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One of the pioneers of digital technology, Denon has always been considered a trail-blazer when it comes to music. Constantly innovating, pushing the industry forward and winning award after award for it, Denon manufactures everything from recording and DJ gear to mixers and headphones. Because for Denon it's not just about making some new, it's about creating something that will make a difference.
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More interested in a pair of studio-quality headphones? Then you're going to love the top-rated DN-HP1000 Professional DJ Headphones. Featuring flexible 180-degree reinforced swivel joints, dynamic 53mm drivers, and reinforced cable strain relief for enhanced reliability, these high-fidelity headphones offer outstandingly clear sound, perfect for mixing and mastering.
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- Molex Part Number: 0014567089
- Product Family: Ribbon Cable / Wire Trap Connectors
- Description: 2.54mm Pitch SL Insulation Displacement Connector Assembly, Female, Single Row, Version A, Non-polarized, Wire Size 22 AWG, 0.76m Gold (Au), 8 Circuits
- Product Name: SL
- Engineering Number: 70400-3356
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- Circuits (Loaded): 8
- Durability (mating cycles max): 50
- Entry Angle: Vertical
- Flammability: 94V-0
- Material - Metal: Phosphor Bronze
- Material - Plating Mating: Gold
- Material - Plating Termination: Tin
- Material - Resin: Polyester Alloy
- Number of Rows: 1
- Net Weight: 0.713/g
- PCB Retention: None
- Packaging Type: Tube
- Pitch - Mating Interface: 2.54mm
- Plating min - Mating: 0.762m
- Plating min - Termination: 1.905m
- Stackable: Yes
- Surface Mount Compatible (SMC): N/A
- Temperature Range - Operating: -40C to +105C
- Termination Interface: Style: IDT or Pierce
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ALS provides load testing and destructive testing for a wide range of products, with excellent turnaround of results and competitive service lines.
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You will feel right at home when you arrive at Abajaz Motor Inn in Longreach. Hosts Rodd and Liane love taking care of guests with their special brand of country hospitality. On arrival, you'll be shown to your spotlessly clean room. You're sure to appreciate the comfortable beds after a long day of travelling. Save money with great value home style breakfast served to your room. Pets are welcome at Abajaz (by prior arrangement only) and an introduction to the resident Labradors is a must for families.
Planning your visit is made simple with a quick visit to the reception tour desk. Discover the convenience of this centrally located accommodation. Simply follow the walking track to reach Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, Qantas Founders Museum, School of the Air and the town centre. Please enquire about great value attraction passes when you check-in.
General facilities include: barbecue, undercover parking, free wireless internet and Foxtel, swimming pool, guest laundry, pet friendly room, tour booking service.
Reception Service 8am to 7pm weekdays and 8am to 6pm weekends and public holidays.
The double motel rooms have a queen bed and either a single bed or a sofa. Like all rooms it has fridge, microwave, tea and coffee, phone, television and en suite.
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You'll find a full menu of products focused on smart eating, weight loss, MyPlate guidelines, healthy snacking, portion control, fast food alternatives, and more! Motivate wellness and educate staff members about the importance of exercise with tools and incentives that put the focus on fitness. Plus, most items can be customized with your logo or message as a lasting reminder to the community about your care and services. Present these tools and giveaways at health fairs, schools, wellness seminars and weight control programs during National Nutrition Month® and all year long.
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SEATTLE (AP) C.J. Wilcox made a pair of free throws with 3.6 seconds left to help give the Washington Huskies a comeback 74-72 victory over Cal-State Fullerton on Sunday night.
Wilcox, who had a team-high 21 points, was fouled by Alex Harris, just after Harris made a 3-pointer from the right baseline to tie the game at 72.
Husky guard Andrew Andrews also made three free throws inside of 22 seconds to keep the Huskies (4-3) ahead. He finished with 13 points.
D. J. Seeley scored 24 points for the Titans (3-3).
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The approach to conducting the study combined the intense work of a group of associates of the Center for Student Success with iterative reviews of each of the three work products by a panel of faculty with extensive expertise in basic skills. In addition, drafts of each work product were reviewed by Dr. Carole Bogue-Feinour, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, California Community Colleges System Office, and Dr. John Nixon, Vice President of Instruction, Mt. San Antonio College.
In order to establish criteria for "effective" practices, this document adopted a variation of Hunter Boylan's definition of best practice, modified as follows:
Over 250 references, spanning more than 30 years, were reviewed, making this the most comprehensive review of literature in the area of basic skills conducted in California community colleges to date. Study after study by a multitude of researchers confirms a consistent set of elements that commonly characterize effective developmental education programs. These elements can be organized under the broad categories of organizational and administrative practices, program components, staff development, and instructional practices. A total of 26 effective practices emerged under these four major categories and are listed below.
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The Nike Air Max Sequent 2 Men's Running Shoe features an engineered knit upper that's flexible closer to your toe, while lending more support throughout the foot. A Max Air heel unit lends responsive cushioning for miles.
Nike Air Max OriginsNike's revolutionary Air-Sole unit made its way into Nike footwear in the late '70s. In 1987, the Nike Air Max 1 debuted with visible air in its heel, allowing fans more than just the feel of Air-Sole comfort— suddenly they could see it. Since then, next-generation Nike Air Max shoes have become a hit with athletes and collectors by offering striking color combinations and reliable, lightweight cushioning.


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Collaboration specialist Atlassian is using an appearance at the Agile 2012 Conference in Dallas to unveil its GreenHopper project management and planning system.
Logically built to work with the firm's Jira issue-tracking system, Atlassian is championing descriptive terms for GreenHopper including "visibility" and "predictability" as it shines a light on new reporting capabilities for Scrum and Kanban Agile methodologies.
NOTE: The firm's capitalization of its product appears to be potentially superfluous. The product name is not an acronym but rather a truncation of "Gojira", the Japanese name for Godzilla.
Atlassian says that distributed teams can collaborate best if they leverage the visual power of Agile planning. As such, the new product release works with a "single view" digital whiteboard to plan, work, and report on the numerous items in a backlog.
GreenHopper's reporting function is driven by visual indicators to identify scope risk, remaining work, timing issues, and team progress. GreenHopper boards can be created from any Jira project and users can jump between the two with a single click.
According to Atlassian, "The latest release focuses on providing visibility into team performance through sprint retrospective reports, managing work via swimlanes and improving predictability on delivery dates with automated measurement of cycle time. Team Calendars display sprints so teams can plan around schedules. Instant filtering improves team visibility and inline editing lets users make changes on-the-fly."
"This release caps a huge year of innovation for GreenHopper," said Audra Eng, Atlassian's vice president of product management. "It's slick, sexy, and chock full of goodness."
As of today, more than 650,000 individuals at 6,300 companies use GreenHopper as their Agile project management and planning system.


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Kara Walker's Giant Sphinx at Domino Sugar Factory
Kara Walker's 'A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby' transforms the former Domino Sugar Factory with a colossal sphinx in the artist's first large-scale public work. This video originally ran on May 12, 2014.
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-- The Great Plains state is almost a sure bet for John McCain. For the past ten presidential elections, Oklahomans have put a Republican at the top of their ticket.
President Bush got 66 percent of the vote in the 2004 election, and many believe that this home of the American Bison boasts one of the most conservative congressional delegations.
While state polls suggest that voters will likely turn out for John McCain, he only didn't overwhelmingly win the state's Super Tuesday primary, only edging out Huckabee 37 to 33 percent.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. increased its U.S. charitable giving 10 percent last year to $272.9 million, the world's largest retailer said Tuesday, likely defending its position as the country's largest corporate donor of cash.
The rate of growth was lower than a year earlier, when Hurricane Katrina relief helped push the annual rise to 19 percent, but it was ahead of Wal-Mart's 7 percent rise in net profit last year. The company's profit for the fiscal year that ended Jan. 31 was $12.2 billion.
Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart released its annual donation numbers a few days after publicizing its annual bonuses to hourly store workers as it seeks to counter union-led critics by defending its record as a corporate citizen.
Wal-Mart said most of its U.S. giving was in cash, about $250 million, vs. $22.9 million of in-kind donations.
Wal-Mart was ranked the country's top corporate cash donor in 2005 by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, a biweekly newspaper that tracks the nonprofit business. The 2006 ranking is not yet available.
"It's pretty sure that they'll get the same for 2006. They're pretty far and away the highest" cash donor, said Chronicle senior writer Ian Wilhelm.
Corporate giving increased
Most major corporations increased their charitable giving last year as the economy and the stock market remained in good shape, Wilhelm said. Only companies and sectors in financial trouble typically cut back, he said.
Internationally, Wal-Mart said its donations in 13 other countries where it has stores were also up 10 percent, to $28.9 million.
Wal-Mart said U.S. donations went to organizations including the National Teacher of the Year program, hospital aid group Children's Miracle Network, the Salvation Army, United Way and food bank America's Second Harvest.
Wal-Mart said the majority of donations are made at the local level by its 4,000 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores to charities they pick.
"Supporting our local communities is at the very heart of Wal-Mart's corporate giving philosophy. Our stores and clubs are empowered to support the issues and causes that are important to their neighborhoods," Wal-Mart spokeswoman Shannon Frederick said.
Critic isn't swayed
Union-backed critic WakeUpWalMart.com said the increase in giving did nothing to dampen their claims that Wal-Mart exploits its workers.
"Charity is always good, but what is not good is Wal-Mart forcing poorly paid and uninsured workers to depend on charity," WakeUpWalMart.com spokesman Chris Kofinis said.
Wal-Mart has repeatedly denied those claims, defending its wages as competitive and its health coverage as affordable.
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Patients with aortic stenosis often suffer from several co-morbidities, from which renal insufficiency is a prominent one. These patients are denied surgery and may undergo a minimally invasive replacement of the aortic valve, known as trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
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You know how you stare at something for so long that you can't see what's wrong with it?
You know how ForeachMfsFile regularly throws errTmActiveLockConflict errors even though it's suposed to deal with them?
(This also applies to ForeachMfsFileTrans and ForeachTrans)
Well I finally found the reason. All 3 functions contain the code
This is, of course, wrong - it should beCode:if {[lsearch $::errorCode {errTmActiveLockConflict errTmBackgroundHoldoff errFsLockConflict]>-1} {
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Warmer Earth will be drier model predicts
Fingerprinting climate A new study adds to evidence that future warming will produce lower average rainfall around the world, even though Earth's past warming episodes led to more precipitation.
A team of Chinese and US scientists modelled climate data over the last millennium. Their work may help resolve intense debate surrounding palaeoclimatic records and model projections of future greenhouse gas warming.
Writing in the journal Nature, the researchers say global warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions has a different effect on rainfall than warming caused by increased solar radiation.
Warming induced by carbon emissions is expected to accompany a rise in droughts in the future, they say
"Less rainfall (under the greenhouse-gas warming scenario) means on average increasing chances for droughts," says study co-author Bin Wang of the University of Hawaii's International Pacific Research Center.
During the Medieval Warm Period from 100 to 1250 AD, the Earth received more solar radiation than it does today. But the late 20th century was not only warmer than the Medieval Warm Period, it was also drier.
Scientists have long battled to understand the apparent contradiction.
Now they have shown that the two causes induce warming in different regions of the atmosphere, with different outcomes for rainfall formation.
The introduction of heat-absorbing greenhouse gases leads to a narrowing of the usual temperature difference between different layers of the atmosphere - thus a more stable atmosphere that is less conducive to rain, say the researchers.
"For the same increase in temperature, solar heating will induce an overall higher level of rainfall than greenhouse gases," they say.
Solar radiation can be affected by factors like volcanic activity, the level of aerosols in the atmosphere and changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
The study says the estimates for future rainfall are a global average, and do not apply to what is expected to happen locally.
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While the model doesn't give us a "concrete answer" about the climate's future, it does provide an explanation for why we see discrepancies between paleo-records and climate models, says Alex Sen Gupta, senior lecturer at the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.
For example, he says, paleo-records indicate the temperature gradient and the winds across the tropical pacific in pre-Industrial times were stronger, but climate models suggest that as temperatures increase the temperature difference across the Pacific and the winds should get weaker.
"This modelling argument explains why there's this discrepancy - it's because we have a different response of the climate system to solar compared to greenhouse gas forcing," says Sen Gupta, who was not involved in the research.
He says the research could also help "fingerprint" global warming in the future.
"You could say if rainfall is going up at this faster rate then we'd know it was due to solar forcing, if it's going up at this slower rate then we'd know it's going up because of greenhouse gases.
"The problem with that is that we just don't have enough observations to distinguish between the two," he says adding that we will need at least another 50 years of satellite data to back up this modelling.
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Afternoon Tea at The Langham in River North
Afternoon tea at The Langham is, in a word, exquisite. From the moment I step through the hotel's revolving doors, I'm greeted by a gorgeous woman in The Langham's signature Chanel-esque pink tweed, and I instantly feel a little more ladylike. I'm glad I decided to wear heeled leather boots instead of my more comfortable snow boots.
Tea is served in the Pavilion Lounge on the second floor of the hotel, across from the restaurant, Travelle. The crisp whites and soft grey tones of the lounge are punctuated with bursts of colorful artwork and a brown and bronze pebble-like art installation hanging from the ceiling. I settle into my roomy plush seat and enjoy the view across the Chicago River while basking in the glow of the tableside lantern.
The tea selection features 14 teas, with several house blends, and four more reserve teas which are an additional $10. Several of these teas are available in the gift shop next to the lounge. Once I decide upon a house blend rooibos with lavender, rosehip and dried currants and elderberries, menus are whisked away and an amuse bouche is brought to the table. Amuse bouche with afternoon tea? It's a first for me, but I happily sip the spiced apple ginger juice which has hints of mint and lavender and is spotted with passion fruit pearls. These pearls are pretty much passion fruit caviar—tart bubbles to be popped one by one on my tongue.
I'm used to savories and sweets arriving simultaneously on a decadent tower, so I'm a little surprised when the first course of finger sandwiches arrives on its own. I suppose that's one way to ensure I eat some real food before falling into a sugar rush. The tasty coronation chicken salad is tossed with Marcona almonds and black figs. A cucumber sandwich is updated with red pepper butter and cucumber and balsamic pearls (similar to the passion fruit ones in the amuse bouche) and roasted beef tenderloin is topped with truffle remoulade. However, my favorite is the smoked salmon on rye. The bread is soft and fresh and the bits of roasted fennel sprinkled on top add an interesting note of sweet earthiness.
Now, the pastries and warm scones arrive and are placed on a three-tiered tower tableside. I serve myself one each of the tea soaked raisin and cranberry chocolate scones, both quite large, and spread a bit of cream and berry jam on each. These are perhaps the best scones in Chicago—a buttery exterior with just a slight crunch that gives way to a soft interior filled with plump raisins. There are so many raisins I don't even need jam. Just a bit of cream does the trick.
A trio of pastries includes a spiced gingerbread molasses cake, peppermint eggnog verrine, and chestnut dark chocolate tart. The standout is the gingerbread cake, layered with vanilla mousse and currant cranberry jam, then topped with the lightest cognac mousse.
There's live piano music Friday through Sunday, and during my visit I hear everything from Phantom of the Opera ballads to a classical riff on Avicii's "Wake Me Up." The musical style is reminiscent of The Lobby at the Peninsula's live string duet.
Wonderland tea at The Langham will only continue through the end of the year. Come January, a "Downton Abbey" tea menu ($40) will feature Edwardian bites from lobster and tarragon pudding tartlets to raspberry charlotte russe. Thankfully, the scones, my favorite part of tea, remain constant. I'd definitely come back for a leisurely afternoon catching up with an old friend. It's an ideal spot to duck away from dreary or hostile weather and relax.
Before I leave, one last treat awaits. Almond thumbprint cookies with apricot jam and gingersnaps are delivered as a take home gift along with spiced apricot and lemon macarons. If you can't read the tag on the macaron box, it reads "hospitalitea comes in small packages," and this is where The Langham truly impresses me. While the food and ambiance are wonderful, it's the service that's most memorable. Even if I had been wearing my drab snow boots I bet they would have treated me just as warmly.
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I am looking for a Study Bible with an accurate translation, but also not too hard to understand like the King James version. A friend of mine told me that the Geneva Study Bible is very easy to understand and accurate. I don't know much about that Bible. In your letter you prefer New American Standard. Is that version easy to understand? Is the Study Bible in New American Standard helpful? Thanks for your help.
Based on what you have said, I think I would be inclined to commend to you the NIV Study Bible - a basically accurate translation in more understandable English than most with excellent cross-referencing and explanatory notes. You can go on-line and look through the NIV Study Bible offerings (2002 edition) available at ChristianBook.com. Another source for the NIV Study Bible (previous edition, preferred by some) is Bible.com. Or go ahead and get the Reformation Study Bible (NKJV) (known earlier as the New Geneva Study Bible), which can also be ordered on-line from Ligonier Ministries or from ChristianBook.com. (Though its notes may be better than those in the NIV Study Bible and its translation more accurate overall, it may be a little more difficult to understand.)
As for Bible translations, I actually prefer either the New American Standard Bible or the English Standard Version as being - in my humble opinion - the most accurate translations overall based on the best manuscripts, but both the NIV and the NKJV are God's Word, and the Spirit can use either one to build you up in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — The importance of winning over suburban female voters cannot be overstated this election cycle, especially in battleground states like Pennsylvania.
Despite progress toward equality in and out of the home, it's an unavoidable fact that much of the child rearing responsibilities still fall to women in most homes.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both know that and are leveraging these voters' concerns, proposing innovative plans for paid family leave and affordable child care options needed desperately by millions of American families.
When you stack up the Trump and Clinton plans side by side, you see important areas where they converge and sharply diverge.
Maternity Leave
Clinton: New mothers would be guaranteed 12 weeks of paid maternity leave.
Trump: New mothers, who have given birth, would be guaranteed six weeks of paid maternity leave.
Paternity Leave
Clinton: New fathers would be guaranteed 12 weeks of paternity leave (family leave).
Trump: New fathers would not be guaranteed paid paternity leave.
Adoption Leave
Clinton: Adoptive parents would be guaranteed 12 weeks of paid family leave, including straight and same-sex couples.
Trump: Maternity and paternity would not be covered for adoptive parents.
Child Care Expenses
Clinton: Monthly child care expenses would be capped at 10 percent of family income.
Trump: Family could deduct child care costs, based on state averages, from their income taxes until their child turns 13. Families that don't pay income taxes would be eligible for a $1,200 tax credit.
Early Childhood Education
Clinton: Guarantee universal pre-K education for all 4-year-olds. Double investments in Early Head Start.
Trump: No plans for early childhood education have been announced.
Price Tag
Clinton: At least $400 billion, funded through tax increases on the wealthy. More specifics have yet to be announced.
Trump: Maternity leave would be paid through the unemployment fund. The significant cost would be covered, Trump promises, through massive growth in the economy and clamping down on unemployment fraud.
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H.264, MPEG-4 Part 10, or AVC, for Advanced Video Coding, is a digital video codec standard which is noted for achieving very high data compression. It was written by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) together with the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) as the product of a collective partnership effort known as the Joint Video Team (JVT). The ITU-T H.264 standard and the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 Part 10 standard (formally, ISO/IEC 14496-10) are technically identical. The final drafting work on the first version of the standard was completed in May of 2003.
...The intent of the H.264/AVC project was to create a standard that would be capable of providing good video quality at bit rates that are substantially lower (e.g., half or less) than what previous standards would need (e.g., relative to MPEG-2, H.263, or MPEG-4 Part 2), and to do so without so much of an increase in complexity as to make the design impractical (excessively expensive) to implement. An additional goal was to do this in a flexible way that would allow the standard to be applied to a very wide variety of applications (e.g., for both low and high bit rates, and low and high resolution video) and to work well on a very wide variety of networks and systems (e.g., for broadcast, DVD storage, RTP/IP packet networks, and ITU-T multimedia telephony systems).
The Hauppauge HD-PVR is a well-supported high-definition TV tuner for MythTV that produces H.264 recordings.
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Candidates to Duke It Out Over Florida
-- Ah, Florida.
Up for grabs in the Sunshine state are 27 electoral votes -- votes that have been a source of fierce contention in the past.
Fighting for the White House, Democrats last won the state in 1996, though many folks still beg to differ after the famously disputed contest of 2000 between Bush and Gore. Republicans took Florida in 2004, 2000 and 1992.
This time around, late January primaries swept the battleground state into the 2008 election in late January. Now, Florida is seen as one of three states, along with Ohio and Pennslyvania, that is critical to the November 2008 election.
The Republican primary brought John McCain a victory, winning Florida with 36 percent of the vote to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's 31 percent.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., beat out Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, collecting 870,986 votes, or 50 percent, compared to Obama's 33 percent.
Check back to see when ABC News heads to Florida and learn if, and how, the political tide turns for either candidate.


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Toronto reliever looks to build on one of the best seasons of his career
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- It was hard to tell based on results, but the 2013 season was a year-long grind for Blue Jays closer Casey Janssen.
On the field, Janssen enjoyed one of the best years of his career. Off the field was a different story, as the veteran right-hander had to battle almost every single day just to get ready for another outing.
Janssen had offseason surgery on his right shoulder before the season and the recovery took a lot longer than anyone expected. Every day seemed to bring a new challenge even though he would go on to record 34 saves in just 36 opportunities.
"It was a battle," Janssen admitted. "There were days when it felt great and then there were days when it felt terrible, and everywhere in between. There wasn't always a consistent reason for why I felt the way I did, but hopefully that's all in the past and I'm better for it this year. With a healthy season and a healthy offseason, once I ramp up to full speed, hopefully everything is in the past."
Janssen wasn't even expected to crack the Opening Day roster at the outset of last year's Spring Training because of the injury. He appeared in just two official Grapefruit League games but managed to get himself ready just in time to head north with the team.
Once there, he never looked back. The velocity was down but the numbers certainly weren't. Janssen relied on pinpoint command and a wide array of pitches to get through a season in which he posted an impressive 2.56 ERA while striking out 50 and allowing just 13 walks over the course of 52 2/3 innings.
The Blue Jays had to monitor his workload throughout the year, and there were a handful of days he wasn't available, but for the most part it was an overwhelming success. That's a credit to Janssen, because while a lot of other pitchers would have decided to shut it down, he found a way to gut it out.
The prolonged rest didn't come until the offseason and that turned out to be just what the doctor ordered. Just like any other pitcher, Janssen is in the process of working his arm into game shape, but he's finally feeling like his old self.
"I noticed it right away," Janssen said when asked how he felt after taking a break at the end of the year. "I was like, 'man, this doesn't hurt.' I was able to start my workouts at a normal time. I was able to lift the way I wanted to lift and prepare for the season the way I normally do.
"It was noticeable. I was struggling during the season to even do certain exercises in the weight room. It was just a battle, but one thing in this game is no one feels sorry for you. It was the hand I was dealt and I tried to get through it and I'm excited for this year with that being in the past."
There were some initial doubts about Janssen's ability to become a closer in the American League. He's not the prototypical hard-throwing reliever, but throughout the course of his seven years in the big leagues, that hasn't seemed to matter.
Janssen hasn't posted an ERA above 2.56 since 2010 and even then he finished the year strong with a 5-2 record and 3.67 ERA. Despite being the model of consistency, it wasn't until midway through the 2012 season that the Blue Jays finally decided to give him a shot at the ninth inning.
The end result has been just four blown saves in his past 56 opportunities. There are plenty of other relievers around baseball who get more attention, but that rate of efficiency ranks near the very top.
In many ways, Janssen always seems to be overlooked and that also could be said about how Toronto's bullpen entered the 2013 season. The Blue Jays relief corps was expected to be a weakness, but instead became the club's biggest strength.
"I think the front office and other people didn't necessarily know exactly what we had down there," Janssen said. "But we knew we had some talented guys and I think if this group of guys was in the United States and in a big baseball market they would get even more recognized than they have been.
"Obviously (Brett) Cecil and (Steve) Delabar got recognized for their great season by making the All-Star team, but Aaron Loup had a great season, Neil Wagner came in and had a great season. Sergio (Santos) when he was with us, was lights out. So I think we might have been sneaky at times but that's not because of the talent, it's because they're not as familiar names as they could be."
That won't be the case this season as the Blue Jays bullpen will now be expected to pick up right where it ended last year. There are plenty of question marks surrounding the starting rotation but the strength of this team will be preserving leads after the sixth inning.
Even if a couple of the familiar names falter, there's a long list of guys waiting to take their place. It's the most depth the Blue Jays have had in recent memory, and now it's up to the rest of the team to do its part if Toronto has any hope of becoming one of the surprise teams this season.
That's something Janssen thinks can happen even though the Blue Jays are coming off an extremely quiet offseason, with the signing of catcher Dioner Navarro being the only significant addition.
"We need a couple of guys in the rotation to step up and solidify the back-end of the rotation," Janssen said. "I think our offense is legit, I don't think there's a break in the offense. They're going to score runs, it's just whether we can prevent them from scoring as much as we are.
"The players didn't lose the expectations but we need to bounce back. We definitely won't have the record we did last year and if we had a do-over I think we'd win more games by just being more lucky. If it all clicks, everyone knows the type of talent we have and the type of roll we can go on."


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Netflix is a market gold medalistFebruary 11, 2014: 12:55 PM ET
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Remember when Netflix blamed the London Olympics in 2012 for a drop in video streaming? That doesn't seem to be an issue with the Winter Games in Sochi.
Shares of Netflix (NFLX) are trading near an all-time high. The company is continuing to bask in the glow of last month's phenomenal earnings report. If there were a gold medal for stocks, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings would be at the top of the podium.
And according to research from networking equipment company Procera (PKT), there was no impact on Netflix's bandwidth usage Friday night, when the opening ceremonies were being aired in the United States.
It makes sense. The Winter Olympics aren't exactly the ratings juggernaut that the Summer Olympics are. What's more, Netflix is a much different company now than it was a year-and-a-half ago.
Related: Costas' eye costs him a night in Olympic anchor seat
Netflix has made a name for itself with its own content, most notably "House of Cards" -- the award-winning political drama starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright.
And season 2 debuts (thankfully!) on Friday. (Mrs. Buzz and I are making a Valentine's Day date with Netflix.) Who needs ski jumping and the biathlon when you can watch what Francis Underwood is up to as (spoiler alert!) vice president.
But guess what? In the same way that the Olympics aren't killing Netflix, it appears that Netflix isn't killing off other players in the rapidly changing media landscape either.
Consider this. Outerwall (OUTR), the awfully named parent company of Redbox and Coinstar, is also trading near an all-time high. The stock surged last week following a solid earnings report that showed a nearly 40% jump in operating income at Redbox.
Outerwall is still predominantly an "old media" firm, offering DVDs for rental through its Redbox kiosks. But the company is trying to become more like Netflix.
It operates the Redbox Instant video streaming service in partnership with Verizon (VZ). And Redbox also made an interesting personnel move recently that could signal aspirations of getting into the content business as well.
Related: Are Netflix and other tech stocks the new safe havens?
Last week, Outerwall said it hired Mark Horak, formerly president of the Americas at Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, as the new president of Redbox. Warner Bros., like CNNMoney, is owned by Time Warner (TWX).
Speaking of content, there's a little media firm you may have heard of with a rodent as a mascot that's also doing quite well lately. Disney (DIS) is at an all-time high thanks to strong growth at its ESPN unit, and the box office success of "Frozen."
So for all the talk about how the future of media lies in watching streamed videos on tablets or other mobile devices, people obviously still like that analog media experience of watching television in the living room and going to the movie theater.
But it's not as if Disney is shunning new media either. In fact, the company is working very closely with Netflix. Disney's Marvel unit announced last November that it is producing four new series and a miniseries based on Marvel superhero characters that will stream exclusively on Netflix in 2015.
Disney and Netflix also inked a deal in late 2012 that will give Netflix the right to air theatrical versions of new Disney movies after they run in theaters, starting in 2016. That deal covers Marvel and Pixar as well as Disney Animation. Netflix won these rights from cable channel Starz (STRZA).
What's that mean? Say you want to watch Disney/Pixar's "Finding Dory" -- the eagerly-awaited sequel to "Finding Nemo" that's due to hit multiplexes in the summer of 2016 (not fast enough for Buzz, Jr.) -- on TV after its theatrical run. You'd better get a Netflix streaming subscription. It won't be on cable.
Related: Disney workers try to get more pay, better benefits
Both of these deals are brilliant moves on the part of Netflix. Despite critical acclaim for "House of Cards" and other exclusive series such as "Orange is the New Black" and "Lilyhammer," Netflix's allure isn't solely due to its own content. It only has a handful of original shows.
Subscriber growth hasn't just been fueled by Netflix's own programs. It's also about being able to binge watch shows that have already aired on cable TV like "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men." Netflix needs big media firms like Disney as much as Disney needs Netflix.
And the fact that a Netflix competitor and a major media company that supplies content to Netflix are also at record highs is a clear sign that Netflix is not the only game in town. The world of "new media" is still evolving. I haven't even mentioned Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN) or Hulu for example.
Winning a silver or bronze in this market is nothing to be ashamed of. There is plenty of money to go around for companies in the business of making and distributing content.


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In my recent series on motion, I defended the thesis that motion is a causal phenomenon and that, as a result, we are moving in an immense, crystal-like lattice of energetic particles. No lattice = no motion. My claim is that, when we fully understand the properties of the lattice and how it interacts with normal matter, we will enter an age of essentially unlimited clean energy and extremely fast travel. In The Problem With Motion, Part IV, I explained why the lattice is 4-dimensional and why the discreteness of motion means that there is only one speed in nature, the speed of light. In this post, I introduce what I call particle-centric (as opposed to observer-centric) physics. I describe a few essential properties of particles and I argue that all motion occur along fixed or absolute axes.
Be the Particle
I think the entire observer-centric approach to physics is hopelessly boneheaded. It can only scratch the surface of what is really out there. The truly foundational and powerful stuff remains forever beyond its reach. What is needed is a particle-centric physics, that is, one that models reality from the point of view of particles, so to speak. Why? Simply because the universe could not give a rat's ass about observers. Come to think of it, where did that observer-based reality nonsense come from anyway? It's another one of those things that infuriate me about physics.
To truly understand why a particle behaves in certain ways, a physicist must take the place of the particle in his or her mind and imagine the types of properties and interactions that are needed to cause the particle to behave the way it does. "Be the particle!" should be the physicist's main motto. Consequently, as the particle, one must ask oneself pertinent questions such as: Why should I move? Why should I move in this particular direction? And why should I move at that particular speed? Only by asking why-type questions will we gain a deep understanding of the universe.
Bodies and Wings
A throrough understanding of particle behavior calls for building a model that describes the properties and interactions involved in making it happen. My research has led me to conclude that every particle must have at least one of two types of energy properties. I call these properties body and wing (I'll explain my choice of terminology in a future article). You can think of bodies as mass energy and of wings as kinetic energy. All particles have wings but some have both bodies and wings while others have no body. Here are a few essential principles that govern bodies and wings.
- The total energy of a particle (body + wings) is conserved. That is to say, it stays the same always, whether or not the particle is moving.
- Body energy can be transferred to the wings and vice versa.
- A particle is at absolute rest if its entire energy is contained in its body.
- A particle moves at the speed of light if its entire energy is contained in its wings.
Applicability of Newtonian Physics
The first principle in the list above is the reason for the familiar Newtonian principle of the conservation of momentum. The first and second principles together imply that using a Newtonian force to accelerate a particle does not change its energy. It only transfers some energy from its body to its wings or vice versa. Newtonian physics works adequately only at ordinary speeds. At those speeds, only an exceedingly small fraction of a particle's total energy is contained in its wings. Consequently, it is safe to assume that the mass (body) of a particle is invariant in most situations. By contrast, at half the speed of light, a particle's body and wings contain equal amounts of energy. Newtonian equations would not work properly at that speed because the particle's mass is only one half its original or rest value. For now, forget about the relativist nonsense according to which the mass of a body increases toward infinity as it approaches the speed of light. I'll get back to this in an upcoming post.
Lattice Particles
I have a special name for lattice particles but I cannot reveal it at this time, as it would disrupt my long-term strategy. Let's just call them LPs for now. The main difference between an LP and an ordinary particle like the electron is that the former has no body (no mass) while the latter has both body and wings. An LP only has wings and, as a result, moves at the speed of light. Previously, I wrote that every particle must have three wings, one for each dimension of ordinary space. Actually, I should have said three pairs of wings or six wings altogether. Each pair consists of a positive wing and negative wing. Why? Because there are two directions for each dimension.
I also wrote that all particles in the entire universe are moving at the speed of light in the fourth dimension. One would think that a fourth pair of wings is needed for motion in the fourth dimension and one would be only partially right. The reason is that the motion of the universe along the fourth dimension is special. It's special because it cannot be messed with, that is, it must happen no matter what and it cannot miss a beat. In a future article, I will explain why this is directly connected to gravity. I know, mysteries are piling up. But lattice physics is not about creating mysteries but unraveling old ones.
The Absolute Axes of the Universe
A dimension is not a property of space. Space (distance) is an illusion of perception. It is a useful but abstract concept that we use for navigation. It helps us to make sense of the relationships between objects. The idea that there is some space that is extrinsic to particles and in which they move, is one that is dead on arrival. I explain why elsewhere. A dimension is a degree of freedom, or separation. It is an abstract concept. It is a means by which the universe can determine whether two particles are either together or separated and, if separated, by how much. This is important because this is how the universe can tell whether or not there has been a violation of a conservation principle.
A 1-dimensional universe is one in which every particle has one and only one positional property. A universe with four dimensions means that particles have four positional properties. A discrete universe means that there are only discrete dimensions. In other words, all motion occurs along fixed absolute axes. Consequently, and in contrast to the relativist's lame denial of absolute directions, any technology that purports to tap into the lattice for energy production and propulsion will have to identify the absolute axes of the universe. As I will explain in a future post, this will be an essential requirement of all lattice-based propulsion systems.
In Part II, I will go over particle interactions. I will explain why there are four types of lattice particles and why they travel at the speed of light the moment they are dislodged from their original positions in the lattice. I will also have a few things to say about particle decay and, especially, the reason behind the probabilistic nature of decay. As it turns out, all interactions (hence, motion) are probabilistic.


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The only difference between Socialism and National Socialism is the snappy uniforms. - Logan "Aside from ending Slavery, Fascism and Communist World Domination, War has never solved anything! ""For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute! But it's "Savior of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot." - Rudyard Kipling "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."---George Orwell "Always Remember-All Lessons in Life are Expensive.....and the last one costs you everything you have." - Logan" Socialism is just Communism without a Dictator....and you can always find a Dictator!" - Logan "An Armed Man is a Citizen. An Unarmed Man is a Subject. Subject to anything anyone wants to do to him." - Logan "Without the Second Amendment there is no First Amendment...or Third or Fourth or Fifth....or 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th or 27th!" - Logan Peace is not the Absence of War. Peace is the Absence of the Opportunity for War. True Peace comes through Superior Firepower. - Logan Socialism is a University Induced Mental Illness - Logan
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Stoner 3rd in final race of MotoGP career
Miserable weather ensured there was no fairytale swansong for Australian MotoGP rider Casey Stoner.
Two-time world champion Stoner on Sunday marked the end of his stellar career with a third-placed finish, his 69th career podium, at an incident-packed Valencia MotoGP.
Dani Pedrosa, who started from pole, won the season-closing race in Spain that eight riders failed to complete.
Stoner said persistent rain at the 4km Comunitat Valenciana track had been a source of frustration over the weekend.
"I took the easy way out today by starting on wet tyres and to be honest, I was scared of crashing in these conditions," Stoner said.
"There were a lot of crashes today and it was difficult.
"I put on slick tyres but my eyes were dinner plates as I didn't want to take my bike off the dry patch.
"I didn't want to take any risks out there ... it's hard for me to ride like that, I'm usually very free and open."
However, on the whole Stoner was happy with the final chapter of a career that has netted an extraordinary six successive Australian MotoGP wins, and 38 race wins since joining the circuit full-time in 2006.
"It's fantastic to end (my career) this way. A big thanks to everyone, to my supporters all these years, there are a lot worse ways to go out," he said.
Stoner's Honda team marked the end of their rider's career with a sign hanging over the track wall saying: "Going fishing".
Stoner is retiring at the age of 27 after winning the MotoGP title with Ducati in 2007 and triumphing in 2011 with Honda.
Earlier in the week, Stoner said he "lost respect for the championship" and that he doesn't like the way it's headed.
"The problem is not my passion, it's the passion which is missing on the circuit, the one I found as a kid and which made me commit to the sport all these years," Stoner told www.panorama.it earlier in the week.
"There are many reasons why I'm quitting - one day I will explain everything."
Although only 27, Stoner says he is happy to spend more time with his wife and daughter Alessandra Maria.
Spanish Honda rider Pedrosa was followed across the line in Valencia by Yamaha's Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Stoner.
Pedrosa managed to avoid any mishaps to clinch his seventh win of the season to end up with 332 points in the riders standings, in second behind Jorge Lorenzo on 350, with Stoner bowing out in third place on 254 points.
Lorenzo, who clinched the world title last time out in Australia, crashed out with 17 laps of the race remaining.
Pedrosa had won pole position in Saturday's qualifying, but opted to take the pit-lane start penalty for a last-minute change of tyres due to a rain shower that slicked the track.
The Spaniard made quick work of the field to steer his Honda into second place before moving first when Lorenzo went off his Yamaha after hitting a wet patch with 17 laps to go.
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.... and you may well have noticed from the absence of any new posts ...that I have moved on to something new and exciting.
This has been fun while it lasted but it is time to move on.
My partner and I have a mutual love for "vintage" and rummaging through the myriad of stalls and antique markets for that something special. We combined that with both our love to "create" and have struck a single cord: we have decided to take a leap and start our own home grown: "cottage industry" by recycling and repurposing retro furniture and accessories .
The upcycle vibe is strong at the moment and we want a piece of the pie.
Each piece is unique: so far we have sourced 50s furniture and have added an industrial meets modern vintage twist to each creation.
We also source curios and I work on small porcelain and ceramic pieces giving them a modern twist and a new purpose.
My only remaining link to my Frockanrolla roots will be the collection of vintage silk scarves that I have sourced and "sassed up" with patches and trimmings...basically giving them a kick up their vintage asses!.....stay tuned for photos...
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There are four types of court orders that address domestic violence. Each of these is slightly different, as discussed in the table below:
If you have a court order, it is important to remember:
The Order of Protection and Anti-Harassment Order forms and instructions are available in the Clerk's Office. Forms are also available online.
Benton County now has an Ex Parte Docket Daily 1:30-3:30
Protection Orders will be reviewed at this time by the Court
Please review the Daily Schedule for the assigned courtroom
Order of Protection
Restraining Order
Anti-Harassment Order
No Contact Order
Civil Order
Civil Order
Criminal Order
Any person who is a victim of domestic violence or fears violence by a "family or household member." (Persons who are married, have been married, or have a child in common, adult persons who are related or who reside(d) together and persons 16 years and older who have been/are dating.)
Married persons or persons with a child in common who are filing for divorce, legal separation, custody, or to determine parentage.
Persons who are seriously alarmed, annoyed, or harassed by conduct which serves no legitimate or lawful purpose. Person does not need to have a relationship with the person harassing them.
The Court may issue a "no contact order" within a misdemeanor or felony case filed by the Prosecuting Attorney to prevent a defendant from contacting a victim or witness.
Prohibit contact of any kind.
Remove abuser from shared residence and prohibit from entering.
Give temporary custody of children and set visitation schedule.
Order abuser into treatment/ counseling.
Can be tailored to individual needs.
Can do all that an Order for Protection does. May also order child support, order maintenance income, assign property to either party, and establish temporary child custody or use of family home or restrains one party from contacting another party or disposing of assets, etc.
Prohibit harassment and contact of any kind.
Restrain party from coming within a specific distance from petitioner's workplace, school, residence, etc.
Prohibit contact of any kind while criminal case is active and can be a condition of sentencing. Protects a victim while waiting for trial.
Can be obtained in district, municipal, or superior court. The court will review the paperwork and grant or deny a temporary emergency order effective for up to 14 days. The other party is served with the petition, notice of hearing and temporary order. A hearing is scheduled within 2 weeks at which time the court may deny the petition or grant an order effective for up to one year or more.
Forms and instructions are provided by the Clerk's Office.
Can be obtained in superior court as part of a family law action such as a divorce, legal separation, custody action or paternity determination. A temporary restraining order can be filed at the time of a civil petition and signed by the judge effective until the preliminary hearing. Many persons obtain attorneys to represent them for this process. The county prosecutor or attorney general, when involved in paternity actions, may request a restraining order on behalf of the child.
Can be obtained in district or superior court. Person files a petition which involves filling out paperwork. After reviewing your petition the court may grant or deny a temporary emergency order effective for up to 14 days. The other party is served with the petition, notice of hearing and temporary order. A hearing is held within 14 days at which time the court may deny the petition or grant an order effective for up to one year or more.
Forms and instructions are provided by the Clerk's Office.
By requesting the Prosecuting Attorney to seek the no contact order in the criminal proceeding filed against the perpetrator. (In some jurisdictions, orders are issued via the police or jail.)
There is no cost to petitioner.
There must be an existing action (dissolution, separation, paternity, etc.) filed. There is no additional fee for a restraining order in that case.
Filing fee is $53.00 in superior court. Additional costs can include copy, service and local surcharge fees. Fees may be waived.
No Cost
Mandatory arrest if abuser violates "restraint" provisions or enters a residence where prohibited from entering. Possible criminal or contempt charges.
Violator may be arrested. Possible criminal or contempt charges.
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31 artists...31 days. Spend every day of March with me at The Altered Page to meet the 31 spotlight artists in my book The Pulse of Mixed Media: Secrets and Passions of 100 Artists Revealed. See their beautiful faces, read their 'quirky' bios written in their own words, see some of their art that led me to invite them to be a part of my book, and hear my story of what they each mean to me. Then click on over to their sites and see what they have to say about The Pulse of Mixed Media.
I look at every piece as an experiment, an exploration and also a collaboration between my artistic journey and the mixed media.
I am going to continue this wandering forever.
Just hand me a crayon in the nursing home, please. I will help you reach your destination.
One of the marks of being an artist is creating a body of work that is truly unique and recognizable as the artist's own. To me, Karen Cole fits this description to a tee. She has created an incredible series of artworks using a fascinating technique that involves copper sheeting, found objects, stitching and paint. I have seen her work in person and its intricacy, detail, and dimension is truly extraordinary. Somehow her pieces take on a sense of history and feel almost like relics or artifacts from another age.
I have had the pleasure of meeting Karen on a number of occasions, the most memorable of which was spending an afternoon in 2010 wandering around an exhibit of Alselm Kiefer's work at the Gagosian Gallery in NYC. Sharing that astonishing exhibition with Karen, with both our jaws on the floor and our fingers on our shutter buttons, was a special experience. I get to see Karen again later this month at my artists panel at The Ink Pad. I am hoping that on that day that I have opportunity to see her mixed media work again.


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Neighbor dog is out.
Maybe you didn't HEAR me. OMG THE NEIGHBOR DOG IS OUT!!!
Even though it's been out every day for the past year and a half, THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE AND I MUST INVESTIGATE!
Whoops! Clumsy dismount. The judges will be deducting points for this one.
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The "Verdi" drop octagon wall clock was made from 1877 to 1893. From 1877 to 1885 it was made with a Welch, Spring and Company label; after that it had an E. N. Welch Manufacturing Company label. The case is rosewood veneered, 31 inches long, 12 inch dial (11 inch minute track).
This example has an 8-day time only movement driven by two mainsprings. The mainsprings are the original thick, roughly finished springs. They are in good condition and provide plenty of power to operate the clock. They are narrower than standard 8-day mainsprings, only 3/8 inch wide. They are quite thick, 0.022 inch.
The escapement is a club tooth deadbeat (or semi-deadbeat, as there is slight recoil during locking). The escapement was patented by B. B. Lewis on August 31, 1870, patent number 106,843.


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India successfully test fires Dhanush missile
Balasore: India successfully test-fired nuclear capable Dhanush, the naval version of Prithvi short-range ballistic missile, from a warship off Odisha coast today.
The indigenously developed naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic missile has a strike range of up to 350 km and can carry 500 kg of conventional or nuclear warhead, a DRDO official said.
"Dhanush was test-fired from a naval ship off Odisha coast at around 1125 hours," Ravi Kumar Gupta, Director in the Directorate of Public Interface in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) told PTI over phone.
Describing the trial as fully successful, Gupta said the test was conducted by the strategic force command (SFC) of the Indian Navy. "The trial was a complete success and all the mission objectives were accomplished," he said.
Developed by the DRDO, the missile is about 8.53 metre in length and 0.9 metre in diameter. This single stage missile uses liquid propellant.
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Gary 'Chief' Mcintosh died several days after suffering a heart attack while visiting his grandson, Gavin Lance, at Shepherd Spinal Center in Atlanta where Gavin is recuperating from a traumatic brain injury.
Although obituary information is incomplete, family members report visitation will be held Saturday, September 28 from 6-8 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home.
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About the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering
The University of Akron's School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering was inaugurated in July of 1988 by combining the Department of Polymer Science, then in the Buchtel College of Arts and Science, with the Department of Polymer Engineering, then in the College of Engineering.
The school is organized for teaching and research at the graduate level, granting M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in either Polymer Science or Polymer Engineering. The organization includes complementary research centers and facilities with instrumentation and support staff, which generally provides a research focus for the department faculty and graduate students. The department chairs report to the dean. The program is the largest and broadest in the U.S., dating from 1909, and is recognized as being among the world's best.
Its traditional strengths in new polymer synthesis and their manufacturing processes which compound, shape, and assemble polymer products, have been complemented in the past two decades by computational simulations, morphological, surface and optical characterization, as well as a number of added specializations, such as new, federally funded programs in nanotechnologies and photonics that have permitted a much stronger focus on active polymer devices and assemblies. Our faculty members have generated more than 160 active patents. Licensed technologies have been commercialized worldwide.
The 146,000 sq. ft. Goodyear Polymer Center incorporates eight large polymer synthesis groups with specialized labs for all categories of synthesis. It also contains supercomputer computer simulation and modeling capabilities, molecular and morphological characterization labs, surface analysis facilities, a microscopy suite, a clean room, and thermal analysis and mechanical properties testing equipment. The 32,000 sq. ft, Polymer Engineering Academic Center is an office and teaching facility, incorporating the Akron Global Polymer Academy's (AGPA) headquarters. The center is connected to the Sidney L. Olson Research Center, a 70,000 sq. ft. facility that includes advanced laboratories for coatings, compounding, blending, extrusion, film blowing, blow molding, biaxial stretching, filament winding, and fiber spinning as well as specialized processing equipment. Morphological and thermal characterization labs along with mechanical testing and eximer laser facilities are included. The Akron Polymer Training Center is an 18,000 sq. ft. facility that houses classrooms, computer and processing laboratories for workforce training and non-credit course offerings.


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Chris Benz Spring 2013 | Runway
Chris Benz Spring 2013
Chris Benz Spring 2013
Chris Benz used his Spring 2013 collection to make a few important introductions: he unveiled a handbag collaboration with The Cambridge Satchel Company, showed off jeans from his new CB Denim line, and affirmed that he's lowering his price points to appeal to a wider audience.
How do all of these new initiatives affect the clothes themselves? To the untrained eye, they don't. Spring for Benz is still as vibrant, multicolored, and pattern-mixed as his previous collections, proving that his visually rich aesthetic can be accomplished with less.
Inspiration, curiously enough, came from the idea of the zombie apocalypse. But these clothes weren't the blood-spattered costumes you'd see in The Walking Dead or 28 Days Later. "I wanted it to be pretty in an off-putting way," Benz said. He achieved that through layering vibrant graphic printed shorts and jackets with floral dresses and blazers, or putting sheer lace dresses over jeans, or covering whole looks with a lurex shirt or an oversize neon knit cardigan. Afghan blankets affixed with gigantic orange, brown, and yellow paillettes were an equally quirky accent. Could they mean a home collection is coming around the bend? We wouldn't doubt it. After all, in Benz's world, more really is more.


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Serious Reads: The Art of the Restaurateur, by Nicholas Landers
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It's a given that many of you reading this review are, ahem, serious eaters. As such, you probably eat in restaurants a fair amount. Whether they're new hot spots or your favorite local diner, many serious eaters enjoy spending money and time eating out. Frequently we laud the chefs behind the delicious food on our plates and thank the wait staff for personalized service. But less often recognized are the brains behind the whole operation: the restaurateurs who invested the time, money, and emotion in opening and growing a successful eatery.
Nicholas Landers, the restaurant critic for the Financial Times, pays homage to the men and women behind the scenes of some of the world's great restaurants in his book The Art of the Restaurateur. A former restaurateur himself—at L'Escargot in Soho—Landers appreciates the energy and investment required of restaurateurs. Opening even one restaurant can be all-consuming, and many of the entrepreneurs in this book have opened several.
Landers interviews high-profile restauranteurs around the world from Joe Bastianich and Danny Meyer, both restaurant moguls in the U.S., to Juli Soler of El Bulli in Spain, to Marie-Pierre Troigros of Maison Troisgras in France. These successful individuals often share similar experiences and insights. Whether they came from a restaurant family or broke into the business, they frequently started their flagship eateries with little cash and only a dream of what the place could and would become. They chose chefs and staff who could propel their vision forward. They placed chefs in the spotlight while often preferring to stay behind the scenes, managing personnel and food quality, eating anonymously in their own establishments as often as possible.
One of my favorite profiles is of Maguy Le Coze, the powerful woman behind Le Bernardin in New York City. Many casual eaters would probably assume that Eric Ripert, the restaurant's famous chef, owns the place. But Le Coze has run Le Bernardin restaurants for over four decades—a feat that marks her, according to Landers, as "the only female restaurateur to have run a restaurant at this level for so many years." She has taken on Ripert as a partner and the two of them remain at the forefront of French cuisine.
The Art of the Restaurateur is a substantial book. Telling the stories of so many restaurants and interesting people takes many pages. But to break up the narrative, there are beautiful line drawings sprinkled throughout the chapters to illustrate how each restaurant is decorated. These illustrations added a playful and humanizing element—appropriate for a book that strives to show the real human faces behind several dozen culinary institutions.
About the Author: A student in Providence, Rhode Island, Leah Douglas loves learning about, talking about, reading about, and consuming food. Her work has also been featured in Rhode Island Monthly Magazine.
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Which hats are you wearing today?February 6, 2020 12:00 am
Knowing there are so many different things you must be the master of in order to be a fantastic real estate agent makes me grateful for partners like you in the business. But I honestly don't know how you juggle everything sometimes.
If you think about it, to be truly successful as a Realtor, you have to be the following every day:
- Psychologist – This may be your most important role. It means keeping people calm, intervening when a couple doesn't agree and managing stress levels for all parties.
- Architect/Interior Designer/Landscape Architect – This requires being able to see the potential in a home and sharing ideas in a way that helps your buyers realize their future in a property is a rare gift!
- Marketer – From writing a good listing description to engaging across social media channels to updating your website and blog, everything in marketing falls to you. Plus, there's marketing the listing in general across all platforms.
- Salesman & Negotiator – This one goes without saying.
- Photography & Video Specialist – Whether you hire this out or manage on your own, you have to know how to create something visually appealing.
- Home Stager – In this role, you are aka the Careful Clutter Commander and seer of all potential.
- Paperwork Master – There are so many things to sign and organize!
- Communicator – Between texts, calls and emails, you have to be at the top of your game every day.
I know I left some off the list. What do you think I missed?
The good news is that when it comes to their mortgage, your customers are in great hands. I hope I prove that each and every day with my commitment to making your job a little easier and preparing our homebuyers for things they will need to do in a timely fashion.
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