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Cybercriminals are giving up after only two days. The Ponemon Institute's new research report reveals exactly why and how the economics of attacks are changing.
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EH plans an equine extravaganza on Hadrian's Wall next Summer and want a mule to participate to represent the baggage train.
Does anyone know of any mule owners who might be willing to supply an animal? Six weekends at various locations on the Wall.
Typically, EH wants a reply in a week, so I will be grateful for any swift replies.
mule hire wanted
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Please contact Rent a Peasant. I think, from memory, they are based in the glorious North. Their mule has been to many EH events.
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Did some posts disappear? I'm sure Rent a Peasant replied and I also chucked Andy Smerdon into the mix.
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The same request was posted in the Buy & Sell section, where I replied. Despite the apparent necessity of a swift response, there has been no further contact from the original author. Maybe he has found mule/s elsewhere.
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For some reason responses were not being relayed to my e-mail in the usual manner. I do appreciate the efforts people have been making tp help, now that I have had time to check back.
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For all members of the Professional Association for Server (PASS), are you downloading slides and videos from all sorts of great PASS events? If not, what are you waiting for ... an invitation?
Ok, here it is. I invite you to download like a madman! (How a madman downloads, an almost entirely virtual activity, is not the question here, ok?).
For starters, there's the recent 24 Hours of PASS event. I hope you were able to attend all of the sessions you wanted. But even if you didn't get to see any, you can see them now as long as you're a (free) member of PASS. The session recordings are now available for streaming from the 24 Hours of PASS Archive website. Review your favorites or catch up on some of the sessions you missed, by gum! Questions? Contact us at [email protected]
Next on the list for downloads are the PASS Summit 2012 highlights. The navigation is a little weird. But all you have to do is simply click on the keynote that you're interested in. And may I recommend, as always, the excellent session from Dr. David Dewitt. Again, you need to be a PASS member, but it's free. And I'd be remiss not to mention the SQLPASS YouTube Channel.
During and immediately after each PASS Summit, attendees are able to buy the event records for around $175. That's over 150 hours of training, over three weeks of training I say, for under $200!!! I hear that this year, instead of a massive DVD set, we'll be getting a slim 32- or 64Gb thumbdrive. Yeah! But did you know you can also watch sessions from earlier years, free for members, at http://www.sqlpass.org/LearningCenter/SessionRecordings.aspx? That's right, brothers and sisters, if you didn't get to go to older events and didn't buy the DVDs, you don't have to bribe that scruffy mangy dog of a DBA to get your own look at the sessions. And since SQL Server versions don't change enormously from one year to the next, most of the content remains valuable and worthwhile for several years. For example, most recommendations and sessions from the PASS Summit 2008 event are still valuable even if you've upgraded to SQL Server 2012.
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Today is my third anniversary of going gluten-free. I can't believe that it has been that long. It some ways it seems like it has been much longer since I have had a Ho-Ho (well, really, it has been more like 10 years) or a nice, warm piece of Sourdough bread. I will never forget that first day on the diet, or the night before, when I ate my "last meal". My "last meal" consisted of a grilled chicken cheese steak & fries from Charley's Steakery. Boy, was it good. How I felt afterwards, not so good. The next day, I made my way through the day avoiding all gluten. It was quite a challenge. What the heck was I supposed to eat? I didn't know anything else. Was I ever going to enjoy a piece of bread again? Was I ever going to have a cookie or a piece of cake again? Would all replacement foods taste like cardboard or sandpaper? I know that the first roll that I tried was horrible. I had no idea that you were supposed to toast it first for the best consistency. I threw the package away. I should have let Jon use them for hockey practice. 😉 Funny thing, I now eat these on a regular basis…they are the GF French Rolls from Trader Joe's, and prepared right, they are really good. Little did I know back then.
I went through many other foods that I determined were horrible and some that I fell in love with. I love Van's Wheat Free Waffles, they were a breakfast staple for the first 6 months or so on the gluten-free diet. I had to find new favorite foods. Another staple quickly became black beans, brown rice and cheese. All naturally gluten-free. I could eat tortilla chips on the side, as they too, are mostly gluten-free. (**I have run across one or 2 brands that use wheat starch, so always check labels!) I was quickly learning that sticking to whole foods, like meats, fruits, veggies and rice, it was pretty easy to follow the gluten-free diet. Where the difficultly later came was baking. I think I waited a good year or so before even beginning to tackle some of my beloved recipes GF. I had quite a few disasters. There have been many more successes. Now, I frequently bake GF and usually no one even knows the difference!
I was amazed at how quickly I noticed a difference in how I felt. Gone were the cramps and pain that always seemed to be in my stomach. Gone was the bloating and gas. I now had a good reason to follow this crazy diet…I actually felt better! Yes, I had ups and downs, as most do when first going on the diet, but the longer I was on the diet, the better I felt. I still have days every now & then when things aren't right with my stomach/digestive system. Chances are that I have run across some gluten either in my home (Hannah & Aaron are not GF) or eating out someplace. I can usually tell within an hour or so.
Eating out has become much easier since I first went on the diet. I was very intimidated at first and didn't want to even try to eat out. I was scared. The amount of restaurants that now have GF menus is astonishing. When I first went GF, there were only a handful of places close by that I felt comfortable eating at. Now, the number of restaurants has almost tripled. It is amazing. The increasing awareness of Celiac Disease has really made following the gluten-free diet at home or eating out, much easier.
So, today I will celebrate my new-found health and well being. I will celebrate with GF cookies and probably a GF beer, too, though not together. 😉 Now, if I could just find a good, easy GF sourdough bread. YUM!
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dangerous toys and household items in their homes and to help
Illinois families create a safe environment for the holidays.
addition, this year's guide features a new section on food safety,
in light of the growing number of food recalls every year and the
increasing number of children and adults who are diagnosed with food
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holiday celebrations are safe to eat.
"Whether you're buying gifts or groceries, this guide is designed
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resource during this holiday shopping season. The guide can be
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Baldwinsville People and Views (#02)
End of the Northern Pacific Railway line somewhere in the Dakota
Territory. Standing by the horse's rear leg is Olin McCabe – the old
gent with the beard directly behind Olin is Jefferson McCabe my
gggrandfather. The family, except for my ggrandfather, "went west" to
work on the railroads taking several big teams with them. Olin and
Jefferson prepared the road bed prior to rail laying. Photo from Dave Rowell.
Ancient Baldwinsville High School Yearbooks Donated
A fabulous archive of old high school yearbooks dating from 1870 to 1926 from Baldwinsville, New York, has been donated to the Local History / Genealogy Department of the Onondaga County Public Library (OCPL.)
This collection was accumulated by aunts and relatives of Dave Rowell, and he very generously has now made them available to the public through OCPL. You will note that many of the girls' names have their maiden names and then their married names in brackets.
These are fabulous tools for researchers in this area. Baldwinsville is one of those
OCPL also maintains another rare archive of genealogical materials on the Baldwinsville area, in that they hold the lifelong collection of Miss Lesley E. Voorhees (Class of 1889,) who researched all of her family, friends, neighbors and just about everyone that ever lived in the towns of Lysander and Van Buren. Miss Voorhees lived to almost a hundred years and her whole collection was donated to the OCPL. There is a finding aid and several indexes to the collection. Ask one of the librarians for guidance.
The following is Dave Rowell's index to the Yearbook Collection, (published with permission):
1870 to 1926
Including the 1925 and 1926 Teacher's Training Classes
Transcribed by David O. Rowell – August 2007
From sources noted
Names in this listing shown in ( ) are married names as in the original sources.
Names shown in [ ] are married names added by the original owner of the source.
These original sources should be consulted as they contain a wealth of biographical information on many individuals. The original owner's notes give spouses maiden names for many of the women.
School – 1888/1889 Handbook
Martha Curtis (Mrs W S Names)
Margaret Goble (Mrs A H Marks)
Frances Scoville (Mrs W A Fellows)
Martha Toll (Mrs Frank Reed)
Olivia Bigelow (Curtis)
Ella Lusk
Gertrude Tenney (Twining)
Etta Toll (Blakeley)
William P Clark
Virginia Frazee (Ranney)
George H Goble
Hattie Swetland (Mrs V N Yergin)
Gertrude Wetherby
Ella Boley (Mrs F E Bolton)
Carrie Clark (
Hattie Peet
Mary Toll ( Mrs C E Manning)
Eva Burdick (Kelly)
Peter Spillane
Emma Boley
Emma Dixon (Mrs Charles Meade)
Anna Kaulback (
Virginia Beauchamp
Daniel Crum
Carrie Heald (Mrs Sidney Blanchard)
Kate McGann (McNamara)
Mary L Morris (Brenner)
Louise Morris (Hardy)
Joseph G Russell
Jessie Suydam (Mrs Gaylord P Clark)(Emens)
Belle Wallace (Perkins)
Anna Wells (Whitbeck)
Blair Frazee
Kate Grove (Mrs L E Fuller)
Will Pryne
Fred P Suydam
Lillian Swetland (Mrs O M Bigelow)
Fannie Wilkins
John C Adams
Clement C
Frank Bentley
Rudolph Heald
Addison Pierce
Carrie Peet
Marion Sisco (Mrs I R McCabe)
Daniel Doody
Eugene Myers
Mima Quivey (Mrs J F Greene)
Ella Beauchamp
Nettie Dunham (Brock)
Lizzie Pedley (Manwarring)
Mary Pettit (
May C Pryne
Ida Smith (Mrs Wm A Saddlemyer)
Maggie Tuger
Fannie West
Lizzie A Clary
Helen L Rindge
Sara B Russell ( Mrs Dwyer)
Lina Tappan (Culley)
William L Bryers
Elmer D Dixon
Maria E Driscoll (McCarthy)
Nellie C Donahue
Della H Fuller
Alice C Smith (Mrs Wm L Bryers)(Williams)
Lulu Suydam (Wilson)
William E Weed
Frank C Young
Jennie M Anderson (Dennie)(Bellows)
Howard C Beauchamp
Herman J Gorke
Lottie E Hax (Connell)
Louis D Sisco
Stella Crosby (
Jessie A Frazee
Helen M Swetland (Gorke)
Julia B Wells (
John H Cox
Mary E Donovan (Locke)
John F Donovan
E LeRoy Dow
May A Hotaling (Bigelow)(Morris)
Laverne W Haynes
William R Smith
Ida B Stebbins
Charles M Shaw
Ida M Taggart (Mrs Philo Paige)
Agnes M Donovan (Cook)
Frank C Frazee
Earl H Hotaling
George W O'Brien
Hiram R Pettit
Harry E Reed
Jessie E Reed (Dean)
William H Shaw
Frederick A Tuerk
Walter H Betts
Agnes T Carroll
L Annetta Connell (
M Kathryn Drew (Frost)
Hattie M Dunham (Wandell)
Gertrude Ellison (Brooks)
Elizabeth V Gillmore (Koehler)
Mae L Marvin
Edgar L Morley
Payn B Parsons
John L Seager
Francis Tappan (Parker)
Susan E Todd
M Eliza Trapp (Sears)
Mary Wells
Schools – 1926/1927 Handbook
Edward Cornell
Earl G Heaton
J Garry Hotaling
Charles W Marvin
Mark M O'Dell
Carrie E Barnes (Seager)
Rosa M Brush (Maynard)
Mary E Dixon (
Hattie B Ham
Edith M Kelly (Fellows)
Agnes L Kenney (Belknap)
Jessie Malone
Norah Pedley
Lesley E Voorhees
Josie Wright
Harry Secor
Harry D Weed
Blanche Clough (Fellows)
Gussie Start
Mable Toll (Heaton)
Grace Beauchamp (Lodder)
May L Bliss (Downer)
Jessie L Carr
Dewitt J Dunham
Frances R Fancher (Snoggles)
Harvey F Hawley
Dora McGonegal (Robinson)
George B Marvin
Harold M Monroe
Herbert Poole
Otis D Reed
Sophie Voorhees
Nellie Wells (Todd)
Byron E Failing
Hattie Tappan (Loveless)
Reba D Willard
Irving Gayetty
Joseph Gorham
Gaylord E Kittell
Grace Marvin (Smith)
Frank Nichols
Lizzie O'Brien (Foster)
William H Porter
Fannie Richardson (Decker)
Julia Smith (Russ)
Gertrude Allen (McIntyre)
Stella S Bouton (Fancher)
Edna M Clifton
Mamie L Connell (Sanborn)
Kate Eno (
Mary L Fellows (Crego)
Anna Giddings
Theodore Gottry
N Isadore Haynes (Sinclair)
A Grove Hotaling
Fred S Howard
Daniel J Kelly
Ray E Knapp
Burt A Loveless
Nellie E Lynch (Carrington)
Edith J McGonegal (Stickle)
Charles McIntyre
Lillian M Maltby (Coons)
Cora J Orvis (O'Brien)
Marion E Poole (Cleverly)
Thomas H Reed
Patrick J Sloan
Charles W Snyder
Christine Stebbins
A Hyde Toll
Fannie Wilson (Larkin)
Maurice B Wright
Harris A Marks
Harry S Bliss
Addie M Carr
Wallace H Failing
William R Gorke
Tromas P Hayes
Miles S Hencle
Lottie M Huntoon
Jesse W Jones
Sarah A King (Jones)
Elizabeth Lonergan
Margaret Murphy
James Burr Odell
Kittie S Palmer (Morse)
Curtis E Parish
Lucella M Poole
Gail B Porter
Mariam B Scott
Robert C Scott
Bessie Jane Taylor (Parish)
Fannie B Voorhees (Chittenden)
Edna Louise Bisdee (Hawley)
Bertha Buck [Ferris]
Earl B Clark
H Bruce Failing
Frank C Hamill
George Hawley
Altie A Kimberly
Gertrude Kittell
Earl R Kratzer
Lisle J Schenck
Emily M Wells (Secor)
Mary B Williams
Edna Wormuth (Moyer)
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Otis M Bigelow Jr
Gertrude Connell
Harry Dunham
Albert H Huntington
Estella Jones (
Richard Kratzer
Maytie Maloney
George Marks
Anna Marvin (Dunlap)
Elizabeth Munroe
Sewell Names
Gale Northrup
Ida May Taylor (Meays)
Hattie Thompson
Asahel Toll
Louise Toll
Martha Voorhees
Charles Wilcox
Ella Wilson (Rowell)
Charles E Cox
George H Fellows
Bessie J Fuget
Alice L Ketchum
J Philo Monaghan
Grace Northrup [Hart]
Margaret Prosser [Bradley]
Jennie M Wood [Shogren]
Mabel Crum (Jones)
Harry Eno
Louise Fisher (Maider)
W Charles Fulmer
John T Gardner
Wava B Gifford
Gerald H Goodwin
Bernice A Kelly
Millie D Lee
Edith M Skinner
Hazel B Widrig (Wright)
Claude W Bellows
George R Harrington
Lucy Howe
N May Keller (Bentley)
Charles M Kirwan
R Lincold Kratzer
Clara M Lewis
William Maloney
Elva C Van Ness
Arthur Virginia
J Kent Wright
Walter H Wright
Allen D Young
Eva M Adsit (Price)
M Louise Bigelow (Connell)
Helen L Blanchard (Bunker)
Ethel E Brown
Josephine C Clark
C Edith Hall
L Daphne Haynes (Bennett)
Anna M Keller
J Leo Lonergan
Katherine L Names
Bessie M Nichols
William P Nichols
Dennis O'Loughlin
Bessie A Prine
Edna A Smith (Smith)
J Adelbert Sullivan
Maude M Wright
Lulu M Baker
Emma L Connell (Mack)
J Carl Connell
Lulu M Cox (Vanderveer)
Harry S Ellsworth
Myron S Melvin
William W Orvis
Alice E Potter (Ackerman)
George H Shaw
Hiram O VanTuyl
Albie M Verplank (Sotherden)
Ruth S Wetzel (Crego)
Lela Davis
J Whitlow
L Elizabeth Dow (Shaw)
Charles Gardner
Lois Harrington
Stuart Hosler
May Kelly
John Maloney
Alvira Parish
Beulah Prouty (Gossner)
Maude Sampson
Estella VanPatten
Ora Adsit (Crego)
Howard Crego
Lottie Dunham (Bradway)
Clara Failing (
Agnes Guilfoyle
Addie Howe (Moyer)
Rhea Kittell
Edna Marshall
Katherine Smith
Jessie Behling
Frances Connell (Gere)
Raymond Cox
Arthur Cramer
Rupert Giddings
Mabel Hamlin (Price)
Daisy House
Grace Huntington (Adsit)
Marjorie Little (Heineman)
Harold Lynch
Homer Marshall
Agnes McCarthy
Donald Munro
Harold Orr
Marguerite Porter
Bessie Shaver
Hawley Shaver
Joseph Sloan
Raymond Smith
Marcia Towne (Stewart)
Harry Woods
Lulu M Clute (Slauson)
Mary Ellison
Anna B Failing
Thomas C Flaherty
Mae E Forrest
Arthur M Hart
Stephen G McCabe
Kathleen McCarthy
Gladys M Miller (Bigelow)
Lulu M Montague (Wells)
Charles O'Brien
Mary G Names (Fox)
Letha V Ryder
William E Wilson
Alta M Barnes (
D Riley DeLano
Frances E Forrest
Bessie M Hamlin
Harriet Somers (Cox)
Gladys Whitcomb (North)
J Linus Beigel
Wallace Bigelow
Ethel V Bliss (Furbush)
Gladys M Brown
Curtis Carrington
Madelaine Doran (McManus)
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John J Gossner
Marguerite C Jones (Ellis)
Herbert A McCarthy
Ethel M Meech
A Evia Montague
Frances M Murphy
Leafa M Potter (
Erma M Powell
Bessie A Robinson (Evans)
Muriel H Russell (Rasbeck)
Elsie L Sager (Hamlin)
Agnes Belle Sawyer
Clarence W Slauson
Gertrude E Tappan (Gorke)
Margaret J Woods
Marion Brooks (Marrifield)
Donald Brown
Stella Cox (Trexler)
Margaret Hanley (Gozier)
George Haye
Olive Hines (Langham)
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Mark Russell
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Ethel Tooley (Lockwood)
Ethel Trowbridge (Messenger)
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Ellen Veronica McCarthy
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Angie May Ellison
Lillie May Gates (Bradt)
Archie D Hall
Edna Hotaling (Neville)
Ruth LeMonier (King)
Anna Agnes Lynch (Carrington)
Earl A Russell
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Lawrence Wright is an author, screenwriter, playwright, and a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine.
He is a graduate of Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the American University in Cairo, where he taught English and received an M.A. in Applied Linguistics in 1969. Upon his return to the U.S. in 1971, Wright began his writing career at the Race Relations Reporter in Nashville, Tennessee. Two years later, he went to work for Southern Voices, a publication of the Southern Regional Council in Atlanta, Georgia, and began to freelance for various national magazines. In 1980, Wright returned to Texas to work for Texas Monthly. He also became a contributing editor to Rolling Stone. In December 1992, he joined the staff of The New Yorker, where he has published a number of prize-winning articles, including two National Magazine Awards.
Wright is the co-writer (with director Ed Zwick and Menno Meyjes) of The Siege, starring Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, and Annette Bening, which appeared in November 1998. He also wrote the script of the Showtime movie, Noriega: God's Favorite, directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Bob Hoskins, which aired in April 2000.
Wright is the author of one novel, God's Favorite (Simon & Schuster, 2000) and eight nonfiction books, including City Children, Country Summer (Scribner's, 1979), In the New World: Growing Up with America, 1960-1984 (Knopf, 1988), Saints & Sinners (Knopf, 1993), Remembering Satan (Knopf, 1994), and Twins; Genes, Environment, and the Mystery of Identity (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1997). The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Knopf, 2006), was published to immediate and widespread acclaim, spending eight weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and being translated into twenty-five languages. It won the Lionel Gelber Award for Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Award for History, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Time Magazine pronounced it one of the 100 best nonfiction books ever written. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Knopf, 2013), also a New York Times bestseller, was nominated for the National Book Award and won the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award. His most recent book, Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David, was published in the fall of 2014, and was named by Publisher's Weekly as one of the top ten books of the year.
In 2006, Wright premiered his one-man play, "My Trip to Al-Qaeda," at The New Yorker Festival, and then enjoyed a sold-out six-week run at the Culture Project in Soho. It was made into a documentary film, directed by Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney, which appeared on HBO in the fall of 2010. Wright also wrote and performed another one-man show, "The Human Scale," concerning the standoff between Israel and Hamas over the abduction of an Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. The Public Theater produced the play, which ran for a month off-Broadway in 2010 before moving to the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv.
In the spring of 2013, the Berkeley Repertory Theater produced Wright's play about Oriana Fallaci, "Fallaci," directed by Oskar Eustis. A year later, the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., premiered Wright's acclaimed play "Camp David," about the Carter-Begin-Sadat summit.
Wright co-produced a 2015 documentary for HBO, Going Clear, based on his book of the same name. It won many awards, including the Alfred I. du-Pont-Columbia award and three Emmys, including best documentary.
Wright is currently producing (with director Alex Gibney and show runner Dan Futterman) a dramatic television series for Hulu based on his book The Looming Tower.
Wright is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Society of American Historians. He also serves as the keyboard player in the Austin-based blues band, WhoDo.
Interviews and Profiles of Lawrence Wright
A Careful Writer Stalks the Truth About Scientology
The New York Times
January 2, 2013
Asharq Al-Awsat Interview (in Arabic)
May 2011
In My Library
New York Post
September 26, 2010
The Decoder
By Nora Ankrum, The Austin Chronicle
September 26, 2010
A Profile of Lawrence Wright (in Arabic)
By Mohammed el-Shafei, Al Sharq Al-Awsat
June 25, 2009
Chasing Beliefs
Profile in the Austin American-Statesman
August 6, 2006
Q & A with the New Yorker's Lawrence Wright (English)
(Arabic Edition)
Interview by Mohammed Alkhereiji
January 7, 2006
"High Profile: Lawrence Wright"
By Bill Marvel, Dallas Morning News
February 16, 2003
Interview with Prof. Robert S. Boynton
NYU School of Journalism
November 3, 2002


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Many of us ride buses to our desired location, Leap Transit have decided to take their buses to the next level by transforming their interior based on comfort. In San Francisco they recently launched a redesigned city bus.
Theses new buses transformed look like coffee shops on wheels, set up with Wi-Fi and USB ports, it's ready for people on the move. The bus also serves snacks and drinks if you're ever thirsty!
With this redesigned bus there's only one thing left less to be desired, the new comfort features of the bus allows for less carrying space but more luxurious seating. The conversation nooks and a bar for your laptop for workers – the bus fare can be bought on the go using your phone or print out. A single ticket costs $6 or $5 if bought in bulk - every day people can still afford to travel this comfortable new way!
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One of the biggest challenges our team continued to hear from JavaScript developers using Adobe AIR 1.5 was that it was too difficult to track down CPU and memory issues within their HTML-based AIR applications. To help JavaScript developers detect and resolve these issues, we have introduced new runtime support for CPU and memory profiling of HTML-based AIR applications in the Adobe AIR 2 beta.
By doing so, tools like Aptana Studio can build powerful features that make analyzing memory and CPU usage of JavaScript execution within an AIR app a breeze. In the video above, Paul Colton, CEO of Aptana, provides an overview of how Aptana Studio is able to take advantage of the new runtime support and build powerful new features to assist developers in tracking down performance issues.
Some of the features included in the new Adobe AIR 2 Beta Plug-In for Aptana Studio include:
- Live Objects View
- Shows current information about how much current and cumulative memory is used by the application
- Shows the number of current and cumulative instances of objects
- Memory Usage View
- Peak memory used
- Current memory used
- Memory Snapshot and Object References Views
- Captures the number of class instances as well as memory used at a point in time
- Select an object to view its references
- Allocation trace information reveals where the objects are allocated
- Loitering Objects View
- Displays the memory usage difference between two memory snapshots
- Helps detect loitering objects that are still present
- Performance Profile View
- Displays a list of all method calls along with amount of time for each to run
- Method Statistics View
- Presents information on the callers and callees of a function including statistics
- Quickly navigate to location of the function in the code
Both Adobe AIR 2 and Adobe AIR 2 Beta Plug-in for Aptana Studio are currently in beta. If you run into issues or have feature requests, both the Adobe and Aptana teams would appreciate hearing your feedback on these new capabilities.
Next steps:
- Watch the tutorial video for a quick introduction on the new profiler capabilities
- Download the Adobe AIR 2 Beta Plug-In
- Discuss the feature on the Adobe AIR 2 Beta forums or post a comment below
Note: For Flex and Flash developers, support for application profiling has been available in Adobe Flex Builder for some time. We are very excited to bring this support to JavaScript developers as well.


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WASHINGTON: A federal housing agency said Friday it needs a $1.7 billion bailout from the Treasury to cover projected losses in mortgage programs for seniors.
At issue are reverse mortgage programs, which allow seniors to borrow against their homes for everyday living expenses.
Federal Housing Administration Commissioner Carole Galante told Congress in a letter that her agency will withdraw the money from the Treasury before the fiscal year ends Monday. Congressional approval is not required. The cash infusion is the first in the agency�s 79-year history.
The agency, which insures 40 million home mortgages, is struggling with $5 billion in losses on its reverse mortgage program.
Reverse mortgage borrowers, who must be 62 or older, can take lump-sum or monthly payments. They still must pay property taxes and insurance. Sale proceeds from a home go to the lender when the borrower dies or moves out.
The FHA suffered big losses when many borrowers took large payments up-front and later ran into financial problems, often due to falling home values during the financial crisis.
The agency has sufficient cash to pay insurance claims against mortgage defaults, Galante said, citing more than $30 billion in cash and investments on hand, Galante said.
�These are more than sufficient resources to allow FHA to fund its claim activity,� she wrote.
The FHA is required by law to maintain reserves equal to 2 percent of the total amount of home mortgages it insures. The 2 percent capital reserve ratio is aimed at covering projected losses over the next 30 years in the agency�s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
With help from Congress, the FHA has taken steps to limit its losses on the agency�s reverse mortgage program. The agency has curbed large up-front payments on reverse mortgages. It has also raised mortgage insurance fees and toughened scrutiny of reverse mortgage borrowers� finances.
Galante said those steps should help boost the insurance fund�s reserves down the road.
�In the next few months, we expect updated data and economic forecasts to reflect what we already know to be true � the health of the fund has improved significantly,� Galante wrote.
The cash infusion from the Treasury is about twice as much as the Obama administration projected would be needed in April. Obama�s fiscal 2014 budget request said the FHA would probably need $942 million.
Galante said her agency needs more money from the Treasury now because higher interest rates have discouraged borrowers and reduced loan volume for the FHA in recent months.
Galante said the decline in FHA loans was �consistent with the trend in the broader housing market in response to higher interest rates.�


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PB 8 Pro-Biotic Acidophilus is a combination of 8 types of beneficial bacteria that favorably alter the intestinal balance, promote healthy digestion, inhibit growth of harmful bacteria and support immune system function.
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Warning signs when dealing with online traders:
1. they say 'i'll tell you when it ships' ... but don't.
2. you ask to get it insured , but when they say they've shipped it, have no package # or tracking info...
3. they haven't got tracking information
4. they are supposedly a fulltime business but never answer your emails in a timely fashion.
5. someone else posts about a product they bought from the same seller - since you bought yours - that was 'backordered' and you still haven't got yours.
I'm currently going through this for an item I paid for via paypal 6 weeks go, and still no sign of it, although it was apparently shipped 11 business days ago. As i'm dealing with someone who appears to be a reputable, well respected dealer, I'm not going to post bad feedback, yet, but folks, if any of these happen to you, be very careful. I'm out over $500 USD , by all appearances....


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Seventeen of 20 Fulton County businesses passed alcohol compliance checks March 25.
The countywide sweep resulted in 17 instances in which minors were denied the sale of alcohol and only three instances of minors being served alcohol.
In conjunction with Healthy Choices Caring Communities (HC3), local police departments, and the Fulton County Sheriff Department, the Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) completed a series of alcohol compliance checks of retailers with liquor licenses in Fulton County.
During the compliance checks, a trained informant under the age of 21 attempted to purchase alcohol while an officer waited outside away from view of those inside the store.
The purpose of the checks is to ensure that local retailers with liquor licenses are requiring proper identification and selling alcohol only to those age 21 and older, in compliance with the law.
This round of checks shows the percentage of non-compliance has increased slightly from the 2010 results.
"Our goal is to see 100 percent compliance," said Sharon Morr, vice-chair of Healthy Choices Caring Communities (HC3). "Any establishment selling to someone underage is concerning."
The OIU works to make sure that all business owners with a liquor license and their employees are trained on Ohio's laws regarding alcohol and tobacco sales.
An ASK training class is scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. Monday in the Administration Building Conference room in Wauseon. Call 419/337-0915 to register for the free training.
According to the 2010 Fulton County Youth Health Assessment, teens who drink—compared to those who don't—are four times more likely to have driven with a drinking driver; two times more likely to consider attempting suicide in the past 12 months; 12 times more likely to have smoked marijuana in the past 12 months; and three and one-half times more likely to engage in any type of sexual behavior.
Underage drinking is statistically associated with other risky behavior among teens in our county, Morr said.
"We all need to work together to help teens make healthy choices," she added.
To become a member of HC3 or to obtain more information, contact Lou Moody, project director, at 419/337-0915.
During this round of checks, the following area retailers were compliant with the laws:
• C & J Carryout, 17980 US 20, Fayette;
• Mel's Tavern, 106-08 E Main St., Fayette;
• Circle K, 200-204 E. Main St., Fayette;
• Lyons Main Stop, 105 W. Morenci St., Lyons;
• Anchor Bay Carry Out, 12328 County Rd 27, West Unity.
The three businesses issued citations on-site for sale and/or furnishing alcohol to a person under 21 were:
• Nu Arch Lanes, 1010 S. Defiance, Archbold;
• Swanton Sports Center, 610 N. Main St., Swanton;
Stop By Mart, 84-86 Dodge St., Swanton.


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The Lamar City Council met Mon. night Nov. 12, 2012 for a regularly scheduled meeting.
The Lamar City Council meeting scheduled for Dec. 24 was moved to Dec. 17, 2012.
City of Lamar Clerk and Recorder Linda Williams made a policy request of the council. Williams and her department issues payment to city employees. Currently the largest majority of city employees receive payment in the form of direct deposit with a bank or credit union. Williams approximated the number of city employees who receive paper paychecks at less than one third of total city employees.
Williams said, "It is a time issue, regarding data processing. Then, unfortunately, we just have some people that just do not cash their paychecks. Then I have to go chase them down and get them to cash their paychecks. We have actually on occasion reissued a paycheck and they still did not cash the second paycheck."
The council initially moved to require all city employees be paid by direct deposit. However, concerns were raised over whether the council could make such a policy change at the current meeting without putting the issue on the agenda ahead of time. Also there was concern over whether the city could actually legally require their employees to be paid by direct deposit. The council decided to postpone a decision on the matter until the legal questions regarding the issue could be examined more closely.
Deputy Fire Chief Patrick Leonard addressed the council to request authorization of an EMT student clinical preceptor agreement between the City of Lamar and Lamar Community College. The agreement pertains to the EMT program at LCC. As part of the program EMT students must complete a specific number of hours in an on duty ambulance. The LCC EMT students utilize the Lamar Ambulance service for these hours. The agreement clearly defines areas of liability and protects the city if an accident happens to the student while on duty. The partnership between the city and LCC regarding the EMT program has been going on for several years already, but this will be the first year an official agreement is signed.
The council was addressed with a brief presentation by Gary Brengard of Honeywell Building Solutions. Honeywell has been working with the city for some time to develop an energy efficiency plan for city facilities and to improve utilities such as water billing to eliminate unbilled water waste or use. Specifically Honeywell has been focusing on the Lamar Community Building. Honeywell and the city plan to renovate the Community Building heating and a/c systems as well as the lighting systems. Cost savings is expected to cover most of the cost of the renovations. The council authorized Mayor Roger Stagner and City Administrator John Sutherland to negotiate and sign a final energy performance contract.
Brengard was asked by the council if local contractors would be given first priority for the renovation contracts. He confirmed and estimated that 70 to 80 percent of the work would go to local contracts.
Arnufo Ortega, event promoter of Mayhem Three, the mixed martial arts fight night, (mixed martial arts is commonly known as cage fighting) requested the council waive the event license fee for Mayhem Three scheduled for Sat. night Nov. 17, 2012. Ortega requested the fee waiver in light of the other expenses the event entails such as on site ambulance service and LPD security to include on call SWAT. The event license fee is $290. The fee covers the use of the Lamar Community Building, where the event will be held, to include the use of lights, facilities, and additional manpower costs derived from overtime hours.
There was a short debate over whether the event license fee would be waived. Councilwoman Beverly Haggard felt it was improper to waive the fee because the event is a "for profit" business. Councilman Kirk Crespin raised the point the city has previously waived the fee for "for profit" businesses such as Crab Tree Amusements, which operates the Lamar Days carnival.
The council did not waive the event license fee for Ortega and the Mayhem Three event.


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MOSSVILLE, Ill. - Driving often poses all kinds of unexpected challenges - icy roads, sharp turns, a deer running out in front of your car.
That's why Tire Rack Street Survival Teen Driving School was conceived: to help young motorists meet and conquer those challenges before those challenges conquer them.
But simulating those situations even in a controlled environment can leave one in a cold sweat, with a beating heart and a newfound sense of control.
Recently, a vast parking lot at Caterpillar Inc. in Mossville, Ill., was converted into an obstacle course mapped out using neon cones. The teen drivers navigated the course in their own cars, with an instructor in the passenger seat.
"We give the kids the opportunity to push the car beyond its limits and teach them how to get it back into control, so that this is the first time they may experience some of these maneuvers, but we want it to be here in a controlled area with an instructor versus out on a highway trying to avoid an accident," said instructor Jim Roal, a member of the Porsche Club and its former regional vice president.
Students are taught how to effectively maneuver their vehicle through often dangerous and tricky situations - the air ringing with screeching tires.
Street Survival is in its fourth year in central Illinois. With 93 schools in more than 60 locations last year, it was formed in 2002 by the BMW Car Club of America Foundation, with corporate sponsors, The Tire Rack and BMW of North America.
"In driver's ed, they learn laws. They learn rules of the road," Roal said. "They learn not to do these sorts of things. We take them through what the car feels like when these things happen and how to get it back in control."
That involves driving to a reasonably fast speed before being told to change lanes with a split second of reaction time.
"This simulates driving in congested traffic on the freeway and finding an obstacle in front of you, like a stalled car or a ladder or other things that might fall in front of your car," Roal said. "I teach you how the car feels when you have to make that split-second decision and how to get the car into control and get it safely into the other lane."
The course also involves accelerating to a reasonably fast speed before slamming down on the brake in a sharp turn, which requires a clever use of braking and steering so as to swing through the turn.
An obstacle that required driving fast in a tight circular path slick with soap suds and water was an exercise that taught effective turning under less than optimal conditions.
"You feel like you're gonna like spin out or something, but really if you just keep a good speed and stay on the brake then you're fine," said Breck Gamble, a 15-year-old Peorian.
She said she approached the course with much trepidation. However, the activity was just as much about conquering one's fears as it was safe driving.
"I feel like I conquered a lot of what I didn't think I could do," Gamble said.


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First described as a leader and a pass-first point guard, Maniscalco is also a scorer, if the first five games tell us anything.
Illinois senior guard Sam Maniscalco knows what to do with the ball in his hands, and it's not always passing it.
An early-season answer to the shot clock, Maniscalco led the Illini with 14 points in the 63-59 win over Illinois State in the Cancun Challenge championship game Wednesday. His 3-pointer with just under a minute to go gave the Illini a five-point cushion, and he also scored 19 points in the win over Richmond the previous night.
And you just thought he was going to run the offense, teach freshman Tracy Abrams how to play point guard and serve as a locker room leader.
Maniscalco, shrugging his shoulders to the question, hasn't surprised himself about the scoring binge after earning all-tournament at Cancun, joining MVP D.J. Richardson by bringing home hardware.
"I'm not trying to say I'd average 20,'' he said. "I'm crafty. I can find ways to the hoop. I can lead and do things like that. The scoring is there.
"The credit goes to my teammates. They get me open. I'm just attacking and being aggressive. Somebody needs to step up and make plays. Coach stresses that.''
With the Illini 5-0 prior to hosting Chicago State Sunday (noon, BTN), Maniscalco ranks third on the team in scoring at 12.2 points a game with 13 assists and nine turnovers.
"The thing with Sammy is he's fearless,'' coach Bruce Weber said. "He missed a free throw, and he was mad. You need somebody who knows how to make a play at the end of the shock clock and end of games.''
Richardson leads the Illini by averaging 14 points a game with sophomore center Meyers Leonard at 12.6.
-- In the win over Illinois State, the only starter who didn't log more than 33 minutes was forward Tyler Griffey, who was slowed with foul trouble. Only seven of the Illini played more than 8 minutes. Freshman point guard Tracy Abrams had 7 minutes of playing time.
Guards Crandall Head and Myke Henry didn't see any playing time in Mexico. Forward Mike Shaw and center Nnanna Egwu combined for 28 minutes in the two games.
It's a long way from Weber talking about playing 10 or 11 in the preseason, and he's known for a short bench. Yet his vision is wearing teams down with depth this winter.
"We have to continue making progress and hopefully get the bench back involved a little bit,'' Weber said. "I've got to do a good job with that. (Illinois State) was playing with a lot of emotion, and Richmond is hard to guard.
"Those guys are going to be important.''
-- Weber and the Illini were pleased with winning their first tournament since the South Padre Invitational in 2008. He wanted to make sure the trophy would make it through customs.
"Make sure there's nothing inside that basketball,'' said Weber, wearing a big smile.
-- When he's good, Leonard is really good, such as the 22 points, 12 rebounds, five blocks, two assists and one steal against Richmond Tuesday, but he couldn't duplicate the monster numbers on consecutive nights with 10 points and eight rebounds against Illinois State.
The NBA is watching, and a move by Leonard would leave the Illini short on big men. Weber first juggled the possibilities after Leonard earned a spot on the USA Basketball under-19 team last summer.
"That's one of the reasons we took (Ibby) Djimde,'' said Weber after the Richmond win. "That can happen. That's a long way off. Let's see if he does it two games in a row, then we think about it.''
Even as Leonard's performance level fluctuates, Illinois must be prepared if Leonard's stock continued to rise with the NBA scouts.
"They're going to have to go out of state,'' said Chicago-based recruiting analyst Joe Henricksen. "You can't bank on him leaving, but you have to plan accordingly. You look at the class of 2012. It's a crap shoot. There's nothing in the state.
"If there's anybody good nationally, he's been pretty much locked up. It will be a tricky situation for them.''
As the season moves forward, the development of Egwu will also be a key in future plans.
NOTES: Illinois and Illinois State shared the charter flight back to the U.S., just like they did on the way to Cancun. The plane flew to Indianapolis, where the traveling party would go through customs before boarding separate buses to complete the trip. . . Illinois State guard John Wilkins and forward Jon Ekey were named all-tournament.
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A man whose dog found a lump of rare and valuable whale sick on a beach is expecting to be able to sell it for more than £100,000.
Ken Wilman, 50, was out walking on Morecambe beach when his dog Madge started sniffing a lump of rock.
He told Sky News: "At first I thought it was a football but as I got closer I realised it was a big stone.
"She wouldn't leave it alone. I picked it up and it smelt horrible so I knocked it with my walking stick and a small lump came off.
"I put both pieces back on the beach but something in the back of my mind told me it might be something unusual.
"I came back home and searched online. I had an inkling it was whale vomit and when I saw pictures I realised it was.
"When I read how valuable it was I got Madge straight back in the car and drove back to the beach to bring it home."
Whale vomit is also known as ambergris and is used to make perfume. It is formed in the digestive system of sperm whales and has a very strong and unpleasant aroma.
Whales excrete it through the mouth when it is too large to pass through the digestive system. Perfume makers use it as it has a smell similar to musk.
Mr Wilman said: "A company in France has offered 5,000 euros (£4,300) per 300g which would make my piece worth 50,000 euros (£43,000) but I'm told companies in Switzerland offer four times that amount."
Mr Wilman, who is a single parent and has been unemployed since a motorbike accident in 2007, said when he does sell it he will spend the money taking his 15-year-old son on a trip to Machu Picchu, in Peru.
He added: "Madge will also be getting a treat for her find by being fed her favourite sausages every day from now on!"
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Biomarker Bulletin is an occasionally recurring update of news focused on biomarkers aggregated at BiomarkerCommons.org. Biomarkers are physical, functional or biochemical indicators of normal physiological or disease processes. The individualization of disease management — personalized medicine — is dependent on developing biomarkers that promote specific clinical domains, including early detection, risk, diagnosis, prognosis and predicted response to therapy.
- Results of Highly Cited Biomarker-disease Associations Often Overestimated
Although new biomarkers are regularly proposed to serve as potential determinants of disease risk, prognosis or response to treatment, many markers only get evaluated in one or a small number of studies. A review in the June 1st edition of JAMA reports that the results of highly cited biomarker-disease associations that appear in major journals are often substantially overestimated, with effect sizes exceeding those found when the association is evaluated in larger studies.
- Roche, UCLA Announce Biomarker Research Collaboration
Roche said last week that it will provide UCLA scientists with a range of genomics tools as part of a research collaboration to study stem cells and cancer, and for the development of new predictive biomarkers for future therapeutics and diagnostics for a host of diseases.
- Stemina Biomarker Discovery, Children's Hospital of Orange County Sign Agreement to Study Autism
Stemina Biomarker Discovery announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement with Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) to conduct a study of neural cells from autistic patients using Stemina's proprietary biomarker discovery platform.
- Indiana CTSI, GVK Biosciences Partner to Provide National Access to Biomarkers Database
The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI), a statewide collaboration of Indiana University, Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame, as well as public and private partnerships, which facilitates the translation of scientific discoveries in the lab into clinical trials and new patient treatments in Indiana and beyond, announced on Friday that they have partnered with GVK Biosciences. GVK Biosciences will provide researchers across the United States access to their clinical biomarker database.
- Biomarker Briefs: June 13, 2011
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Fifteen long months pass since Deianira has received word from Herakles, her husband, who, when he left on his last journey, gave her a tablet setting forth the disposition of his estate and stating that it was decreed that after a year and three moons pass he will either die or live happily thereafter in untroubled peace. The fated day arrives, and Deianira is filled with foreboding.
Before she can send her son Hyllus to get accurate news of her husband, a messenger, outstripping the herald Lichas, arrives to announce that Herakles is living and will soon appear. Lichas himself follows shortly with a group of captive maidens and, answering Deianira's question, assures her that her husband, alive and sound of limb, is at that time sacrificing the fruits of his victories to great Zeus in fulfillment of a vow made when he took from towered Oechalia the captive women. Deianira is touched by the plight of the captives. Lichas tells her they are from the city ruled by Eurytus, selected by Herakles as chosen possessions for himself and for the gods. He adds, however, that it is not the taking of the city that delays the hero this long time. He is detained in Lydia. Sold into bondage, he passed a year as servant to Omphale, the barbaric queen. Before this bondage, Eurytus, an old friend, so taunted and incensed him that Herakles, encountering Iphitus, one of Eurytus's four sons, without warning hurled him from a cliff. This act roused the ire of Olympian Zeus who, because Herakles slew a foe by treachery and not in fair fight, drove him out to be sold as a slave to Omphale. Those who reviled Herakles are conquered, however, and now Lichas brings the virgins by Herakles' order to Deianira.
A strange pity comes over Deianira as she gazes at the captives. One in particular, Iole, holds her attention. Lichas pretends not to know Iole; Iole herself speaks no word, bearing in silence her grief and suffering. The messenger, however, informs Deianira that Lichas did not tell the truth, which is that Herakles for love of Iole destroyed Eurytus, the maiden's father; that it was not his adventures in Lydia, his serfdom with Omphale, or the death of Iphitus that held him these many moons, but love for this maid. Failing to persuade her father to give up his daughter, Herakles attacked Oechalia, sacked the city, slew Eurytus, and took Iole for his concubine. Deianira, cruelly hurt, calls upon Lichas to tell her everything. He confirms the news. Sorrowfully she asks the herald to wait while she has suitable gifts prepared for Herakles in return for those he sent.
Deianira cannot bear the thought of having another share her husband's affections. Judging it unwise to give way to anger, she thinks of another course. In an old urn she long hid a keepsake of Nessus, the centaur whose work it is to ferry wayfarers across the river Evenus, carrying them in his arms. When Deianira, as a bride, was on her way to Herakles, she, too, was carried across by the centaur, but in midstream he lewdly sought to take her. Her screams brought from the waiting son of Zeus an arrow that pierced the centaur's lungs. Dying, he told Deianira that as the last to be ferried across the river she should profit by receiving from him a love philter made by taking the curdled gore from his wound. This would act as a charm so that Herakles would never find any other woman fairer than she. Now, recalling these words, Deianira selects a festal robe and smears it with the magic ointment. Then she presents the robe to Lichas, telling him he is to instruct Herakles to put it on immediately, before sun or light strikes it, and stand before the people with it on as he makes his sacrifices to the gods.
No sooner does Lichas depart, however, than Deianira feels uneasy because she resorts to magic to win back her husband's love. Quickly her fears are realized. She faithfully follows the instructions of the centaur by preserving the drug unexposed to light or fire or sun until the...
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The terrace design focused on restraint and elegance. Before we started, there were too many architectural elements which distracted the eye and caused visual chaos. Our plans minimized those elements to allow the eye to focus on the amazing view of nearby Worldwide Plaza and the carefully selected furniture pieces from Loll. Now the best part of this apartment, the owner gets to enjoy the space night and day as mood lighting highlights this intimate and romantic terrace.
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A Slice of Heaven in Hell's Kitchen
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This setback terrace in the heart of Hell's Kitchen was in need of a facelift. Previous owners left their mark leaving behind less than attractive piping that was once used for an overhead shade structure. Every surface, both vertical and horizontal, of this terrace was altered as part of this renovation. With the environment in mind, we selected recycled plastic deck tiles and furniture. The difference in the before and after pictures is striking. Because this terrace does not have access to water, the plant quantity and palette was restrained.


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The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is steward to one of the oldest and largest collections of cultural objects in the Western Hemisphere. Since the late nineteenth century, the Museum has played an active part in the history of American anthropology and in the evolving relationship between museums and native peoples. As a university museum situated in an academic and regional community central to the development and the study of American civic culture, the Peabody strives to make collections widely accessible and engage issues of concern to diverse audiences.
The Peabody Today
The collections continue to grow through gift, fieldwork, and purchase. Today, the Peabody houses more than 1.2 million individual objects, 500,000 photographic images, and substantial archival records. Strongest in the cultures of North, Central, and South America, and the Pacific Islands, the Peabody is also caretaker to important collections from Africa, Europe, and Asia. Collection types include Archaeology; Ethnography; Osteology; and Painting, Drawing, and Prints.
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Comprehending the Decretive Will of God
from R.C. Sproul Apr 25, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulGod's decretive will is sometimes described as the sovereign, efficacious will by which God brings to pass whatever He pleases by His divine decree. An example of this may be seen in God's work of creation. When God said, "Let there be light" (Gen. 1:3), He issued a divine imperative. He exercised His sovereign, efficacious will. When He did so, it was impossible for the light not to appear. It appeared by the sheer necessity of consequence. Keep Reading
Defining God's Will
from R.C. Sproul Apr 24, 2010 Category: R.C. Sproul"It is the will of God." How easily these words fall from the lips or flow from the pen. How difficult it is to penetrate exactly what they mean. Few concepts in theology generate more confusion than the will of God. One problem we face is rooted in the multifaceted way in which the term will functions in biblical expressions. The Bible uses the expression "the will of God" in various ways. We encounter two different Greek words in the New Testament (boule and thelema), both of which are capable of several nuances. They encompass such ideas as the counsel of God, the plan of God, the decrees of God, the disposition or attitude of God, as well as other nuances. Keep Reading
Restoring Our Relationship
from R.C. Sproul Apr 11, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulUnregenerate man is consistently described as being in a state of alienation and enmity. This is the condition that makes reconciliation necessary. Reconciliation is necessary only when a state of estrangement exists between two or more parties. Estrangement is the natural fallen state of our relationship to God. Keep Reading
Recognizing Our Enmity
from R.C. Sproul Apr 10, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulAs children we played games drawn from the scenario of war. When a friend approached we pretended that we were sentries. The dialogue was simple: "Halt! Who goes there? Friend or foe?" Our categories left no room for indifferent neutrality. They were restricted to two options, friend or enemy. Those are the only options we have in our relationship with God. No one is neutral. We are either God's friends or God's enemies. Keep Reading
Avoiding a Hardened Conscience
from R.C. Sproul Apr 03, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulWe are warned not to allow ourselves to become hardened, because if we look at the whole concept of hardening in its biblical perspective, we see that something happens to us through repeated sins. Our consciences become seared. The more we commit a particular sin, the less remorse we feel from it. Our hearts are recalcitrant through repeated disobedience. Keep Reading
Analyzing Unanswered Prayer
from R.C. Sproul Mar 21, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulOur prayers are sometimes not answered because we pray in vague generalities. When all our prayers are either vague or universal in their scope, it is difficult to experience the exhilaration that goes with clear and obvious answers to prayer. If we ask God to "bless everyone in the world" or "forgive everyone in town," it would be difficult to see the prayer answered in any concrete way. Not that it is wrong to have a large scope of interest in prayer, but if all prayer is given to such generality, then no prayer will have specific and concrete application. Keep Reading
Eliminating Unrealistic Expectations
from R.C. Sproul Mar 20, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulSometimes we all feel as if our prayers lack the power to penetrate our ceilings. It seems as though our petitions fall on deaf ears and God remains unmoved or unconcerned about our passionate pleading. Why do these feelings haunt us? Keep Reading
Stunting Worship
from R.C. Sproul Mar 14, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulThe visual impact of the furnishings and the buildings of both the Old Testament tabernacle and temple was awesome. The eyes were dazzled with a sense of the splendor of God. Sound was vital to Old Testament worship. The choral compositions of the Psalms were moving to the Spirit. They were accompanied by the full harmony and rhythm supplied by the harp, the lyre, the flute, and trumpets. The piano and the organ are marvelous instruments, but they cannot produce the sounds that the other instruments provide. Hymns and choral anthems are greatly enhanced when they are supported with greater orchestration. Keep Reading
Becoming a Worshiper of God
from R.C. Sproul Mar 13, 2010 Category: R.C. Sproul"Church is boring"—this is the most oft-stated reason why people stay away from church. It raises some important questions. How is it possible that an encounter with a majestic, awesome, living God could ever be considered boring by anyone? God is not dull. If worship is boring to us, it is not because God is boring. Sermons can be boring and liturgies can be boring, but God simply cannot be boring. The problem, I think, is with the setting, the style, and the content of our worship. Keep Reading
Seeking a Reformation of Worship
from R.C. Sproul Mar 07, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulWhen Israel's prophets denounced the corruption of Israelite worship, they sought reform, not revolution. Though they vehemently criticized liturgicalism, they never attacked the liturgy. Though they railed against externalism and formalism, they never sought to remove the externals and forms God had instituted. Keep Reading


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How Much Matzah?
The rabbi of a European community of long ago dedicated his traditional Shabbat Hagadol sermon to a scholarly discussion of the correct amount of matzah which a Jew must eat on Pesach eve in order to fulfill that important mitzvah.
When he concluded, his congregation surrounded him with accolades in regard to the brilliance of his presentation. One of them, however, had a very different reaction.
"How can I possibly fulfill my responsibility to eat that amount of matzah," he asked, "when I spent all the money I have on medical care for my wife and have nothing left with which to purchase any matzah?"
The rabbi quickly returned to his podium and made the following announcement:
"What I said in my sermon about the amount of matzah needed to fulfill the requirement of the mitzvah is incorrect! No one's requirement is fulfilled until it is ascertained that every Jew in the community has matzah for Pesach."


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Apple's Siri is quickly becoming the most loved "personal assistant" ever created. The funny folks over at Rooster Teeth decided to mock Siri's intelligence with a parody called Siri: The Holiday Horror Movie where she's a serial killer.
I laughed really hard when a friend hooked me up with this video. On the one hand, it pokes fun at how people are blindly fascinated by Siri (although talking to her does get stale after a the first few hours). On the other, it reminds us that we can't let artificial intelligence become smarter than us humans, or technology will turn around and kill us! Did Skynet teach us nothing?
Siri: The Holiday Horror Movie is a parody, so it's meant to be taken with a huge chuckle, so don't get all freaked out that Siri's trying to kill you or something. Why would Siri, an assistant that will help you hide a body, ever want to kill you or your friends? It's preposterous!
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People give many reasons for not joining a health club. Some say they do not have the time to exercise-but given that the average American spends 2.7 hours per day watching television, lack of time obviously is not a factor. Others say that expense is their main objection, but they do not hesitate to spend as much or more money on dining out as they would on a monthly membership, especially when there are so many low-priced clubs around the country today. Other people cite lack of energy, but this doesn't make sense because exercise leads to increased energy levels.
All of these "reasons" are merely excuses that people give when the more likely cause for their reluctance to join a club is that they find clubs intimidating.
Much of what those of us in the club industry think is cutting edge can be scary to the uninitiated. Many prospective members feel overwhelmed by the apparent complexity of fitness equipment and worry about how they will look as they try to figure out how to use it, but proper club design can reduce the intimidation factor and make potential members feel more at ease.
A welcoming environment begins with the lobby—this area offers the first glimpse of your club and the experience that awaits within. It must offer a feeling of comfort so the nonmember feels embraced and safe as soon as they enter.
Using softer colors and lighting in the lobby offers an inviting feeling while bright lighting can be uncomfortable to the senses. An inviting seating/social area shows that the club is not just about the workout. Keep exercise areas away from the lobby so it doesn't feel like equipment is in the lobby. That kind of design makes deconditioned people think that all eyes would be on them when they work out. Instead, use a water wall, Plexiglas partitions, tall plants or a wall with openings to divide your lobby from the exercise area. You don't want a complete separation, but you need to define the two different areas. Your lobby should be upscale in finishes and furniture, and it should be clean and well maintained. If people are smiling, relaxed and friendly because they enjoy being in the space, it makes the lobby and your club less intimidating.
Cardio and strength equipment rooms also can be intimidating spaces. In many clubs, these exercise areas are situated in wide open areas, but this design typically is not a good idea. To attract the deconditioned, add more privacy for exercisers. Use small dividers to break up the space. Bright lights and lots of mirrors only remind people how bad they think they look. Fewer mirrors are better. If your cardio area overlooks a parking lot or shopping center area, never place the cardio equipment in the front window so people's backsides face outward. Never place mirrors behind cardio equipment so it reflects people's backsides. Consider adding a small lounge area on the workout floor. It will get a lot of use and be more inviting.
In group exercise rooms, it's important to have some windows that let people see into the classes and to give the space a more open and spacious feeling. However, don't design so many windows into the room that people feel they are working out in a fish bowl. Keep the number of mirrors on the walls to a minimum and make sure the lights can be dimmed.
High-end, spa-like locker rooms can feel like an indulgence for members before or after a workout, but too often these areas are a design afterthought. Make sure that instead of having just one open area, your locker rooms have smaller bays to allow for more privacy. Women's locker rooms should always have at least two or three dressing booths. Never put in open shower areas with multiple shower heads in either locker room. Instead, consider putting a dressing booth in front of showers. Also, make sure traffic flow areas are at least five feet wide as people do not like brushing up against other people in locker rooms.
One of the biggest challenges for the industry is to address the factors that make clubs seem intimidating to nonmembers and members alike. Design can greatly contribute to the welcome feeling people have at your club. Look at your club through a prospective members' eyes and consider what design elements would make them feel comfortable.
Bruce Carter is the president of Optimal Fitness Design Systems International, a club design firm that has created about $650 million worth of clubs in 45 states and 26 countries.


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This is interesting, but I'm sure that these news based trades are being set up days in advance with much smaller volumes. Why am I sure? Because I look for insider buying before news on dogshit stocks before news, and if bum level executives/criminals are doing this with their penny stocks it's not a stretch to assume that it's happening on the confetti with better known names.
Confetti paper markets are a confidence trick. A scam. So, sure, this thing below makes for interesting reading but, hidden in the volume in the days before the news, there are trades being laid on by people who know what's going to happen. Good luck spotting it, though.
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Last Wednesday, the Fed announced that it would not be tapering its bond buying program. This news was released at precisely 2 pm in Washington "as measured by the national atomic clock." It takes 7 milliseconds for this information to get to Chicago. However, several huge orders that were based on the Fed's decision were placed on Chicago exchanges 2-3 milliseconds after 2 pm. How did this happen?
CNBC has the story here, and the answer is: we don't know. Reporters get the Fed release early, but they get it in a secure room and aren't permitted to communicate with the outside world until precisely 2 pm. Still, maybe someone figured out a way to game the embargo. It would certainly be worth a ton of money.
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Police: Monroe burglar makes sandwich, takes towel rack
MONROE (AP) -- Authorities say a hungry burglar apparently made and ate a sandwich at a southeastern Michigan home before taking off with a $25 towel rack.
The Monroe Evening News reports the theft happened sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning while a family was away from a Monroe home.
Police in the city about 35 miles southwest of Detroit say nothing else was missing besides lunchmeat and cheese. A plate was left behind on a counter.
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Daily Slice: Margherita at Pizzeria Libretto, Toronto
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Pizzeria Libretto was first to bring Neapolitan-style pizza to Toronto, and now with two locations, they're busier than ever. The wood-burning oven, which was imported from a 3rd generation pizza maker in Naples, reaches a blistering 900 degrees, and pizzas made with San Marzano tomato sauce and a zero-zero flour crust spend a mere 90 seconds inside, before emerging speckled with leopard spots and a puffed up cornicione.
Pizza Margherita is the standard by which I measure any Neapolitan-style pizzeria, and Libretto's is stellar. (Read more on what to expect from a Neapolitan pizzeria here.) Ingredients are fresh and supremely flavorful, from the unadulterated San Marzano sauce to the chewy, milky mozzarella, and the fresh sprigs of basil. By default, Ontario-made mozzarella di buffalo comes on the pies, but you can upgrade to locally produced fire di latte for an additional $3.
Soft, warm, and chewy crust is speckled with leopard spots around the edge that crackle with char. Drizzle it with a little chili oil, which servers thoughtfully deliver in a generously sized vessel. While you're waiting, you'll also get a basket of exceptionally good fresh baked bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I'd say don't fill up on it, but it's so good that you should just come hungry enough to eat every slice, or find another way to make room.
Libretto is no longer the only option for VPN certified pizza in Toronto, but it's still one of the very best I've had anywhere.
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Pizzeria Libretto
550 Danforth Ave., Toronto, ON M4K1P7 (map), also at 221 Ossington Ave. 416-466-0400; pizzerialibretto.com
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