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Welcome to PWInsider.com's live coverage of the 2009 TNA Destination X PPV.
The Beautiful People vs. Roxxi & Taylor Wilde & The Governor
The Governor and Madison Rayne start the bout. Rayne chokes her in the corner, then sets her up for an Angelina Love dropkick. Roxxi tagged in and nailed several forearms on Love, then slammed Rayne. She elevated Taylor Wilde into the air onto Love. Roxxi gets distracted by Sky on the outside and turns into a Love clothesline.
A sign in the front row reads "Botchamania = This Match." I can't believe that's actually remaining on the air.
Roxxi caught Sky with a boot to the face and tagged in Wilde. They go back and forth until a hot tag to Wilde, who cleans house on everyone. She nailed a tilt or whirl backbreaker, then goes to the top. She nailed a flying bodypress on Rayne but the other heels hit the ring.
All six brawled in the ring. The Governor hit a plancha to the outside. Wilde caught Rayne with a German suplex into a bridge for the pin.
Your winners, Roxxi & Taylor Wilde & The Governor!
Too short to even have any hope of meshing together.
Lauren was backstage with Jeff Jarrett, in a referee's shirt, and Mick Foley. Jarrett promised to call the Sting vs. Kurt Angle match right down the middle and the best man will win. Foley said that as an enforcer, he's going to have to make sure that Jeff is able to call it down the middle by making sure The Main Event Mafia doesn't interfere. He said he's got a feeling and thanks Angle for that. He says he'll see Kurt at ringside.
Brutus Magnus Open Challenge.
Magnus came to the ring first, then ring announcer Dave Penzer introduced a serviceman who served on the USS Cole. He's actually a Team 3D student. He introduced Magnus' opponent, Eric Young.
Magnus attacked Young before the bell and leveled him with several right hands. He leaped into the air with an elbow to the chest. He picked up Young for a suplex but Young rolled through and landed on his feet. Young nailed several dropkicks and a flying forearm. Young went up and over as Magnus charged him in the corner. They had a miscue, which the crowd picked up on, then Magnus slammed Young.
Magnus continued working over Young, powerbombing him. Magnus missed a splash off the top rope. Young came back with a backdrop, then nailed his finisher, the death valley driver. Magnus kicked up at two. Magnus whipped Young into the corner, where he did the Flair flop. Young went to the top rope. Magnus met him but was fought off. Young hit a top rope elbow for a two count.
Magnus tried to catch Young with a pinfall attempt by putting his feet on the ropes but Young escaped. Young went to the top but was caught with a European Uppercut. Magnus hit his finisher, The Tormenta, off the top for the pin.
Your winner, Brutus Magnus!
Just your basic short bout designed to give Magnus a win. Nothing more, nothing less but Young worked really hard here.
Mike Tenay and Don West began running down the main events of the PPV. Sheik Abdul Bashir's music started to play and he came to the ring with a mic. He said that we are now three months into 2009 and now it's another PPV without the Middle Eastern Nightmare. He said that he has had enough and said that he wants to know if its a conspiracy against him because of the color of his skin. He said that President Obama talks about change and hope, and asks what hope is there for a man like him. He wanted to know why a man walking the ramp in a military uniform gets a hero's welcome but he gets treated like a terrorist because he wears a turban. He said he is a victim of the concentration camp known as the United States and began tearing up.
Jim Cornette came to the ring and said that Bashir wants to know why he isn't involved tonight, so he'll answer him. Cornette said it's not because he's not a great wrestler because he is and he's wrestled everywhere in the world. Cornette said that it's really simple - "I don't like you." He said that no one in the back nor any of the fans like him because of his big, fat mouth. Cornette said that he whines about his race and how everyone is prejudiced against him. Cornette said no one cares about his race or religion but hate Bashir because he's a big, obnoxious jerk. He told Bashir, "Get the hell out of my building." Cornette then said that he wanted to make sure everyone was fair so he asked the serviceman from earlier to come back to the ring and sing Bashir out. He began singing "God bless America." He couldn't hold a note but got through the entire song, then led everyone in a "U.S.A." chant.
Backstage, Kurt Angle was screaming at the rest of the Main Event Mafia. He said everyone was in on it against them and was trying to break up the Mafia. He said that if it happened, he was going to hold all of them responsible. Booker T said he was responsible for Booker T and had AJ Styles to worry about tonight. He said that whatever happened between Angle and Sting was between them. He said he had to go to Jim Cornette's office and walked out. Angle freaked that he was going to see Cornette. Scott Steiner told Angle that he was being paranoid. He said he had to deal with Samoa Joe and Angle was on his own. Angle tried to complain to Kevin Nash. Nash told Angle to stop blaming everyone else, because this wasn't anyone's fault but his own. Nash told him to relax because Sting wasn't in bed with Jeff Jarrett and Mick Foley. Angle got annoyed and decreed that he didn't want anyone at ringside for the main event tonight.
Matt Morgan vs. Abyss - Match of 10,000 Tacks
Hopefully this will be a lot better than their first match, which was badly hampered by his shoulder issues. The only way to win is to drop your opponent onto the tacks.
Don West was siding with Bashir during Matt Morgan's entrance, so they are continuing with West's slow descent into the heel side. He was basically saying that Bashir had the right to say what he wanted due to freedom of speech. Earlier, he was praising the "serviceman" as well so perhaps he'll be the guy who points out the logic where it doesn't jibe in TNA.
Morgan and Abyss brawled back and forth to open the bout. Morgan clotheslined him over the top to the floor. Abyss landed on his feet and grabbed Morgan's legs, slamming them into the ring post.
Abyss began picking up the beds of tacks and setting them up by the entrance stage. They returned to the ring. Morgan splashed Abyss in the corner, then slammed him. Morgan opened a bag of tacks and tried to shove his face into the tacks. Morgan rebounded off the ropes but was caught in a goozle. Abyss went for a chokeslam but Morgan escaped. Morgan missed a clothesline and was knocked into a corner. He went down and Abyss charged him in the corner.
The crowd started chanting, "We want tacks." Abyss began climbing up a pole to get another bag of tacks. Morgan cut him off and set a chair in the corner, wedging it between turnbuckles. Abyss caught Morgan with a low blow as he attempted to float over Abyss in the corner, then shoved him face-first into the chair.
With Morgan down, Abyss continued to pour tacks into the pile in the ring. Morgan tried to fight off Abyss but was nailed with a Black Hole Slam on the mat. Abyss poured broken glass into the ring. Morgan tried to walk out but Abyss caught him on the aisle. Abyss nailed him with several punches and teased a chokeslam off the ramp onto the beds of tacks. Morgan kicked him low then hit the big boot, sending Abyss off the ramp onto the tacks below.
Your winner, Matt Morgan!
The match was OK but the finish was telegraphed the second Abyss began setting up the tacks by the stage. No one believed for a second that Morgan would take that bump, so that really hurt the match.
Backstage, Booker T was complaining that he never agreed to defend his Legends title. Cornette pointed out that he had Booker T's signature on the contract. Sharmell said that it wasn't binding without her consent. Cornette said that unless they could resurrect Johnny Cochran in the next 15 minutes, it was legal and binding. Sharmell got Booker to say he signed it under duress. Cornette said that they could try and get lawyers involved tomorrow but tonight it was legal and binding and that was that, "Oh hell yeah." Please don't tell me that means AJ Styles gets a win that is erased on Impact.
One Night with ODB Finals
Oh lord, here we go. ODB came out obviously "tanked", but was made up to look prettier than she has in recent months (i.e. more of what she looks like in real life). Rudy Charles escorted her to the ring. Jeremy Borash was the master of ceremonies.
The first contestant was Ontario indy wrestler Cody Deaner, who's been signed by TNA for a long time and never used before. The second contestant was Shark Boy. The third contestant was a mortgage broker named Bernie Weber (TNA's Mike Weber). They were playing game show music.
They played the Dating Game. The first question was why did they think they should get the night with ODB. Deaner said he didn't need the whole night, just 60 minutes. They even had a drummer for the rim shot. Shark Boy said he could get the job done in 23 minutes. Weber said something I didn't catch.
The next segment saw ODB demand the contestants dance. Borash was calling moves. They made Octamom jokes. This was dying a fast death, falling faster than Watchmen in its second week at the box office. Shark Boy hit his moves and said, "You just got finned, Shell Yeah." I would say you couldn't pay me to watch this, except I am getting paid to watch this. Cody Deaner dedicated his dance to the late Dale Earnheart. He actually whipped out the Karate Kid crane kick, then quipped his mullet wasn't the longest part on his body. This is like a VH-1 reality show broadcast from hell.
They went to the fans for their opinions. Weber was booed out of the place. Shark Boy got the best ovation, but not by much over Deaner. They went to the dramatic reality elimination music as ODB looked over the contenders to make her decision. In the end, she picked Cody Deaner and I think they played the exact same music they used in "Mallrats" back in the day.
Jeremy Borash said cameras would be there to document the date, "God help us all." Don West said, "Lord, please don't let these two have children."
If you like bad comedy, you'd love this. If you want straight forward serious wrestling, this was going to make you pull your hair out. Jeremy Borash's delivery was the ONLY saving grace.
Lauren interviewed TNA Tag Team champions Beer Money Inc. Robert Roode called her a b****. Roode said he was tired of listening to how many titles Team 3D won in the past but that was then. Roode said they had to go to Japan to get titles. James Storm said everyone talks about respect in the locker room, but Beer Money still isn't getting the respect they deserve. He said that perhaps it's because they don't care about or brownnose the fans and management. Storm said 3D were a great tag team, but tonight, Beer Money writes their legacy in the ring. Really good promo.
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Giants lefty specialist Jeremy Affeldt suffered another freak injury on Saturday, spraining his MCL. He's now on the 15-day disabled list. That's not the story here. This is:
Affeldt sprained the medial collateral ligament in his right knee Saturday night when his son Walker, a 4-year-old who already stands 4-foot-6 and weighs 60 pounds, leaped off the sofa and ran into Affeldt's arm when the pitcher got home.
Holy mother of God. That is one giant kid. Judging from a Seattle Post-Intelligencer story, Walker Affeldt was born sometime in August 2007. He's four years and nine months old. With that in mind, we've completed his standard CDC growth chart below. He substantially clears the 97th percentile.
Ah, yes, an abnormally sized male associated with the San Francisco Giants. We've been here before. Jeff Novitzky can't be far behind.
Another freak injury for Jeremy Affeldt [SFGate.com]

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Letter, Your Affectionate Son & brother [John Brown, Jr.?] to Dear Father [John Brown] & Brother
Author: Brown, Jr., John
Date: September 8, 1856
Still in the custody of territorial officials, John Brown, Jr., wrote to express his remorse upon learning of the death of his brother Frederick--at least he was relieved to learn that his father and Jason were safe, as early reports had them dead or missing. "Poor Frederick has perished in a good cause!" wrote John, Jr., "the success of which cause I trust will yet bring joy to millions." He then wrote of his forthcoming trial and possible plan to "escape in case it should appear best."
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: John Brown Collection, #299, Box 1, Folder 17
Item Number: 102548 Number of images: 3
Keywords: Blood, James; Brown, Frederick; Brown, Jason; Brown, John, 1800-1859; Brown, John, Jr.; Brown, Wealthy; Cato, Sterling G.; Courts; Free state cause; Geary, John White, 1819-1873; Leavenworth, Kansas Territory; Lecompte, Samuel D. (Samuel Dexter), 1814-1888; Missourians; Osawatomie, Battle of; Sickness (see Illness); United States. District Court (Kansas Territory)
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It Is All About BTC, LTC, ETH, ZEC mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
The GeForce GTX 750 Ti are performing quite well for Scrypt mining as well as some other algorithms when used with the cudaminer software miner, however there are other crypto algorithms that are not yet supported by the cudaminer, but can bi mined on Nvidia-based GPUs. One such example is Protoshares (Bitshares-PTS) where there are just a few pools and a few GPU miners available and not all pools and GPU miners are compatible with each other. So we decided to try the different pools with their particular GPU miner with support for Nvidia on a GeForce GTX 750 Ti video card to see what works best and where you can get the highest possible performance out of your hardware. The results below are from a GeForce GTX 750 Ti video card running at stock frequencies, overclocking migh help you squeeze a bit more performance from each miner…
PTS Mining Pool – GPU Miner Used – Hashrate:
upCPU - ominer - 568 c/m
Beeeeer - cudaPTSwin - 522 c/m
1GHS - PTSminer - 488 c/m
ypool - jhProtominer - 477 c/m
PTSpool - PtsGPUz - 379 c/m
ProtoSharesPool - PtsGPUz - 375 c/m
It seems that upcpu's dedicated GPU miner that supports only their own pool is the fastest in terms of performance, however the pool is is Chinese, but since it does not require registration you should be able to easily figure how to work with it. Our favourite English language pool, though with a little less performance is 1ghs's PTS pool that is also very easy to use. Have in mind that these results are from a GeForce GTX 750 Ti GPU based on the new Maxwell architecture form Nvidia, so on other CUDA-capable video cards the performance you get from each miner may differ. That is why we have packed all of the miners that we have tested in a single archive that you can download and try for yourself to see where your hardware will perform the best. Soon we are also going to be checking out the performance with AMD and OpenCL miners for mining Protoshares.
– You can download the pack of Nvidia CUDA GPU miners for PTS on Windows OS here…


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I have installed 12.04 on a dell vostro 2420 (previously 11.10) and wifi is gone now but wired network remains. I've reviewed the other questions and tried some stuff but no luck yet. The following is the process so far so hopefully someone can help:
After installing 12.04 using the additional drivers utility did not bring up any proprietary drivers and using synaptic on installation then reinstallation of bcmwl-kernel-source and b43-fwcutter does not help bring up any drivers either (tried rebooting after as well)
I have made sure in the bios that the wlan is turned on, and it appears the laptop does not have a wireless hardware switch, only the keyboard function shortcut which turns bluetooth on and off on the taskbar but there is no lightup of the wireless function on the laptop itself.
Dell does not appear to have any drivers for ubuntu and google does not appear to be much help :(
Thanks in advance!


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IMF Survey: Africa's Big Economies Can Influence, Protect Their Neighbors
October 25, 2012
Nigeria and South Africa account for one-half of sub-Saharan Africa's GDP, and are potentially major drivers of growth for the region as a whole.
Intraregional trade and financing links within sub-Saharan Africa have been expanding significantly in recent years—but it is widely recognized that there is a long road to travel in terms of achieving close economic integration at the regional and subregional level.
As this integration proceeds and economic linkages deepen, the importance of spillover effects from large countries to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, and within their own subregion, will grow: closer economic linkages inevitably imply increased exposure to shocks, both favorable and unfavorable, in partner countries.
In an interview, IMF African Department senior economist Cheikh Gueye examines Nigeria's and South Africa's economic linkages with the rest of the region.
IMF Survey: What are the linkages between South Africa, Nigeria, and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa?
Gueye: First, there is trade. To a large extent, South Africa is shaping the structure of trade within sub-Saharan Africa. For instance, at least 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa export to South Africa and this represents 1 percent of their GDP.
On the investment side, we have noticed that South African companies are investing in the rest of Africa, and this has an impact in shaping trade flows.
Third, there are linkages in the financial system. Since 2005, Nigerian banks have extended their operation in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. That is also true of South African banks.
There are also policy linkages. For instance, in the case of Nigeria, we have noted that it has some different trade policies vis-à-vis its neighboring countries, and these policies have been a source of transmission of shock from Nigeria to the other countries.
IMF Survey: What kind of an impact would an economic crisis in Nigeria or South Africa have on its immediate neighbors and on the rest of the sub-Saharan African region?
Gueye: Let us look at South Africa and its trade channel because it is quite large. South Africa is part of the SACU, the South African Customs Union.
South Africa and the other members of the SACU have what we call a customs revenue sharing formula. This means almost 50 percent of the customs revenues within the zone will go to the remaining countries of the SACU.
So, if there is a crisis in South Africa, for example a decline of imports, there will be a decrease in revenue. This will not only have trade consequences, but also fiscal consequences. These countries will experience a shock on their fiscal revenue.
In the case of Nigeria, the trade volume between this country and its neighbors is important. The main sector of trade is the grain market. It can act as a channel for the transmission of inflation.
If a price shock occurs in Nigeria, it will be transmitted to the neighboring countries via the grain market channel. In our research, we have noted that a 3 percent increase in inflation in Nigeria may have an impact of around 1 percent in neighboring countries.
We should also note that, since 2005, the Nigerian banking system has been consolidated. Banks have expanded their cross-border operations in the rest of Africa in search of yield.
For example, in 2003 there were three Nigerian subsidiaries in the rest of Africa. Nowadays, there are almost 44 subsidiaries of Nigerian banks in about 32 countries. If there is a banking crisis in Nigeria, there is a strong possibility that it will greatly impact the rest of Africa.
IMF Survey: What can these neighboring countries do to protect themselves from potential negative spillovers, without hampering regional economic integration as a whole?
Gueye: I do not think they can do much, at least in the short term. On the one hand, these economic linkages have been built through history. You cannot unwind these economic linkages so easily. Countries have to live with them, at least for now.
On the other hand, we can look at what Nigeria and South Africa can do in terms of policies to protect these neighbors from potential crises originating from their respective economies.
However, in the short term, neighboring countries will find it difficult to implement policies to stave off shocks originating from Nigeria and South Africa.


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Hustling to a bus, Uncle Weed ends the festive period with vaporization session and recounts highlights, hi-jinks and life remixes from 2010 including gut surgery, True North Media House social reporting at the Olympics including Olympic Outsider podcasts, Subpop Records, Hockey Hall of Fame, SXSW, Komasket Music Festival, UW40 party, Halloween at the Waldorf hotel, visits from friends, and then a decompression road trip to Nelson with forays to ferries, hot springs and local organic beers. Ends with clumsy thanks to the Chooglers who had my back during the past year. Musical interludes including an skat/vocal rendition of a Charlie Parker tune by Nico from Savage Blade. See also Best Year in Years ~ 2010 Flashback blog post including more 2010 highlights a video from the aforementioned ferry ride.
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The Quoizel Lighting Rutledge Collection is a series of riffs on the traditional outdoor carriage lamp. This collection includes several sizes of wall sconces, a pendant lamp, and a post light. This series of lamps is made mostly of beveled glass trimmed in either a bronze or black finish. The wall sconces are available in varying sizes, with one, two, three or four bulbs.


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Julian playing an Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar at New York City's famed CBGB club in in 1978.
"That's the last guitar I ever sold," he laments. "I miss it. Never sell guitars—ever." Photo by Tanda
How would you describe your compositional process?
The impetus for my songs often comes from my immediate surroundings. I wrote the music to "Liars Beware" off [the Voidoids' 1977 classic] Blank Generation when I had just moved to New York and heard about four or five sirens upon exiting the subway—sounds that turned themselves into a guitar riff. Other times, a song will emerge as a reimagining of an older one. When I wrote the title track to The Naked Flame, I set out to make a modern-day version of "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix. My writing process also involves the other musicians I work with—their input can take a song to a place I hadn't envisioned.
On The Naked Flame you cover Lucinda Williams' "Broken Butterflies." How did your arrangement come about?
I was a slave to the song—I gave it what it needed to walk on its own two feet. The song seemed to call for just a tiny bit of guitar and mostly harmonium, on account of its organic sound. I love that instrument. It's just so human, with its leather bag pumping away like a pair of lungs or some wild sexual thing. By the way, I didn't actually play the guitar on that track. It's my friend Nick Tremulis, a player from Chicago who's got this wonderful, rootsy style. I told him just to pretend to be me, so his playing on the song is an interpretation of what I do—which is often over-the-top and angular. What you hear isn't in the exact same sequence as he played it, though. This is a rare example of my using a little Pro Tools action to move the guitar parts around a little for a more powerful arrangement.
Julian playing a 1966 Fender Mustang at a 1981 gig with the Outsets, the
band he formed after leaving the Voidoids. Photo by Lisa Lloyd
Let's talk about some of the guitar work you did play. How did you get that great, vocal-like sound on the title track?
In my living room, I plugged my Strat into a Peavey Bandit and cranked both the amp and a Rat pedal just before the point of breaking up. I mic'd the amp with my favorite mic for electric guitars—an Electro-Voice PL76, which has such a warm, natural sound. I placed the PL76 off-center and got a bit of the room sound in there—the room should always be a part of the amp, in my opinion. To record the parts I used an old Tascam 8-track, which I fed into a 24-track for a raw sound that you don't get when using digital equipment exclusively. As for the actual playing, I made a conscious effort to avoid the obvious—tired blues lines between the vocal phrases—so I tried to create some unusual nuances there.
Watch the video for the title track from The Naked Flame:


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The actor who plays the minister called to perform an exorcism on a young girl in "The Last Exorcism" said his chilling so-called "banana-bread" sermon has developed its own cult following.
Patrick Fabian, who plays Rev. Cotton Marcus, said the sermon sequence developed when film director Daniel Stamm told him he wanted the fevered extras playing church parishioners in the scene to feel effected: "We want you to get these people in such a state that you can say anything, like a recipe," Stamm reportedly told Fabian.
"And I thought, why not banana bread?" Fabian revealed to PopcornBiz. "And we went right back in and shot it straight up. It was a wonderful moment of magic that thing."
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In fact, he's already being asked to recreate the scene at appearances after the movie hit a surprise $20 million in its US opening weekend. It started when Fabian opened the film in front of a packed house at London's 1,600 Odeon Leicester Square theater.
"During the Q and A, some guy up in the rafters shouted out, 'I wonder if Rev. Cotton would honor us with a little banana bread sermon right now!' " Fabian said. "Talk about a gift."
Fabian was more than happy to oblige with the speech in London and doesn't mind if it becomes a constant trend. Within limits of course.
"If I'm doing the banana bread sermon on the borscht belt circuit, then we have some problems."
And the acting veteran is pretty game for anything that comes his way with the movie's instant notoriety.
"As soon as they see the monkey will dance, look out," says Fabian. "All of a sudden its, do this, do an exorcism. I'm just waiting for the first host of a talk show to say, 'I've got the devil in me what can you do about it?' "


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Discover some of the longest model railways in the world.
1. Wunderland '" Hamburg '" Germany
This model railway took 500,000 working hours and is stretched over 4km² with plans to increase this to 6km² in 2014. The model rail track runs for 9km at a cost of 7.3 million Euros.
2. Loxx Model railway
Named Loxx after the German word Loks meaning locomotives. This model railway took over 200,000 labour hours to create and has 4.15km of track.
Check out the Loxx railway in action with this video:
3. Gainsborough Model Railway
This is described as one of the largest model railways in 'O' gauge and it depicts the East Coast Main Line from London King Cross (UK) to Leeds Central. The rail track runs for 0.8km (1/2 mile) and requires at least 10 operators for it to run successfully.
4. Toggenburg Model Railway
This is Europe's largest type 'O' model railway and is situated in the town of Lichtensteig in Switzerland.
Toggenburg model railway boasts 1.2km of track on an area of 500m squared.
5. Northlandz Model Railway
Northlandz is the world's largest miniature railway and took 25 years of dedication which is clear from looking at the photos. It has 8 miles of track and what is even more impressive is that it has over 4,000 buildings and 1/2 million trees!
6. Sierra Pacific lines by Pasadena Model Railroad Club
The Sierra Pacific lines has 30,000ft of hand laid steel track and is the largest 'HO' model railway in the world. This model railway was started in 1940 and from end to end it takes a train one hour to complete the route.
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Dell's wee Eee-alike loses some keys
Launch pushed back too
The launch of Dell's miniature notebook may be pushed back until late summer and feature a keyboard that's several keys short of a full set, one of the company's executives has confirmed.
Dell's redesigned the Mini Inspiron's keyboard from the one shown here
According to a report by website APC, Alex Gruzen, senior VP of Dell's consumer product group, recently said at a media briefing in Texas that the so-called Mini Inspiron will appear on shelves "later this summer".
The delay will be disappointing for fans of the miniature machine, as it was previously rumoured that the Asus Eee rival would appear sometime this month.
But Gruzen told the briefing's attendees that "the reason we were later to the market" is because Dell has been "working on getting the right keyboard". Elaborating on the statement, he said that the keyboard design "accommodates as best as possible the best user experience".
As a result, the Mini Inspiron has lost some traditional keys. For example, there won't be the usual row of F1 to F12 keys.
Asus' Eee sports the full range of keys, but all are quite small. Gruzen claimed that Dell decided to drop some of the keys - presumably those that its research has identified as the least used - "so that the rest of the keys could be bigger".
Let's hope the PC giant is able to effect this key shuffle rather better than its poor attempt to localise Vostro notebook keyboards for Brits...
An official price for the Mini Inspiron hasn't been revealed yet, but a $500 (£250/€300) price-tag has been banded about in some previous reports.
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When I saw the picture at the front, I thought he was a guy in white wearing a bowler hat too far down on his face. I wondered why he was looking down. It's kind of a crappy head piece but I guess he does look like the picture. We will never see him at retail.
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The Fisheries Committee will look at the proposal amending the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Regulation and the Common Provision Regulation on 7 April. The aim is to provide for specific, more flexible measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. The EMFF proposal broadly deals with temporary cessations, financial aid for aquaculture producers, aid on stockage, and simplified reallocation of national operational programme funds.
The Conference of Presidents (CoP) of the European Parliament updated the institution's calendar of activities on 2 April, as a result of the continuing precautionary measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19. Apart from agreeing on a new extraordinary plenary session on 16 and 17 April in Brussels, the CoP has now introduced additional dates for remote meetings for Parliament's governing bodies, committees and political groups. The full calendar is available on Parliament's website.
The Fact Sheets on the EU provide an overview of European integration and of Parliament's contribution to that process. They present a brief overview of the EU's institutions and policies, and of Parliament's role in their development. Available in 24 languages, they cover five main areas: how the EU works; economy, science and quality of life; cohesion, growth and jobs; fundamental rights, security and justice; and the EU's external relations. The online version is updated regularly.
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By Marlena De Lacroix
It's hard to watch daytime soaps chip away piece by piece, and of course no one actor is daytime TV. But watching Martha Byrne leave As the World Turns (because of a contract disagreement with P&G) is really painful. If ATWT can be looked at as a truly American, heartland soap (as do my friend Sam Ford and his students do in his soap class at MIT), than Byrne is indeed Mom and Apple Pie.
But not in the goody, goody sense! For the last twenty-three years (with one hiatus), we've watched her Lily grow up from a bubbly, giggly teenager to wise wife and mother. We love Lily and Martha because they are both always true and real.
Bryne, then a teenager from New Jersey, came to soaps by way of Broadway's Annie, in which she played one of the orphans. As Lily, there was no hiding behind tons of make-up, false eyelashes and teen queen phony cleavage. At age 15, when Byrne made her debut on ATWT, Lily was just [Read more…]


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Popular festivities to suit everyone
Spain has an outstanding multicultural heritage, and this can be seen in all areas of its social life. There is a wide variety of different festive celebrations to be found all over the country.
Spanish popular festivities and traditions often have a clearly religious origin. This can be seen in throughout all the expressions of Spain's folklore, which combine religious fervour with a variety of pagan and festive commemorations. The country's cultural diversity means the festive manifestations of each region vary widely from north to south, and yet at the same time these local customs exist alongside festivities which are celebrated all over the national territory. The festive year in Spain starts with the traditional strokes of midnight in the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, which attracts throngs of people from the city itself and from all over Spain who welcome in the New Year with a grape swallowed for each chime of the clock. One of the most important traditional celebrations in Spain, however, is Easter week. This takes place at the end of March or in April, and takes place amid vivid and extremely moving popular processions. The greatest number of festive events takes place in the summer months, between June and September, according to the geographic area, as they tend to combine both religious and socio-economic aspects. Throughout most of Spain's geography there are also a range of different festivities in late summer (late August and early September) owing to the historic tradition of commemorating the harvest (and particularly the grape harvest). What's more, each area in the country has its own specific festivities. Some of the highlights are the Sanfermines bull-running festival in Pamplona, Sant Jordi and La Mercé in Barcelona, the Fallas bonfire festival in Valencia, the festivity of the Reconquest in Granada, the April Fair in Seville and San Isidro and the Verbena de La Paloma in Madrid. But these are just a few examples of the thousands of festive celebrations which are to be found the length and breadth of Spain all year round. When are the national public holidays in Spain? See more.


text: I'm sure everybody's heard about the most recent troubles at Heathrow airport, including yesterday's event, where a man scaled a fence and waltzed onto the runway before being challenged and then arrested. Where, oh where, is the security industry in all of this? The mainstream media and government officials are being allowed to spout all manner of wrongness and no one in the security industry is being interviewed or offering their two cents. This is the perfect time, whether you're in Europe or in Kansas, to offer up guest editorials or offer yourselves as technology and systems experts. Just look at this bit: Gordon Brown, the prime minister, said he was satisfied everything was being done to ensure security at Heathrow. Speaking after arriving at an EU summit in Brussels, he said: "I think the important thing about the Heathrow incident is that the person was detained, that all the security precautions went quickly into action ... and that all possible steps were taken so that when this incident happened the arrest took place. And I'm satisfied everything is now being done to ensure security at Heathrow is intact. We are determined to protect all passengers and all staff who go through Heathrow and every other airport in the country." What? Is this guy on crack? A man was allowed to walk right under a passenger airplane carrying a backpack! Hey, England, you got lucky. All possible steps were not taken in any way, shape, or form. There are some very inexpensive (relatively) solutions that would have alerted you the moment somebody started climbing the fence. Remember when I wrote about Optellios at ASIS? Heathrow just opened a $8.6 billion terminal. They couldn't pony up a bit more for some fiberoptic cable and some software to make sure their perimeter was secure? Or how about some off-the-shelf perimeter analytics? Anybody can do fenceline nowadays. There would have been buzzers going off like no tomorrow in the central command center at Heathrow as soon as that guy got within 10 feet of the fence and he never would have made the tarmac. I have major reservations about the people in charge of aviation security in England after reading the following: The former head of security at BAA, Norman Shanks, said a higher fence would not prevent further incursions and a serious clampdown on intruders would require sophisticated motion-sensor technology. A number of systems are available or under development, including CCTV technology that detects irregular movement. However, such a move would increase the cost of a Heathrow security bill that has risen by tens of millions of pounds since the liquid bombs scare in 2006. The perimeter at Heathrow is jointly patrolled by BAA security staff and the Metropolitan police. One aviation expert said it had not changed since the September 11 2001 attacks on the United States which showed al-Qaida's continued fascination with attacking aviation. A BAA spokesman said: "If there are lessons to be learned, they will be learned." A higher fence? Seriously? "Sophisticated motion-sensor technology"? What's wrong with that? You just spent $8.6 billion! There's wasn't $1,000,000 (and that's just an arbitrary large number - no way it would have cost that much) for some perimeter security? "CCTV technology that detects irregular movement"? Seriously, the security industry needs to be out there educating the general population about what's available. If the mainstream public knew about the technologies, and their relative affordability, they would not stand for a perimeter system at the largest airport in England going un-upgraded since 2001. That's borderline criminal.


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Jul 26, 2011 | 690 Minutes
"Haunting and profoundly moving . . . At turns brave, frustrating, and fragile, [Ellen] Feldman's characters live and love with breathtaking intensity."—Booklist (starred review)
"A remarkable novel driven by the powerful engine of most great literature: the yearning for a self."—Robert Olen Butler, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
"An intimate look at how we can be dismantled and rebuilt by changing times."—O: The Oprah Magazine
"A deftly revealing . . . portrait of the changing face of America . . . heartbreaking reality."—Marie Claire
"An honest American experience of the aftermath of World War II rendered in sharp detail and full of pathos, Next to Love tells us what we hate to acknowledge—that personal battles don't end with the armistice."—Susan Vreeland, author of Clara and Mr. Tiffany


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I-86 Paving Project Well Underway | News
Salamanca, NY - Back in May we asked you to identify the worst road in Western New York and your choice came in loud and clear as to what it was. That would be Interstate 86 or the Southern Tier Expressway near Salamanca in Cattaraugus County.
It turns out the D-O-T was well aware of the issues and a rather large construction project is underway.
DOT Spokeswoman Susan Surdej now says November is the expected finish date for this paving project on the roughly 13 mile stretch of I - 86 from Salamanca west to Steamburg.
The engineers and contractors are well aware it takes a beating with harsh winter weather and heavy truck traffic. That is why there were all the "Rough Road" signs in that area.
This is a big project worth about 29 million dollars. It involves the milling or grinding of the old deteriorated road surface. It would replace it with layers of paving.
They are also working on 12 bridges which cross over the highway. Some of that work involves major re-decking of the spans and new support structures. In addition there is some drainage work to make sure slush and ice does not build up on the road surface.
This is a priority project for the DOT in this region and they realized it was getting bad from all the complaints.
Chris Noonan of Buffalo drives through that area at times. She says "It was always very bumpy and a lot of holes, potholes. I'm glad they're working on it. Glad that's gonna be smooth and done soon."
The DOT's Surdej says "We have received complaints about the pothole situation on that stretch of I-86 and that's exactly why it was a priority to get this project started. So we're very happy with the progress that we've made. We have a good contractor out there and we are making good progress."
They have done some partial paving on the Eastbound lanes. One lane is open on that stretch approaching Salamanca and it is a much smoother ride. There will be another layer of paving.
On the west-bound lanes it is still quite bumpy. They are still doing some patching here and there prior to the actual paving work for those lanes which will begin in August.
Again this particular paving project should be done for the most part in November. Surdej says they are pretty much on schedule according to the DOT.
This project had been delayed a bit in the past because of a dispute between the state and the Seneca Nation. I - 86 crosses through their territory and the Senecas and the state had to work out a certain fee payment for the construction on their land. That's why motorists may see some limited work in 2014 as well.


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Rupe's Tough Love for MySpace: Kissing Up to Zuckerberg
The head of Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, must be swelling even larger after the comment News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch made at the very end of an extended interview he gave to The Wall Street Journal yesterday. In very short order, the feisty media baron managed to compliment the 20-something's social-networking site while simultaneously delivering a mild slap to his company's own MySpace.
The long interview was full of all sorts of information about Murdoch's record as a media mogul, of great interest in the wake of his recent efforts to fork over $5 billion to get control of Dow Jones to realize his long-held dream of owning The Wall Street Journal. The Journal reporters asking the questions focused mostly on Murdoch's reputation for meddling with the editorial side of his media properties.
No surprise, he seemed to suffer some memory lapses when asked about some of the instances of his alleged proclivity to cross journalism's sacred church-state divide between the editorial and business departments. (My personal favorite Murdoch quote was when, in answering a question about an Australian property and the guaranteeing of editorial space in exchange for a business relationship, he said: "I have no knowledge of that at all. We certainly would never do that. I didn't do it. If you're saying it happened, I'll take your word for it."
But Murdoch also talked a bit about digital issues, noting that he planned to invest heavily in the Journal's Web businesses. And he even floated the idea of junking the Journal's online subscription model at WSJ.com, making it free to attract more visitors and, thus, advertisers, all to better compete in the age of Google domination.
"There's so much going on on the Internet. We've got to find new ways and new business models to get revenues," he said. "Or else the world is going to be owned by Google." He quickly noted that he liked the Google guys, who were "friends of mine."
So apparently is Mark Zuckerberg, with whom Murdoch had a friendly Vulcan melding of the minds over dinner, according to a firsthand report by BuzzMachine's Jeff Jarvis, at a May gathering of News Corp.'s newspaper and online executives to coordinate digital strategies.
So at the end of the interview, when discussing causes of the decline of the Tribune newspapers, the Journal reporters said to Murdoch, "They're all going to MySpace."
Murdoch's response was speedy and must have cut to the quick at MySpace, the No. 1 and massively popular social network News Corp. bought last year, and which is still growing in leaps and bounds.
"I wish they were," he said. "They're all going to Facebook at the moment."
Ouch, Chris and Tom: That's gotta hurt.
(In a related interview, I talked with News Corp.'s President Peter Chernin onstage at D5, where we discussed the Dow Jones bid, the future of MySpace and a wide range of digital issues.)


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|Acceleration 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h)
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|Acceleration 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) with Sport Chrono Package
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|Top speed
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|Width (with mirrors folded)
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Power unit
Configuration / number of cylinders
Fuel grade
2,981 cm³
Power (PS)
Maximum power at RPM
6,500 1/min
Maximum engine speed
7,500 1/min
Max. torque (Nm)
450 Nm
Maximum torque at RPM range
1,950 - 5,000 1/min
Consumption (WLTP)*
Fuel consumption combined* (model range)
25.9 - 27.4 mpg
CO2 emissions combined* (model range)
247.0 - 234.0 g/km
Emission standard
Euro 6d-ISC-FCM
Top speed
181 mph
Acceleration 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h)
4.2 secs
Acceleration 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) with Sport Chrono Package
4.0 secs
Acceleration 0-99 mph (0-160 km/h)
9.6 secs
Acceleration 0-99 mph (0-160 km/h) with Sport Chrono Package
9.3 secs
Acceleration from 0-124 mph (0-200 km/h)
14.9 secs
Acceleration 0-124 mph (0-200 km/h) with Sport Chrono Package
14.6 secs
In-gear acceleration 49-74 mph (80-120 km/h)
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Body dimensions and weights
4,519 mm
Width (with mirrors folded)
1,852 mm
Width (without mirrors folded)
2,024 mm
1,298 mm
Drag coefficient (Cd)
0.29 cW
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Unladen weight (DIN)
1,555 kg
Permissible gross weight
1,985 kg
Maximum payload
430 kg
Maximum permissible roof load
75 kg
Luggage compartment volume, front
132 l
Open luggage compartment volume (behind front seats)
264 l
Fuel tank
67 l
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Warranty period
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Main service interval
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Thanks to smartphones and tablets, the Android gaming world has exploded in the past few years — so much so that development company PlayJam hatched the idea for a portable console that allows you to play Android games on your television.
The advantage? There are no wires, no huge box and no complicated controllers.
The GameStick will come bundled with a simple Bluetooth game controller and a memory stick the size of a USB flash drive. The bundle looks like any portable gaming device from Nintendo or Sony but is intended to provide the same immersive experience you might have playing Xbox 360 or PS3 titles — for a supposed fraction of the cost.


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Meg Whitman has come under criticism, quite rightly, for distorting Jerry Brown's record. But Brown's allies are doing the same thing.
The latest is a radio ad from a labor-backed committee in which it boasts that Brown created a budget surplus for the state. That's true -- and totally and intentionally misleading.
So misleading, in fact, it should be pulled from the air.
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The surplus in question is the one that Jerry Brown ran up in his first term -- before Prop 13 and the national recession ruined it. By nearly all accounts, maintaining such a big surplus, while Californians seethed at high property taxes, was not an accomplishment but a terrible mistake that had catastrophic consequences. Namely, the obscene surplus fueled support for Prop 13, which not only erased the surplus but sparked an era that has seen centralization of power in Sacramento and the passage of voter-approved measures that have helped make California virtually ungovernable.
Bottom line: It's nothing to brag about. In fact, the surplus may have been the single most significant mistake of Brown's governorship. And the political operatives behind this ad are wise enough to know that.


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ELI WMS: Reinventing logistics with App Engine and Google APIs
About ELI WMS
Originally developed in 2017 for Saccheria Fratelli Franceschetti, ELI WMS is an independent SaaS warehouse management solution that makes industrial logistics simple. With minimal overheads, ELI integrates with existing hardware to make shipping more efficient. More about ELI WMS at www.eliwms.com
About Noovle
Noovle is a strategic ICT and Cloud consultancy based in Italy, France, Switzerland and Slovakia with more than 1,000 clients and with a team of over 100 people. Founded in 2013, the company is one of the top 50 Google Cloud premier partners in the world. A reliable partner and a Digital System Integrator, Noovle supports enterprises throughout the whole process, from initial planning to Change Management. Figures and valuable partnerships closed over the years witness its capabilities.
Using Google Cloud Platform and some inspired lateral thinking, a small team at a mid-size Italian company created a groundbreaking warehouse management system with uses far beyond their original goals.
Google Cloud Results
- Created a warehouse management system that integrates with legacy hardware
- Adapts to local working practices with translation and voice picking options thanks to Google APIs
- Scales to meet demand with no need for hardware investment with App Engine and autoscaling
In 1939, in the north Italian town of Provaglio d'Iseo, Luigi Franceschetti set up a small business producing burlap sacks. More than seven decades later, Saccheria Fratelli Franceschetti, the family firm he created, is the third-largest manufacturer of industrial bags in Europe, with a global distribution network from Holland and Italy to Turkey, China, and Vietnam.
Three years ago, Luigi Franceschetti's grandchildren, Luigi Wilmo Franceschetti and Luisa Franceschetti began looking at the company's Warehouse Management System (WMS) that controls this global network. "We uncovered an IT setup that was less than adequate," explains Luigi Wilmo Franceschetti, co-founder at ELI WMS. "The IT was old, and there were so many opportunities to be more efficient in collaboration and stock management that were simply being wasted. We needed a new WMS, and because we wanted to keep hardware costs down, we looked for a fully cloud solution that would connect with our legacy services. Unfortunately, the one company we found that could offer that was not prepared to work in Italy."
According to Saccheria Franceschetti, transportation efficiencies created by ELI resulted in an almost 9% increase in revenue in 2016
That's when Luigi and Luisa teamed up with engineer Ignazio Ingenito to build their own warehouse solution, designed to be flexible, cloud-based, multilingual, and based on Google Cloud Platform products. ELI WMS was born.
"We designed ELI as a full cloud system from the start, so our customers don't have to install new servers or any infrastructure. All they need is a web browser, or, if a company uses RFID, an RFID gun."—Luigi Wilmo Franceschetti, co-founder, ELI WMS
"We had worked with G Suite for two years with our partner Noovle, and had come to love the way Google develops things, always three steps ahead of the rest. When we started writing ELI WMS in Python, we knew we wanted to build it in Google App Engine," says Luigi.
High efficiency, low overheads
International logistics networks rely on accurate information being sent to individual shippers, warehouses and companies. ELI WMS has been created to make creating, conveying and keeping track of that information much easier for all parties. That means companies can explore efficiencies that were previously impossible. "Instead of buying individual transport spaces from agencies, we can pay half as much by renting an entire vehicle and organising the transport ourselves," explains Luigi. Better communications mean companies can even sell goods in transit, then shift them directly from one vehicle to another, minimising the amount they spend on warehouse space.
Introducing new IT can be hard, however, as Luigi explains. "Unfortunately in Italy, legacy systems are very bad, so if you come up with a solution that asks people to change their ERP or install new hardware, most companies, including almost all small- to medium-sized enterprises, will not make the investment to get that done."
That's why the ELI team chose Google Cloud Platform. "ELI is built on App Engine," says Ignazio. "So all our forklift operators can access the app from their tablets in HTML without installing anything." Now thanks to Google's cloud infrastructure, all that's required to set up a warehouse with ELI is a tablet and an RFID gun, while autoscaling means the system can maximise efficiency and availability. Ignazio continues: "We anticipated that integrating App Engine, which is the latest in innovation and technology, with the oldest legacy systems would be very difficult. Google Cloud Platform allows us to speak with legacy, so people can use ELI without changing their infrastructure or their ERP."
"We developed this for Saccheria, but it can be used to plan the transportation of any material. With App Engine we can set up and demonstrate our solution for anyone, wherever they need it. All that's required is a tablet and a cheap RFID gun. And thanks to Google, our solution is very fast to deploy and very cheap to operate," says Luigi.
"Google Cloud Platform's pricing and compatibility make our product much more affordable than its alternatives. We make no hardware demands, can scale almost instantly with App Engine, offer fast worldwide coverage, make use of brilliant Google APIs, and integrate with legacy systems, all at a fraction of the cost of other warehouse management services."—Luigi Wilmo Franceschetti, co-founder, ELI WMS
Discovering APIs
"Google's APIs give us so many ideas," says Luigi. Connecting the Google Maps API to ELI helps managers arrange shipments based on urgency, location and traffic conditions. Using the Google Cloud Translation API, ELI is made available to warehouse teams worldwide, by automatically translating the UI to match local preferences. And soon the ELI team plans to use the Google Cloud Natural Language API to enable voice picking in warehouses for workers with headsets. "If we were to enable voice picking through other available services, we would have to pay a lot for that extra feature and work to integrate it in our application," says Luigi. "With Google's APIs, the technology is immediately available, affordable, and integrates perfectly with our existing system."
"Noovle have introduced us to a range of Google's APIs. They are a fantastic partner. Firstly, they close support tickets very fast, so we know they're always on hand. Secondly, we know that whenever Noovle see something that could help us, they come in to show us a hands-on demonstration of the new tool. They're honest about information, so we always feel they're trying to help us, not make a sale," says Luisa Franceschetti, co-founder, at ELI WMS.
Becoming a business
According to Luigi, Saccheria Franceschetti's earnings increased by almost 9% last year, "not due to higher sales, but from transport savings, thanks to ELI." In the wake of ELI's success at Saccheria, other companies, moving everything from textiles, to car parts, to alcohol, are signing up for the new SaaS warehouse management system.
"People came to visit our company, saw ELI, asked where it came from, and we had to tell them we made it ourselves. Straight away, they would ask if it was for sale. As strange as it sounds, that's how ELI became a business in itself. We saw Google's Cloud Platform tools and we found a way to use them. That's it."
About ELI WMS
Originally developed in 2017 for Saccheria Fratelli Franceschetti, ELI WMS is an independent SaaS warehouse management solution that makes industrial logistics simple. With minimal overheads, ELI integrates with existing hardware to make shipping more efficient. More about ELI WMS at www.eliwms.com
About Noovle
Noovle is a strategic ICT and Cloud consultancy based in Italy, France, Switzerland and Slovakia with more than 1,000 clients and with a team of over 100 people. Founded in 2013, the company is one of the top 50 Google Cloud premier partners in the world. A reliable partner and a Digital System Integrator, Noovle supports enterprises throughout the whole process, from initial planning to Change Management. Figures and valuable partnerships closed over the years witness its capabilities.


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Lawsuit arising from death in Aruba dropped
AMEX Assurance Co. had sued Gary Giordano
An American Express subsidiary is dropping its complaint against a Maryland man jailed for months in the presumed death of his traveling companion in Aruba.
AMEX Assurance Co. sued Gary Giordano, of Gaithersburg, to void a travel insurance policy he had taken out in Robyn Gardner's name before the couple traveled to Aruba in 2011. Giordano also sued the company to collect on the policy.
Giordano was suspected in Gardner's disappearance but was released. He's denied wrongdoing.
Court records in Maryland show AMEX filed a stipulation for dismissal Friday. Previous court filings indicate the parties were trying to resolve the case. Gardner's sister told The Frederick News-Post that Giordano wouldn't be paid as part of a settlement.
A lawyer for Giordano wouldn't comment. An AMEX attorney didn't return a call.


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The Progress Hybrid Wood Stove
|What is a "Hybrid" wood stove, and why is it so efficient? Click here to find out!
Shown Above: Left Loading with Charcoal Cast Iron
EACH PROGRESS HYBRID WOOD STOVE IS A CUSTOM ORDERWhen you order a Progress Hybrid Wood Stove, you choose:
(1) whether the door is on the left or right (when facing the stove),
(2) the color of the iron castings, and
(3) whether you want long or short legs.
If you visit the factory, you can pick out the stone you like best.
When you buy a wood stove from us, you get factory direct prices, and a six month risk free return privilege. If you don't like your new wood stove, we'll buy it back and pay for the return freight! Woodstock Soapstone Wood Stoves are only available direct from the factory.
DIMENSIONS & SPECIFICATIONS: Progress Hybrid Wood Stove
Standard 10" Leg Dimensions (HxWxD): 33.5"x30.5"x25" Area Heated: 1600-2200 sq. ft.
|Short Leg Dimensions (HxWxD): 28.5"x30.5"x25" (no ash pan option)
|Weight: 700 lbs
| Firebox: 2.8 Cu.ft.
|Flue Height (center) Std 10" Legs: 27.75"
|Rear Flue Height (center) Short Leg Kit: 22.75"
(no ash pan option)
|Flue Size: 6"
|Burn Time: 12-14 hrs.
|Wood Length: 16-22"
|Ash Pan: Optional (tall legs only)
|Wood Loading:
|Side (Choose right or left, facing the stove)
|Draft Control:
|Max Heat Output:
|80,000 BTUs /hr.
|Heat Output (EPA Test Method):
|12,538 - 73,171 BTU's/hr
|Catalytic Combustor & Secondary Air:
|EPA Certified: YES
|EPA Efficiency: 81%
|EPA Emission Rating:
|1.33 gms/hr
|Back Clearance: 30"
|Side Clearance:24"
|Rear Heat Shield: Optional
|Back Clearance w/Heat Shield: 7"
| Related Progress Links
Link: Owner Photo Gallery
Link Owner Comments
Link: Progress Hybrid Wood Stove OWNERS MANUAL
| What do we mean by a Hybrid Wood Stove?
Hy-brid (noun): A thing made by combining two different elements; a mixture. Hybrid is a word that is being used more frequently these days. Auto makers are building hybrid gas and electric cars that increase fuel economy. Biologists have created hybrid crops that are more resilient and grow quicker. The marriage of two different technologies or ideas can lead to a product that captures the best parts of its different components. So what exactly is the Woodstock Soapstone Progress Hybrid? What elements have been combined that make this a superior wood stove? These are questions we are asked every day.
The Progress is a true hybrid because it combines a catalytic combustor with a secondary combustion system. Each of these elements is used to reduce wood stove emissions and increase efficiency. Until now, wood stoves have been using either a catalytic combustor or a secondary combustion system to meet EPA emissions standards. Each design is capable of meeting the standards by itself, so why go to the trouble and expense of developing a wood stove that combines these two separate systems? The answer lies in the way each system performs best. A catalytic combustor has the ability to break down the compounds in wood smoke at temperatures as low as 500 degrees F. This allows for more complete combustion (less pollution) at a low to moderate burn rate. The catalytic reaction produces a considerable amount of heat from the wood smoke as well producing a long, clean, and efficient burn. A secondary combustion system requires much higher temperatures (over 1000 degrees F) to break down the same compounds in the wood smoke. These systems work most effectively at higher burn rates. The idea behind combining these two different systems in one wood stove is to capture a clean and efficient burn throughout the entire burn range.
Seems simple, right? The real trick is getting the two different systems to work effectively together and make the stove as simple to operate as possible. Through the long and winding path of R&D we have designed an air damper system that controls both primary and secondary air to the firebox using a single, simple lever. The ratio of primary to secondary air is pre-set so the user does not have to fiddle with separate knobs or levers to fine tune the burn. The Progress will automatically deliver unused secondary air to the combustor at lower burn rates, or allow the air to combine with gases in the firebox at higher burn rates for a spectacular secondary burn. At a medium burn rate, the secondary flames and catalytic combustor alternate depending on the conditions in the firebox. Two different systems, working in harmony, make the Progress Hybrid Wood Stove.
Plus, the Progress Hybrid Wood Stove comes with an easily reversible top or back flue collar, simply choose which works best for your installation!
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This Gut-Healing Ingredient Tastes Kinda Gross — But This Tweak Makes It Delicious
The U.N. warned us: We have 12 years before the damage we've done to the Earth becomes irreversible. Instead of letting reports like this paralyze us, let's use them to empower us. The experts are saying it's going to take a mix of large-scale change AND individual action to save our planet—and we want to help you do what you can. Consider our new series your no-excuses guide to cleaning up your act, one step at a time. Today, we're heading to the kitchen to serve up a simple (and super-healthy) way to cut down on your food waste.
If you want to know how you can become a more eco-friendly consumer, you don't need to look further than your trash can. After all, once you recognize what you're constantly throwing away, you can start looking for ways to use less of it. Chances are, two common stars of your trash pile are food odds and ends and plastic packaging. Today's tip will tackle both!
The problem: 1.4 BILLION tons of food is wasted every year.
The amount of food that's grown only to end up in a landfill is pretty staggering. In developing countries, most food is wasted before it ever makes it to a plate (it goes bad on the farm or spoils on the way to a retailer), but in developed nations like the United States, our kitchen habits are to blame. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, 50 percent of seafood, 48 percent of fruits and vegetables, and 38 percent of grains in the United States are tossed in the trash, oftentimes with the plastic packaging that they came in. Reducing the amount of food you throw away will save you money and time at the grocery store and guilt. Think of it like a game: Every week, challenge yourself to find a new way to use one ingredient you'd otherwise toss, like asparagus stalks or potato peels.
The "This One Thing" solution: Cut food waste in your own kitchen by infusing your vinegars.
Get started with this tip straight from Cooking With Scraps, a new book by food writer and sustainability buff Lindsay-Jean Hard. Check out her recipes for dialing up the flavor of vinegar, the wellness world's favorite gut-healing ingredient, and read the rest of the book for more creative ways to use healthy food scraps in your cooking routine:
It couldn't be easier to make your own flavored versions of this pantry staple: Take your flavoring agent, place it in a jar, cover with vinegar (my default is white wine vinegar), and let them hang out until the vinegar is properly infused (check this by tasting it: Some blends might need only one week; others might need three). Strain the vinegar, transfer it to a clean glass container with a lid, and store in a cupboard or other cool, dark place. Vinegar has an indefinite shelf life, but since it's possible everything might not get strained out of yours, plan for a three-month life span (though it could last longer). Flavored vinegars are lovely in vinaigrettes or sprinkled on any dish that could use livening up.
Herb Scrap Vinegar
Make herb-infused vinegars with lingering herbs on their last legs or the stems from woody herbs like thyme or rosemary. I tend to stick to one herb at a time, but feel free to go crazy and make your own herb blends.
Fruit Scrap Vinegar
Try making fruity vinegars with your fruit scraps: strawberry tops in champagne vinegar, orange peels in apple cider vinegar, little nubs of ginger in either.
Chive Blossom Vinegar
I was introduced to this vinegar thanks to Marisa McClellan's blog, Food in Jars. My love for this vinegar necessitated the addition of chives to my garden, so I'd always have a supply of blossoms. If you don't grow your own, pick up an extra bunch at the farmers market—you'll want enough to make some vinegar for yourself and some to give as gifts.
Ingredients (makes 1 jar)
- Chive blossoms (at least 1 medium-size bundle, but I like to put in as many as I can get my hands on)
- White wine vinegar or other light-colored vinegar, like distilled or champagne vinegar (see Step 2)
- Put your chive blossoms in a jar. Pick a container that you can fill at least halfway with blossoms—I go even farther and fill mine two-thirds to three-quarters full of blossoms. Use a container with a wide enough neck that the blossoms will easily come back out—I use glass canning jars, from half-pint up to quart-size, depending on how many blossoms I have.
- Fill your jar with vinegar. You want to stick with a clear or light-colored vinegar, so you don't miss out on the delicate purple color the blossoms will impart. You can use either a single type of vinegar or a blend. I generally do a mix of part white wine vinegar and part distilled vinegar, but I'm also partial to a blend of mostly distilled vinegar with a small amount of ume plum vinegar.
- Let your jar hang out in a cupboard (or other cool, dry place) for a week or two (stick to two weeks if your jar is only half full of blossoms), then strain the vinegar, discard the blossoms, and transfer the vinegar to a new jar.
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Malloy declares state of emergency
As Connecticut gets ready for Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has declared a state of emergency that gives him broader powers to run the state.
In signing the Declaration of Emergency, Malloy has a number of emergency powers, including the ability to modify or suspend any state statute, regulation, or requirement (for example: altering work hours, waiving licensing requirements, etc.), the ability to order civil preparedness forces into action and the ability to designate vehicle and person routes and movements.
"The forecast path of Hurricane Sandy has convinced me that the signing of this declaration is necessary, and will help us react more quickly and effectively in the event of a serious weather event," said Governor Malloy. "This storm needs to be taken seriously and just as the state is taking preparatory actions, I encourage the public and all of the state's utility companies to do the same"
Metro-North is also making preparations for the storm and may suspend service beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday. In a statement from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a final decision on suspending service will be made on Sunday.
People across the state are already taking action -- by preparing.
A Home Depot employee leaned against a cart holding a generator and looked out at the anxious group of seven or eight shoppers gathered in front of her near the customer service desk of the Stratford store Friday afternoon.
"This is the last one -- just sold it," she said.
John Wilson, a 46-year-old Shelton resident, sighed and asked if the store would be getting any more generators by the time the storm -- a possibly monstrous mix of winter weather that's moving across the country, a frigid cold front coming down from Canada, and Hurricane Sandy, moving up from the tropics -- arrives. A manager at the Barnum Avenue store said she isn't sure whether any more generators will be brought in.
"I guess I'll have to keep looking," Wilson said, moving toward a table labeled "Storm Center," to pick up a few packages of batteries.
Wilson is like many residents of southwestern Connecticut who lived for days without power during last year's two major storms, Tropical Storm Irene in August and the freak October nor'easter near Halloween. And he said he doesn't want to go through that again, so his search for a generator will continue.
Hurricane Sandy -- upgraded again Saturday just hours after forecasters said it had weakened to a tropical storm -- swirled up the Eastern seaboard Friday, heading toward North Carolina. Forecasters said the storm will then take a turn to the Northeast, before likely making an unprecedented swoop back to the Northwest and toward the Mid-Atlantic.
The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood watch for the Connecticut shoreline from Sunday evening through Tuesday. Major beach erosion and widespread is possible along the southwestern Connecticut coast. High tides on Monday and Tuesday will occur mid to late morning.
Experts said the storm could be wider and stronger than Irene, which caused more than $15 billion in damage, and could rival the worst East Coast storm on record. On Saturday morning, forecasters said hurricane-force winds of 75 mph could be felt 100 miles away from the storm's center.
The storm killed 40 people in the Caribbean before taking aim at the U.S.
WTNH Storm Team 8 forecasters said rain will begin Sunday night, with the heaviest rain between Monday and Tuesday. The worst of the winds will be at that time, and will hit at tropical storm force.
"The severity of the storm will depend on its exact track," meteorologist Quincy Vagell said. "Sandy is forecast to cause heavy rains, coastal flooding and strong winds along its path."
The potentially 36-hour weather event could bring 40 mph winds and 7 to 14 inches of rain to the state. The storm is striking along with a full moon and astronomical high tide, leading to a greater risk of coastal flooding.
WTNH meteorologist Steve McLaughlin said the storm will be in two phases, the first will be the tropical storm and the second a nor'easter, that won't bring snow, but will bring more rain and wind.
State and local officials spent Friday continuing to prepare for the storm's arrival.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told state residents to charge cellphones, locate flashlights and fill gas tanks.
Malloy will partially activated the state Emergency Operations Center Saturday morning. The governor will give an update on the storm preparation at 2 p.m. today at the EOC in Hartford.
After a briefing with electric, telephone and cable TV executives on Friday, Malloy said he's confident that the state is better prepared to react to the potentially crippling effects of storms and high winds than it was a year ago.
"Connecticut residents are resilient and understanding," Malloy said. "They know that when a major storm hits, there's every likelihood that there will be some significant problems including, but not limited to, the loss of power, flooding and transportation issues. That's simply what happens when Mother Nature decides to strike."
Electric utility executives, who were demonized and chastised last year for late responses to both major storms told reporters in a joint news conference with Malloy that they are much better prepared than last year.
William Quinlan, senior vice president of emergency preparedness for the Connecticut Light & Power Co., said that arrangements are being made for out-of-state support for line repair and tree removal.
Two thousand line repair personnel will be in the state by Sunday, joining 400 company line workers, he said, adding that the company has requested 1,000 tree workers.
Crews from as far away as the Midwest were on the road already for arrival before the storm hits and will be brought to staging areas, he said, including the Fairfield Hills site in Newtown. One of the big changes will be an increase in communication between the utility and local officials. The company invested $60 million this year in tree trimming and removal to provide clearance for overhead power lines.
John J. Prete, senior vice president at the United Illuminating Co., which serves the Bridgeport and New Haven areas, said the company is prepared for an "Irene-like" event, except the hurricane could well be three times longer than the 12-hour tropical storm of August 2011.
Parts of the state were without power last year for more than 10 days following the October snowstorm, resulting in harsh criticism from residents, lawmakers and Malloy against Connecticut Light & Power, whose customers were hit the hardest. Jeffrey Butler, president and CEO of CL&P, resigned under the public backlash.
Both the Legislature and an investigative panel named by Malloy reviewed the preparedness and reactions of utilities. New laws holding utilities more responsible were passed and CL&P announced a major infrastructure program.
In July, a four-day training exercise prepared local and state officials for the eventuality of another major storm.
"While we don't know what kind of conditions we will be confronting, we are in a better position to confront them nonetheless," Malloy said. "I think that everyone has learned lessons from the last storm and they certainly understand the implications statutorily of their need to recover."
In Bridgeport, Mayor Bill Finch continued to meet with other city officials to prepare for the storm and activated the city's Emergency Operations Center Friday night.
Milford, with the state's longest coastline, is "hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst," Mayor Ben Blake said.
"Our biggest concern is coastal flooding," Interim Fire Chief Robert Healey said. "The city is well prepared."
Blake said the city would know by Monday whether evacuations would be necessary.
Fairfield officials have been monitoring the storm's track.
"We anticipate it will have serious effects on town services and response by emergency personnel, especially in coastal areas," Police Chief Gary MacNamara said.
Deputy Fire Chief Art Reid said, "If it's a direct hit, it could be very similar to (Tropical Storm) Irene, but it's still a day or two too early to call that.
The storm could be life-threatening for boaters and damaging to their docked boats, forecasters said. Police marine unit officers are advising boat owners to remove their vessels from the marina and to tie down any small watercraft, such as kayaks and sailboats.
Up and down the coast, people were cautioned to be prepared for days without electricity. Jersey Shore beach towns began issuing voluntary evacuations and protecting boardwalks. Atlantic City casinos made contingency plans to close, and officials advised residents of flood-prone areas to stay with family or be ready to leave. Several governors declared states of emergency. Airlines said to expect cancellations and waived change fees for passengers who want to reschedule.
New York City began precautions for an ominous but still uncertain forecast. No decision had been made on whether any of the city's public transportation outlets would be shut, despite predictions that a sudden shift of the storm's path could cause a surge of 3 to 6 feet in the subways.
The subway system was completely shuttered during Irene, the first such shutdown ever for weather-related reasons. Irene largely missed the city, but struck other areas hard.
Friday's sunny skies and balmy temperatures made it a good day for a boat ride. But instead of taking his boat for a spin, Rich Vogt was pulling it out of the water for the season at the South Benson Marina in Fairfield.
"I pulled it out a little earlier than usual," Vogt said because of the storm scheduled to blow into the region late Sunday.
"I'd rather be safe than sorry," Vogt said.
Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the forecasting service Weather Underground, said this could be as big, perhaps bigger, than the worst East Coast storm on record, a 1938 New England hurricane that is sometimes known as the Long Island Express, which killed nearly 800 people.
The Asssociated Press and Fairfield Citizen staff contributed to this report.


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text: Let's begin with my core belief about social media: The key to success in social media marketing has little to do with your feature-rich platform, clever branding or well-honed messaging. What then drives success in social media marketing? Content about your product that is contributed by impassioned members of a community that self-populates without the golden hand of the marketing team. The path to a vibrant and engaged b-to-b social network, with a healthy content supply chain, begins with building a community of followers passionate enough to contribute content and stir up conversation about your product or service that motivates others to learn more. That is the best situation to be in—to have your top contributors endorsing and defending you without your prompts. I've been a part of such a community for five years, as a leader of SAP's Digital, Social and Communities marketing team. Our flagship customer community, the SAP Community Network, will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. We have 2 million unique visitors a month and generated155 million page views of content created by 30,000 contributors in 2012. Here's my take on three steps to generating successful social content from and for your community of customers, partners and influencers: Discover. Use a mixture of listening tools like NetBase and Twitalyzer to conduct audience research. (It usually takes more than one tool to get all you need.) Always start by learning what is being talked about, who the most influential voices are and where their virtual water coolers can be found. You'll learn the keywords of the conversation you want to join before you jump in, helping your message resonate with real customer pain points. Create a scoring mechanism to prioritize the influencers who are most valuable to you, then find ways to engage in conversations with them. Connect them with your subject matter experts to give them insights that help them become "in the know" about your products and plans where appropriate. Influencers love gaining more influence and building their reputations, often more than financial rewards (you'd be surprised how true this is). Empower. The biggest amen moment during my comments at the recent BtoB Digital Edge conference in San Francisco came when I said, "Marketers need to create an environment that enables rich information exchange among community members—then get out of the way." We know the majority of social media teams in companies reside in the marketing organization. But I view our jobs as enablers and "conductors." The real task is to get your internal experts (product management, designers, etc.) to talk to customers and influencers about how products are designed to solve business problems. It can be hard to get your experts to be on the front lines of communication. But there are tons of lessons in it for them, too—direct customer feedback for starters. Publish. Here's something that is in the realm of marketing's role in social media marketing—finding ways to highlight the most engaging content on your channels. You can link to popular blogs or discussions in your hosted community, or via Facebook posts or tweets/retweets or LinkedIn comments. Feature links to your most popular blogs in your next monthly newsletter. There are plenty of ways for you to give this organically generated content legs and get more exposure for it. At SAP, we are constantly improving and honing our model to orchestrate our well-regarded professional social network. We could not do it without our 30,000 passionate contributors. That's the priceless part of our equation. Gail Moody-Byrd is senior director of marketing at SAP.