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Adobe eLearning Suite 6: Sneak Peek 1: Enhanced Multi-SCO Packager
I'm excited to be bringing you the first sneak peek of Adobe eLearning Suite 6! One of the major enhancements to the suite is the new and improved Multi-SCO packager- where you not only can combine SCOs from multiple products in Adobe eLearning Suite but can now also make it more engaging with Pre-test and Post-test scenarios. Want to know more about it? Watch the video below and let us know your thoughts on this exciting new feature.
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Technica LLC seeks to fill the position of Project Manager to be responsible for the management of logistics operations on a Government contract at Ft. Wainwright, AK. The Project Manager is directly responsible for all aspects of the effort and shall have the autonomy from the corporate headquarters to execute the effort unimpeded by corporate management.
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Technica offers paid time off, health, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance benefits, and 401(k) options to all full-time employees.
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I am new to Bavaria but I am surprised with the options they pick for grill. So far I have seen grill units without cover and without any provisions to reduce smoke. While smoke is a minor issue for units mounted outside the boat, the lack of cover prevents using them as oven.
I have experience with the Floridian Kenyon Grill (click here for the manual), which is smoke-free and has a removable cover. Because it was installed in the galley of my former boat, being smoke-free was a must. I found myself using it primarily to heat up cooked finger food, the removable cover created a perfect warming oven.
I am posting this here for you that are considering modifications to your boat. The reduction of smoke from water (or beer) to prevent drip smoke and the covered lid, plus the ability to close the lid warm it and use as an oven appears to me as a big improvement particularly to boats that have the grill in the interior area such as the galley.
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Coach Joel Quenneville's use of all four lines and all D-men is masterful, but with the compacted season is it smart to double-shift Patrick Kane?
Kevin, Chicago
With Marian Hossa sidelined with what a source said is a shoulder injury, Quenneville turned to Kane to fill in on the top line while also anchoring the right side of the second line. The move paid off in Colorado when the Hawks defeated the Avalanche on Monday night, but backfired a bit during Wednesday night's 4-2 loss to the Ducks. Kane ran out of gas in Anaheim while playing a game-high 25 minutes, 21 seconds and was on the ice for all four Ducks goals. The winger took the loss hard and in the dressing room and blamed himself, saying, "I could have been better. I wasn't good enough and it was the reason we lost the game."
Kane was being too hard on himself as he was also the best player on the ice for much of the game and was a threat to make something happen every time he had puck. Still, Quenneville went to the well too often and while a tired Kane is still dangerous, he's not as effective while gasping for breath.
Hossa's return will help, but if he is sidelined for any length of time, a shakeup in the lines will need to happen to fill the void instead of continually running Kane out there.
What do you think the Blackhawks will do with Ray Emery after this season when his contract expires?
Kara H., Chicago
I believe the Hawks will try to re-sign the veteran goaltender and keep the tandem of Emery and Corey Crawford intact for the 2013-14 season. Emery has been brilliant, becoming the first goalie in NHL history to start the season 11-0-0. As an unrestricted free agent after the 2013 season, Emery should have plenty of suitors so Hawks general manager Stan Bowman should be looking to lock in the backup to a deal sooner rather than later.
The Blackhawks' key players have been (until recently) spared from missing significant time because of injuries. Who at Rockford do you feel is ready to step in should one of the regulars go down and will they be able to be an effective contributor?
Greg, Houston
During a recent sit-down with Hawks general manager Stan Bowman, I asked him this very question and he extolled the virtues of forwards Jimmy Hayes (already up with the injury to Patrick Sharp), Brandon Pirri and Jeremy Morin, saying the latter two "have both been really good lately."
Defensively, Bowman said Ryan Stanton and Adam Clendening "have been the two most steady players" and also added that Dylan Olsen is looking strong after battling some injuries.
In my opinion, Pirri has the brightest future offensively and likely will soon be in the mix at center for the Hawks.
Clendening has a ton of talent and could be the next youngster in line to get a chance along the blue line. Olsen showed flashes in stints with the Hawks last season and isn't far from landing an NHL job.
Really, what happened to Joey the Junior Reporter?
Danielle, San Jose, Calif.
What happens in the press box stays in the press box, so I can't divulge information about Joey's job status. One thing I can tell you is that I'm glad he hasn't been around much as I'm tired of being scooped by the kid.
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National Black Touring Circuit Presents The Black History Month Play Festival, 2/8-24
The National Black Touring Circuit's Black History Month Play Festival 2013 will examine American history from anti-slavery Abolitionists to the emergence of the NAACP to the height of the civil rights movement through dramas on the lives of African American historic figures Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois and Adam Clayton Powell. Performances are in New York City theaters from February 8 - 24.
The Black History Month Play Festival will feature three performances each week. There will be post-play discussions analyzing issues confronted by these African American political figures. Woodie King, Jr., producer/director of the National Black Touring Circuit and Kim Weston Moran, associate producer, produce the Black History Month Play Festival. "These biographical plays take audiences on dramatic journeys through the lives of legendary African American men who changed American history," said acclaimed producer King. "It's especially important for younger audiences to comprehend the relentless determination of these men as they faced inconceivable challenges in the pursuit of racial equality. They laid the framework for achievement by contemporary African American political figures including President Obama."
Adam will be held February 8 - 10 at the Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (entrance on 123rd Street). Starring Timothy Simonson as Adam Clayton Powell, written by Peter Deanda and directed by Shauneille Perry, Adam is a dramatization of the words and thoughts of the Reverend and Honorable Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. It is a dramatic, historical play that is set in Bimini, the House of Representatives and Abyssinian Baptist Church. Adam follows the handsome and charismatic Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. on his political journey as the Congressman who represented Harlem between 1945 and 1971.
He Who Endures will be held February 15 - 17 at the National Black Theatre, 2031 Fifth Avenue (at 125th Street). Starring Ralph McCain as Frederick Douglass, He Who Endures, written by Bill Harris and directed by Ajene D. Washington, is set prior to the Civil War with Douglass questioning the direction the Abolitionist Movement with the Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, John Brown and slave-turned-rebel Shields Green. It co-stars Norman Marshall, Marcus Naylor and Leopold Lowe.
Dr. DuBois and Miss Ovington will be held February 22 - 24 at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42rd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenue). Co-starring Peter Jay Fernandez as W.E.B. DuBois and Kathleen Chalfant as Mary White Ovington, Dr. DuBois and Miss Ovington, written by Clare Coss and directed by Gabrielle Kurlander, captures a moment of crisis between two esteemed founders of the NAACP in 1915 when DuBois submits his resignation. Du Bois is an educator, human rights activist, African-American visionary leader and Ovington is a white Unitarian, granddaughter of abolitionists, and outspoken justice advocate. Together, they spar, flirt, clash, reveal secrets, and compete to save their vital work.
The Black History Month Play Festival performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3:00pm. Tickets are $20. For more information call (212) 279-4200 or ticketcentral.com
The National Black Touring Circuit was founded in 1974, by Woodie King, Jr. to make existing Black theatre productions available to a larger audience by presenting to the Black communities at large, to colleges, to Black art centers, and to resident professional theatres. The program is funded by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts and individual contributions


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Your Cloud, Your Way, Delivered by CSC
CSC's portfolio of cloud solutions has quadrupled along with the global customer base. It's unique offering, BizCloud, saves months and millions of dollars over the other "do it yourself" private clouds.
What's the secret behind this success?
A unique cloud-business model
Take the best elements of a public cloud – scalability and convenience, combine with the security of a private cloud. Add a best-in-class infrastructure-as-a-service layer. Top it off with a menu of cloud services options. Then bill as a service from a standard rate card and include a pay-as-you-go plan.
What do you get? A unique solution that CSC calls BizCloud.
BizCloud delivers the security and exclusivity of a private cloud with elasticity and a pay-as-you-go rate structure.
Differentiation through automation
You might wonder, how did CSC circumvent the time consuming and costly business of managing a cloud environment? The answer is: better automation.
Automation simplifies management, reduces costs, increases business agility, and leads to a competitive advantage which is why CSC chose the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud solution.
"The Cisco Intelligent Automation solution is also used by Cisco IT, and when we saw how Cisco uses its own cloud automation product, we were encouraged. It will be an essential component of our long-term reference architecture for the enterprise cloud," says Eli Almog, CTO for Cloud, CSC
BizCloud is built on a solid foundation
The CSC Cloud is built on the Vblock platform, underpinned by the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud solution. This solution enables CSC to rapidly deploy cloud to customers while maintaining consistent security between the physical and virtual infrastructure.
But cloud is about much more than adding technology. Cloud changes a data center's fundamental approach to networks, computing, storage, applications, and security. To make sure its BizCloud was deployed quickly on a solid foundation with a clear approach to scalability and flexibility, CSC teamed with cloud experts from Cisco Services to plan, design, implement, and support the Cloud solution. Investing in expert services from the start to create an appropriate foundation has allowed CSC to build a stable and growing business on that foundation.
On-demand. It's not just for TV…it's for Cloud services too
Not everyone wants to watch the same program on TV at the same time. Similarly CSC clients don't all want the same cloud services. Clients want…demand…the ability to pick and choose, customize, and make changes on the fly . CSC delivers with a self-service portal. Through this portal clients can use a menu to order cloud services, manage access, and track usage to manage costs.
Almog says, "We have to give clients on-demand service and elasticity. We looked for a flexible, enterprise class solution that could automate many procedures and integrate with other management capabilities. We want to provide an excellent client experience for self-service ordering, with the ability to handle different workloads and services overtime."
CSC clients get the precise cloud solution they need up and running quickly and easily
Clients that order BizCloud get a present…a Vblock infrastructure wrapped with enterprise-class management capabilities. The solution can be readied for workloads in just 10 weeks with the option of having CSC remotely manage the solution.
"CSC aims to lead the market by offering a scalable, secure enterprise cloud that is easy to use. When we say easy to use, we mean from the time the order is placed, to the provisioning of virtual machines, to the configuring of the service catalogue. Standardization and automation enable us to serve clients faster, and the clients can expect a predictable service required by real business workloads. We need to be as agile as our clients want to be themselves."
Your Cloud, Your Way
CSC combined technology and cloud expertise to build a highly standardized, manageable, yet flexible cloud environment. This led CSC to create a new business offering that lets the company say "Yes, Your cloud, your way," to clients who need flexible cloud services. Now the company says "yes" quickly and confidently to more clients—now is it any wonder that clients are flocking to CSC's BizCloud?
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Bacon Cheddar Scones
Are you more of a sweet or savory person when it comes to brunch?
For the first thirty or so years of my life, I was firmly in the sweets camp. The more French toast, cinnamon rolls, pancakes, parfaits, cereals, you name it…the merrier. But in my early thirties, my body seemed to suddenly flip a switch and now all I crave in the mornings is savory, savory, savory. Especially when I feel like actually cooking, and not just making avocado toast. Quiches, breakfast tacos, hash browns, grain bowls, savory scones, and anything and everything egg-y are my jam. (<– Hehe, or technically, my jam replacement.)
But that said, as much as I love a good savory brunch, I will still forever and always crave a strong cup of coffee and a cold glass of orange juice to balance them out. Savory…then sweet…then savory…then sweet…the back-and-forth for me is where it's at.
And my latest new favorite sweet and savory combo?
These sunny bacon cheddar scones + a cold glass of orange juice. ?
And when I say orange juice, I'm talkin' this stuff right here — not-from-concentrate Florida's Natural® Brand Orange Juice. (And yes, I fall in the "more-pulp-the-merrier" camp as well.) I'm so excited to partner with this brand again in 2017 as part of their new Brunch Club, mostly because I've been a lifelong fan of their juice. It's not-from-concentrate, and contains zero added water, sugars, or preservatives. But mainly, I love their orange juices because they're all made from one simple ingredient — ORANGES. Grown in Florida, of course, by hard-working Florida farmers. (One of whom I even had the chance to meet — very inspiring!)
Anyway, I pretty much always have a carton of this orange juice in my fridge, and pour myself a small glass every morning to go with my coffee and breakfast. And scones like these are the perfect kind of savory dish I love to balance out the sweet juice.
And bonus? They're so simple to make!
Just whip up a simple batter for scones, with a generous handful of cooked bacon bits, cheddar cheese, and green chives (or green onions) all mixed in. Then give it a good knead until everything comes together, roll out the dough on a floured surface, and fold it over and re-roll it twice so that those biscuits will rise nice and high.
Then, you can use either a biscuit cutter to cut out individual scones. OR you can roll out the dough into a large circle, and use a pizza cutter to cut it into triangle slices. Up to you!
Brush the dough with an easy egg wash, if you'd like the tops to be extra crispy and golden.
Then about 20 minutes later, these scrumptious savory scones will be yours to share and enjoy, with a cup of orange juice on the side! Perfect for brunch with friends, or anytime you're ready for a comforting and delicious start to the day.
Enjoy, friends!
Bacon Cheddar Scones
These Bacon Cheddar Scones are full of big savory flavors, they're quick and easy to make, and SO delicious!
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (or white whole wheat flour)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- pinch of cayenne
- 10 tablespoons cold butter, diced into 1/4-inch cubes
- 1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
- 8 slices of thick-cut bacon, cooked and diced
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons buttermilk
- optional egg wash: 1 egg, 1 tablespoon water
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or grease with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and cayenne until combined.
- Add the diced butter to the flour mixture, and use a fork (or your hands) to cut in the butter until the mixture resembles thick, coarse crumbs.
- Stir in the cheese, chives and bacon until combined. Then pour in the buttermilk, and knead the mixture with your hands until the dough is evenly combined.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and use a rolling pin to roll it out until it is 1/2-inch thick. Fold the dough in half horizontally, and then fold it in half again vertically (so that there are 4 layers in there). Then roll the dough out again and roll until it is about 1/2-inch thick. Use a biscuit cutter to cut out the biscuits (re-rolling the dough when necessary), and transfer them to the prepared baking sheet.
- Optional: In a separate small bowl, whisk together the egg and water until combined. Then brush the egg wash on top of the biscuits, so that the tops will be nice and golden.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the biscuits are cooked through.
- Serve warm, with a glass of not-from-concentrate Florida's Natural® Brand Orange Juice.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
This post is sponsored by Florida's Natural Orange Juice, maker of my favorite orange juice. Thanks for supporting the brands who help make this site possible!
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23 comments on "Bacon Cheddar Scones"
I've never actually tried scones savoury before – always had them with raisins. Would be such a nice thing to try!
Charmaine Ng
Yum! Those look so delicious!
Those look ridiculously good, but I can't resist a glass of delicious orange juice!
Rolled out dough? That does not seem like a scone to me. I have made cheddar cheese scones. I will try bacon bits, or maybe pancetta. Sounds like an interesting flavour addition.
These look amazing. I will try them soon. Do you think it would be okay to freeze them?
I've never tried savory scones before, but these look amazing!!!
Simple and delicious. I can't wait to try these soon!
These scones look super yummy!
These look awesome! Definitely saving this recipe to try soon!
If you ever find your way down to Central Florida where I live, check out Florida's Natural's Visitor Center in Lake Wales – right across from the plant.
It's only opened for a part of the year and is a great free (!) place to check out, get some awesome juice samples to try, pick up some really cute souvenirs (even lovely household goods, aprons, tea towels, etc.!) and delectable goodies (i.e. Florida-inspired candies, jams, etc.), and learn the interesting history behind Florida's Natural.
Living here in Orlando (just about an hour north of Lake Wales), I can't believe it took me so long to finally visit just a few months ago. Really nice place and super friendly folks! :)
Since you have a relationship with Florida Natural, perhaps you could pass on to them to make their product in smaller sizes, like quarts, for example. The large container currently on the market gets old before I can finish it. I am unable to drink OJ every day but do like it occasionally.
These sound so good! I love that they are savory too. I only ever make sweet, but I cannot wait to try these!
gonna try these for sure
Made these last night! So. Good.
Thank you for another awesome recipe!
I do prefer savory over sweet and like a bit of protein somewhere too, so thank you for this recipe like the whole wheat flour option too!
I want to try this for our "BREAKFAST WITH FRIENDS" but need to know how many it makes. Would you please add that to the recipe for all to see. We have the meal on Tuesday so if you can email me I'd appreciate it lots. Thank you! Kathleen


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Cabo Pulmo's fight to save 'the world's aquarium'
Cabo Pulmo, a remote knob of classic Baja landscape with an underwater world singularly blessed by nature, slumbered for decades on the peninsula's East Cape. It rarely made a blip on the tourism radar except for avid fishermen, divers, and in more recent years, windsurfers and adventurous tourists from Los Cabos, about an hour's drive away. Despite a valiant, and successful, effort by Cabo Pulmo's residents and fans to get the federal government to protect its uniquely rich waters as a marine national park in 1995, today it is the target of massive development that would plant 30,000 hotel rooms — equivalent to another Cancun — on the sand dunes, along with a marina for 490 boats, shopping centers and two golf courses.
You don't have to be a math savant to figure out that the area, which now has only about 80 scattered residents, will be irrevocably changed. Not only will the wild, frontier-like atmosphere be replaced with the crowds and bustle of another mega-resort, by most scientific assessments a unique ocean ecosystem will be destroyed.
The only coral reef in the Gulf of California, at an estimated 20,000 years one of the oldest on North America's Pacific coast, lies off of Cabo Pulmo's shore. Parts of the shallow coral mountain lie just 10 miles offshore, sheltering 226 fish species. In addition to sea turtles, dolphins, tiger and bull sharks, and migrating humpback and blue whales, Cabo Pulmo is one of the few spots in the Americas where rare whale sharks — the largest fish alive — congregate near land.
Despite Cabo Pulmo's remoteness and relative obscurity, locals began seeing fewer fish in the 1990s, while those there were had retreated farther out into the ocean. Primarily because of commercial fishing boats' practice of dragging their anchors through the coral to snag the valuable fish species, what had once been dubbed "the world's aquarium" by pioneering diver Jacques Cousteau was increasingly barren of life.
Alarm over the reef's degradation led to the campaign that turned Cabo Pulmo's waters into a 17,560-acre marine reserve, which prohibited fishing. Local residents shifted much of their economy from fishing to ecotourism. Slowly, the reef recovered. Cabo Pulmo was designated a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage site in 2005 and was added to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance in 2008.
The efforts have paid off: A study released by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in August 2011 found Cabo Pulmo's "biomass" — total weight of living species — increased by 463 percent from 1999 to 2009. The report credited the park's success largely to enforcement of protective regulations by local boat captains, dive masters and other locals.
Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, one of the report's authors, wrote in a Scripps article about the study, "No other marine reserve in the world has shown such a fish recovery." Residents have noticed an increase in the number of fish, including a monumental spike in the number of sharks. Some species are migrating from other areas to the now-healthy reef.
In February of this year, the Mexican Senate's Natural Resources, Environmental Protection and Fishing Commission trumpeted Capo Pulmo as one of Mexico's most successful conservations efforts in a photo exhibit in Mexico City titled "Successes of Conservation." There's no question the pride is justified; the irony is that Mexico's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) had already set Cabo Pulmo's destruction in motion by approving the environmental impact statement in 2008 for the initial stage of the Cabo Cortes mega-resort proposed by Spanish developer Hansa Urbana.
Federal environmental officials did impose stricter environmental conditions while green-lighting the project a second time March 1, 2011, after a resident filed for a review. Those conditions would not stop the pollution from vacation activities and sediment from construction and dredging, or the addition of thousands of homes for resort employees in a region where fresh water is scarce.
Environmentalists, backed by scientists from Mexico and around the world, brought Cabo Pulmo's plight to UNESCO's attention last May. The alerts brought representatives of UNESCO, the Ramsar Convention and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature to Cabo Pulmo in November to evaluate the potential impact of Cabo Cortes and to hear from both the affected communities and the developer. The organizations called for Cabo Pulmo to be added to UNESCO's "World Heritage in Danger" list and the Montreux Register under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland in danger.
The 2009 abandonment of the once-ballyhooed "Escalera Nautica" project, which aimed to create a route of marinas and tourist sites up and down the Baja peninsula, and the sputtering, three-decade history of the still-unrealized Loreto Bay project, would seem to argue against the Cabo Pulmo development on financial as well as environmental grounds.
Despite the runaway-train speed of large-scale tourism development in Mexico, Cabo Pulmo is not lost yet. SEMARNAT ruled last August that the 2008 environmental permit it granted for Cabo Cortes no longer is valid, and that it would review that decision.
Some heavy hitters are beating the drum for outright cancelation this time around, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council and president of the Waterkeeper Alliance; Jean-Michel Cousteau, the legendary marine biologist's eldest son and president of the Ocean Futures Society; Greenpeace; the World Wildlife Fund; and Mexican movie and TV stars.
To learn more about the effort to stop development at Cabo Pulmo, go to the Wildcoast website. The international conservation organization, which works in the Californias and Latin America, offers volunteer opportunities and is collecting petition signatures.
This article has been updated since it first appeared online.
Former Chronicle travel editor Christine Delsol is the author of "Pauline Frommer's Cancún & the Yucatán" and a regular contributor to "Frommer's Mexico" and "Frommer's Cancún & the Yucatán."


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Hachette Hits Libraries With 220% Price Increase On Its Ebooks
from the we-sell-books-for-a-living!-please-buy-fewer-titles-from-us! deptPublishers are at it again, levying what amount to economic sanctions against that infamous freeloader hangout, The Library. In a move that will endear it to exactly no one, Hachette is increasing its back catalog prices 220% for ebooks, sticking it to the cherished public institutions whose shelves (including the digital ones) are lined with nothing but Lost Sales (apparently).
Hachette has been hard at work dragging its reputation through the mud. You may remember it from a few weeks ago, when it greeted Tor's announcement that it was going DRM-free with "HAHAHA but no, seriously, there will be DRM." This move seems ill-advised at best, what with some authors banding together to offer their titles to libraries for $dirt cheap, a price that falls more in line with the economic realities of the average library.
Hachette isn't the only publishing fish in the sea (and not even the only fish to jack up its prices -- Random House dialed its prices up 300% in March). Hachette is one of several publishers, many of whom haven't increased prices (or at least, not as severely). Of course, other publishers have gone other routes, including limiting the number of lends on their ebooks, making their digital offerings the equivalent of poorly manufactured physical books (Falls Apart After 26 Uses!). As a whole, the Big Six treat libraries like an intrusive vagrant.
So the current state of the library ebook market is this:I realize the publishers are running businesses, not charities, but those on the end of these price hikes are running something much closer to a charity than a business, relying on late fees, used book sales and donations to keep their shelves stocked. Considering many potential customers use libraries as tools for discovery, it would seem to be in their best interest to get as many of their titles in front of readers as possible, rather than price themselves out of a well-respected lending system.
- 2 major publishers which charge high prices (Hachette, Random House)
- 2 major publishers which won't sell at all (Macmillan, Simon & Schuster)
- Penguin, which is only selling ebooks to libraries grudgingly and with support for the Kindle explicitly blocked
- HarperCollins, which imposed a 26 checkout limit for library ebooks
Hachette's pricing "strategy" is doubly disappointing, considering it was once one of the "good guys:"
Hachette used to be one of the bright lights in library ebooks because they charged the regular retail price for their ebooks. And even though they wouldn't sell their front list titles to libraries, at least we knew the titles would eventually be available. Only now those titles will be terribly expensive.Christopher Harris, writing for the American Library Association, wonders if Hachette has forgotten how to publish.
Hachette is increasing backlist prices by 220% and … what? And we get ownership? And we get increased simultaneous lending? And we get anything other than another price gouge from a publisher that seems to not comprehend the basic fundamentals of publishing?Harris points out that libraries aren't looking for handouts. They're looking for a mutually beneficial relationship, one that rewards publishers, readers and writers. But trying to turn a back catalog into a cash cow on the back of the library system helps no one.
Let's make this really easy to understand. Publishers publish content. Libraries buy content. As long as publishers keep publishing content, libraries will keep buying content. Why? Because libraries buy content. Only we buy it from a relatively fixed budget.
By drastically increasing the price of backlist titles, all Hachette is doing is reducing the funding that can go towards purchasing its new titles.
That is why I cannot begin to comprehend this move by Hachette. Increasing backlist prices must either reduce the available budget for new titles or reduce acquisition of backlist titles—lost sales for Hachette either way. Furthermore, it reveals a lack of focus on the part of Hachette; instead of building profits on releasing the best possible titles every year, the company is stuck looking backwards. Finally, it shows a lack of understanding about the benefit of having more open access to backlist titles as additional entry points into new book purchases.This short-sightedness seems to be more and more commonplace, especially in industries affected by digital disruption. The focus has shifted from building a sustainable business to concentrating on quarterly reports. Concentrating on immediate results tends to lead toward efforts that do far more long-term damage than any short-term gains can hope to balance out.


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The Natural Beauty Of Lake Tarawera Will Get Me Off That Couch.
The Tarawera Trail is now almost three months old. Many have walked the trail and the feedback has been tremendous. When are you going to do it?
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Just as you enter near the start of the Tarawera Trail there stands the majestic awe inspiring carved Pou, Ohomairangi. He is the revered ancestor of all of Te Arawa. It was his great grandson, Tametekapua, who brought some of the Ngati Ohomairangi people with him to Aotearoa, New Zealand. Their journey was borne out of necessity, but that does not in anyway diminish what was to become a long and arduous journey.
When I think that almost three months have passed since the opening of the Tarawera Trail, it certainly bares credence to the idea, "that time does fly by " . When it was originally opened there was the prediction that perhaps some 90 people a day would be walking the trail, so far that has not eventuated but it seems as the word about the trail spreads more people are walking it.
I am honest enough to say I have not (as yet). I have the dreaded middle age spread, which in my case just didn't stay around my midriff region, it went everywhere. I will walk it one day, but before I set forth on a 15 km hike I want to know that I am fit enough to make it to the other end. Seeing the shear anticipation and delight on some of the walkers I have met setting forth and returning from the trail, I know I am missing out on something that I really need to make the effort and go and see for myself.
I met a woman from the United Kingdom, who had taken 3 1/2 hours to walk from The Landing to Te Rata Bay (Hot Water Beach), she did not look as though she had suffered any major trauma in completing the walk, in fact she looked quite refreshed and relaxed. Her and her Rotorua born husband were happy enough however to catch the Water Taxi back to The Landing. The walk seems to take most people 4 to 5 hours to complete, perhaps at 3 1/2 hours this couple were not walking, they were possibly practicing for an endurance race.
There is a few options that the avid walker can take on the Tarawera Trail. They can walk the trail, and be picked up at Hot Water Beach by Water Taxi and be brought back to The Landing. They can walk the trail, camp over night and walk or taxi out the next day. They can even be transported by Water Taxi to Hot Water Beach in the morning and walk out using the trail. I even had a runner from the United Kingdom, come in yesterday and tell me he was going to run the trail, in and out in one day.
Now you maybe thinking what might motivate me, a self proclaimed "couch potato" to even consider walking this trail well I do have a few reasons I am prepared to share with you. I know there is breathtaking scenery to see, there are panels along the trail that will educate me more about the history and ecology of the area and at the end I know there is thermal water to ease away any aches and pains my old body has picked up on the journey in.
Most importantly though, I feel as though I will be physically honouring the Ngati Hinemihi and Tuhourangi people and their great ancestor Ohomairangi. His presence graces this area as a gift to Ngati Hinemihi and Tuhourangi in recognizing their contribution as the first hosts of this area. As guardians of this area they have kindly opened up their lands to be seen by us all, I think we should repay their hospitality by at least going to see it, but in our case, not out of necessity but desire.
I look forward to meeting you on The Tarawera Trail. I will be the slender fit one, with no sign of any middle aged spread. Hold a minute, before we even start, shall I book the Lake Tarawera Water Taxi pick up now?
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COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Jan. 10) – Jackie Wiles (Aurora, OR) and Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, CA) claimed the U.S Alpine Championships downhill titles during a chilly Tuesday at U.S. Ski Team Speed Center. It was the second straight U.S. downhill gold for Wiles, who nearly scored Audi FIS Alpine World Cup points last weekend in both Lake Louise downhill races, the second and third World Cup starts of her young career. Bennett also harnessed momentum from his first World Cup start – also in Lake Louise – to capture his first U.S. title with the men's downhill crown. The super G, giant slalom, slalom and combined titles will be up for grabs March 19-23, 2014 at Squaw Valley, CA during the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships.
- Jackie Wiles (Aurora, OR) won her second consecutive U.S. Alpine Championships downhill title.
- Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, CA), who finished second a year earlier, captured the men's title for his first U.S. championship.
- The race, originally slated for Thursday, was held at the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at Copper Mountain.
- Both Wiles and Bennett started the first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup races of their careers recentely in Lake Louse, Alberta with Wiles narrowly missing points in both women's downhills.
- Katie Hartman (Breckenridge, CO) was second followed by Katie Ryan (Aspen, CO), who was also the top junior woman.
- 2013 men's downhill champion Jared Goldeberg (Holladay, UT) took second in the men's race followed by Artem Borodaykin of Russia, who was also the top junior.
- NorAm racing continues this week at the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center with men's and women's speed races through Dec. 15.
- The super G, giant slalom, slalom and combined titles will be awarded March 19-23 at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships held in Squaw Valley, CA.
Jackie Wiles
I'm skiing really fast right now and I have pretty good confidence in what I'm doing. Today was just another good day. We've trained (at Copper) quite a bit in November, and so I knew the hill really well. I knew what to expect. Yesterday, I didn't have the best training run, But coming into today, I had to forget about that and know that I can do it.
I'm very fortunate to be training with incredibly talented and super fast women. On any given day, any one of us can be at the top. It's perfect because we push each other back and forth, really helping each other out and making each other faster.
Bryce Bennett
It was pretty cold, hovering around zero degrees, partly cloudy, and a pretty good day for downhill. I had a couple lines picked out that were a little straighter than I did in training. Those that I could just go for, and it worked out.
We've got a long season ahead of us and I'm looking forward to getting some more World Cup experience, but I'm also looking forward to going back to Squaw at the end of the season to hopefully compete for another title or two.
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This originally was published in Rodder's Digest June 2007 by Garry McWhirter and Larry Stanley
A scan of the article was email to me by keyser sose. I have retyped it. On the diagrams for this information: I worked from a PDF file that was a scan of the original article and some of the info was not very clear I did the best I could to get the information correct but there might be some errors.
When a switch fails on a car, it can usually be traced to an overload situation. The traditional way of wiring switch s directly into the electrical system involves a direct current passing through the switch. If there is an electrical overload on a particular circuit, then that spike in amperage goes directly to the switch.
In many cases, the switch is not designed to carry such high amperage. This relay system directs the current through a relay with the switch, making the connection go to ground and thus completing the electrical circuit. The amount of current passing through the switch is reduced greatly and prevents overloading. By using the groundside of the relay coil, the voltage is carried through a switch that will be only 0.05 milliamps.
By reducing the electrical load, the switch will also last longer. This system will allow the use of smaller micro switches, which can be mounted in less conspicuous places on or under the dash. One thing to remember is that you should use a good grounding source in any electrical system.
Larry Stanley stopped by our booth at Oklahoma City last year and suggested that we check out his way of wiring street rods. His experience has included wiring system installations for limousine conversions full-time and hot rods part-time. He has used this system for over 18 years with no problems. We asked him to provide us with more information, so he sketched some diagrams that we studied intently. While some may view his system as overkill, we found it innovative. From a safety point of view, it makes good sense.
Stanley also told us that adding electrical components later is a much simpler task, especially if the vehicle has a finished inte¬rior. Stanley gave us permission to pass his ideas along to our readers. We transformed his sketches through our illustrator so that you can view them and decide for yourself.
We have included diagrams for the most common electrical connections used in cars. The relay system detailed for the headlights and taillights should be of interest. The use of halogen headlights can cause switch failure, and the use of relays in the lighting system redirects the voltage through the relay instead of the headlight switch.
There are various other heavy-load circuits that can be wired with this same relay system. High-amperage applications, such as cooling fans, remote door locks, power windows, convertible tops and power-assisted trunk or hood lifts, are great examples. Another advantage of using this system is that original 6-volt switches can be used with a 12-volt system. The voltage passing through the switch can be measured in milliamps, thus saving each switch from an overload of amperage.
NOTE: We labeled the wiring colors within our diagrams to coordinate with Larry Stanley's sketches. These colors can vary according to the manufacturer, year, make and model of your particular application. These colors may also vary with aftermarket wiring kits.
Steering column
Above you'll see a diagram of the typical GM steering column turn signal wiring. We have assigned numbers to each wire and circuit to reference later diagrams in this article. Our wiring layout uses a standalone brake switch such as the one below, instead of wiring through the column. Each circuit will be connected to a relay that is connected to a power source. The relays are opened and closed through the operation of the turn signal switch on the column, horn button and brake switch. The run signal, emergency flashers and brake switch are wired directly to a grounded source. Operation of each directs the relay to supply positive power to the component. By using this method, the power load is placed onto the relays instead of the switches. Most switches are not rated for high amperage while the relays we use in this application can handle up to 30 amps. Each of the following diagrams details the wiring connections that are required for each function and component.
Starter Relays
From a safety standpoint, you should always use a neutral safety switch with an automatic transmission to prevent cranking a car with the transmission engaged in either reverse or forward gear. Either of these two wiring operations can be used separately or in conjunction. The neutral safety switch can be used as a standalone switch for activating the starter or as a switch to activate the hot-start relay. When using the neutral safety switch with the hot-start relay, the read wire that is labeled going to the starter should be connected to the hot-start relay that is coming from the ignition start. By using this relay system, the voltage or amperage load will be placed on the relay instead of the ignition switch or neutral safety switch.
Relays come in a variety of amperage ratings that are usually much higher than a normal operating switch. A relay works much like a switch except that completing the electrical circuit activates an internal switch. You are probably accustomed to using a switch to supply the positive power to the relay. In this electrical system, the switches used complete the grounding of the electrical circuit, thus activating the built-in switch inside the relay. Larry used relays and sockets from Streamline Hot Rod Parts and has included the part numbers from that source. There are many sources available to purchase these same components. The part numbers will vary between suppliers.
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Thanks a bunch freaky head shakin guy!!! I don't care what Donny says, you're alright!!
A tip of the hat to Centex too. If he hadn't asked the question, I woulda left this info in my library on the back of the stool (another advantage to bein single! ). I sent the PDF file to him, and he encouraged me to post it. I had to ask for help in getting it from a PDF file to here tho, which is where Rob came in. This one is a teamwork thing!
Every time you think, you weaken the nation!
Rob, Keyser Sosa, and Centex,
Thanks for your team work on this topic! I'm about 38 watts short of a 40 watt bulb when it comes to auto wiring and relays. Looking forward to some good reading!
Added the drawings and moved it to the Electrical Drawing area.
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Thanks Rob!
OUTSTANDING ROB!!!! take a couple six-packs out of petty stash!
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Good info, guys!
Thanks for making it available, Rob.
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Hi Victor, me again.
As I recall the headlight switch is a pretty simple toggle as you noted. It goes left and right from a center position. Left is for parking lights, center neutral - no lights and right is headlights. The dash light rheostat control is oddly on another switch entirely.
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LOS ANGELES – The Clippers need 48 more minutes of winning basketball to guarantee they'll open the postseason at Staples Center.
Tuesday in their final home game of the regular season, the Clippers dominated the Portland Trail Blazers, 93-77.
The Clippers built a 27-point lead, turning the game over to the bench for the entire fourth quarter.
"We did what we needed to do tonight," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said.
The team's regular season ends today in Sacramento, where a victory over the Kings would clinch home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
The Clippers' opponent in the playoffs, though, is still a question mark.
"How it plays itself out, it plays itself out," Del Negro said.
The team could move up to the No. 3 spot if Denver loses at home tonight.
A Memphis loss to Utah would also clinch the Clippers' home-court in the first round.
"We need to take care of our own business," Matt Barnes said. "If we take care of our own business, nothing bad can happen to us."
Tuesday against Portland, which was without LaMarcus Aldridge and Nicolas Batum, the Clippers jumped out to a quick lead and never relinquished it.
In the second quarter, the Clippers dominated on the glass, out-rebounding the Trail Blazers, 21-5. In the quarter, the Clippers' rebounded eight of their 11 misses and held Portland to only 13 points.
Then in the third quarter, Caron Butler got going. Butler hit seven of nine from the floor, including four 3's. He scored 18 of his game-high 22 points in the quarter.
With the big lead and the second leg of a back-to-back coming today, the Clippers' starters watched the bench play the entire fourth quarter.
"We've definitely gone into playoff mode," Barnes said.
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The Clippers fielded an entirely healthy roster, which has been the exception this season and definitely not the rule.
But with Chauncey Billups and Butler returning to the lineup, the Clippers are healthy at the right time.
Billups, who has only played in 21 games this season, had only played in 13-plus minutes, since injuring his right groin muscle before returning to the lineup Tuesday.
Butler missed the second half Saturday in Memphis because of a sore right knee.
Billups missed all five of his shots from the field, but he hit all four free throws and dished out five assists.
Del Negro said he thought Billups looked good physically even though he was a little out of sync.
"We've been trying to get Chaunce out there a lot," Del Negro said before the game. "He knows how to play, but we want to get him in game condition as quick as possible. He gives us another dimension out there, making plays off the dribble and shooting the basketball."
Billups' return comes at a time when the Clippers seem to have hit a stride, and there are some minimal concerns about disrupting that chemistry.
"You have to chemistry down, play sets, defensive trust, talking through things," Del Negro said. "There's no question (his) experience helps, but the conditioning factor and the game reps are very important."
Billups return pushes Willie Green to the end of the bench. In Green's last 13 games prior to Tuesday, the veteran guard is hitting 63.9 percent of his 3-point shots.
"It's a great problem to have, having a lot of guys playing well instead of a lot of guys playing poorly," Ryan Hollins said. "…Chauncey's an incredibly smart player. That makes it a whole lot easier.
"…Him coming back, it certainly doesn't bother us."
Jamal Crawford made a pair of 3-point shots Tuesday, bringing him within two makes of tying Rasual Butler's team record. Butler made 145 3's in the 2009-10 season. …
The Clippers finished the season 32-9 at Staples Center, a team record.
Tuesday's 16-point victory was the 38th time this season the Clippers' won by 10 or more points, second-most in the NBA behind Oklahoma City (43). …
For the third time since April 16, 2012, a Clippers fan hit a half-court shot to win a new car.
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WELLESLEY, Mass. – Junior forward Kristen Whaley recorded her second double-double of the season on 15 points and 10 rebounds in a 75-47 loss to NEWMAC foe Wellesley College on Friday night. The Engineers' ledger dipped to 2-7 on the year and 0-4 in conference action while the Blue improved to 3-6 overall and 1-3 in the NEWMAC.
Wellesley opened the game with an 11-4 run, including three-pointers from Malia Maier, Robyn Burleson, and Katie Martore. The Engineers trimmed the lead with an eight-footer from Aparna Sud. Three minutes later, Sud drained an 18-footer to put the score at 14-8, but another trey from Maier stretched the Blue lead to 17-8 with 12:19 left in the half.
The squads traded buckets over the next few minutes, with Wellesley holding to a 10-point advantage until a layup from MIT's Erica Pino cut the lead to 22-14. After a bucket from KD Stearns, a three-pointer from MIT's Anna Merrifield trimmed the lead to 24-17. Whaley then drained a three-pointer to pull the Engineers to within four points with 4:48 remaining. Wellesley answered with a trey from Martore to push the lead back to seven. A layup from Whaley helped the Cardinal and Gray keep pace, but Wellesley used six straight points to take a 33-22 lead with one minute left. Whaley grabbed yet another rebound, her fifth of the period, and her putback sent the teams to the locker room at 33-24.
The Blue opened the second half with five unanswered points from Becca Kimball before a free throw from Stephanie Cooke broke the ice for MIT. Burleson replied with her second three-pointer of the evening, but a layup from Cooke put the score at 41-27.
After the Blue pushed the lead to 48-28, courtesy of Kimball's inside shooting, the Engineers responded with nine straight, including a jumper from Sud and three-point play from Whaley. Wellesley answered a 10-2 run, including five from Ashleigh Sargent, for a 58-39 lead with 7:21 remaining. Pino's layup cut the lead back to 17, but Wellesley followed with another run to push the lead to 66-43, as the Blue cruised to a 75-47 win.
Sally Simpson registered eight points, three rebounds, three assists, one steal, and one block while Sud added eight points and four caroms. Pino bolstered MIT's offense with six points off the bench.
Kimball led the Blue with 27 points, 20 in the second half, to go along with a team-high 10 rebounds for her first collegiate double-double. Sargent tallied a career-high 12 points, while Martore added 11 points, 7 assists, and 7 steals.
MIT returns to the court on Saturday, Jan. 2 at non-conference foe Simmons College. Wellesley resumes play on Wednesday, Jan. 6 when it hosts Smith College.


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On July 23, Dr. Kent Brantly woke up with a fever. He immediately quarantined himself, and three days later a test confirmed his nightmare. He had the Ebola virus.
Brantly, 33, emailed a friend and said that he was "terrified," for he knew better than anyone the horror of the virus. He had been treating patients in West Africa with it for many weeks, watching as they vomited, hemorrhaged internally and sometimes bled from multiple orifices — then weakened and died.
Some people have blamed Brantly and another American missionary infected, Nancy Writebol, for bringing the danger to themselves, even objecting to their return to Atlanta to be treated for the disease at Emory University Hospital. For example, Donald Trump argued that Brantly and Writebol should not be brought back to the United States because of the risks involved.
"People that go to far away places to help out are great — but must suffer the consequences!" Trump said on Twitter.
On the contrary, this Ebola outbreak underscores why we have not only a humanitarian interest in addressing global health, but also a national interest in doing so. Brantly and Writebol are moral leaders in this effort and underscore the practical imperative of tackling global contagions early on. They deserve our gratitude and admiration because in Liberia they were protecting us as well as Liberians.
The human mind is very sensitive to threats from the likes of Al Qaeda. We are less attuned to public health threats, even those that claim more lives: Some 15,000 people with AIDS still die in the United States every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's better to address a contagious disease at its source rather than allow it to spread.
"If we don't fight to contain it there, we're going to fight to contain it somewhere else," notes Ken Isaacs of Samaritan's Purse, the Christian aid group for which Brantly works.
The World Bank has pledged $200 million to try to control the Ebola outbreak, but a tiny fraction of that sum might have contained it early on.
Dr. Thomas Frieden, the director of the C.D.C., cites an American-backed program in Uganda to train health workers to diagnose and contain Ebola. It worked. In 2011, a 12-year-old girl there caught the Ebola virus and died from it — but no one else was infected. It was an exceptionally rare Ebola episode that stopped after just a single case.
A similar program in West Africa might likewise have limited the human and financial cost of this outbreak, Frieden noted, adding: "An outbreak anywhere is a risk everywhere."
This isn't true only of the Ebola virus. Frieden recalls caring in New York for a patient from India with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, a complex case that cost $100,000 to cure. Later, a program was set up in the patient's native village that could have resolved the case early for $10.
New York hospitals have been on alert for Ebola, but diagnosis and segregation are complicated. I know because I was once such a suspected case.
Years ago, when I lived in Japan, I returned to Tokyo from Congo at the time of an Ebola outbreak there. One night a week later, I came down with a high fever. It felt like malaria, so I made inquiries about what hospital in Tokyo could best treat malaria the next day.
The health authorities heard "Congo" and "fever" and sent an ambulance staffed with people in what looked like spacesuits to rush me to a hospital. My neighbors were taken aback by the scene.
But, at the hospital, the emergency room night doctor knew nothing about tropical diseases. He poked me a bit, shrugged and told me to go home. (The next day, I confirmed that it was malaria.)
So don't see Brantly and Writebol as reckless curiosities who somehow brought Ebola upon themselves. See them as leaders on the front line of an effort to help and protect Americans and Africans alike. We sometimes forget that health workers can brave significant risks — of infection with H.I.V., with tuberculosis, or even with the Ebola virus. Indeed, the staff treating Brantly and Writebol in Atlanta volunteered for that duty, and some offered to cancel vacation plans to help.
Bravo to them, and to so many health workers in Africa and America who try to halt the spread of disease — because it's where humanitarian interests and national interests coincide.
"It's natural to feel sorry for Kent" Brantly, a former medical school professor of his, Richard Gunderman, wrote in The Indianapolis Star. "But I wonder if Kent wouldn't turn this around. Instead, he might feel sorry for some of us, at least those of us shaking our heads in dismay at anyone who would travel halfway across the world to do what he did. A ship may be safest in harbor, but that is not what ships are for."


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Dear community,
Let me first apologize for not writing in Russian; I am trying to learn this beautiful language, but the learning curve is quite abrupt...
Then, let me introduce myself. I am David, a French Canadian, who will be coming to Moscow for studies. I really am into Ultimate Frisbee, since around a year and a half. I think I am an intermediate player, who really plays for fun (although I find it so invigorating when running a mile for a disc and then layout for a catch... or to do these big D's). I've been a big sport player since my childhood, so running and game awareness (except maybe when I am handler) are not that much of a problem. However, I still have some issues with throwing good discs.
Anyway, I was wondering if there were some good pick ups in Moscow and/or if I can join a (not so competitive) team? Although I enjoy more playing outdoor, I have more experience with indoor Ultimate (because of temperature in Canada, but I guess you also play indoor in winter, here), so I am not looking for one in particular. My goal is to be active doing a sport I love and to meet some new people. Thus, if someone could give me information, it would be very appreciated! =)
Wish you the best,
P.S.: If someone just want to have a chat in English/French/Spanish, I am always looking forward to making new acquaintances in beautiful Russia! =D


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Simeone allays injury fears over Atletico striker Costa
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has allayed fears over the severity of the injury suffered by striker Diego Costa in Sunday's 2-0 derby victory at Getafe, which moved Los Rojiblancos a step closer to the Primera Division title.
The 25-year-old Brazil-born forward suffered a worrying-looking injury after colliding with a post in scoring his side's second goal and left the field on a stretcher, but Atletico moved quickly to play down concerns it could be anything serious.
"Luckily, Diego Costa only has a wound after hitting the post," the club posted on Twitter.
And Simeone said at his post-match press conference: "He is happy and well . One more cut does not do anything to this tiger."
The triumph saw Simeone's side regain their three-point lead at the top of La Liga, although it was not a performance to savour.
Atletico struggled to break down their against their relegation-threatened Madrid rivals, with Diego Godin's goal the only highlight of a poor first half.
Not even the dismissals of Angel Lafita and Alexis could inspire the leaders, who saw Costa miss a penalty before making amends with his late goal.
"The team did a great job. It was a very complicated fixture," Simeone said. "The players showed effort and ambition to achieve a very important result. This takes us to where we wanted to be, with five rounds to go. There are five finals to go, and we'll play them as such.
"Now we focus on the fixture with Elche (on Friday), which is the next final we have. We won't think about anything else but preparing for it and resting, so the players get to it in good condition.
"From now on I change what I said about playing match by match. For all of the fans, now we play final by final.
"Everyone put in a lot of effort. With humility and the support of the fans, the victory away from home was achieved. I am looking to next Friday, with a full stadium, and preparing to play one of the remaining finals."
Barcelona's shock 1-0 defeat at Granada on Saturday evening meant Atletico can even now afford to lose one of their remaining five games and still be crowned champions.
But Simeone urged his players not to worry about what Barca and second-placed Real Madrid get up to and concentrate only on their own objectives.
"I always said we depended on ourselves and I stick to it," the Argentinian added. "This situation depends on the ambition, the enthusiasm, the effort, the work and most of all the team's humility."


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Happy New Year! Why not start 2012 off with an easy DIY'er?
Materials required: A *wooden wine crate ~ a freebie! I got mine from my niece, Brittney ~ the restaurant where she works was happy to unload some of these.
*Stain of your choice. I used Minwax Wood Finish stain and sealer ~ Provincial 211.
*Foam brush and paper towel. After dusting the wine crate down, I applied light coats of stain with a foam brush then removed any excess stain with a paper towel.
After the stain dried, I sealed the shelf with ~
Almost ready for hanging ~ I couldn't wait!
Lastly, I attached "D" rings to the back of the crate, so I could hang it on the wall.
I hung the wine crate shelf up high ~ just because. Read more about the Anthropologie inspired dresser here. I'll soon be helping my son set up his apartment and we've talked about creating several of the wine crate shelves for his place. Maybe we'll use one in his bath (above the toilet for storage), his living room (stacking several together to form a "bookcase") or in his kitchen (to be used as a spice rack/dish shelf). So many possibilities ~ it should be fun. :)
I'm hoping your 2012 is the happiest and healthiest year ever for you and your loved ones. I'm off to cook some blackeyed peas!


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South Florida emerging as a leading flight-training location
Call it Florida's "Sim City."
Clustered along Northwest 36th Street in the area along Miami International Airport's northern border are the companies and schools that house most of South Florida's 62 FAA-approved airline flight simulators. Private and commercial pilots, and many aviation professionals, learn and hone their craft on the devices, which re-create the experience of aircraft flight. Only Atlanta, with 64, and the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with 122, currently have more.
In South Florida, three companies dominate the pilot-training landscape. As of Aug. 1, Airbus and Boeing, the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, and Pan Am International Flight Academy had a total of 53 simulators at their training centers on Northwest 36th Street. That number may rise — pushing the region's prominence higher — as Boeing concentrates all its North American flight and maintenance training at its Virginia Gardens campus.
"I don't think there's any other place in the world that has that many "sims" in three-mile radius," said Gregory Darrow, senior director of sales and marketing at Pan Am International Flight Academy, the third of the trio. The price of a full-motion flight simulator generally ranges from $20 million to $30 million. "We just brought in two new [Boeing] 777 sims and a 747-400 sim," said Darrow.
As these and other companies with South Florida facilities grow, so does the region's reputation as a leading flight-training location. And while the "Big Three" companies with facilities on Northwest 36th Street are the giants on the pilot-training landscape, there are also many other contenders — from small private schools to college campuses — throughout South Florida as well as near MIA..
Some industry experts, noting the strong job prospects for pilots in many parts of the globe, foresee more visitors at South Florida training sites. Area hotels and businesses would benefit, they add. They remark on the sophistication and variety of training opportunities; slightly more than half of South Florida flight simulators are "Level D" models, for instance — the kind that qualify pilots to land an aircraft without requiring an actual flight test.
Less optimistic, however, are observers who also look at the increasing costs and requirements of gaining a pilot's license. For them, the training industry faces the prospect of a bumpy ride.
Boeing had considered consolidating its North American training in Atlanta or Seattle but picked the Miami area instead, said Bob Bellitto, global sales leader of Boeing Flight Services, the company's training unit.
"We're going to add more than $100 million worth of simulators and devices this year, which basically doubles our investment in the [Miami] campus. So it's very significant," Bellitto said. "Miami is a hub for commercial shipping traffic as well as commercial aviation traffic. It's a natural location [for training]. It's kind of the centerline of the Americas."
Both tourism and transportation benefit: Bellitto and others say that visitors to the training centers who stay about eight nights will generate an estimated 38,000 room-nights a year at local hotels after Boeing fully consolidates its North American training in South Florida, scheduled for completion by the year's end.
At the Boeing flight training center near Miami International Airport, as of Aug. 1, there were 15 flight simulators; the company expects to have a total of 17 simulators there by the end of the year. Boeing this year already has moved two full-motion flight simulators for its new 787 Dreamliner, among other models, from Seattle to its training center in Virginia Gardens.
Just east of Boeing's 134,000-square-foot training center on Northwest 36th Street is the 110,000-square-foot flight and maintenance training center of its rival, Airbus.
The company's growth is partly fueled by its increasing share of the commercial aircraft market in Latin America, said Joe Houghton, vice president of training and flight operations support in the Americas for Airbus.
"It's just going gangbusters for us," Houghton said. "There's an expansion that needs to happen."
At the Airbus training center in Miami, "we still have some room to grow."
Northwest 36th Street in Miami also is the home of Pan Am International Flight Academy, the original training division of the old Pan American Airways.
Its flagship facilities in Miami currently feature full-motion flight simulators, 31 types of jet aircraft ranging from the Airbus A330, and the McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 to the Boeing 747, 767 and 777. The school also has U.S. training centers for airline pilots in Denver, Las Vegas, Memphis and Minneapolis.
The presence of Airbus, Boeing and Pan Am International distinguish the pilot instruction ecosystem of Miami from smaller clusters of flight training schools and facilities in most U.S. cities.
When Boeing completes its consolidation of North American training in Miami, "this is going to be their largest flight training facility in the world," said James Kohnstamm, vice president, economic development, at the Beacon Council, the economic development agency of Miami-Dade County.
The Airbus flight training center in Miami is the only one in the Americas and one of only five in the world, and "we hope to see some growth from them in the future" at the Northwest 36th Street location, Kohnstamm said. "They have some opportunities for growth on adjacent properties."
Pan Am also could get busier soon. Tokyo-based ANA Group, parent company of All Nippon Airways, announced July 30 a definitive agreement to acquire the Miami-based flight training school from its owner, American Capital Ltd., for $139.5 million. The acquisition by ANA, which closed Thursday, means "we'll be expanding dramatically in Asia," Darrow said.
Some airline pilots who train in South Florida earned college degrees just up the road on I-95 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach.
"We train some of the best pilots in America. Twenty-five percent of all the professional pilots in the United States are trained at Embry-Riddle," said John P. Johnson, president of the private university. Embry-Riddle students who earn four-year degrees in aeronautical science and become airline pilots learn much more than how to fly a plane. "We're not a flight school. We're not a flight training program," Johnson said. "Six of our graduates are U.S. astronauts."
Flight training schools found near South Florida's airports are usually more down to earth. They provide instruction for the initial levels of pilot certification, and they usually offer more than just flying lessons. Typically they train students at general aviation airports on propeller-driven planes while operating such sideline businesses as aircraft rentals, sales of pilot supplies, air tours and aerial photography.
At Wayman Flight Training, for example, aircraft rentals supplement revenue from pilot instruction.
Wayman Eduardo Luy, general manager and part-owner of the flight training school, based at the Opa-locka Executive Airport, said that "the vast majority of our business is training ... We're flying a fleet of 14 airplanes right now. We're pretty busy. Miami is a huge flight training center."
Many of his students are foreign nationals who work abroad as pilots after obtaining certification in Miami.
"We're training them here and shipping them off to South America or Asia," Luy said.
Foreign students must register with the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, which is one of the biggest changes at flight training schools since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
"Anyone who is not a U.S. citizen is required to register with the TSA for a background check to make sure you're not a terrorist," Luy said. "And of course, if you're not a U.S. citizen, you need a visa."
The Federal Aviation Administration lists 75 FAA-approved pilot schools in Florida on its Website, including 24 in South Florida. Among them are Broward College and Miami-Dade College, which provide classroom training and farm out in-flight training to private schools. In addition, many so-called "non-approved" schools operate legally and effectively without meeting FAA standards for curricula, personnel, equipment and facilities. However, the FAA requires students of nonapproved schools to obtain 40 hours of in-flight training for a private pilot certification, compared with 35 hours at approved schools.
Helicopter training requires substantially more time in the air.
Helicopter Academy, based at the North Perry Airport in Hollywood, provides 300 hours of in-flight training, said manager Tom McDermott. Students of the FAA-approved school who have learned to fly a fixed-wing plane need more flight time to master a helicopter. "You're basically going from a tricycle to a unicycle," McDermott said, "from something that's basically stable to something that's basically unstable."
Many more hours of in-flight training are required to become a co-pilot, or first officer, with a major commercial airline. The FAA recently increased the minimum to 1,500 hours from 1,000 hours, with certain exceptions for institutions that offer more than basic flying lessons. For example, the minimum remains 1,000 hours for graduates of aeronautical science programs like the one at Embry-Riddle. "If you earn a four-year college degree, then you only need 1,000 hours of flight time," said Bob Rockmaker, president of the Allentown, Pa.-based Flight School Association of North America.
Pilots commonly work their way into airline jobs by working as instructors for flight training schools, collecting pay rather than paying to accumulate in-flight hours. But that career path has narrowed. Rockmaker said there are about 1,500 flight training schools in the United States, down from about 2,400 before the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, perpetrated by a group of passenger-jet hijackers that included several foreign nationals who attended Florida flight schools.
"The whole flight training industry was pretty much shut down for a while" after the 9/11 attacks, Rockmaker said. "There were schools that never reopened, and there were many schools that were closed for 30, 60, 90 days because of all the challenges, the problems, the checking by the security folks that needed to check on them."
Vocational credit availability has been a more recent challenge for flight training schools.
SLM Corp., better known as "Sallie Mae," is a former government-sponsored provider of education loans that became a private company in 2004 and subsequently stopped lending to students of most flight schools. "Almost every flight school in the country lost their relationship with Sallie Mae," Rockmaker said.
"The big driving force is the cost, and it can be pretty expensive, especially when you're buying the flight time," said Tom Jargiello, director of the Eig-Watson School of Aviation at Miami Dade College. "You're looking at years and thousands of dollars before you can actually sit there and pilot a commercial plane." MDC students who pursue a two-year associate egree in professional pilot technology can expect to pay more than $30,000 for flying lessons alone plus the cost of tuition, books and other expenses.
Yet despite the high cost of becoming an airline captain or first officer, job opportunities for pilots appear ample, especially abroad.
Boeing last year forecast worldwide demand for 460,000 additional commercial airline pilots by 2032, including 185,600 in China alone. Boeing will release an update of its annual forecast of global demand for pilots and aircraft mechanics during the public event Thursday at its Miami training center.
"There's a huge pilot shortage right now. There's an estimated 300,000 pilots that are needed across the world," said Bellitto, the Boeing executive. "Countries like China and India need more and more pilots as they're developing their industries," and in the United States, "the baby boomers are retiring, and Vietnam-era pilots that were trained in the military are retiring."