, heated towel rail and bath.
Westlecot Road is situated in Swindon Old Town, the original market town of Swindon and sits on a hill. Old Town has a good range of local amenities, with Town gardens a short walk away. There are further comprehensive amenities in the commercial centre of Swindon including the Steam Museum, cinema complexes and Outlet Shopping. Local private schools include: Pinewood, St Hugh's, Faringdon, Marlborough College, Dauntsey's and Rencombe College in Cirencester. There are regular trains to London Paddington (55 minutes) and the South West from Swindon Station, (approximately 2 miles) with the M4 motorway (Junctions 15 & 16) about 4 miles away.
The house is reached by a sweeping bricked driveway bordered by yew hedges and lawn with ample parking, detached double garage, and greenhouse with access to the extensive garden which extends to approximately 0.485 acres in all. The well maintained south facing walled garden is mainly laid to lawn with well stocked mature borders and shrubs. From the rear porch a stone path with lavender borders leads to the back lawn, beautiful hexagonal summer house, mature cedar tree, fruit trees and there is also access to Belmont Crescent. There is a stone sun terrace perfect for outside entertaining, raised vegetable beds and paths surrounding the house with locking gates at either side of the house.
Drawing Room
Sitting Room
Kitchen/Breakfast Room
Dining Room
Utility Room
Five Bedrooms
Master Bedroom with En suite Bathroom
Guest Shower Room
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April 07, 2014
Michael Lewis's latest book, Flash Boys, is more fiction than fact, but it raises some important questions about high frequency trading and markets.
By Manoj Narang
Manoj Narang (second from left) debating high frequency trading with IEX Group's Brad Katsuyama (far left) and Michael Lewis (far right) on Bloomberg TV
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As I remarked during my debate with Michael Lewis on Bloomberg TV
last week, I hold a dim view of his latest work, Flash
Boys: A Wall Street Revolt; to me it is fiction
masquerading as journalistic exposé.
In his Orwellian narrative, the small, entrepreneurial firms
that upended the status quo on Wall Street by using computers
to automate the jobs of inefficient fat-cat market insiders are
the bad guys, and incredibly, the fat cats themselves are the
good guys. Yes, thats correct, the upstarts who leveled
the playing field and who made stock trading far cheaper for
investors big and small these are the villains; and the
disgruntled guys who used to feed at the trough of the
two-tiered market are the heroes. In the greatest of
absurdities, Goldman Sachs is one of the protagonist-victims of
Michael Lewiss novel.
His nostalgia for the heady days of Liars
Poker has clearly messed with Lewiss ability to see
things clearly, and has exposed him as nothing more than a
cheerleader for Wall Street who clearly misses the fun and
glory of the trading floor during its years of excess when he
was a trainee at Salomon Brothers. There is, in fact, very
little that he gets right in this novel. (See also
Ringside at the Michael Lewis High-Frequency-Trading Big
The most annoying and harmful message in Lewiss
fictional account of the markets is that they are somehow
rigged. As evidence for this, conspiracy theorists
have lately pointed their collective whistles and blown them at
the fact that the large high frequency trading firm Virtu
Financial disclosed in a regulatory filing that it has operated
for multiple years with only a single losing day. This is taken
to mean that HFT firms are not committing capital or taking
risk. Instead, they are skimming risklessly off of
every transaction like parasitic leeches.
To the people who make these bombastic claims, it is
impossible to reconcile the fact that a very stable business
can be built even though risk is taken on every single
transaction. Allow me to explain. My firm is
a mid-sized HFT firm that regularly trades over 1 percent of
the daily market volume of the U.S. equity market. Our winning
percentage, on a per-trade basis, is in the low 50s in
other words, barely better than a coin flip. That means we lose
money on nearly half our trades. Does this sound like risk is
being taken? We sure think it does!
However, because we make many trades per day, our daily
winning percentage for the past four years is around 86
percent. How is that possible? Its not my place to
explain basic probability and statistics in this article, but
heres a hint for people who are confused by this: look at
the Wikipedia article on the Law of Large
Numbers, or read an introductory textbook on finance and
learn about how diversification works.
Now, this is not quite the money machine that Virtus
business is, but guess what: If you took three independent
firms of the same size and scale as mine, and combined them,
youd have a daily winning percentage in excess of 99
percent, without doing anything extra at all. Heres
another way to state the same thing: If you look at how many
winning weeks my firm has had, it is over 99 percent all
with a per-trade winning percentage barely north of 50 percent
funny how math works.
While Im still in the mood to disclose all kinds of
confidential information about my firms trading
strategies, here is another tasty tidbit. The average profit my
firm makes from its HFT strategies is about 5 cents per 100
shares executed. So, heres an interesting and informative
scenario: suppose a client of Chuck Schwab submitted a
200-share order, and that somehow, that order ultimately got
routed to a stock exchange, where it was filled by my firm.
Based on the economics I just disclosed, I would expect to make
a measly 10 cents on this 200-share transaction. And that is
not even guaranteed. There is a nearly 50 percent chance
Id lose money. By contrast, do you know what Chucks
firm earned on that same exact transaction? Nine dollars,
guaranteed. That is 90 times higher than what my firm made on
the exact same transaction. And all he did is risklessly route
his clients order to the exchange so that I could risk my
capital by taking the other side of the trade. And for this, I
get to be treated to Schwabs comments in the press last
week about how HFT is a growing cancer that has
undermined fairness. Is risklessly routing a
clients order really worth 90 times as much in
compensation as providing liquidity to the client by taking the
other side of the order? And why is nobody complaining that
Schwab is making money 100 percent of every hour of every day,
without risking any capital?
Schwabs statements are a perversion of reality.
Because HFT firms
use computers rather than overpaid human traders to provide
liquidity, they have revolutionized the business of trading
stocks and brought massive benefits to society in the form of
lower trading costs. The
asset management industry (
hedge funds, mutual funds and
exchange-traded funds) in the U.S. has swelled to record
sizes on the back of this cheap liquidity. In the meantime,
Schwabs commissions have barely budged over this
Claims of rigging aside, Michael Lewiss book is, at
its core, a diatribe about the importance of speed in the
markets. Since the advent of markets, speed has always
mattered. But the fact is, speed matters less today than it
ever has, and we largely have HFT to thank for that. This
statement may come as a shock to people, but the fact is that
the technology revolution that has come to be known
pejoratively as the
HFT arms race is pretty much in its final
throes. Latency (the time it takes to execute a trade from
the moment it is placed) is as close to zero as its going
to get, and the techniques that high frequency traders
pioneered are now widely deployed by brokerage firms that
handle client orders. As a result, the speed differentials
between fast and slow players are now measured in microseconds
or nanoseconds, whereas ten or 20 years ago they were measured
in seconds or minutes. It ought to be clear to any logical
person that if zero difference between players represents total
fairness, then the closer such differences are to zero, the
closer you are to total fairness. Such is the state of affairs
today, and it is because HFT firms have pushed the state of the
art as close to zero as possible.
As a practical matter, speed advantages are not static, they
have a large amount of random variation around the average.
Thus, the smaller a speed edge gets, the less deterministic it
is, and the harder it is to monetize. In practice, a one-second
average latency advantage means that your order will beat a
competitors every time, but a one-nanosecond average
advantage means that your competitor will beat you roughly half
the time. In other words, the smaller the speed advantage, the
less of an economic benefit it confers. This is not to say that
speed does not matter it still does, and it always will.
However, it does follow that speed matters less today than it
ever has, and we largely have the HFT revolution to thank for
Of all the sources of speed advantage, it is ironic that
colocation has come in for the greatest criticism. It is true
that proximity to the centers of price discovery has
always been important for trading. But it is also true that
people used to have to pay millions of dollars to obtain
maximum proximity (or local status), and that there
was a small finite supply of seats available on the exchange.
Now, by contrast, for as little as $1,000 a month, anybody who
wishes can obtain the modern equivalent of a seat on the
exchange and have all the advantages of proximity that
yesterdays insiders used to possess.
Colocation represents the ultimate ideal in fairness when it
comes to proximity, and we have high frequency traders to thank
for this innovation. In fact, Dave Cummings of the pioneering
HFT firm Tradebot deserves special recognition for inventing
this concept nearly a decade ago.
One of the principal advantages conferred by colocation is
the ability to consume the direct feeds of the exchanges
without paying for expensive long-distance telecommunications
to transport it. But these feeds have themselves been the
subject of major controversy, with detractors arguing that they
should be banned because they are faster than the consolidated
feeds (known as SIPs) that are mandated to exist by
regulation. I and many others agree that this speed
discrepancy is problematic, but banning the direct feeds is the
wrong solution. A far more straightforward solution exists,
namely, to compel the exchanges to modernize the highly
antiquated SIPs. Why is it that the detractors always want us
to move backward instead of forward? It is not the case that
the direct feeds offer a speed advantage that must be
curtailed; the reality is that the SIPs confer a disadvantage
that ought to be mitigated. You can not ban the direct feeds
they represent the true current state of the market, and
there is no other source of information about the full depth of
the order book for each exchange. However, you can make the SIP
faster. How about opting for the easy and obvious solutions
first, people?
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SCIENTIST Stephen Hawking is teaming up with Monty Python for their reunion shows.
The cult comedy troupe of John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones are kicking off their reunion gigs tomorrow.
Hawking will appear in the show, at London's O2, with Professor Brian Cox and a cast including a full orchestra and dozens of dancers.
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Idle said: "He's a big Python fan so he was asked if he would and he said within one minute 'yes'."
Cleese said the show, which includes numerous set changes and special effects, costs around £4.5 million to stage.
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Public access to the Sacramento River between Redding and Red Bluff will be expanded soon, with the acquisition by the Bureau of Land Management of 71 acres in the Sacramento River Bend area.
"These areas will be open for public access this fall, after we remove some deteriorating buildings, old fences and other hazards," said Kelly Williams, the BLM's manager of the Sacramento River Bend Outstanding Natural Area. "With these purchases there are now more than 17,500 acres of river frontage and oak woodlands available to the public."
Williams said the Bend Area is becoming increasingly popular with horseback riders, hikers, mountain bike riders and birders.
Hunters visit the area to pursue upland birds, waterfowl, wild turkey and deer.
Bend area public lands are used each year for special pheasant hunts sponsored by the BLM, California Department of Fish and Game and the Shasta County Sportsmen's Association. Up to 200 youth participate in a special hunt every year.
The area also provides opportunities for primitive camping (there are no developed campgrounds) and boat-in camping. There are launch and takeout points for rafts and kayaks.
Williams said the BLM has been purchasing property in the Bend area from willing sellers since 1972. Public land access to the river has grown from about a mile in the 1970s to more than 17 miles today.
In the most recent purchase, the BLM used an allocation from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund to buy the private parcels surrounded by public land. The total purchase price was $1.85 million.
Information on the Sacramento River Bend Outstanding Natural Area is available on the internet at www.blm.gov/redding, or by contacting the BLM Redding Field Office, 224-2100.


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Increased tension felt on the ground in Donetsk
[Sorry, the video for this story has expired, but you can still read the transcript below. ]
HARI SREENIVASAN: For more about this growing international crisis we're joined now via Skype by Peter Leonard of the Associated Press. He's in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, one of the key sites of the pro-Russian uprising.
So, Peter, what's the situation on the ground where you are?
PETER LEONARD: Well, the situation some hundred kilometers from here in Slavyansk, which is the center of the armed insurgency that the Ukrainian government forces have continued operations to try and expunge anti-government forces from there. In the meantime, however, in various cities and towns across eastern Ukraine including in Donetsk itself the seizures of government offices continues unabated.
Only today, for instance, in Donetsk, a crowd of several hundred people stormed a military prosecutor's office. We've seen similar such actions taking place in Donetsk and other places over the last few days and weeks.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Are you seeing the Ukrainian army push back?
PETER LEONARD: Well, it's sort of a game of cat and mouse in a way. Every time the Ukrainian army looks poised to make serious incursions into the center of the armed insurgency, it sort of seems to take a step back or just hold its positions. So, it's very hard to be specific about any exact dynamic. At the moment, it's in this sort of rather tense balance, I would say.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Do they look like they're here for the long haul in any sort of — are they setting up any sort of bunkers or perimeters? I mean the Ukrainian army.
PETER LEONARD: Yes, well, the Ukrainian army so far seems to be focusing its efforts on creating a security (inaudible) around the town of Slavyansk, which is a town of about 100,000 people. And that (inaudible) seems to have held pretty tight.
What's unclear is whether they intend to actually make incursions into the town itself and attempt to restore it to government control. That we just have no clear picture about.
HARI SREENIVASAN: And you said there's increased tension. Are the people in your town, in Donetsk, feeling like war is imminent?
PETER LEONARD: I think war might be overstating it, but there's definitely a sense of permanent unrest that just hangs very heavily in the air. It might be a little bit too early to speak of war as such, but there's certainly the feeling of instability is doing nobody any good.
HARI SREENIVASAN: All right, Peter Leonard of the Associated Press, joining us via Skype from Donetsk. Thank you so much.
PETER LEONARD: Thank you.


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Submitted by Jane Alexander on June 3, 2012 - 09:46
I'm not sure what the basis was best fast bowler is Dayle Steyn. His swing at pace is only rivaled by Akram in my opinion. If the question is best ONE day bowler I think Malinga everytime.
Dale Steyn across all formats, Malinga in the limited versions.
Submitted by Jane Alexander on June 5, 2012 - 11:53.
i meant in all formats


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Hello all,
I am try to see how forking the process works. I am having some problem with the code I have written :
I xpect the parent process to fork and wait for the second process to exit which goes to the function childprocess where it exits. Then the process should print on the terminal "Process id <child process id> terminated". Then it should fork again and do the same with the second chid process.Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
childprocess(int pid, int pnum);
main () {
int pid, pid0, pid1, status, FD, coremaker, tochild[2], toparent[2];
FD = creat("new file.txt", S_IRWXU);
if((pid = fork()) < 0) {
printf("Could not fork process");
} else {
if(pid !=0)
printf("\nProcess forked");
if(pid == 0) childprocess(pid,1);
//if(pid != 0) {
pid = wait(&status);
printf("\nProcess (id %d ) exited ", pid);
if((pid = fork()) < 0) {
printf("Could not fork second process");
if(pid !=0)
printf("\nSecond process forked");
if(pid == 0) childprocess(pid,2);
// if(pid != 0) {
pid = wait(&status);
printf("\nProcess (id %d ) exited " , pid);
// }
coremaker = 1/0; // SIGFPE to produce the core file
childprocess(int pid, int pnum) {
float i = 0;
int index = 0;
for(index = 0; index < 900; index++) {
//printf("\nPID %d matches index : %d", pid, pnum);
However the output is as follows :
Process forked
Process (id 16237 ) exited Process (id 16237 ) exited
Second process forked
Floating point exception (core dumped)
That is, I get the floating point exception before I get the message that the second child process has also exited.
When I comment out the division by zero, I get the followng output :
Process forked
Process (id 16324 ) exited Process (id 16324 ) exited
Second process forked
Process (id 16325 ) exited
Here I get the message, that the first child proces has exited, two times.
This seems a little strange. Please help me with it


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Yes, we do trades! But… rarely.
As a general rule we don't have a taste for trading for animals that we are going to re-sell. We like to do trades when the animal we receive will become one of our breeders. This is because our primary focus is breeding, not re-selling/flipping. We try to avoid re-selling animals because it becomes increasingly difficult to stand behind the animal being sold. This is not a knock on the quality of other breeder's production. It simply means that we prefer to only sell our own production. Because of the size of our collection and the need to carefully manage its growth we don't tend to do trades unless it is for higher-end animals.
What we will need to have and/or know about your trade animals
In order for us to consider a trade we are going to want to know some info about the snake(s) you are offering. If you don't immediately offer the following you can expect an email back from us asking for the following:
- Genetics and Gender
- Weight (grams)
- Current picture(s)
- Hatch Date
- Feeding habits (mice, rats, ASF's, live, f/t, etc.)
- What value you place on the animal(s)
Ball pythons that may interest us right now:
- Multi-gene clowns (females)
- Multi-gene piebald (pied) (females)
- Orange Dream combos (females)
Other things we would like to trade for:
- Guns. If you have a nice firearm that is in excellent condition we may be interested in trading for it. All of the required legal processes must be followed for any deal involving firearms. If you are in another state all weapons will have to be sent to my FFL.
- Gold.
- Silver.
Things that DO NOT interest us
- Normal ball pythons of any size or quantity
- We do not intentionally produce normal ball pythons and the few we do produce are typically sold in wholesale lots to pets stores or larger distributors.
- Commonly available single-gene males or females (pastels, spiders, mojaves, etc.)
- We no longer intentionally produce single-gene ball pythons. We produce all we need through our own projects.
- Caramel albinos
- Caramel albinos are beautiful snakes and make some amazing combos; we just don't work with them.
- Deserts
- Until (if) the issues with desert fecundity are resolved we're not interested in any animal that carries the desert gene.
- Normal hets or possible hets
- Anything other than ball pythons (other than guns, gold and silver)


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Urticaria Pigmentosa (mastocytosis) Health facts for you
I got this information sheet from my pedi dermatologist with guidelines about Urticaria Pigmentosa. I thought I would type up this information in case other doctors haven't given it out.
What is Urticaria Pigmentosa (UP)?
Urticaria Pigmentosa (urr-tah-care-ee-ah pig-men-toes-ah) is a rash that affects the neck, arms, legs, and trunk of infants, children and young adults. This kind of rash does not happen very often. The rash is made up of red to brown color spots that are flat or slightly raised. Sometimes the spots will blister. There may be a few spots or many spots. The spots form hives when the rash is rubbed or scratched.
What causes Urticaria Pigmentosa
UP happens when there is an increased number of mast cells in the skin. The exact cause for the increased number of mast cells is not known. Mast cells are present in almost all parts of the body and help to fight infection. They also make a substance called histamine. Histamine causes hives, itching, flushing (redness) and the red color of the rash of UP. Many things may trigger UP. A trigger is something that results in the rash and itchy skin of UP. To understand what a trigger is, think of a light switch that turns on and off. A trigger is like a light switch. Things that turn "on" the skin rash of UP are called triggers.
How is Urticaria Pigmentosa diagnosed?
Urticaria Pigmentosa is diagnosed by signs and symptoms. The skin rash of UP and the itching help the doctor make the diagnosis.
What tests might my child have?
A skin biopsy can be done but may not be necessary. Sometimes other studies such as x-rays and blood tests are done as well.
How is Urticaria Pigmentosa treated?
Use medicine as directed: The medicine may make the rash less itchy. This medicine is given by mouth and is called an anti-histamine. An anti-histamine is a medicine used to decrease the release of the histamine from mast cells.
Take care of your child's skin: Sun exposure may increase the brown color of the rash. Applying a sunscreen with SPF 15 may help to prevent the spots from becoming darker. If the rash becomes dry, scaly or rough, apply a moisturizing cream or ointment 3 to 4 times a day.
Avoid things that trigger UP: Triggers do not cause UP but they may bring out the rash or make the rash worse. In addition, massive release of histamine in the skin can cause low blood pressure or even shock. You will need to avoid things that trigger the release of histamine.
How to avoid things that trigger Urticaria Pigmentosa
There are a number of things that can trigger the rash of UP. Some of the triggers include emotional stress, medicines, foods and physical stimuli.
Foods and Liquids: Such as cheese, lobster, jelly fish, crayfish, spicy foods, and drinking hot liquids.
Drugs: Some of these medicines are used in the home. Other medicines are only used in the doctor's office or in the hospital: aspirin, codeine, morphine, alcohol, polymyxin B (found in polysporin ointment), thiamine (a vitamin), quinine, dyes that are used to take x-rays, opiates, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, D-tubocurarine, scopolamine, procaine, gallamine, decamethonium, pancurinium, and dextromethorphan.
Physical Stimuli: are mechanical or external factors that cause more histamine to be released: exercise, vigorous rubbing of the skin after bathing or showering, hot baths, drinking hot liquids, spicy foods, sunlight and cold exposure (especially swimming).
Other: Emotional stress, IV high molecular weight polymers (compound 48/80, dextran), calcium inonophor A23187, snake venom, Hymenoptera venoms, complement-derived anaphylotoxins, bacterial toxins, adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
How does Urticaria Pigmentosa affect your child?
The rash of UP is not painful but does cause itching in some children. Massive release of histamine can cause headaches, flushing (redness of this skin), diarrhea, vomitting, wheezing (breathing hard with a whistling sound), increased heart rate and a decrease in blood pressure.
How long does Urticaria Pigmentosa last?
Most infants and children will outgrow UP as they get older. New spots may continue to appear as long as the condition lasts. There is no known treatment to prevent new spots from appearing. The reddish-brown spots may fade as your child grows older but can last for months or even years.
This information sheet also recommends ordering a medical bracelet for your child to wear that reads: Urticaria Pigmentosa (Mastocytosis). Your child should wear this bracelet at all times. If your child has surgery or goes to the emergency room, make sure to provide them with this information because a lot of the triggers are used in emergency situations.
Alert - Take your child to the Emergency Room if your child has:
Severe flushing
Wheezing or fainting
Problems with breathing
Call your child's doctor, nurse or clinic if you have any questions or concerns. Call right away if your child has:
Diarrhea that does not go away.
I hope this information is helpful to anyone who's child has UP.
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Isn't it amazing how fast a year goes once you have kids!
my daughter has UP Masto.
seh gets blisters every now and then, also her skin is VERY blotchy!
Here's sum pix of her last blisters....
its right by her armpit...that was a big one!^^^
theres a cluster of them on her neck her...u can see one sticking out...
That is similar to how Candi's reactions happen as well. They will fill with the fluid and sometimes it's even a red/purple color and then will errupt and then scab over and eventually go back to how they looked before the reactoin happened. It's awful!
Bella used to get blisters on her scalp. She started getting them 4 days after she was born and they would pop up every four days. It had our doc stumped for a little while until she saw the 3 spots on her back. The blisters would pop up very quickly and then just burst and scab over. She stopped getting them when she was between 4 and 6 mths and hasn't gotten any since.
my son got this blisters (urticaria pigmentosa) after his first set of shots, witch was at 7 months and there were quite few of them. and after his second set of shots at age of 12 months they double in the amount. now i do not know what to do. anybody notice that shots trigger them to inflame?


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The FAA yesterday amended its certification standards for icing protection on transport-category airplanes. The new rule, which goes into effect September 2, will require new systems to increase pilot situational awareness during icing conditions. "We're adding another level of safety to prevent situations where pilots are either completely unaware of ice accumulation or don't think it's significant enough to warrant turning on their ice-protection equipment," said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt. Under the new rule, Part 25 aircraft must have one of three methods to detect icing and activate the aircraft's de-icing systems, such as an ice-detection system that automatically activates or alerts pilots to turn on the ice-protection system; a definition of visual signs of ice buildup on a specified surface, combined with an advisory system that alerts the pilots to activate the ice-protection system; or identification of temperature and moisture conditions conducive to airframe icing that would advise pilots to activate the ice-protection system. According to the amendment, after initial activation the system must operate continuously, automatically turn on and off or alert the pilots when it should be cycled.
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From their website: "DOGTV provides television for dogs as a 24/7 digital TV channel with dog-friendly programming scientifically developed to provide the right company for dogs when left alone. Through years of research with some of the world's top pet experts, special content was created to meet specific attributes of a dog's sense of vision and hearing and supports their natural behavior patterns. The result: a confident, happy dog, who's less likely to develop stress, separation anxiety or other related problems.''
At first, this seemed like the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of. "Scientifically developed through years of research?" Seriously? Ultimately, this research has produced three distinct types of programming for your pet: relaxation, stimulation and exposure.
When you think about it, this is a great idea. I will admit, I often leave the TV on for my dog, going so far as to tape "The Puppy Bowl" for her. As I'm sure most of you can attest, dogs are very interested in what goes on inside that big box on the TV stand. Backed by the Humane Society of the United States, DOGTV is bound to be more intellectually stimulating than daytime soap operas.
Why can't we come up with a channel like that for humans? Let's face it, many of us leave the TV on in the background while we are otherwise occupied. I'd rather see some cute puppies out of the corner of my eye than some whiny pseudo-celebrity on a reality show.
Mike Marin is a cranky curmudgeon who, when he's not yelling at kids to get off his lawn, likes to complain about the sad state of popular culture, especially as seen through a TV screen. His email address is email@example.com. This column is the personal opinion of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion of The News-Sentinel.


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Cape Town - China has become our fourth largest source market for tourism and many Chinese visitors arrive on Singapore Airlines – the only Far Eastern airline flying into Cape Town now that Air Malaysia has withdrawn from South Africa.
The airline is also popular with South Africans, particularly Capetonians, who pass through Singapore on their way to Thailand, China, Australia and New Zealand, making use of the excellent connecting flights from the city's Changi Airport.
The airport itself offers excellent shopping facilities, cinemas and themed gardens, and transit passengers are encouraged to shop by being given free vouchers to spend there.
But an increasing number of South Africans now make a stopover in Singapore itself. It is a fascinating city with a great deal to see and do, as visitors realise when they take advantage of the free sightseeing tours offered to transit passengers, and new attractions seem to be added every year.
They range from the city's Chinatown and Indian quarter with their charming shops, restaurants and architecture, the theatre which offers productions that have been a success in London and New York, a bird park with giant aviaries in which an astonishing variety of birds fly freely, two casinos, open-air markets, sophisticated department stores, and a museum recording the changes that have taken place since Singapore was a small fishing village, before its transformation into a sophisticated international city and centre for trade and one of the busiest ports in the world.
It has excellent hotels with favourable prices for passengers making a stopover, and a vibrant nightlife.
Tim Lee, the airline's new manager in Cape Town, tells me that many of the passengers in both directions are on business. And although the start of the Chinese new year at the end of next week will bring a large number of extra tourists to Cape Town, the airline will also carry large numbers of Chinese who are in business in this country on visits to their family homes in China.
Singapore Airlines was the launch customer for the giant Airbus A380. It now has 19 in service and has just made a second repeat order, this time for five more. In addition to this it has ordered a total of 40 of the new Airbus A350 XWB (extra wide-bodied) aircraft.
It is currently using the popular Boeing 777-200 extra long-range aircraft on its South African route and refitting them, with those in use on other long-haul routes, to offer passengers more space.
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Hello. I am a 25 year old female. I've been treated for my acne by my current dermatologist for 4 months.I have many acne scar, some are deep. First 3 months she gave me liquid soap for oily and sensitive skin (Sensiderm), topical Clindamysin phosphate solution for morning and titrating dose of Retinoic Acid night cream. Last month I had a Vbeam laser treatment. At first it looks like the scars were gone due to the swelling. But now, the scars are back. Should I change to CO2 fractional laser?
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In our practice we do Profractional Laser and Micro laser peel to help minimize acne scarring. We cannot guarantee it wills remove 100% of your scars, but it will definitely make a huge difference. If you're looking for something a little more aggressive you can also do a mini face lift to stretch out your skin making the acne scars less visible. Without an exam it's hard to be more exact.
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From what I can tell from the pictures, there are several depressed acne scars on both cheeks that would do very nicely with injectable fillers. In our practice we use liquid injectable silicone which is an ideal filler for acne scarring as it is very precise and permanent. A few of the scars look more pitted or punched out and would require other techniques than filling to be improved. Such techniques would include dermabrasion, electrosurgery, and/or punch excision. Personally, I think laser is a waste of time and money when it comes to acne scarring. Click on the link below to view before and after photos of patients treated with silicone and electrosurgery.
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I have a Ford 6.0 4x4 F350 2004 Duly that is modified. Bigger injectors, bigger turbo, steedspeed manifold, rebuilt FICM 48V, banks intercooler, AFE intake, suncoast transmission and much more... The truck runs well but whenever I race and launch the truck, I will get one good run and it will not launch a second time because I will get this code: P0500. Then it will take very long to build boost, the rpm will not go beyond 2000 and it will launch very very slow the second time. But when I drive away, it will drive normal, boost normal, rpm will be normal, it will work like that for months, normal no problems, only when i try to race and stand on the brakes to launch the truck the P0500 code will appear. I purchased the AE scan tool, to try and help myself fix this problem, with no avail. I changed the complete transmission wire harness all the way from the pcm to the transmission, I changed the speed sensor that is on top of the differential that is at the back, I changed the speed sensor that is at the rear of the transmission, I changed the brakes master cylinder that came with a new brakes pressure switch. But the problem is still there. I also bought a new anti-lock brakes module, as I thought that this would be my last option but I think the sales person at Green Ford sold me the wrong part. When I install it my ABS light came on and I retrieved this code: B2477. He sold me part #: 5C7Z-2C219-B which I think its for the single rear wheelXXXXX but he told me that is the only part number he has for my vehicle. The part number for the one that came off my truck is 2C34-2C346-BE. Does theXXXXXduly's come with a different module, to the single rear wheelXXXXX Can you please help me with this problem? What should I do next? I also pulled these codes with the AE scan tool: U1041, B1352, B1869, Do you think these codes are in relation to my present problem also? How can I fix these problem codes? Regards, Martin
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i'll continue to wait for a day or two.
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seems like no one can help with my question.
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In Edinburgh's Haymarket district, this hotel is just 200 metres (0.1 mi) from Haymarket Station. Edinburgh International Conference Centre is 1 km (0.6 mi) from the hotel.
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Apex Haymarket Hotel offers a full Scottish breakfast each morning (surcharge). The Metro West End Bar and Brasserie features Scottish specialties in a casual setting. 24-hour room service is available.
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The smoke-free Apex Haymarket Hotel is over 200 yards (200 meters) from Haymarket Station. Murrayfield Stadium and the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) are both about half a mile (1 kilometer) away.
The hotel serves a hearty Scottish breakfast (surcharge). A casual restaurant and bar are on site. Room service is offered 24 hours a day. Free WiFi is available throughout the hotel. Limited parking is available on a first come first served basis (fees apply).
- 24-hour front desk
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Elevator/lift
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- Free WiFi
- Express check-in
- Luggage storage
- Number of floors - 4
- Meeting rooms 3
- Total number of rooms - 66
- Restaurant
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- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Year Built 1997
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Family Hotel
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
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- Daily housekeeping
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- Bathtub or shower
- Free bottled water
- Free toiletries
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Desk
- Free WiFi
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Apex Haymarket Hotel has a restaurant and bar. A full Scottish breakfast is available for a surcharge. 24-hour room service is available.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at 2 AM
Check-in time starts at 2:30 PM
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- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 12 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
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- Breakfast fee: between GBP 9.50 and GBP 13.50 per person (approximately)
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A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. One child 12 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
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i need a good cupcake recipe i use (gasp cake box mixes but i doctor them up by adding pudding and flavorings and fillings to make them taste homemade) i have this book called cupcakes cupcakes. i tried to make the basic vanilla cupcake but something happened and my cupcakes came out more like a strawberry shortcake biscuit.
this was the recipe
3 cups white flour - i used all purpose not sure if its the same
1 table baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4th tea baking soda
1/2 cup butter at room temp
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
325 sift baking powder flour salt and soda, i dont have a siffter so i use a plastic colander and use a spoon to mix it down into the holes ( could that be the reason why they became biscuit?
place butter and sugar and cream together the sugar and butter became graniney i later learned i should have creamed the butter first then added the sugar
gradually add dry and buttermilk untill smooth i did but the batter looked like it had doubled in size fill and bake it makes 12 but this came out to 24 and i still had tons of batter left over
did i do something wrong does anyone have any tips. i dont want to keep spending the money on cake mixes and doctoring them up i want to create my own works of art
I really don't know much about your recipe, but this is the one I use and I LOVE it. It's no fail!
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
2 tsp vanilla bean paste (or vanilla)
1 egg
2 egg whites
1/2 cup whole milk
Mix butter and sugar on high until very well mixed. Add egg and egg whites mixing between each until just combined. Add vanilla and mix until just combined. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Add 1/3 flour mixture, 1/3 milk, alternating and ending with milk.
Bake 350 for 16-19 minutes
This is the best!
so is it all purpose flour or cake flour that you use and does one work better than the other?
cake flour and all purpose flour are different. Cake flour is for finer cakes, and a softer crumb. All purpose flour contains a more gluten content. The difference would depend on what type of cake youd like. A softer cake, or tougher. You also have to change the measurements if you are going to sub one for the other. You cant just replace 1/2 cup of all purpose flour for 1/2 cup of cake flour.
I use all-purpose. I've tried different recipes with cake flour and I just prefer all-purpose. The recipe I posted is very moist and soft.
hi there,
i dont have the recipe on me but on the side of the can of nestle highlanders caramel is an AMAZING recipe for chocolate flavored cupcakes with a Delicious caramel filling, it is super easy!
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of revelers crowded into New York City's Times Square to watch the crystal-covered ball make its annual descent, ringing in the start of 2013.
The festivities joined a slew of others around the globe, from fireworks in Sydney and Hong Kong to the first public countdown in years in Myanmar.
New York City's countdown was the first in decades without television host Dick Clark, who died in April. One of the crystal panels on the ball was engraved with his name.
Yvonne Gomez, a 53-year-old physician from Grand Forks, N.D., beamed with pleasure as the ball descended.
"I couldn't begin the new year in a more beautiful way," she said pointing to her husband, Greg Halverson, a 63-year-old potato farmer. "I married him two weeks ago and here we are in the middle of Times Square celebrating the new year."
Security in Times Square was tight, with a mass of uniformed police and plainclothes officers assigned to blend into the crowd. With police Commissioner Raymond Kelly proclaiming that Times Square would be the "safest place in the world on New Year's Eve," officers used barriers to prevent overcrowding and checkpoints to inspect vehicles, enforce a ban on alcohol and check handbags.
Syracuse University student Taylor Nanz, 18, said she and a friend had been standing in Times Square since 1:20 p.m. Monday. They hadn't moved from their spot because "if you leave, you lose your place," she said, shivering behind an iron barricade with a clear view of 1 Times Square, the building where the crystal ball hovered.
"It's the first time - and the last time," she said.
Elsewhere hours earlier, lavish fireworks displays lit up skylines in Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai. In the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai, multicolored fireworks danced early Tuesday up and down the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. In Russia, spectators filled Moscow's iconic Red Square as fireworks exploded near the Kremlin.
Organizers said about 90,000 people gathered in a large field Yangon, Myanmar, for their first chance to do what much of the world does every Dec. 31 - watch a countdown. The reformist government that took office in 2011 in the country, long under military rule, threw its first public New Year's celebration in decades.
"We feel like we are in a different world," said Yu Thawda, a university student who went with 3 of her friends.
Parts of Europe held scaled-back festivities and street parties, the mood a bit restrained - if hopeful - for a 2013 that is projected to be a sixth straight year of recession amid Greece's worst economic crisis since World War II. About 22,000 revelers in the Madrid square celebrated the arrival of the new year under umbrellas as rain fell steadily.
London, the often soggy British capital, was dry and clear, though, as the familiar chimes of the clock inside the Big Ben tower counted down the final seconds of 2012 and a dazzling display of fireworks lit the skies above Parliament Square. People cheered as the landmarks were bathed in the light of the display, which included streamers shot out of the London Eye wheel and blazing rockets launched from the banks of the River Thames.
There were impromptu fireworks displays throughout much of London as people remembered a year that saw Olympics glory, the queen's diamond jubilee and the announcement that Prince William and the former Kate Middleton are expecting their first child - welcome news that offset some of the economic gloom.
To the north in Scotland, 85,000 people gathered near the base of Edinburgh Castle for the wild Hogmaney celebration, helped by five soundstages featuring a number of top bands.
Elsewhere, the atmosphere of celebration was muted with concern.
Hotels, clubs and other sites in New Delhi, the Indian capital, canceled festivities after the death of a rape victim on Saturday touched off days of mourning and reflection about women's safety. In the Philippines, where many are recovering from devastation from a recent typhoon, a health official danced to South Korean rapper Psy's "Gangnam Style" video in an effort to stop revelers from setting off huge illegal firecrackers, which maim and injure hundreds of Filipinos each year.
And even in Times Square, some revelers checked their cellphones to keep up with news of lawmakers' efforts to skirt the fiscal cliff combination of expiring tax cuts and across-the-board spending cuts that threatened to reverberate globally. And the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., and Superstorm Sandy mingled into the memories of 2012.
"This has been a very eventful year, on many levels," Denise Norris said as she and her husband, the Rev. Urie Norris, surveyed the crowd seeking to jam Times Square for a countdown show with Ryan Seacrest as host and musical acts including Taylor Swift, Carly Rae Jepsen, Neon Trees, Flo Rida and Pitbull.
About a block away, Army Sgt. Clint Evanoff waited in a black suit, red vest and red tie to get into Times Square with a couple of his friends from his unit at Fort Drum, N.Y. Evanoff, 20, is scheduled to leave for Afghanistan, his first deployment, in about two weeks.
Looking ahead to the new year, "I'm just hoping to make it back," he said.
Elsewhere, too, hopes for 2013 were a mix of personal and political. In Boston, communications writer and editor Colin O'Brien, 25, said he was optimistic that the nation had realized it was time to make tough decisions about its finances and policy and that there might be "more common ground than people are willing to admit or accept." In Harrisburg, Pa., warehouse worker Adam Gassner, 43, had more internal goals: "hoping to continue to get myself back on my feet."
Associated Press writers Colleen Long in New York; Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pa.; Jay Lindsay in Boston; Aye Aye Win in Yangon, Myanmar; Rod McGuirk in Sydney; Silvia Hui in London; Ashok Sharma in New Delhi; and Jim Gomez in Manila, Philippines, contributed to this report.
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Here's something that will melt your heart.
Under the direction of Nancy Raia at the Eastern Shore Art Center, the art students at Fairhope High School have been decorating these boxes, donated by Build-A-Bear Workshop, to transform into gingerbread houses. They will be used as decorations for the Pediatric Hospice party the students will host.
Yes, Pediatric Hospice.
I'll pause here to count my blessings.
Okay, back to the Art Center . . .
|Artwork dancing in the window. It's such a happy place!
Are these projects and classes a better way for children to spend their time rather than sitting at home in front of a video game?
So how do you help?
Go shopping in the Art Center's Gift Shop, or purchase a Membership as a gift!
For those of you outside the Fairhope area, I'm sure you also have a place where local artists sell their work. What a wonderful gift to receive a one-of-a-kind item, made locally!


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Sink your teeth into something special at The Reserve, the Harrah's Joliet fine dining restaurant where steakhouse burgers and meatloaf stand alongside pasta dishes and traditional steak and seafood entrées.
Start your evening with an appetizer like house bacon, jumbo lump crab cakes or lobster bisque — and then grab your fork and knife and cut into a boneless or bone-in ribeye, filet or New York strip. But be sure to save room for famous desserts like tiramisu, fruit crepes or pineapple upside down cake.
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Cemetery Name: Barnabas McNamee Cemetery
Location: On the Michael Mahaffey Farm on Barneys Run Road in West Pike Run Twp., Washington Co., PA.
Background: The Lintons (Bg Note - Joshua and his son Mahlon) came from Bucks County, PA., to this township, and about the year 1800 the father purchased the land upon which Barney McNamee had settled.
Source: Boyd Crumrine, "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men" (Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882). East Bethlehem Twp. (pp. 764-774)
When Barnabus McNamee bought the tract it was called Masons Bower. On this map you can see the J. Linton and O.M. Linton (Olive M.) property along Barneys Run Rd. south of Centerville:
There are 3 known unmarked graves of Barnabas McNamee (1793), Mary McNamee (1809), his wife, and Jacob McNamee (1811), his son. The graves were unmarked because of Quaker doctrine at that time.
Census: Published in "Washington Co., PA Cemeteries, East and West Pike Run Twps. and Related Burials", compiled by Floyd Gillis. Copy in genealogical collection at Citizens Library, Washington, PA.
More Information: Bill Good wrote: "If anyone has photos or finds the cemetery location I would love to know or receive photos." Write to him at <bill-good1 AT comcast.net>.
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