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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State sophomore offensive lineman Valerian Ume-Ezeoke has been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District VII first team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced Thursday.
As a result of his first-team all-district selection, Ume-Ezeoke will now be placed on the ballot for the Capital One Academic All-America team. The team will consist of first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees and will be selected later on this month.
Ume-Ezeoke is in his second year as an offensive lineman on the NM State football team. The Garland, Texas, native has started all nine games at center for the Aggies this season. Ume-Ezeoke is an integral part of an offensive line that so far this year has helped produce over 2,000 yards passing from sophomore quarterback Andrew Manley, over 500 yards rushing from junior running back Germi Morrison and over 1,000 yards receiving from sophomore wide receiver Austin Franklin, who is also first in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and third in the nation in receiving yards per game.
During NM State's home-opener against Sacramento State, while making only his second career start at center, Ume-Ezeoke helped the Aggies score a season-high seven touchdowns and rack up 467 yards of total offense. Against Ohio, Ume-Ezeoke had four knockdowns on his way to earning a perfect assignment rating. The four knockdowns were a season-high for Ume-Ezeoke until last week's game at Auburn where he had five total knockdowns to bring his season total to 33.
Ume-Ezeoke made an immediate impact at NM State, playing in eight games his freshman year while starting in six of them. He finished his rookie campaign with 32 total knockdowns, only four penalties and did not allow a single sack. Ume-Ezeoke's contributions helped an Aggie offense that finished 47th in the nation in total offense and 27th in the nation in passing. For his efforts, Ume-Ezeoke was named to the All-WAC Freshman team by Rivals.com.
Ume-Ezeoke's on-the-field play is only overshadowed by his performance in the classroomm. The biology major finished his freshman year with a perfect 4.0 GPA and currently maintains a 3.7 GPA.
Capital One and CoSIDA are in their third year as partners for the all-district and all-america awards. The program honors nearly 2,000 student-athletes at the national level and 4,000 student-athletes at the district level for their all-around accomplishments in the classroom, in the community and in competition.

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The mammas' secret knowledge
Where locals dine, travelers are sure to be happy, too – provided they are not so worldly wise that they outwit themselves.
We've all been there. An unfamiliar city, summertime, it's hot, you've been walking all morning and your feet are aching, and your legs are on fire, too. You have a terrible thirst and worst all is the hunger. At the same time, there's not a good restaurant in sight. You've been trying for a good hour to locate the one friends recommended so warmly – but in vain. Incredulous, you gaze at your street plan, now limp with sweat – and suddenly feel hunger pangry. "Hunger pangry" describes the state you fall into when your blood sugar level falls way too low. The symptoms are poor concentration, latent aggressiveness, and frayed nerves.
Another nice and relatively new expression is "life hacks." It describes the strategies we come up with to deal with everyday problems in an unusual way – clever tricks in other words. I invented one such trick. It solved the problem already mentioned of choosing a restaurant. I was in Italy, Venice in fact, with my wife. Yes, she became hunger pangry. We had been looking for a particular restaurant for some time. With a sigh, my wife sat down on the steps of the Bridge of Sighs and refused to take another step. She even threatened to knock me over the head with a gondola if I didn't come up with the promised meal very soon. So I was forced to improvise. Luckily, I had already developed my foolproof method of recognizing a good restaurant in any unfamiliar place I happened to be in between Bolzano and Syracuse. I marched into the next street, took a look inside a couple of eateries and had already found the perfect one.
Soon we were sitting in a not particularly cozy bar with neon lighting. "That's the way it is here," I said, "restaurants often seem very ordinary on the surface, ugly even, but the food… "I raised my eyes heavenwards and made the kind of gesture Pavarotti affects immediately before an aria reaches its climax. Suspicious, my wife asked how I had selected this place?" I leaned across the table and whispered. "Look around you, what do you see?" My wife looked, then said "old people." "Precisely," I replied, triumphant. "The restaurant is full of old people. Old women to be exact. Now, if anyone in Italy knows anything about food, it's old women. The mothers are the people who preserve the legacy of Italian cuisine. La mamma knows how it's done. So when I see so many elderly women dining here, I know it's an infallible sign that this is a place where you can eat as one ought to eat in Italy: cheaply and well on food cooked with honest produce, all fatto in casa and a mano, as the Italians say. Claro?" I was visibly proud to be sharing my secret and ingenious restaurant selection technique with someone else, but found myself confronted with a furrowed brow. "What?" I asked – "Well, I was just wondering…" – "What?" – "Why are none of your Italian grannies speaking a word of Italian." I straightened up, put my hands to my ears like NSA eavesdropping headphones and actually picked up a merry palaver from the old ladies that was definitely not Italian. "Sounds Spanish to me," said my wife, just as the waiter came over with a laminated menu in four languages. "Eengleesh" he asked grimly, and without waiting for an answer reeled off his tip: "I canna really recommenda specialissima spaghetti with musseli."
The food was abysmal – the pasta overcooked, oversalted, the mussels noisily sandy, the wine barely distinguishable from the balsamic vinegar in either color or flavor. And then the party of Spanish senior citizens noisily departed the restaurant, to which peace was restored, only two people still sitting there, silent: my wife and I. The bill lay on the table between us. My wife picked it up. "Well, it was cheap," she said and smiled. That's something at least.
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Mix It Up: Non-Alcoholic Cocktails at Rouge Tomate
"This is not Jamba Juice."
There are times in even the most dedicated cocktail lover's life when he or she abstains from alcohol. Maybe you're feeling under the weather, maybe you're on antibiotics, maybe you're undoing the damage from a week-long bender, maybe you're preparing for an athletic event, but whatever the reason, you should still be entitled to something a bit more exciting than club soda with a lime wedge. There are folks out there getting creative with non-alcoholic drinks in the city—your favorite bar may even have some selections that hadn't previously crossed your radar. After asking around, I decided to head to Rouge Tomate.
Rouge Tomate's local, sustainable and eco-friendly philosophy is at the core of their menu (they even employ a nutritionist) and their design, which is sleek and modern, full of light blond (sustainably produced) wood. Given the high level of healthiness behind the restaurant, it shouldn't be surprising to find non-alcholic cocktails on the menu. The first page of the beverage menu has a section entitled "From the Juice Bar," but as Wine and Beverage Director Pascaline Lepeltier assured me, "This is not Jamba Juice."
The team behind the bar at Rouge Tomate is as creative with their non-alcoholic libations as their higher-proof counterparts. They make use of purees, teas, fruit and vegetable juices, herbs, syrups, and seltzers to create concoctions that will excite the palate without the extra kick of alcohol. The Green Tornado, a blend of leafy greens and herbs awakened with a lemony acidity, and the Cucumber Cooler, a light and crisp combination of cucumber, lemon, dill and seltzer, are staples among the Rouge Tomate Signature Selections. The Seasonal Selections vary based on what's available at the Greenmarket—the cherry and red raspberry drink that appeared this week may very well be gone as they fade out of season, and replaced with something else.
You can recreate these drinks at home, and, of course, if you aren't abstaining, they can very easily be spiked with vodka, gin, or your spirit of choice. Either would be delightful for brunch, and the Cucumber Cooler certainly hits the spot on a hot summer day. For the vegetable juices, they can be made in a blender using half greens or cucumber and half water, and they should be strained before use.
Green Tornado
Pinch of mint Pinch of tarragon 5 oz Mixed green juice* 1 oz lemon juice 1/2 oz Agave syrup
*Mixed Green Juice: 4 oz Mint juice 4 oz Parsley Juice 4 oz Basil Juice 10 oz Spinach Juice 10 oz Butter Lettuce Juice In mixing glass muddle mint a nd tarragon. Add ice and all ingredients and shake vigorously. Strain over ice into a soda glass. Garnish with a lemon and a celery stalk.
Cucumber Cooler
Pinch of dill 2 oz Lemonade** 2 oz Cucumber Juice 2 oz Club soda 3 Slices Cucumber for garnish
**Lemonade 1/2 oz lemon juice 1/2 oz lime juice 1 oz agave syrup 1 oz water
Add all ingredients except cucumber slices and soda in mixing glass. Shake and pour into highball with fresh ice, two cucumber slices and soda. Garnish with cucumber slice.
Rouge Tomate
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The main goals of the National Library are to:
- be one of Europe's most exciting and modern national libraries
- preserve, give access to and actively mediate the cultural heritage through the development of modern digital library services
- be a source of and an infrastructure for research, learning, culture and language development
- contribute to making the research and public libraries into active and topical institutions of society
The main goals of the National Library in detail
The Legal Deposit Act mandates the National Library to collect, index and preserve for posterity Norwegian published knowledge and culture production in all media. Using this as a source for collection development and mediation of knowledge and culture, the National Library has an ambition to be one of Europe's most modern and exciting national libraries.
The collection constitutes a unique knowledge base for use in the present and future. Access and active mediation of the collection for research and documentation purposes and to the general public is based on professional knowledge, knowledge of the collection and competence in the field of modern net based knowledge sharing and mediation.
Through the role of a Norwegian language bank and infrastructure for research, the National Library 's digital collection gives Norwegian science an international leg up through net based access to text, sound and image based sources for the history of Norwegian culture and society.
Within strategically important fields of our enterprise, the National Library will be a national competence and resource centre for other institutions in the cultural sector. This applies to copyright, conservation of paper, photography and film, digital preservation and the development of authority systems and metadata standards.
Through the development of services and in a dialogue with Norwegian public and research libraries, the National Library shall contribute to making the libraries into active and topical institutions of society.
The National Library's areas of activity are described in detail in separate guidelines. These cover collection development, professional development and research, mediation, preservation, digitisation, communication and library development.
In order to enable the National Library to realize its professional ambitions there is a constant watch of competence, resource use, workflows and structure so that the organisation is adapted to the tasks at hand.
2013 – 2017 – focus is on the following tasks
- Expanding the Bookshelf (bokhylla.no) to all Norwegian book publications up to the year 2000
- Continuing the digitisation programme
- Adaptation of the collections for use in research
- Net based access to restricted material through agreements
- Access by exposing metadata and digital content to the large search engines
- Implementation of exhibition and culture programmes, research seminars and conferences that will mediate the collection in an active and targeted manner
- Increased accession of legal deposit and other material in digital form
- Filling historical gaps in the collection, supplementing with additional material that increases the value of the collection for research and documentation and for use in other libraries
- Developing new forms of knowledge organisation and retrieval
- Supplementing the legal deposit collection
- Implementing the consequences of a new Act of Legal Deposit
- The establishment and development of strategic partnerships in our core areas
- The adaptation and extension of our buildings in order to solve future tasks
- Appropriate performance management and effective problem solving
The National Library shall, based on its own services and experiences, have a special responsibility for contributing to the development and strengthening of libraries in Norway as active and topical institutions of society.
In the role of government development organ the National Library shall help shape and implement a national library policy both for the individual public and research libraries and across library types.
The development of modern good and relevant services tuned to the users of the libraries must take place locally and be based on the identity and the local anchoring of each library.
The National Library will facilitate coordinated action between state, regional and local levels in the library sector. A successful development depends on the ability of the libraries and their owners to create development processes in their libraries.
In order to achieve these goals the National Library must:
- be a central infrastructure for all libraries
- facilitate the use of digital content and development of new digital services
- advertise and distribute project money within prioritised areas of development in order to stimulate better library services
- lead a dialogue with libraries and their owners
- administer the Library Act
Be a central infrastructure for all libraries
By setting standards in areas such as the production of bibliographies, digitisation and digital preservation, the National Library is contributing to a common infrastructure for qualitatively good and efficient library services that can be reused. All libraries are offered the opportunity to deliver and reuse collections through the Repository Library at the National Library.
Facilitate the use of digital content and development of new digital services
The National Library has as its goal to digitise its collections. Dependent on rights status other libraries will be able to reuse all this material in their own digital services and mediation efforts. The National Library will facilitate this as much as possible.
Stimulate better library services
The national budget sets aside money for grants to library development projects. This applies to both projects of a general nature and projects in prioritised areas. The National Library sets criteria to ensure that the grants are awarded according to the intentions behind the grants, and ensures that the money is spent in a way that furthers local services and produces results that can be of use to other libraries.
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The organising for library development must take place within a dialogue with the libraries and the library owners. The National Library shall establish suitable forums in order to handle this dialogue in a way that creates a basis for reciprocal understanding and backing. The dialogue shall cover both areas of development, and the ways the grants are distributed and applied.


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In the middle of a park in the north of Amsterdam is a building that looks abandoned. But actually, it's the Noorderparkbar; a quaint coffee shop built entirely from of secondhand materials.
Bureau SLA and Overtreders W, the two firms behind the the cafe, built and designed the place at the same time, because the materials were difficult to find. They looked all over the Netherlands, finding frames that in their past lives, were used for a temporary hospital. (ie the old windows and white-framed skylights comprising the light-soaked interior. Wood for the shutters was sourced from a defunct formwork factorial. An ancient Japanese technique called "shoo sugi ban" was used to char the outside giving it a raw, earthy feel. All of this together makes the new coffee shop looks like it has been there for years, a rare discovery inside a public place. [TheFoxIsBlack via DesignBoom]


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Matty Iglesias reveals how the people in our work environments are getting older:
… the share of people over the age of 55 who are in the labor force has pretty steadily risen. Put that together with population aging, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that the share of the workforce that's composed of people over 55 should steadily rise over time.
I'll add another two variables to this mix: the sluggish growth of the U.S. labor force overall, and continued growth of a young Latino workforce.
It's remarkable how many companies still don't understand this simple equation.
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The U.S. economy is expanding in fits and starts, but at least it is moving in the right direction. The first estimate of second quarter GDP came in at 1.7% which was slightly lower than the 2% guesstimate.
The first revision to second quarter spending was raised to 2.5%, but a large part of the increase was due to increases in business inventory. This will slow if consumption does not pick up. The other factor in the upward revision was growth in exports.
This is a positive sign and reflects earlier projections of U.S. manufacturers increasing activity. This is supported by the latest reading of the Chicago Business Barometer (PMI), which showed an increase of 0.5, up to 53.0. Any reading over 50 indicates a growing manufacturing environment.
Offsetting this manufacturing growth is the most recent Labor Department's release of income data that showed stagnant wage growth with a majority of the increase in hours worked coming from the addition of part-time jobs instead of full-time.
For our economy to expand past the 1.5% to 2.0% range, wage rates must increase or more full time jobs need to be created. Four years into the recovery, U.S. workers' pay is not keeping pace with inflation. This overall drop in purchasing power has slowed the purchase of durable goods. The only exception to this seems to be automobiles.
U.S. auto production has climbed to a about 16 million unit annual rate. The average age of the American auto fleet is over nine years old. This should enable automakers to keep up this production rate for the near future.
This puts the U.S. Federal Reserve between a rock and a hard place. There is a growing shift toward tapering the Fed's bond purchase program. I do not believe the small employment gains or the sluggish growth in the economy warrant tapering at this time. However positive the Fed's bond purchase program has been for the U.S. economy, it has also caused economic problems for the emerging market economies.
The emerging markets are suffering. Both the Indian and Turkish currencies hit record lows against the U.S. dollar in the last half of August. The Middle East turmoil has pushed oil prices to a two year high.
Oil is priced in U.S. dollars, so as the emerging market currencies fall they must pay even more to purchase oil. This is slowing their economies. In my opinion, oil prices should pull back once the Syrian situation is resolved. However, the emerging markets still have a problem with the Federal Reserve plans for tapering.
As a bonus, Europe has finally moved from a four-year recession to a small gain in the most recent quarter. If Europe's growth can continue, this should help the emerging markets to increase exports and hopefully strengthen their currencies.
What does this mean for the United States? We are well positioned to provide many of the items that will be needed as the world's economy begins to grow.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration stated that they expect world wide energy consumption to increase steadily for the next 30 years. This would increase oil consumption from the present 92 million barrels per day to approximately 150 million barrels per day.
This last week, the International Energy Agency stated they believe oil consumption will increase about one million barrels per day between 2013 and 2014. Prior to the recession, world demand was increasing about three million barrels per day on a year-over-year basis.
When consumption returns to historic levels, and as this demand drives prices higher, our ability to produce less expensive domestic energy will become an even larger advantage for U.S. companies. The proliferation of energy production from tight shale plays is providing the opportunity for U. S. companies to benefit from a lower energy cost as well as lower raw material cost. The U.S. is now producing more oil than it imports.
Expansion of chemical plants to take advantage of lower natural gas and natural gas liquids is continuing at a rapid pace. Industrial companies have also grown rapidly over the last year. With their advantage in the cost of energy, this growth should continue.
As I have mentioned before, with added shipping capacity, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices have narrowed the gap to Brent and these companies are showing large gains in earnings.
In their most recent quarterly report, SeaDrill (SDRL) increased their dividend to over 8% and beat the streets estimates on earnings. They have three new deep water, floating drilling rigs being delivered from shipyards this year. They are already under contract for several years. Deepwater drilling activity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and offshore West Africa should keep this company fully utilized for several more years.
We also still like industrial commodity companies but we are not buying any of them currently. As the world economy begins to expand again, material producers like Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF), Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold (FCX) and the larger coal companies will once again move up in the investment placement arena. However, wait until you see copper, iron ore and coal prices increase before doing any buying of these stocks.
Just to restate, I believe the economy is expanding in spite of the previously mentioned problems. That is why we are emphasizing investments in companies with good cash flow, good cash distributions and companies that operate in areas where they have a competitive advantage due to much lower energy costs and raw material input costs.
We prefer companies that generate good after tax returns. With interest rates at historic lows, even as dividend taxes go up, the after tax returns are still higher than most investment grade debt. There is a growing shift from very low yield bonds into equity. BSG&L is a long term investor. We believe if you are patient, build cash and buy good companies on pull backs, your portfolio will have good growth over the long term.
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JUST like Britain's recent waves of immigration, not every East-European beer is Polish. As well as the great many Polish beers sold in shops here in London, there's a couple from the Czech Republic. And even an Estonian beer. Most of which have been distinctly average. Or worse. Will Švyturys Ekstra from Lithuania be a Baltic saviour for East-European beer?
I like the way this bottle looks. It stands out from the crowd. The stubby neck, foil wrapping light-gold colour scheme mean its hard to confuse with any other bottles on the shop shelves.
The foil around the top, and the bottle top itself have the Švyturys name and coat of arms. A coat of arms that seems to consist of an eagle, hops and some sort of tower. There's also a date. A year to be exact; 1784. Is that the year this Švyturys brewery was established?
The big label on the front of the bottle is an unusual shape. It looks like an ordinary roundel from a distance. But look closer, and you see it's actually made up of three bulges.
Around the top of the label, it say, interspersed by writing I can't understand; "Brewed by Švyturys-Utenos Alus, Klaipėda, Lithuania". Not knowing who, or what a "Klaipėda" was, I hit Wikipedia. Klaipėda it transpires is a Lithuania town, historic port and, presumably, home town of this brewery. The coat of arms of the town also offers some clues as to the origin of Švyturys coat of arms.
Around the bottom of the label, it says "Lithuania's Most Popular". A good sign if Lithuania is overflowing with choice. Not so good if this is Lithuania's only beer.
Under the big Švyturys logo is the name of this particular brew; "Ekstra". Which I think is supposed to be read as "Extra". Underneath that, we get several indications of how much is in this bottle. 500 millilitres, 1 pint or 0.9 fluid ounces in case you were wandering. And the alcoholic volume; which is a slightly above average 5.2%. Not worth getting excited about, but more than the boring 5% that seems to be everywhere these day.
Under that is what looks like a selection of medal. Most are too small to read. But one that is readable says "World Beer Cup 2000". It looks then, like this is an award winning beer. Albeit, of an award no one's ever heard of.
The back label is a jumble of text in several different languages. Not an inviting block to try and read. The main English language paragraph describes Ekstra as a "golden beer". A beer made from hops, barley malt, yeast and rice so pure, they could be used to cleanse even Cliff Richard. Rice is an interesting addition. Cobra Extra Smooth is the only other beer that I've seen to have it. And I found it much full-flavoured and interesting than other bland Asian beers. Maybe Ekstra's unique blend will turn out to be more interesting than the bland East-European beers?
There's also some more detail about the awards we barely saw on the front. Apparently, this was the "Gold Award Winner of the 2001 World Beer Championship and Silver Medal Winner at the 2000 World Beer Cup". I might not have heard of them, but they're recent enough for these them to mean something.
There's also a web address. And that address is www.svyturys.lt. A bit of hunting takes us to their English language version, which is at http://www.svyturys.lt/en.
Under that is something that's easy to miss. And hard to understand. What is looks like is a couple of descriptions. One is how to pronounce the name Švyturys, with the text "[shvee – to – rees]". And the other is the word "Lighthouse". It's a leap, but I think that's a reference to that mysterious tower on the coat of arms. And it makes sense because Klaipėda is a port on the Baltic coast.
There's an ingredients list and… not much else worth describing. Which means that it's time to answer some questions. Principally, is Švyturys Ekstra any good?
In the glass, Ekstra is a light-yellow colour. And, as promised, it has a head. But after a few moments, not much of a head.
There's not as much to say about the smell as I had been hoping. A weak aroma of malted barley is all that awaits. It's a tiny bit different to the smell of others beers I've tried recently, but not very much.
A few gulps down, and Ekstra isn't bad. It tastes of a light blend of malted barley and hops that leave a light, lingering sour bitterness at the back of your mouth. The tastes and flavours are very light indeed. You're far from overwhelmed by strong flavours.
Ekstra is clean and crisp. At least this bottle is after I stored it in the freezer compartment for 45 minutes. And the inoffensiveness of the flavours makes this a very easy-to-drink drinkable beer. And the quality of the blend is more than evident.
Sadly, it does have its downsides. Some people, myself included, won't appreciate how subtle the flavours are. In fact, I'd go as far as saying that Ekstra is dull and uninspired on the flavour front. The blend might be quality, but is certainly is boring. There are simply no big flavours to give it character. And it's a little gassy, but that's a minor gripe.
How can I try to sum up Švyturys Ekstra? Well, it reminds me of the Asian beers I sampled a few weeks ago. They were all trying to be 'beers'. And in so doing, that's what they became. Well made, yet indistinctively tasting generic beers. And that's what this is. Ekstra is a quality blend of indistinctive beer.
By all means try this to say that you've had a Lithuanian beer. If I were visiting Lithuania, I'd happily drink Ekstra by the keg load. But on a shop shelf full of distinctive and full-flavoured beers and ales, that are also cheaper, it's hard to find many good reasons for you to buy this.
Rating: 2.85
Have you tried Švyturys Ekstra? What did you think?
Can you translate anything on the bottle? Do you know what reputation this has in Lithuania?
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Sloan Center News
Stimulating Innovation in Time and Place Management
center to connect flexible work arrangements with economic/business outcomes
|31 May 2011—Amidst a languishing economy and concerns of an aging workforce, President Obama asserted in his 2011 State of the Union address that our nation is currently facing a "Sputnik moment." Our country's future will be won, the President declared, through research and business innovation.
Many companies are already experimenting with approaches to engage older employees. The availability of flexible work arrangements, for example, can help companies remain competitive while retaining valuable talent.
Now, the Sloan Center on Aging & Work is seeking employer partners to launch an 18-24 month study to accomplish just that—stimulate the innovative management of "Time & Place" to maintain and even increase productivity.
"We have consciously chosen 'Time & Place Management,' or 'TPM,' to focus attention on the fact that employees, supervisors, and work groups manage the use of these resources for maximum benefit," explains Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Director of the Sloan Center on Aging & Work. "The current problem is that little evidence exists about the economic benefits or costs associated with introducing strategies for successful implementation of TPM policies, or about how age factors into this equation."
To address this research gap, and to help employers manage time, place, and their human capital, the Center is currently seeking partnership with up to 6 employers at the forefront of innovative human resource practices. Pitt-Catsouphes anticipates that formal invitations will be extended to a limited number of organizations by the end of June.
Together with these companies, the Center will design, implement, and pilot test the effectiveness of HR programs or initiatives that offer supervisors and their employees more choice and control over when, where, or how much they work. Participation in this collaboration will be at no cost to employers.
During the study the Center plans to document performance, productivity and/or other business outcomes associated with the new TPM initiative or changes in a TPM implementation strategy.
"The aging of the workforce is a huge reality for most firms—employers wanting to remain competitive must factor aging into any human capital consideration," comments Pitt-Catsouphes. "Last year's White House Conference on Workplace Flexibility was an indicator that workplace flexibility is now seen across the nation as both profitable and effective for the 21st century workforce."
In addition to receiving coaching and assistance with design and implementation of a new TPM program, companies participating in the Center's study will have an opportunity to be at the vanguard of identifying ways to optimize talent management for overall business success.


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The Old Bakery, Mortlake Training Centre, 69-71 Lower Richmond Rd, Mortlake SW14 7HJ
19:00 – 21:00
Our Mortlake workshop is on a few minutes from Mortlake railway station, close to Mortlake Brewery and is run in conjunction with The Turning Hub, Richmond's mobile bike club.
Bring your bike, use the tools and learn basic (or more complicated) bike maintenance. Tea (and if you're lucky biscuits) on ready supply! We'll have bike stands available and you can tune your bike up yourself, or to get some help from our qualified mechanic.
Some small parts available for sale (cables, brake blocks), bring your own parts if you want to fit them.
Please come along if you have some mechanical aptitude and would like to help others learn.
The Old Bakery is on Lower Richmond Road. The entrance to the workshop is at the back of the building. Turn into Hanson Close and take the first right.


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Tagged: Chicago White Sox
5-11-09 Progressive Field
I attending this game with my brother, Jon. It's the first game I've attended with him since last year. He's not really into ballhawking as much as I am, but would snag a ball today.
We were third in line at the gate, but the two people in front of me sort of got out of line by standing in front of another gate. So, I was first into the stadium. Upon entering, I found ball #1 in the right field seats. I watched helplessly as an usher picked up another ball I had spotted.
Travis Hafner batted at the beginning of batting practice and peppered the right field seats with home runs. I was able to grab ball #2 and ball #3 off of his bat within about the span of a minute.
It helped that the crowd looked like this for the first 30 minutes or so:
Game: 9 Balls (8 hit, 1 device)
Season: 98 Balls (43 hit, 44 thrown, 11 device)
Games: 18 Games (15 with BP/ 3 without)
Average: 5.44 balls per game
Career: 264 Balls
Attendance: 14,567


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Duke Nukem Forever almost doesn't need a review, just a flowchart. Fourteen years of development has resulted in a scruffy, scrappy mongrel of a game which, in a lot of ways, should have been put down permanently several years ago. The graphics and gameplay are horrifically dated, portions defy belief for all the wrong reasons, and the whole thing has a weird late-90s feel to it, like it belongs to a world before Half-Life 2, Call of Duty and Halo transformed the FPS. Should you buy it? Well, if you never played Duke Nukem 3D, no. If you did play it, but have zero affection for the character, steer clear. Planning to play it on a console? Don't bother. The substandard graphics, poor controls and painfully protracted loading times will spoil all the fun.
If, however, you're going to play the game as its creators originally intended - on PC, with a mouse and keyboard - then read on. Followed the whole sorry saga since the beginning? Then playing Duke Nukem Forever is almost a historical necessity. Got a little nostalgia left for the Duke? Trust your instincts, and you won't go away unrewarded. Yes, Duke Nukem Forever is a mongrel, but like a lot of mongrels it's got charm.
That doesn't mean that it's been worth the wait, or that it can actually be described as good. Even on the PC the graphics look dated, with the kind of flat architecture, ropey textures and primitive effects and lighting that were cutting edge back in 2001, but don't look quite so good 10 long years later. The physics engine, on those rare occasions when it's called into play, is laughable, and the enemy AI is woeful. Some people have suggested that Duke Nukem Forever's problem is that it doesn't feel retro enough - it should be closer to Serious Sam HD or Doom. In fact, it feels like a game of its time; that time being around 2000-2001 when No-One Lives Forever, Aliens vs Predator 2 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein hit the streets.
The surprising thing is that this dated style of gameplay holds up surprisingly well. If you wasted the years between 1995 and 2002 running sideways around dumb enemies while pumping the left-mouse button for all you're worth, playing Duke Nukem Forever is a bit like getting back on an old bike. The old weapons - with some minor new additions - are as satisfying as you might remember them (particularly the trip-mines and the pipe bombs). The old baddies - the pig cops, the jetpacked alien commandos, the fireball-throwing octopoids - behave exactly as you'd expect them to, with minimal sophistication or finesse. And while it's all very predictable, with few impressive set pieces and little in the way of orchestration, it's actually kind-of fun. Even the boss battles feel like a blast from the past. They're not trying to be epic or portentous. "Here's something big and ugly" is the message. "Dodge its attacks, fire rockets and blow it up."
Plus, there are some nice ideas thrown in there - albeit ideas that aren't quite as revolutionary in 2011 as they might have seemed had the game shipped before the millennium rolled around. Levels featuring a miniature Duke in a remote-controlled car outstay their welcome, but until that point are fun, and the trampoline structures in an alien hive give the game a weird Sonic the Hedgehog ambiance. There's also much to like about some monster truck racing and miniaturised sneaking later on. Puzzles, when they come, are a bit of a chore, and incongruous decisions to adopt a modern recharging health system, checkpoint-only saves and just two weapon slots cause irritation, but not to the point where you feel like giving up.
Most importantly, Duke Nukem Forever still looks, feels and sounds like Duke Nukem. It's crass, sexist, deeply adolescent and dumb, and no longer relevant to anything in current popular culture or even games culture. It's also dated, offensive and mildly embarrassing (and when the strippers get dragged out for the umpteenth time, you can take away the "mildly"). The fact is that many people simply won't get the joke - and there's not really an awful lot of joke to get. Yet, as the Duke wanders around, blasting aliens while spewing out gratuitous and frequently scatological one-liners, it's hard not to crack the odd smile and even (the shame) the odd chuckle. Duke Nukem might be a ridiculous, misogynist, anachronistic dinosaur, but he's got personality. Can you say the same about the heroes of Halo: Reach or Modern Warfare 2?
All of the above also applies to the multiplayer. We're back to the dark ages of deathmatch and capture the flag, with poorly-balanced weapon sets, simple maps and quickfire carnage, with thin experience and rewards systems balanced on top, yet it's still oddly enjoyable in an "I know it's bad, but…" kind of way. The nostalgia won't last and you'll soon be back playing something better, but for a couple of matches things feel just as good as they did back when Oasis, Pulp and Blur ruled the charts. It's like the last 12 years never happened.
The reality of Duke Nukem Forever could never match the legend, and this bizarre, broken dinosaur of a game won't match anyone's idea of brilliance. Bulletstorm has it outclassed as a big, brash retro-flavoured shooter, and anyone who didn't play Duke Nukem 3D will come away feeling nothing beyond dismay, disappointment and contempt. Yet, while all that holds true, it's weirdly compulsive and entertaining, particularly if you knew and loved the Duke back in the day. We can't recommend that you run out and buy it, but if you feel a little bit tempted, well, come get some.


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More Details from Capt. Samuel Leighton's Papers
Records of the Massachusetts Committee of Safety say that a total of 91 guns were delivered to Col. James Scamman's regiment on 30 June and 7 July 1775. The papers for sale include a receipt for four guns dated 4 July. The most expensive of those guns, worth a third of the total, is connected with Henry Foss, who was the Leighton company's drummer.
Foss also had one of the best signatures in the company, as shown by this document. A few men signed with their marks only, including one, Stephen Nason, who is listed as a corporal. Normally I expect the non-commissioned officers to be able to write, but this man might have been exceptional.
At a council of war on 3 Aug 1775, Gen. George Washington learned that his army's stock of gunpowder was considerably smaller than he'd understood. I suspect that led to Capt. Leighton's inventory of "Aminitson" held by men on 12 August. It looks like most of the company had over twenty rounds.
At the end of the year, Col. Scamman didn't receive a new Continental Army commission. Despite being acquitted in a court-martial, he apparently hadn't escaped the cloud hanging over him since Bunker Hill. In fact, he continued to argue against those charges in the newspaper in 1776.
Capt. Leighton and many of his men chose not to reenlist. They accepted money in lieu of winter coats and collected their October pay on 29 December. Leighton turned in some ammunition and other supplies and got a receipt on 1 Jan 1776.
And then Capt. Leighton and many of his men went back home to Maine. Leighton was in Kittery on 8 March when he paid Sgt. Josiah Paul. Meanwhile, back in Massachusetts Gen. Washington was overseeing the endgame of the siege from Dorchester Heights.
A family genealogy includes his Samuel Leighton's commission in the Massachusetts militia dated 16 May 1776. He led a company back to Boston later that year for guard duty and eventually was promoted to major in the state militia, but never again served in the Continental Army.
Among the other Leighton documents is what Seth Kaller calls a list of instructions for infantry formations. It's actually the section headings of chapter five of Gen. Steuben's drill manual, titled "Miscellaneous Evolutions." That was published in 1779, so I assume Leighton or a relative copied it out later in the war, maybe for militia training.


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Peanut Butter Drums
Little drummer boys and girls will agree—these cute musical treats can't be beat! Our home economists quickly decorated stacks of crackers and peanut butter to form the fun instruments, then joined gumdrops and pretzels for matching drumsticks.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin
Total TimePrep: 25 min. + chilling
Makes6 servings
- 1/4 cup creamy honey-nut peanut butter
- 18 butter-flavored crackers
- 4 ounces white candy coating
- 2 teaspoons shortening
- 1/2 cup vanilla frosting
- Red and green gel food coloring
- Miniature chocolate chips
- 12 pretzel sticks
- 12 spice gumdrops
- Spread peanut butter over 12 crackers, about 1 teaspoon on each. Stack two crackers together, peanut butter side up to make six stacks. Top with remaining plain crackers. Melt candy coating and shortening; dip all sides of cracker stacks. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets; refrigerate until set.
- Tint 1/4 cup frosting red and 1/4 cup frosting green. Frost the tops of three stacks red and three stacks green. For drum details, pipe green frosting on red-topped stacks; pipe red frosting on green-topped stacks. Decorate with chocolate chips. Chill until serving. For drumsticks, insert pretzel sticks into gumdrops.
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by Janet Gilmore
On my way to have lunch with my cousin Len the other day in Center City, I passed the Chatham apartment building at 20th and Walnut Streets, where I lived for seven years as a single woman in the 1970s. The Chatham is a grand dame of a building. They haven't changed the wallpaper in the lobby since 1974. I loved living there. My tiny apartment on the eighth floor faced west, so I saw the sun set every evening. Glorious.
At the time the building housed many elderly residents. Traditions had grown there. A man came down into the lobby every year in a red vest to play his violin in front of the lobby Christmas tree.
A retired woman returned to the Chatham, pale and wobbly every afternoon, several cocktails under her girdle, and invited me into her apartment where, lying on her bed dressed in nothing but her long fur coat, she offered me a whisky and told me stories about being an executive secretary for a big company in Center City.
Mr. Neal, who seemed to be the oldest person in the world at the time, sat in the lobby every day and evening in an very old three-piece suit, starched shirt and tie, read the Wall Street Journal, smoked one Lucky Strike after another, and observed the comings and goings of the tenants. Whatever happened in the lobby, he knew it.
I was 27 then, and Center City and the downtown life were mine. I took it as my due whenever I finished walking past, over, around and through Rittenhouse Square, and returned to the Chatham, that Mr. Neal would be sitting in the lobby to greet me.
He talked like Reginald van Gleason.
"Mmm, good afternoon, Miss Janet."
"Hi, Mr. Neal. How are you today?" I said as I breezed in.
He never really answered — just lit another cigarette. I found out everything I knew about him from other people in the building. His apartment was the same small size as mine, three stories above me. He had been a stockbroker. He never married. He had a niece who checked on him once in a while. As far as I knew, he never left the lobby.
The night the electricity went out in the building, I doubted that Mr. Neal would make it down 11 flights of stairs and back up without the elevator, so I took some yogurt and a banana up to his door but didn't have the courage to knock, so I just left them anonymously in front of his door, although I was very curious about what his apartment looked like.
Mr. Neal was in the lobby every night. I counted on him being there as a constant presence at my downtown home, as perhaps he counted on me to let him know there was life outside the lobby.
Over time, he slowly caved in to his own body. His head sank lower into his chest, and his suit became bigger on him. Still smoking and reading the Wall Street Journal. Maybe he wasn't really lonely.
"Mmm, Good evening, Miss Janet."
"Hi, Mr. Neal."
One day, he wasn't in the lobby. Nor the following day. I was told he had died. For the first time in my young life, I realized I knew hardly anything about someone I'd liked who was now gone, survived by a big glass ashtray.
I missed him. Why didn't I ask him more questions? He seemed ancient when I met him, but of course he had been young once. He was the first very old man, not a relative, I had a chance to get to know, but with the insouciance of youth, I wasn't very interested.
The Chatham is now a non-smoking building, but I still pictured Mr. Neal and his ashtray in the lobby. But I had to go; my cousin Len was waiting. Len is 92 years old and the last of my parents' generation — the Greatest Generation — and I wonder if that isn't true. Len now uses a walker; otherwise, he's as bright and funny as ever.
We walked to Rachael's Deli. He ordered a corned beef special sandwich. "I thought you watch what you eat," I said.
"Not any more," he said. "I eat everything now." Len told me that his ex-wife had died. She was an odd woman; they had been divorced for many years. I hadn't seen her since I was a kid and she showed up at my grandmother's funeral in a white mink coat and white go-go boots.
"Why did you marry her?" I asked.
"Sex," he said. Is it any wonder I love talking to this guy? We talked; he told me stories I never heard before.
"Why did you leave her?"
"She became more and more violent. She came after me with a knife one evening. When I called the police, they told me I'd better get out because I wasn't safe. So I did, but it took 15 years to get a divorce. She got a bunch of her girlfriends to picket my office with signs saying that I didn't pay her enough alimony. Yeah, it was in the newspaper. She took everything I had. I was lucky to get out with my life."
All that was happening to a cousin I considered a grown-up, and therefore beyond melodrama. While I was in my apartment at the Chatham watching "All My Children," real soap opera stuff was happening in my own family, and I barely noticed. I'm so lucky I had the chance to talk to Len the other day. He has a lively mind, and his memory is good. His stories are my heritage. I should collect as many as I can.
Len and his pretty girlfriend, Sandy, had to leave the deli and finish packing for six months in Florida. They were leaving the following day. How many six-month periods are left in my dear cousin's life that he can afford to toss off six months as though it were an afternoon nap?
"Your job," I told him as we were saying goodbye, "is to come back from Florida alive."
"Well, you know, Jan, I've adjusted to this part of my life. I'm an old man and I live like an old man. When I get tired, I take a nap. And whatever happens, I'm not afraid. Listen, if you can't die when you're 92, you don't deserve to die…
"Text me while I'm away."


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clarissa wrote:Stress is also a major cause of hair loss. Finding little ways each day to release stress like walking or yoga can have a significant impact on your overall health. Also look to see if there are any important nutrients your diet is lacking. There are a number of causes to hair loss, but diet and exercise can at least help you cope.
oz1siiam wrote:Hi Sophialiu,
Many people do suffer hair loss as the grow older and the onset can be quite quick. This is something that may be seen in members of your extended family?
While of concern to the sufferer there is not normally the need for concern and may respond to treatment.
Anyone suffering a rapid or significant loss of hair is strongly advised to seek medical advice by visiting their local doctor. There can be a large number of reasons for hair loss such as what you describe. Causes do range from the very minor through to quite serious.
Causes do range significantly from;
Psychological to
Environmental (e.g. pollution, )
A number of infections and diseases could also be the cause.
regards Oz1siiam.
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Given his recent negative press, Lance Armstrong will not participate in The Florida Forum as scheduled. The annual speaker series, organized by the Women's Board of Wolfson Children's Hospital, replaced Armstrong with NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who appears at the Florida Theatre on March 4. According to a hospital spokesperson, it was a "mutual decision."
While some folks may be disappointed at the change in line-up, others may not even notice since the two have so much in common. For instance …
1. Both changed their birth names: Jabbar was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; Armstrong was born Lance Edward Gunderson.
2. Jabbar and Armstrong have had books on The New York Times best-seller list: Giant Steps and It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life, respectively.
3. Both follow Tony Hawk on Twitter.
4. They've been the subjects of songs: Pearl Jam's "Sweet Lew" about Abdul-Jabbar and Sheryl Crow's "Wildflower" about Armstrong.
5. Each survived cancer: Jabbar, chronic myeloid leukemia, and Armstrong, testicular, lung and brain cancer.
6. They practice yoga.
7. Both started their own charitable organizations: Jabbar's Skyhook Foundation connects under-served youth with mentors to achieve their academic aspirations and Armstrong's LIVESTRONG Foundation empowers the cancer community to address the unmet needs of cancer survivors.
8. Each has five kids.
9. Both have appeared in highly-popular comedy films: Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane and Armstrong in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.
10. Each received an honorary degree: Abdul-Jabbar, an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the New York Institute of Technology, and Armstrong, an honorary doctorate of letters from Tufts University (Armstrong's has since been revoked).
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Today's modern Rails applications have lots of moving parts. Make sure your next production deployment goes smoothly with this hands-on book, which guides you through the entire production process. You'll set up scripts to install and configure all the software your servers need, including your application code. Once you're in production, you'll learn how to set up systems to monitor your application's health, gather metrics so you can stop problems before they start, and fix things when they go wrong.
Deploying Rails: Automate, Deploy, Scale, Maintain, and Sleep at Night
by Tom Copeland and Anthony Burns
Deploying Rails
Automate, Deploy, Scale, Maintain, and Sleep at Night
by Tom Copeland and Anthony Burns
For Rails 3
Customer Reviews
As a systems administrator turned developer I was encouraged to see this book being released. It shows the ideal marriage of the systems administration mindset, with its relentless focus on automation and monitoring, with the tools available to the modern programmer. In some circles this practice is called DevOps, but even in shops that keep these two separate, this book will benefit both teams.
- Sean's Obsessions
Deploying Rails will help you transform your deployment process from brittle
chaos into something organized, understandable, and repeatable.
- Trek Glowacki
Independent Developer
Covering such a wide range of useful topics such as deployment, configuration
management, and monitoring, in addition to using industry-standard tools following
professionally founded best practices, makes this book an indispensable
resource for any Rails developer.
- Mitchell Hashimoto
Lead developer, Vagrant
Targeted for the developer, Deploying Rails presents, in a clear and easily understandable
manner, a bevy of some of the less intuitive techniques it has taken me
years to assemble as a professional. If you build Rails apps and have ever asked,
"Where/how do I deploy this?" this book is for you.
- James Retterer
Senior software engineer, Getty Images
About this Title
Pages: 240
Published: 2012-07-20
Release: P1.0 (2012-07-17)
Deploying Rails takes you on a expertly guided tour of the current best practices in Rails deployment and management. You'll find in-depth explanations on effectively running a Rails app by leveraging popular open source tools such as Puppet, Capistrano, and Vagrant. Then you'll go beyond deployment and learn how to use Ganglia and Nagios to monitor your application's health and gather metrics so you can head off problems before they happen.
You'll start out by building your own virtual environment by writing scripts to provision a production server with Vagrant and Puppet. Then you'll leverage the popular Rails deployment tool Capistrano to deploy an application into this infrastructure. Once the app is live, you'll monitor your application's health with Nagios, and configure Ganglia to collect system metrics. Finally, you'll see how to keep your data backed up, recover data when things go wrong, tame your log files, and use Puppet to automate everything along the way.
If you're a Rails developer who wants a better understanding of the needs of a production Rails system, if you're a system administrator who wants to manage a Rails application, or if you're bridging the gap between development and operations, this book will be your roadmap to successful production deployment and maintenance, whether your application has ten users or ten million users.
For Rails 3
What You Need:
The exercises and examples are most suited to a computer running some Unix variant, such as Mac OS X or Linux. But a Windows machine running Linux in a VirtualBox virtual machine is also sufficient.
We'll show you how to set up a local virtual machine for your deployments; you won't need a dedicated server to hone your deployment skills. We expect you to have a basic familiarity with the Ruby programming language, the Ruby on Rails framework, and the Unix command line.
Contents & Extracts
Tom Copeland is also a Rails developer at LivingSocial. He has programmed in Ruby since 2004, consulted at InfoEther on Ruby on Rails applications since 2007, and received a "Ruby Hero" award in 2008. Before focusing on Ruby, he wrote two books on Java programming (PMD Applied and Generating Parsers with JavaCC) and was named Oracle's "Open Source Developer of the Year" in 2003.
Anthony Burns is a professional Ruby and Rails developer at LivingSocial. Prior to LivingSocial, he worked at InfoEther, a Rails consultancy, where he handled deployment and infrastructure for various clients.


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Would anyone happen to know how to fix this? I've been exporting messages so I can import them into a new email client ( ), but the problem is, any messages with duplicate subject lines don't get exported. Only one of them does, the rest don't. For instance, monthly emails that contain the subject line "Your monthly statement". I have 12 of those, but only 1 gets exported.
How can I get PocoMail to export every message, regardless of duplicate subject?


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Faculty / Organisational entity
- Fachbereich Mathematik (1) (remove)
Robust facility location (1998)
Let A be a nonempty finite subset of R^2 representing the geographical coordinates of a set of demand points (towns, ...), to be served by a facility, whose location within a given region S is sought. Assuming that the unit cost for a in A if the facility is located at x in S is proportional to dist(x,a) - the distance from x to a - and that demand of point a is given by w_a, minimizing the total trnsportation cost TC(w,x) amounts to solving the Weber problem. In practice, it may be the case, however, that the demand vector w is not known, and only an estimator {hat w} can be provided. Moreover the errors in sich estimation process may be non-negligible. We propose a new model for this situation: select a threshold valus B 0 representing the highest admissible transportation cost. Define the robustness p of a location x as the minimum increase in demand needed to become inadmissible, i.e. p(x) = min{||w^*-{hat w}|| : TC(w^*,x) B, w^* = 0} and solve then the optimization problem max_{x in S} p(x) to get the most robust location.


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being new to T gauge, I was however watching it evolve over years. Being myself 1:350 and 1:700 ship modeler, and TT-gauge modeler, i wanted to go smaller, but stay digital. With the advent of the micro decoders like DCX77z, it is now possible, so I ordered a starting set for a small demo and experimental layout to place in my modeling shop window, and also to try the digitalisation of the things. I ordered a new GNER HST 125 set, a 16m chassis, and some adjustable chassis, to create a Class 101 with the shapeways 3D printed wagons as a second train. Plus enough rail material to create a simple ellipse with a two track station. For digital, I plan to use the DCX77z decoders coupled with Roco 10764 booster, with signal done either by a pair of Roco Lokmouse controllers, or by PC (Rocrail, via USB-RS232 converter from Arduino toolkit, and selfmade serial to DCC adapter). Turnouts would be operated by servo controller by a selfmade DCC Arduino board, which would also operate lighting. I am still in progress of creating efficient feedback system, which would use loconet.
I have heard that the turnouts have a big dead point on the cross, so it would probably be necessary to modify them. I consider building a new cross for them from brass or nickel silver profiles, and make it polarizable by a servo operated microswitch (same servo as switching the turnout), more or less the same as I do for tillig switches in TT. The base would be hard foam board framed in wood. Do you think it would work?
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Walt Disney Pictures, Lucasfilm, and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions have managed to keep a lid on many a secret concerning Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII throughout pre-production; now that second unit filming is underway – with principal photography gearing up to begin in London – it won't be long before we learn which (if any) of the casting rumors that've sprung up around the project over the past year are true… and which ones are utterly false.
It's safe to assume that – as has long been all-but officially acknowledged – original Star Wars trilogy cast members Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford are returning for Episode VII, seeing how they've been spotted in London over the past week. Meanwhile, earlier today, we posted an update from actor Zac Efron, who avoided ruling out the possibility that he could indeed be headed to the Star Wars universe.
The latest report from Deadline, however, makes no mention of Efron; instead, the site indicates that lauded character actor Oscar Isaac – who headlined the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis last year – is apparently up for a "major role" inEpisode VII. Additionally, previously-reported candidates like Adam Driver (Girls), young British actor John Boyega (Attack the Block), and British theater alum Maisie Richardson-Sellers may still be front-runners for important roles in the film, judging by the latest Deadline update (which are generally pretty reliable).
As mentioned before, nothing is official yet – though, the potential Episode VII cast outlined above is quite strong; besides having its fair share of critically-acclaimed up and comers, the collection of names listed here is relatively diverse (in keeping with Abrams' desire) – by modern Hollywood tentpole standards, anyway. Now, we just have to wait and see which – again, if any -of these younger people are actually going to be sharing the screen with the older versions of Luke, Leia, and Han Solo.
Speaking of Han – the Deadline report also claims that Ford has a "gigantic role" inEpisode VII; he's still the biggest-name star of the original Star Wars trilogy cast trio and has perhaps remained the most active over the years, as far as live-action acting is concerned. Based on that and the ongoing possibility that Indiana Jones 5 could happen down the line (with Ford reprising as the eponymous archaeologist), this rumor doesn't sound altogether unreasonable.
Star Wars: Episode VII opens in U.S. theaters on December 18th, 2015.


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"Pilgrim's Progress" : The Enemies of Reason
by Justin O Smith
Islam's historic past does indeed include a few intelligent, exceptional men, as well as brief periods of great growth and ascendancy due to militarism and conquest rather than enlightenment and innovations. Islam has always persecuted and silenced its intelligent men and especially its women, as well as the few reformers that have appeared throughout history such as Qassim Amin, who published 'Tahrir al-Mara' (The Liberation of Women) in 1899; Amin argued that the degraded position of women and, in particular, the practice of veiling was responsible for Egypt's backwardness, and to this day, Islam worldwide has revealed its incompatibility with Western civilization and its scorn for secularism, democracy, human rights and all the values upon which Our American Heritage is based; Islam is America's enemy and the enemy of Reason.
In 19th century Iran, Mirza Aqa Khan Kirmani wrote that true religion meant "tall buildings, industrial inventions, factories, expansion of the means of communication, promotion of knowledge, general welfare, implementing just laws", rational enlightenment and equal rights. One of the tasks of conservative premodern Islam had been to help Muslims accept the inherent limitations of their society and its fatalism so exemplified by a simple word that translates "as God wills it"… "Inshallah". Kirmani stated that this was no longer acceptable and Islam would have to change.
Islam never made those changes, as we fast foreward to the 21st century. Islam currently is a peaceful and tolerant "religion" and ideology that shows great concern for human rights according to the Leftists and appeasers, which explains the stacks of corpses the Khomeinists of Iran built their theocratic Islamic state upon, just as the Muslim Brother Morsi is currently poised to imitate in Egypt; the Taliban shooting a teenage girl, Malala Yousafzai, on October 9, 2012 because she advocated education for Pakistani girls; Al Qaeda's rampage and political gains across the Middle East in this Arab Winter, and the fact that 3000 Christians have been killed by Boko Haram islamofascist terrorists since 2009 with 690 of those murders occuring in 2012…not to mention Obama's Islamic Maghreb friends murdering the U.S. Ambassador and three others in Benghazi!
A great deal of the last 100 years of upheaval in the Islamic world can be traced to Islam's struggle to determine if its communities could still retain their Islamic identities, while modernizing in a Western fashion, or if they could modernize in a totally Islamic fashion. Rifah al- Tahtawi insisted in 1826 that Egypt must learn from the West, the gates of "ijtihad"/independent reasoning must be opened and Sharia law must adapt to the modern world; in 1871, Jamal al-Din (al-Afghani) illustrated that essentially the imams, scholars and intellectuals (ulema) had closed those gates to the Islamic masses and stagnated in the rulings of past sages. Din suggested that this was contrary to the essential characteristics of authentic Islam, which were "dominance and superiority".
However, it is the very notion of Islamic superiority that causes so much strife between Islam and all other ideologies and religions wherever Islam is found, from Thailand to western China and from Russia to the U.S. The imams and modern day ulema seem to be reactonaries intent on keeping Islam and its followers suspended in a 7th century backward and evil ideology. Looking at Islam holistically, it appears that the Islamic fundamentalists have won time and again over the centuries, and they are winning now from Afghanistan to Iran and Mali to Iraq, largely due to Obama's failed approach to Middle East policy.
Reason might prescribe that the Palestinians suggest to the Jews and Christians in Bethlehem, "Stay here, live and work with us to build a better community." A little over three decades ago, Bethlehem was 80% Christian, but soon after Palestinian refugees from Jordan and Lebanon were allowed to settle there, the Palestinians immediately set forth to dominate the region; Bethlehem is now 80% Muslim.
The U.S. legal system is already a complete, competent and virtually all encompassing system. What rationale can anyone give for the U.S. to further encumber its excellent legal system with archaic and often unConstitutional Sharia law concepts other than the fact that CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood and Muslim fundamentalists and Islam itself demands them? Any attempts at dialogue concerning advances by Islamists and Sharia law encroachments in America usually end in diatribes advancing one point of view by the Obama administration, liberals and Islamic appeasers such as Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, and now the despicable, anti-American Al Gore lines his pockets with Al Qaeda terror dollars by selling Current TV on January 3, 2013… a primed and readied Islamic propaganda pipeline… to Al Jazeera!
Most Muslims would prefer to advance the cause of Islam and see a subjugated America, if PEW studies are any indication, rather than integrate into American culture. It is highly unsettling to witness CAIR and the American Muslim Advisory Council try to insert Sharia principles into Rutherford, Williamson, Davidson and many other school systems in Tennessee and throughout the U.S., as they also demand that journalists stop using the term "Islamist". These Islamofascists ask for the withdrawal of textbooks that make no mention of the presumed contributions made by Islam to the U.S. culture; however, they certainly are not touting the immense contributions Christianity and western values have brought to the world. Islam's own intolerance is apparent as their minority attempts to force 310 million Americans to bend to their will and validate their worldview of a "superior" Islam!
Many of these same U.S. Muslim citizens are plotting and engaging in terrorism against the united States. The following is a microcosm of a significantly larger problem: In November 2012, four Southern California men were arrested and accused of trying to join Al Qaeda in order to wage "violent jihad" against Americans serving in Afghanistan, and one of the men was a U.S. Air Force veteran, while the rest included two legal reasidents and one more U.S. citizen; in 2008, three Queens, NY men met with Al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan and returned with a plot to bomb New York subways. Much of this is fomented by zealous, despotic imams delivering violent messages throughout mosques in the U.S. and Europe too.
Unless Europe develops a cadre of real intellectuals who can actually think, America can kiss Europe good-bye. It's going to be war, much like the Lebanon "civil war" where some sections will be Christian controlled and others occupied by Muslims/Islamists. There will be permanent strife, and it will be more gruesome than we can imagine. When the horror comes, the dhimmis, appeasers and journalists who helped bring it about will wag their heads and flee… and leave it to those who can't flee to fight it out!
Refusing to admit that America is under both military and cultural assaults on all fronts by Islam, CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda and that they are being aided by the dhimmis, collaborators and traitors at all levels of the U.S. government is against Reason, just as accepting the lies emanating from the Obama administration and Governor Haslam's office is against Reason. Resigning ourselves and surrendering out of cowardice or apathy is against Reason. Also thinking that the Islamofascist problem will simply disappear or somehow miracuously resolve itself is against Reason. This is a fight we cannot avoid and we must no longer ignore, as we awaken our patriotic spirit with the force of passion. Living takes passion. America… refuse to submit, to comply, to surrender. It isn't only a matter of living: America's survival requires ratiocination… Reason… rather than the irrational, suicidal insanity currently espoused by Obama's Progressives… appeasers and traitors!
Kuss inmak Prophet Mohammed, ibn sharmuta!
Douglas Murray – Tolerating Islam Is Suicide
Mark Steyn: Freedom in the Time of Shariah
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
January 10, 2013
President Obama's choice to be the next Secretary of Defense came in for a lot of criticism even before it was announced since former Senator Chuck Hagel's positions have run the gamut from controversial to extreme and downright reckless.
Hagel has been applauded, however, by the state-controlled media of Iran. The mullahs' mouthpiece, Press TV, has enthused about Hagel for his vociferously anti-Israel stance. The Iranian regime must also appreciate his longstanding encouragement of unconditional engagement with Tehran, his opposition to tough sanctions against it and his denunciation of any use of force to prevent Iran from getting the bomb.
There are plenty of other good reasons to oppose the nomination of Chuck Hagel to lead our military at this critical time. Iran's endorsement of him, though, should be high on the list.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com
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Here's a way to easily transform cheap store-bought Christmas cards into pretty Christmas cards or invitations.
Easy Christmas Cards
You'll need: A box of plain, store-bought Christmas cards (I paid $1.74 for 18 cards), Glittery glue, ribbon and a Cropadile.
Step 1: Open up all the cards and stack them face up.
Step 2: Punch two holes on the top of each card.
Step 3: Apply Glittery Glue to the item you want to highlight (I did the star).
Step 4: Cut ribbons to desired length, thread through holes and tie bow.
To make an elegant and easy invitation, follow steps above except after step 1, cut the back flap off the cards (so it's like a postcard). And, after step 2, measure your card. Using your word processor program design text for back of card. Print. Then, continue with steps 3 and 4. I made 150 of these babies for our church Christmas party. They were a lot easier than the 2 layer invites with a punched border that I made last year.


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The Parkwood Apology: May Your Soul Keep You Going
February 6th, 2009 Posted 11:10 pm
Back in the days playing gigs in pubs around south-east Queensland we'd always meet characters. Some people were hilarious, some were drowning their sorrows, some were agressive, some were flirty, some were complete nutters, and some had really amazing stories to tell.
We had a residency on Tuesday nights at the Parkwood Tavern on the Gold Coast, and there was this one girl in particular who was a regular at the pub. I gradually got to know her as weeks went by, and one night during breaks between sets she completely opened up to me about her past. Her story really, really moved me, and later on that night I sat and wrote down everything I could remember about our conversation, with the intention of one day turning her life story into a song. I'm yet to do that, and to be honest I'd completely forgotten about her until the other day when I happened to read over my old notes. A flood of memories came rushing back, and I'm going to share her story here, both because I wonder how she's doing today, and also because it makes me realise how fucking lucky I am to be living the life I'm living.
Just a warning: it's a bit explicit.
It was the 20th of March, 2007. I didn't get her name. Well I'm sure I did at some stage, but I didn't make note of it, and I definitely can't remember it. She was in her early 20's, quite attractive, fairly thin and around 170cm tall with light brown/blondish hair. She exuberated a very honest, friendly personality, and she also had quite a "simple" feel to her, suggesting she wasn't the academic type and didn't really have any major ambitions in life. Despite this, however, I got a clear impression from early on that she was vulnerable, and there was something underneath her confident disposition that suggested all was not well.
You wouldn't have known it at a first glance, but she was a junkie.
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I observe a hunting accident in which a canoe, floating sideways down rough, cold rapids becomes entangled in the antlers of a swimming caribou. Canoe and caribou float attached for a distance. The caribou is finally able to escape when it becomes a snow-white juvenile. He swims to shore and gallops away down the hill.
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