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MOSCOW, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev discouraged reinstating daylight saving time even though lucrative broadcast rights for the Olympics are at stake.
While he was president, Medvedev decided Russia should abandon daylight saving time, meaning that during the winter many people wake up, go to school and work and return home, all in the dark, The New York Times reported Friday.
If daylight time is not reinstated, the airing of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics would be off by at least an additional hour compared to the rest of the world. This is a particularly significant difference for much of the rest of Europe, which would be either 2 or 3 hours behind Russia during the Games, the report said.
The closer the two times, the better for broadcast rights in Europe worth billions of dollars if the Games are broadcast during prime time, the Times reported.
"The government finds a new correction of time in the current period unadvisable," Medvedev said, preferring to preserve the change he made in 2011.
The International Olympic Committee said it has not officially asked President Vladimir Putin to reinstate daylight saving time, but did ask Russia's Olympics planning team to consider the issue.


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Email announcements to firstname.lastname@example.com. Deadline is Thursday at noon. Photos welcome.
Saturday/Sept. 8
Metabolism Boost. 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. In this seminar you will learn how to fuel your body, fire up your metabolism, and get the most from your exercise program. At The Women's Club Fitness Center and Day Spa, 14175 Sullyfield Circle. Pre-registration required; call 703-817-0700 or email email@example.com to reserve.
Sunday/Sept. 9
Volunteers for Change Orientation. 12-1 p.m. Volunteers for Change invites community members of all ages to attend an orientation where volunteers can choose from more than 50+ monthly community service projects throughout Northern Virginia. At the Volunteer Fairfax Office, 10530 Page Ave. Register for the next orientation at 703-246-3895 or email email@example.com.
Wednesday/Sept. 12
Metabolism Boost. 7-8 p.m. In this seminar learn how to fuel your body, fire up your metabolism, and get the most from your exercise program. At The Women's Club Fitness Center and Day Spa, 14175 Sullyfield Circle. Pre-registration required; call 703-817-0700 or email email@example.com to reserve.
Sunday/Sept. 16
Troop 1983 Eagle Scout Project, Senthil Kannan. Noon- 4 p.m. Bikes for the World Used Bike Collection. Donate your used bike (and bike parts) to make a difference in someone's life. A $10 donation along with a donated bike (both are tax-deductible) covers shipping and handling, and the donation will help reduce landfill waste. REI Fairfax in Fairfax Corner, 11950 Grand Commons Ave. Contact Senthil at firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit www.bikesfortheworld.org.
Monday/Sept. 17
Republican Women of Clifton. 7 p.m. Featuring Artur Davis, former Alabama Democratic Congressman and now Virginia Republican, as the speaker at the club's meeting at the Centreville High School Media Center. Members and guests are invited to the social hour, when refreshments will be served. President Marianne Gearhart will open the business meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Classes. St. Veronica Catholic Church, 3460 Centreville Rd. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Wednesday/Sept. 26
Local Grants. If you have an idea or project to improve the quality of life in your neighborhood, Fairfax County is now offering up to $5,000 in matching grants to make your community a better place to live. The grants are available to neighborhood or civic groups, homeowner's associations or nonprofits through the Neighborhood Enhancement Partnership Program (NEPP). Applications are due by Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. Contact Rachel Robinson, Fairfax County Department of Administration for Human Services, at 703-324-5639, TTY 711.
Volunteers for Change Orientation. 6-7 p.m. Volunteers for Change invites community members of all ages to attend an orientation where volunteers can choose from more than 50+ monthly community service projects throughout Northern Virginia. At the Volunteer Fairfax Office, 10530 Page Ave. Register for the next orientation at 703-246-3895 or email email@example.com.
Congregation Yad Shalom, located in Centreville, Virginia, provides a variety of activities in a traditional format with a modern flair. We welcome interfaith couples who wish to participate, and openly invite inquiries about a range of programs offered for the entire family. Contact the Congregation at 703-579-6079, or visit www.yadshalom.com.
The Chantilly Academy Auto Technology and Auto Collision Repair classes are looking for used cars as donations to the program. Contact Ann Booker at 703-227-3041 or Kenny Brown at 703-222-7466.
Northern Virginia Neighbors Club. A non-profit organization offering an opportunity to meet new friends. Activities include book clubs, card games, crafts, fitness, gardening, mah jong, needleworks, rummoli, theater and more. Meet members at one of the monthly luncheons, coffees or mixers. Email email@example.com.
Community Choir. A community choir is coming to Clifton and is looking for people of all ages to join. This choir will be about making music fun again. The music selection will range from folk to modern to pop, and all styles in between. Email email@example.com.
The Stuart-Mosby Civil War Cavalry Museum at 13938 Braddock Rd. is now open, Saturdays and Mondays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Docents and additional volunteers needed, plus people willing to donate or loan artifacts. Call Don Hakenson at 703-971-4984.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Northern Virginia Connections groups are free, bi-weekly recovery support groups for adults living with mental illness. Second and fourth Tuesdays 12-1:30 p.m. Chantilly Library (conference room), 4000 Stringfellow Rd. Contact: Janette at 703-631-2410 or email@example.com
Senior Fall Prevention Classes are held in a heated indoor pool and are designed to work on balance and core muscles in order to prevent injuries and falls. Classes are held Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 1:30-2:30 p.m.; Mondays and/or Fridays from 2-3 p.m. at The Woodlands Retirement Community, 4320 Forest Hill Dr. Registration required. Call 703-667-9800 to register, space is limited. Cost is $10 per class.
Fair Oaks Parkinson Support Group for people living with Parkinson's disease, caregivers and family, meets on the fourth Saturday, from 10 a.m.-noon at Sunrise at Fair Oaks, 3750 Joseph Siewick Dr. Free. 703-378-7221. www.ParkinsonFoundation.org.
Parkinson Aquatic Exercise Classes for people living with Parkinson's disease and caregivers meets 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, The Woodlands, 4320 Forest Hill Dr. People living with Parkinson's $10, caregivers $5. Registration required. Sonia Gow 703-378-7221.
Colonial Dames. Are you a lineal descendant of an ancestor who lived and served prior to 1701 in one of the Original 13 Colonies? If so, the John Witt chapter of the Colonial Dames of the XVII Century is looking for you. As a Dame you will help educate your community about the importance of the Colonial Period in American history, participate in patriotic activities, learn about heraldry and its role in our ancestors' lives and research your family history. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
DAR. Membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) honors and preserves the legacy of one's Patriot ancestor. Any woman is eligible for membership who is no less than 18 years of age and can prove lineal, blood-line descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence. Admission to membership is by invitation through a Chapter. Interested in learning more? Contact the Lane's Mill Chapter at firstname.lastname@example.com
New Neighbors League Club (NNLC) of Northern Virginia is looking for women who are new to the area, looking to reconnect, or just interested in meeting new people for fun and friendship. Visit www.newneighborsvirginia.com or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Visit the TASC Toastmasters Club and learn how membership can help one succeed. Improve communication skills. Be more effective in meetings. Get a point across more concisely. Meets Wednesday afternoons from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Northrop Grumman Building, Conference Center Drive, Chantilly. Contact Adim Okwudishu at 410-227-0177 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit www.tasctoastmasters.org.
Donate used bikes to make a difference in someone's life. Bikes For The World works with partner charities in developing countries who train and hire local people to recondition bikes and distribute them to individuals in need of affordable transportation. A $10 donation along with your donated bike covers shipping and handling, and your donation will reduce landfill waste. Contact Senthil at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.bikesfortheworld.org.
The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area, a non partisan organization that is concerned with election processes, voter participation and civic engagement, is welcoming new members. All women and men interested in civic affairs are invited to join the group. Visit www.LWV-Fairfax.org. or call 703-658-9152.

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Windows password recovery
Every once in awhile, I will come across a computer where a person just changed their password and now dont remember what they changed it to. In the past I was able to just delete their password file and we would go on our merry way. Microsoft however realized that this was a possibility and released a patch that started making windows look to make sure the password file was signed by a security ID and it was registered in the registry. I then had to come up with a new way to get a person back into their system without rebuilding. I came up with this method for recovering their password.
First, before I get started, I will introduce you to some of the terminology I will be using:
SAM this is the Security Accounts Management file (the password file in windows)
SID the Security Identifier
Windows live this is a version of Windows XP that runs completely off of a CD. I made it using Bart PE, and will eventually be writing a HOWTO for this later.
NTFSDOS another way to read a NTFS file system without having to learn Linux (for those who dont know how to use Linux)
First you are going to want to start by making either a Windows Live CD or NTFSDOS boot floppy because either one of these will let you read the NTFS file system. NTFSDOS will only let you have read-only access unless you decide you want to pay way too much for the product. Windows Live is completely free, and can be downloaded in a zip file that is less than 1 MB in size.
Next, you will want to boot off of one of these discs that you made, and go to c:\winnt\system32\config (or c:\windows\system32\config) and copy the file named SAM to a floppy disk.
Once this process is complete you will want to download a program that lets you get a PWDUMP file from a SAM file. I recommend SAMInside since from there you can export the hashes to a file and recover the passwords from there.
This final step can be either the hardest or the most time consuming depending on which way you choose. You could either brute force the hashes, dictionary attack, or you could use rainbow crack. A Dictionary attack will definitely be the quickest, but if the password is complex, it will most likely not be in the dictionary. I will go into detail with brute forcing, with rainbow crack, I will tell you how to use it, but there is another tutorial about it and I will probably write more later on how to make a rainbow table library quickly and easily.
Finally if you are going to brute force/dictionary attack the hashes I recommend L0phtCrack 4 or John the Ripper. They seem to be the best out there at the moment, and easy to use. The method I am going to describe is for L0phtCrack because it is the one I have used the most. All you have to do is import the hash file (and specify a custom dictionary if you want) and start it up.
If you are going to use Rainbow crack, then you have to have the rainbow tables (which do take forever to generate, but I have generated the 18 GB version in a month, so I know it can be done). Once you have these tables, you type into the command line rcrack *.rt -l hashfile.txt. It takes about 11 minutes for me on a P4 2.3 GHz with 1 GB RAM and an 18 GB rainbow table.
Once either of these methods are done you will have an output with passwords. You can then log in and change the password back to something that they can remember.
**NON-DISCLAIMER** I am not giving this information out in order to promote illegal activities. I am not responsible for what is done with this information


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Coffing WR 2 Ton Wire Rope Hoist 22 ft Lift 21 fpm Motorized Trolley
Availability: In stock
Regular Price: $7,426.30
Special Price $6,127.68
Capacities & Lift
Rated loads from 1/2 to 5 tons, with lifts from 15 ft. to 70 ft. based on models. Standard push button drop is 4 ft. less than lift.
Voltages & Motor Options
115/230 (single phase); 230/460, 208, 220/380, 575 (three phase) 60 hertz or 50 hertz. Two-speed motors available (3 to 1 speed ratio).
Reeving Options
WR Models are available with 2-part standard; 4-part standard; True Vertical Lift; and Low Headroom options.
Suspension Options
Hoist can be Lug, Plain, Geared, or Motorized Trolley mounted.
Adjustable Limit Switch
Regulate upper and lower load travel. Stainless steel and brass components provide exceptional repeatability and positioning.
Oil Bath Transmission
Gears are precision machined of alloy steel and run in an oil bath for longer, quieter operation.
Small Frame Design
Features housings of cast aluminum alloy construction for minimum weight. Engineered and designed for use with motors up to 1 HP.
Large Frame Design
Features load bearing housings of ductile iron construction for maximum strength. Non-load bearing housings of cast aluminum alloy for minimum weight. Engineered and designed for use with higher torque 2 and 3 HP three phase motors.
Machined Steel Drum
Precision grooves are machined to a depth 50% of the wire rope diameter.
VFD Option
Under-the-cover Variable Frequency Drives offer In-field, instant programming - from infinitely variable (12:1 speed ratio) to any intermediate, predetermined speed range. VFD's can also be externally mounted to Motorized Trolley Units.
All 3 phase hoists ship configured to 460 voltage unless otherwise requested.
|Freight Status
|Call 1-800-509-6131 for Freight Quote.
|Trolley Type
|Lift Capacity
|2 Ton
|Lift Height
|22 ft.
|Electrification Type
|Three Phase
|Lift Speed
|21 ft./min.
|Manufacturer Part Number
|Traversing Speed
|Product Brochure
Jib cranes are the most cost effective and versatile type of lifting equipment. They are great for use in production lines to keep machining cells, workstations and warehouse production moving. Jib cranes also work well to aid larger overhead crane systems. Jib cranes are easy to install and cost effective, with less structural limitations than other material handling options.
Follow these basic guidelines to help you choose the correct jib crane for your application:
Capacity: Choose a capacity that is right for current and future lifting needs. Most of the available options at JibCranes.com, up to 5 tons, include a 15% allowance for the hoisting equipment. This allows for full use of the rated jib crane capacity.
Span: Choose a span that is adequate to cover the full work area. Keep in mind that hoist and trolley selection may reduce the end approach, limiting hook coverage and requiring a move to a larger span.
Hook Height: The hook height is the height needed to lift your material. This measurement is equal to height under boom minus the headroom of the hoist and trolley.
Rotation: Jib cranes, depending on their design, have between 180° and 360° of rotation. Be sure that the area of installation is free of obstructions throughout the full range of rotation. Rotation stops are available upon request to limit the range of rotation.
Supporting Structure: When selecting a jib crane be sure to take into consideration the supporting structure. Building structures must be able to support the forces of the jib crane and load. Please, consult with your building designer or an engineer if uncertain of the adequacy of supporting structures. Also, keep in mind that the foundation requirements of freestanding jib cranes will add additional costs.


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Sapphire HD4830 512MB Review
By ajmatson -
Call of Juarez is a DX10, first-person shooter set in the Wild West of the late 1800's. The game is inspired, in part, by the movies of the Wild West genre of the seventies and eighties. The game can be played in both single player and multiplayer modes. The game focuses on realistic graphics and gameplay designed to take advantage of the latest video cards on the market.
Video Settings:
- Details: High
- Shadowmap Size: 2048x2048
- Shadow Quality: Normal
- Anti-Aliasing: MSAA x4
Just look at the scores. Even though it is behind it is performing very well.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Bieber, Emma Stone, Tyra Banks and Josh Duhamel are honoring teens who give back to their communities.
Nickelodeon announced Tuesday that each star will pay tribute to a teenage volunteer at the fourth annual TeenNick HALO Awards. The awards are presented to young people who are "helping and leading others."
Nick Cannon, who created the awards show, will serve as host and executive producer. The awards are set to tape Nov. 17 at the Hollywood Palladium and will air as a 90-minute special on Nov. 19.
The four honorees come from across the country and range in age from 16 to 19. One started an organization to help outfit low-income teenage girls. Another makes and distributes gift bags for breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.


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Special Meeting eAnnotated AgendaApril 02, 2013
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District 1 – Linda Maio
District 5 – Laurie Capitelli
District 2 – Darryl Moore
District 6 – Susan Wengraf
District 3 – Max Anderson
District 7 – Kriss Worthington
District 4 – Jesse Arreguin
District 8 – Gordon Wozniak
Preliminary Matters
Roll Call: 5:33 p.m. Councilmember Moore absent. Councilmember Anderson absent. Councilmember Anderson present at 5:39 p.m.
Public Comment – Items on this agenda only: 8 speakers.
From: City ManagerContact: Jane Micallef, Health, Housing and Community Services, 981-5400Action: Presentation made and discussion held.
Action: M/S/C (Capitelli/Maio) to adjourn the meeting.
Vote: Ayes – Maio, Anderson, Arreguin, Capitelli, Wengraf, Worthington, Wozniak, Bates; Noes – None; Abstain – None; Absent – Moore.
Adjourned at 7:17 p.m.
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Akeley Hall of African Mammals
The Akeley Hall of African Mammals showcases large mammals of Africa. At the center is a freestanding group of eight elephants, poised as if to charge, surrounded by 28 habitat dioramas. These provide a unique glimpse of the diverse topography of Africa and its wildlife, from the Serengeti Plain to the waters of the Upper Nile to the volcanic mountains of what was once the Belgian Congo.
As in all of the Museum's habitat dioramas, each scene is a re-creation based on the meticulous observations of scientists in the field in the early 20th century and the on-site sketches and photographs of the artists who accompanied them. They feature animals set in a specific location, cast in the light of a particular time of day.
In some instances, represented locales became national parks or wildlife sanctuaries. For example, Carl Akeley—the naturalist, explorer, photographer, sculptor, and taxidermist who first conceived of this hall in 1909 and collected many of the specimens for it—successfully petitioned the King of Belgium to create the first national park in Africa.
The African elephant is the largest living land mammal. Both male and female African elephants have ivory tusks.
Considered the most social of cats, lions live in prides that consist of one or more males, several females, and cubs. While a male lion consumes an average of 5,500 pounds of meat a year—mostly wildebeest, zebra, and antelopes—females do most of the actual hunting.
As a hunter, Theodore Roosevelt was concerned about the wanton destruction of animals in the wild. "More and more, as it becomes necessary to preserve the game," he wrote, "let us hope that the camera will largely supplant the rifle."
Rhinoceros means "horn-nosed." For millions of years, black rhinos have used their magnificent horns for protection against lions and other predators, as weapons in territorial disputes with other rhinos, and as tools to dig for mineral salt.
Gorillas may weigh as much as 450 pounds, and large males may measure nearly 6 feet tall when standing. Gorillas have never been observed drinking in the wild. They spend the day feeding on leaves, bark, stems, and fruit, getting the water they need from their moist food.
As the world's largest bird (ostriches can stand up to 8 feet tall and weigh 340 pounds), the ostrich is also one of the most adaptable. The ostrich lives in a variety of environments in southwest Africa and has developed a complex social structure while having shed the ability to fly.
A favorite among Museum visitors, the Water Hole diorama teems with wildlife in search of water in the Guaso Nyiro River Valley in Kenya. Spot the giraffes, Grévy's zebra, Beisa oryx, Grant's gazelle, the olive baboon, and herds of elephants.


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Matt Drudge Levels the Political Playing Field
When I was growing up, the political news came to us primarily from ABC, NBC, and CBS. They had a monopoly on the airwaves. These television news agencies were terribly predictable. They would promote the liberal agenda….and twist the conservative message into something that it wasn't. That was pretty much all we had back then when it came to politics and television.
Then along came cable television and FOX News....and suddenly there was a breath of fresh air where we started to hear both sides of the story. To this day, FOX News lives up to their reputation of being "fair and balanced." Conservatives, independents, and liberals know where to turn today if they want to hear both sides of the issues.
When the internet arrived on the scene, we had an explosion of information and perspectives. Of all the online news outlets, there is one today that stands out because of its volume of visitors and its determination to show us things that the mainstream media attempts to "keep under wraps." The Drudge Report always seems to have its finger on the up-to-the-minute pulse of the political world.
The Drudge Report is the second most popular political website (behind The Huffington Post) with over 14 million estimated visitors in the United States each month. Matt Drudge began this site in 1997. It is an innovative approach that provides links to news all over the web. One study last year said The Drudge Report drives more traffic than Facebook and Twitter combined!
This informative resource is a great example of professional journalism. It gives people the pertinent information and allows the reader to make up his own mind. Years ago, the news anchors of ABC, NBC, and CBS were skilled at trying to make liberal ideas sound warm and fuzzy. Today, the mainstream media continues to charge down that tired course….but they have lost much of their audience to FOX….and to the The Drudge Report….and to other websites that are not afraid to go against the tide of the liberal news establishment.
The news anchors of the mainstream media are a different breed than Matt Drudge. They simply push liberal policies. Matt, on the other hand, is passionate about getting us the whole story....rather than the liberal spin. He has been recognized as "the kind of bold, entrepreneurial, free-wheeling, information-oriented outsider we need far more of in this country." Come to think of it, there have been many people in the history of our nation who were seen as "outsiders," and yet they accomplished much more than most of their peers put together....especially when many of their peers were "cookie-cutter liberals."
News is about getting the whole story to the people....rather than spinning the message in a way that favors liberal causes. This election is once again providing many examples of the mainstream media promoting their liberal agenda. If it wasn't for The Drudge Report and other outlets that give us the whole story, we would feel like we were back in the days when I was growing up. Those "dark days" of hearing only one side of the story are thankfully a thing of the past in America.
Ronald Reagan said, "No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size." Something similar could be said of the media elites. "Few in the mainstream media ever reduce their liberal spin in an attempt to be fair and balanced." This is why America needs The Drudge Report and FOX News. We need all the facts. We need to know why the liberal way isn't working. We need to know what has happened and continues to happen in America and around the world when liberal policies are implemented. When open-minded people are able to compare the fruit of liberalism to conservative values, the majority of Americans land on the side of conservative values. It's just that simple.
That is why the simplicity of The Drudge Report is so apropos. There are no "middle-men" messing with the message like we see with ABC, NBC, and CBS. When middle-men are needed at places like FOX, we benefit from the insights of commentators like Charles Krauthammer for example.....without the spin of men like Dan Rather. Refreshing insights vs. liberal spin....that is the difference between The Drudge Report and the mainstream media.
At the end of the day, do you need someone to tell you what political path to follow? Or are you wise enough to know the truth when you hear it? There actually is no need for a liberal to fear The Drudge Report. Matt is simply doing what you know to be pure journalism without the spin. So go ahead and applaud his efforts, even if you are a liberal. We won't tell anyone. This nation you enjoy is a free country in part because of warriors like him.
If you would rather live in a communist country, no one here will try to prevent you from moving there. Go for it....live out your dreams in a land where The Drudge Report would be shut down and the free exchange of ideas would be kept from the populace. That's really what you want, isn't it? That is why you feel such underlying anger toward The Drudge Report and FOX News. Deep down, you don't like their free exchange of ideas. You want only your liberal ideology to be presented to the people. It's kind of like presenting the theory of evolution to children without also presenting the facts of Creationism.
That is what makes Matt Drudge in the present so different from the likes of Dan Rather in the past. It's a whole new world out there when it comes to political journalism. Matt isn't telling us what to believe....he is simply getting us connected to the facts so that we can make wise and informed decisions. Back in the 70's and 80's, the whole story was rarely reported on the television news programs. Today, it is only a click away....or in the case of The Drudge Report....about 3 million clicks a day!
There are obviously millions of Americans who have been eager for decades to know both sides of the story.


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SanDisk: Yargh, nobody does SD-cards bundled with phones anymore
Damn you, with your capacious embedded blower storage
We thought the flash storage market was booming, but even so SanDisk came within a whisker of making a loss in its second quarter as revenues of $1.03 billion tumbled 25 per cent annually and 14 per cent compared to the first quarter.
The profit was just $13 million, compared to $114.3 million the previous quarter. Revenues fell $176 million from the first quarter and profits fell $101.3 million, as SanDisk was caught out by events and couldn't or wouldn't react fast enough. What went wrong?
Recent SanDisk quarterly revenue and profit history
Nothing much according to Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO:
"We delivered second quarter results in line with our forecast, reflecting short-term weakness in our mobile OEM sales, strength in retail, especially in international markets, and growth in our enterprise and client SSD products … SSD revenues achieved 10 per cent of second quarter sales with growing adoption of our solutions by major OEMs. We also made good progress on our embedded product roadmap for mobile customers. We believe that strengthening industry fundamentals and our expanding portfolio of solutions will contribute to improving financial results in the second half of 2012."
Yeah, yeah, but this lousy second quarter comes after a first quarter that was lousy too, with revenues falling to $1.2 billion from the preceding quarter's $1.58 billion and profits dropping to $114.4 million from $281 million. Revenues have dropped $556 million in two quarters and profits $268 million.
Come on guys. This is starting to look bad.
In the earnings call, Mehrotra said:
"In the second quarter, as we discussed previously, the bundled card opportunity with handset OEMs continued to decline due to a combination of OEMs reducing their … costs and increasing their mix of embedded flash smartphones."
SanDisk is building up its embedded business to take account of this:
"Overall, we are driving aggressively towards reinvigorating the growth of our embedded business and are encouraged with the success achieved so far."
In the SDD area it has customer qualifications, and PCIe flash-wise OEM shipments have begun. It's got some Ultrabook flash design wins but Ultrabooks sales are not booming. In essence it's late to the mobile phone embedded flash party, and its PCIe and Ultrabook flash product sales are not ramping fast enough to compensate.
Looking ahead Mehrotra said:
"We now forecast lower industry supply growth for both 2012 and 2013. This is the result of the industry slowdown in capacity growth, a continued slowdown in technology transition and a longer deal of technology nodes driven by OEM requirement … [and] we look forward to improved performance in the second half of 2012 and beyond."
The third quarter revenue forecast is a rise to $1.2 billion +/- $50 million. They'll be praying it happens. ®


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Robbie Keane scored two more goals and Mike Magee kept up his playoff heroics as the LA Galaxy moved within 90 minutes of a record eighth MLS Cup title-game thanks to a 3-0 rout Sunday evening over the Seattle Sounders.
Keane scored in first-half stoppage and again in the 67th minute as LA opened a huge advantage halfway through the Western Conference final. They can absorb a two-goal loss in the second leg next Sunday at CenturyLink Field in Seattle and advance to the Dec. 1 MLS Cup final, where a rematch with of last year's championship against the Houston Dynamo, a 3-1 winner over D.C. United in Sunday's opener in the Eastern Conference final, seems likely.
Keane's goals were his third and fourth of the playoffs, following the pair he scored Wednesday night to oust San Jose in the Western semifinals, and gave him 17 MLS goals (18 in all competitions) since July 23. Magee's strike, in the 64th minute, was his third of the postseason and sixth in his last eight playoff games.
The Galaxy pulled away following a first half that, most of the way, was a tight stalemate played primarily between the boxes and nearly devoid of chances. Both teams found paths to their opponents' box but couldn't do much beyond that, with fine showings from both backlines.
But Keane scored in the first minute of first-half stoppage, beating Adam Johansson to nod home Landon Donovan's chip from the endline at the left post after a bit of clever build-up play.
It came from a counterattack, naturally, with Sean Franklin playing a ball into Seattle's box from the right flank. Christian Wilhelmsson got a touch around Jhon Kennedy Hurtado to Donovan, who eluded Jeff Parke to get in a little cross for Keane to finish.
LA finished off the Sounders with two goals in a four-minute span midway through the second half.
Magee made it 2-0 to finish a counter that started with David Beckham playing the ball forward to Keane inside Seattle territory. The Irish striker played the ball wide to Franklin on the right flank, and his cross into the box found Magee alone in front of the net. Magee's first-time shot left goalkeeper Michael Gspurning no chance.
Keane got the third three minutes later, after Donovan's shot from the top of the box was deflected by Johansson, bounding high toward Wilhelmsson near the right post. The Swedish winger had position on Zach Scott, chested down the ball, then poked it toward the left post under pressure. Keane raced in to knock it into the net.
Both teams were missing their big strikers, at least to start. Galaxy coach Bruce Arena left Edson Buddle off his 18-man game roster, ostensibly because of the short turnaround following the midweek game, but Buddle had left practice early Saturday, gingerly walking off the field. Eddie Johnson, still working toward full fitness following groin and calf injuries, started on the bench after playing the full 90 in Thursday's Seattle win at Real Salt Lake and came on for Fredy Montero after Magee's goal.
LA might have had two more, but Gspurning made a fine save on Marcelo Sarvas in the 71st and Parke cleared a slow-rolling Donovan shot as it neared the goal line in the 76th.
The Sounders had a pair of penalty shouts off a pair of handballs, one in the first half and one in the second, but neither was whistled. This is the second time in two years they've dropped a first leg by a 3-0 score, as last year in the Western semis they fell into a 3-0 hole at Real Salt Lake before nearly rallying back with a 2-0 win at home.


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Teambox & Box Team to Target SharePoint
Its lightweight collaboration widgetry will now come with 15GB of free Box file storage per user
By: Maureen O'Gara
Dec. 20, 2012 09:00 AM
Teambox, a four-year-old cloud computing company headquartered in Barcelona with offices in the US, thinks it can redefine collaboration and business communications by teaming up with Box.
Its lightweight collaboration widgetry will now come with 15GB of free Box file storage per user.
It's free for up to five users, five projects or 15GB of Box storage. Beyond that, pricing starts at $5 per user per month for unlimited storage. Discounts are offered for annual and two-year subscriptions and large teams.
What it's peddling is a unified cloud platform for collaboration, communication and business applications that's supposed to result in increased productivity and faster project completion times for teams.
It claims it's the only vendor to enable organizations to integrate their own file-sharing services and web-based applications and become a single "dashboard" to run all business communications.
Teambox and its customers say e-mail and Microsoft's SharePoint are no longer viable options for project management.
In their place Teambox is offering a cloud-enabled way for teams, working out of the same building or thousands of miles away, a streamlined means of group communications.
The company, which it says it is seeing 1,000% growth a year, says the Box bundle delivers enterprise collaboration. Box won't have the Teambox collaboration.
The cloud collaboration platform is already used by more than 150,000 customers worldwide - including 1,700 paying customers - and the comp0any reckons it will get more popular with the Box storage. It's targeting companies of all sizes.
It claims it'll bring greater control over content to joint customers.
It says it's gotten dozens of early adopters, including Hulu, EMI Music, the United Nations, Warner Music, AirBnb and BVBA Compass Bank. It already counts BP, the World Bank and Groupon as users.
EMI, for one, complained that SharePoint - called old and dated and not designed for mobile or the cloud - and e-mail weren't fluid or comprehensive enough for its fast-paced operations to be truly effective. What's more other tools weren't nearly as simple or intuitive to use as Teambox.
EMI also wanted more security and recently implemented Box.
Teambox says businesses are losing control and facing escalating data security risks due to employees storing critical material in third-party services because of the increasing consumerization of IT in the workplace. Companies also have compliance concerns.
It offers auditing and usage reporting to improve compliance; two-way file syncing between Teambox and Box; and access and sharing of content from any device.
Its APIs make it easy for developers and third-party applications to integrate with Box and provide end users with a suite of services that furthers business productivity.
There's a Teambox-Box trial at https://cloud.box.com/signup/o/teambox.
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Dr. Nathan Myhrvold founded Intellectual Ventures (IV) in 2000 after retiring from his position as chief strategist and chief technology officer of Microsoft Corp. During his 14-year tenure at Microsoft, Myhrvold helped spearhead many of the company's most successful products and founded Microsoft Research.
Today, Myhrvold is focused on building a market for invention, where inventors realize the value of their ideas. Under his leadership, IV manages one of the largest and fastest growing intellectual property (IP) portfolios in the world, with more than 40,000 assets and more than $6 billion in total committed capital. IV's investors include many of the world's most innovative companies and renowned academic and research institutions.
Myhrvold earned a postdoctoral fellowship from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University while working with Professor Stephen Hawking on research in cosmology, quantum field theory in "curved spacetime" and quantum theories of gravitation. Prior to Cambridge, Myhrvold earned a doctorate in theoretical and mathematical physics, and a master's degree in mathematical economics from Princeton University. In 2005, in recognition of his distinguished career, Princeton awarded Myhrvold the James Madison Medal, the university's highest honor for alumni. Myhrvold also holds a master's degree in geophysics and space physics, and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Myhrvold is an avid inventor himself and holds hundreds of issued patents.
Myhrvold is an accomplished author having co-authored and published the acclaimed five-volume, 2,438-page cookbook Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking (2011), Modernist Cuisine at Home (2012) and The Photography of Modernist Cuisine (2013). Many of his academic essays are published in leading scientific journals, including Science, Nature, Paleobiology, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and Physical Review. He has also authored numerous essays on the tech industry, bio-terrorism and climate change for Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, TIME and National Geographic Traveler, among others.
Currently, Myhrvold serves as an affiliate research associate of paleontology at both the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, and at The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Mont., where he funds and participates in paleontological research and yearly expeditions. Myhrvold is a member of United Way's Million Dollar Roundtable and is a regular contributor to local Seattle arts and education nonprofits. In 2000, he partnered with Paul Allen and pledged $1 million to the SETI Institute to fund the development phase of the world's most powerful telescope – the Allen Telescope Array.


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== Informational ==
This page lists the status of KDE4 on Solaris; for KDE on Solaris instructions on getting KDE4 on Solaris see the other Techbase page.
While Solaris 10 is getting a bit dated, there is one nice thing about building current software on it. Almost nothing conflicts. If it does, then it's something that's done once, and it doesn't pop up again. Unlike SXCE/Nevada/OSOL, where the list of dependencies is changing bi-weekly. I find that just too annoying for words. Another reason, is that for the most part, stuff from Sun's JDS project or the Spec Files Extra project can be prototyped in very quickly, so the benefit of the initial port work is already done. Solaris 10U8 has 64-bit libraries for libssl and libcrypto, which has been a bit of a blocker, and with the addition of a 64-bit libusb library, there shouldn't be much that can't be built.
Due to a year of neglect, there are some new dependencies that are going to need to be done for Solaris 10. In the short term, we are going to use mysql-5.1 from webstack, until we decide whether we back port the mysql-5.1.37 which is in the opensolaris SFW tree. We are using this version because the 4.x version in Solaris is old, and only has the 32-bit libraries.
Ruby18 is also part of Webstack, so we'll use that until we decide that we'll backport the ruby18 that is also in the opensolaris SFW tree.
The following list is the growing set of dependencies that is being migrated from the old DUDE tarball structure, to complete spec files. Any upgraded spec files can be easily recompiled to the original by just changing the Version or src_ver variable. This is done to retain compatibility with the original 4.1.4 release that was done.
There are several sets of modules which require a circular dependency build to effect all the functionality. gettext requires libiconv, but libiconv requires gettext. So we build gettext, then libiconv, then remove gettext and rebuild it again with libiconv support, then rebuild libiconv support with the real gettext support.
The intention of this showstopper list is to provide more detail and context for what we consider showstoppers for getting KDE4 on Solaris shipped. It doesn't correspond to the Release Team's list, at least not until we get a lot more Solaris mindshare. Each showstopper should have a name, a KDE Bugzilla entry and a long(er) description.
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In a konsole tab, you can break the link between the shell / session / tab output and konsole itself, so that nothing gets printed anymore. To reproduce this problem, you need to either hit ^C at an inopportune time (there's plenty of that) or produce an unusual output pattern. Here's a long-winded way of looking at the ^C issue:
Here is a way of breaking the link without ^C but by producing a not-very-special output pattern. You need to have the C compiler installed:
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Enjoy an amazing American musician in one of America's most magnificent settings: the Biltmore Estate.
Cherl Crow's show is the first installment of the Biltmore Concert Series, a group of live music events taking place at the Biltmore each August.
Stunning views of the Biltmore House and the Blue Ridge Mountains make this a perfect locale for a concert under the stars!
Cheryl Crow will be kicking off the series this weekend on August 4, 2013 at 8 p.m. Known for her free-spirited, fearless and fierce style, Sheryl Crow has garnered nine Grammys, performed duets with musical luminaries such as Sting and Mick Jagger and has released seven studio albums, selling more than 35 million records worldwide. From humble beginnings as a jingle and back-up singer, Crow has reached the level of stardom which most musicians only dream about. Her songs include "All I Wanna Do", "Soak Up The Sun" and "Everyday Is A Winding Road."
Biltmore Concert Series
See the full lineup below so you can decide which weekend you would like to attend.
- Casting Crows ~ August 16
- The Temptations & The Four Tops ~ August 23
- The Beach Boys ~ August 30
- Comedian Bill Engvail ~ August 31
Buy tickets online at the Biltmore website. Ticket prices range from $45 – $70, depending on the show.
Lodging for the Biltmore Concert Series
Our Inn is less than a mile from the Biltmore Estate! We have two rooms available in the B&B for the Cheryl Crow show – the Carolina Room and the Library Room. The Carolina is a second story room with a fireplace. The Library is a bright room with lots of shuttered windows and bookshelves on the first floor.
For The Temptations and Four Tops on August 16, we have our Magnolia Room and Tiffany Rooms available. The Tiffany Suite is a very private room at the back of the home with a King size bed. The Magnolia Guestroom is inviting as well as gracious, located on the second floor with a soaking tub in the private bathroom.


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McIlroy, Woods head Player of Year ballot
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AFP) –
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods were among five players nominated Monday for the PGA Tour player of the year award that will be voted on by their peers.
Northern Ireland star McIlroy is the clear favourite after leading the tour with four wins, including an eight-shot victory at the PGA Championship.
He also won the Vardon Trophy and the US money title. The world number one also claimed the European money title, joining Luke Donald as the only players to top the earnings list in both Europe and the United States.
Woods captured three US PGA Tour titles this year. Also on the ballot are FedEx Cup champion Brandt Snedeker, Masters champion Bubba Watson and Jason Dufner.
The five candidates for rookie of the year are John Huh, Sweden's Jonas Blixt, Charlie Beljan, Ted Potter Jr. and Bud Cauley, the only rookie contender not to win this year.
Huh is the only rookie who qualified for the Tour Championship.
PGA Tour members who played in at least 15 official money events in 2012 are eligible to vote, with the results to be announced in early December.


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Get ready to catch this best seller from Toomey's! These classic throw beads are crafted on a 33" strand with 7mm purple, green, and gold global beads: the standard colors of the Mardi Gras season. They're bright, colorful, and can bring life and spirit to your festivities, whether it's a Mardi Gras party, parade, birthday, company party, holiday or other event. These work great in any type of craft project. Available in bags of 12 dozen or cases of 60 dozen.
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This vertical cone blender easily handles all types of materials, including powders, solids, pellets, and grains, to deliver quick and precise mixing of batches in a single vessel with no segregation during discharge. Available in either a central shaft or orbiting arm configuration, these designs do not have a bottom bearing support, thereby eliminating any dead spots or difficult areas to clean, and allowing for full bore open discharging of the product. Discharge of the material is fast and simple. Other design features allow the user to inject liquid or gas ingredients into the batch at the bottom of the vessel, or for more intense mixing a sidewall mounted lump breaker can be incorporated. This design also lends itself to fast CIP cleaning.
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Adnams Brewery
Adnams Brewery was first started back in 1872 by George and Ernest Adnams when they bought the Sole Bay Brewery. (An Interesting fact about the founders of Adnams, is that George Adnams wasn't fond of his new life in Suffolk so he moved to South Africa where he was later eaten by a crocodile). While Adnams are best known for their beer and pubs they also have hotels and their own brand of hand crafted spirits in the Adnams portfolio.
The Adnams brand heritage is long and well respected with them producing brilliant products from Adnams Broadside to Adnams First Rate Gin. While Adnams always looks back at their history in pride they are always looking to improve and move forward with new products and projects.
Since the 1970s, Adnams brewery has been growing in size as well as improvements to their brewing equipment which is continually updated to make sure they only produce high quality beer for their customers.
Of course one thing that everyone recognises with the Adnams beers is the iconic ribbon logo which was introduced to us all in 1999.
Over the years Adnams Beers have many awards including the Star of Excellence in Brussels in 1953. They also won the Challenge Cup for their beer at the Brewers Exhibition beating a huge 755 other companies back in 1953 and 1954.
In recent year the Adnams Company has seen many changes, including the building of their Adnams Copper House Distillery. This has allowed them to produce Adnams Gin, Vodka and Absinthe some of which have won trophies at the international wine & spirits competition.
This year Adnams are bringing in lots of new equipment including refrigeration equipment and waste tanks. The introducing of new equipment is part of a project to bring extra tanks into the brewery to help with their kegging line.
Adnams Broadside£2.48 by the case: £29.04
Adnams Explorer£2.18 by the case: £16.96
- Adnams Ghost Ship
- Adnams Jack Brand Dry Hopped Lager
- Adnams Jack Brand Innovation
- Adnams Jack Brand Mosaic Pale Ale
Adnams Lighthouse£2.09 by the case: £24.36
Adnams Southwold Bitter Can£1.99 by the case: £46.32
Adnams Tally-Ho£1.88 by the case: £21.96
- Adnams Wild Hop Amber Beer (BB Date End 10/18)
Adnams Jack Brand Crystal Rye IPA Can£1.88 by the case: £43.92
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A year ago, the excitement bubble over LSU recruiting slowly collapsed like a cake that lost its lift.
First, Dutchtown's Landon Collins picked Alabama over LSU, then Alabama beat LSU in the BCS national championship game.
Hot shot quarterback Gunner Kiel switched commitments from Indiana to LSU to Notre Dame, prompting a frustrated LSU coach Les Miles to question the measurables of his chest. And the final flat tire: Torshiro Davis' signing day flip from LSU commitment to Texas signee.
Going into Wednesday, National Signing Day 2013, LSU is hoping to avoid such negative drama — and generate a few excitement bubbles of its own.
At the top of LSU's list is the player at the top of everyone's list: Logansville (Ga.) Grayson defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, the nation's unanimous No. 1 prospect.
Nkemdiche (6-foot-5, 265 pounds), his father and Logansville teammate David Kamara, a cornerback expected to take the junior college route, made an official visit to LSU over the weekend.
Based on a number of positive Twitter messages by Nkemdiche, the Tigers made a favorable impression on the nation's No. 1 player, appearing to dig into the lead Ole Miss reportedly has for his signature.
Can LSU crack the lead? In a rare interview Monday with Fox Sports, Nkemdiche spoke of Ole Miss, saying: "Together the recruiting class that's coming in, we can do some special things."
Mickey Conn, Nkemdiche's high school coach, told The Associated Press his star prospect has "clammed up pretty good" about his plans.
"I think it's been extremely tough on him," Conn said. "He's getting pulled in more directions than what most people want.
"Having a brother who is playing at Ole Miss adds more pressure to Robert. He wants to make the right choice."
Nkemdiche's older brother, Denzel, is a linebacker at Ole Miss.
Robert Nkemdiche is scheduled to announce his decision at 6:35 a.m. Wednesday on ESPNU.
While Nkemdiche's signing day drama will end early, Priest Willis' recruiting saga will apparently go into overtime.
Multiple reports Tuesday said that one of LSU's top remaining targets, Willis (6-2, 199) — a safety from Tempe (Ariz.) Marcos De Niza — will not sign with a school Wednesday.
Willis committed to UCLA two weeks ago after an official visit to Westwood, but LSU has remained in hot pursuit, making a recent in-home visit.
Asked by Rivals.com whether the Tigers are making a late run, or whether he is definitely sticking with UCLA, Willis replied: "not sure."
LSU also remains hot after several other prospects, including defensive end Tashawn Bower (6-5, 241), an Auburn commitment; wide receiver Eddie Jackson (6-1, 178), an Alabama commitment; and Rummel tight end Cethan Carter (6-4, 240), who is committed to Nebraska.
Though much final-day juggling can be expected, LSU goes into the biggest day of recruiting with a highly ranked top-10 class.
LSU's recruiting haul so far is ranked No. 4 nationally by 24/7 Sports, No. 5 by Rivals and Scout and No. 6 by ESPN.
The Tigers have 14 players off the 24/7 Sports Top 247, six off the Rivals 100 and 13 in all off the Rivals 250, six off the ESPN 150 and 14 off the ESPN 300, and three off the Scout 100 and 13 in all off the Scout 300.
Players may begin signing at 7 a.m. local time. LSU's website, LSUSports.net, will feature a live signing day show starting at 11 a.m., while ESPN's Holly Rowe will report from LSU throughout the day.


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The relentless Obama/Romney TV ads, political cold calls and sound bites on the news can only indicate that the Presidential Election is fast approaching – November 6th is right around the corner! For your school-age children who are likely discussing the election in their classrooms, PBS KIDS' The Democracy Project is a great complementary website that further explains all the intricacies of the federal government and election process in a fun and engaging way.
Aimed for kids in grades 3-6, The Democracy Project provides interactive election-themed exercises, educational tidbits and fun facts. Kids can get to know the candidates and learn a little more personal information about them. Did you know that Mitt's favorite foods are hot dogs and meatloaf cakes, while Barack's are Hawaiian-style pizza and granola bars?
Future politicians can also get a taste of Presidential power by acting as 'President for a Day,' and making decisions about the daily activities that the Commander in Chief may partake in. In addition to that, kids can create their own campaign posters, learn about how government works and how it affects us on a daily basis.
PBS KIDS' The Democracy Project is a fantastic resource for kids to learn more about this important upcoming election and get a better feel for how they are governed on a city, state and national level. Parents might learn something too.
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Alexander McQueen's menswear collections get more and more interesting by the season. This latest show was a clear departure in mood from his last show, 'The Queensberry Rules'.
There was still a menacing undercurrent, with vibes of tortured artist coming through, but the overall atmosphere was that of a more feminine creativity. McQueen's traditional rustic tailoring the look reminded me of some of the Italian workmen that the Sartorialist sometimes snaps.


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Industrial production in the U.S. rose more than forecast in September, partially reversing the prior month's slump, indicating manufacturers are regaining their footing.
Output at factories, mines and utilities rose 0.4 percent after a 1.4 percent decline in August that was the biggest since March 2009, the Federal Reserve reported today in Washington. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of 85 economists called for production to rise 0.2 percent. Manufacturing, which makes up 75 percent of the total, climbed 0.2 percent.
The biggest two-month gain in retail sales in almost two years may mean demand from American consumers is making up for slowing sales overseas and declining business investment as the so-called fiscal cliff approaches. A pickup in manufacturing would help give the world's largest economy a lift.
"The sector is now stabilizing," Russell Price, senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Detroit, said before the report. "We're now in a situation where it's getting less bad. We're growing, but we're not quite there yet. It's going to be treading water through the end of the year."
Estimates in the Bloomberg survey ranged from a drop of 1 percent to an increase of 0.7 percent. The prior month was previously reported as a decline of 1.2 percent. Manufacturing accounts for about 12 percent of the economy.
Capacity utilization, which measures the extent to which plants are achieving their full potential output, rose to 78.3 percent from 78 percent.
Consumer Prices
The cost of living in the U.S. rose in September for a second month, reflecting a jump in energy expenses that failed to trickle through to other goods and services, a report today from the Labor Department also showed.
The consumer-price index increased 0.6 percent for a second month. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast a 0.5 percent advance. The so-called core measure, which excludes more volatile food and energy costs, climbed 0.1 percent, less than projected.
Stock-index futures held earlier gains after the reports. The contract on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index maturing in December climbed 0.5 percent to 1,442.9 at 9:17 a.m. in New York as companies from Johnson & Johnson to UnitedHealth Group Inc. raised their 2012 profit forecasts.
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A first-half lemon almost turned into a sweet piece of watermelon in UMass Dartmouth's opener Friday night in the UMD Basketball Classic at the Tripp Athletic Center.
DARTMOUTH — A first-half lemon almost turned into a sweet piece of watermelon in UMass Dartmouth's opener Friday night in the UMD Basketball Classic at the Tripp Athletic Center.
The Corsairs put a dreadful first half behind them and made a strong push, but they were unable to finish off a spirited comeback down the stretch in a 65-61 loss to Wheaton.
UMD shot 23 percent from the floor in the first half and made only two of 15 3-pointers en route to falling behind 30-20 at the break.
But, some good outside shooting by junior guard John Genkos and 10 second-half points by 6-foot-7 sophomore center Alex Rodrigues helped the Corsairs start clawing their way back into the game.
They pulled to within 59-54 on a basket by sophomore guard Mike Rotondo and a Genkos 3-pointer made it a 60-58 game with 21.6 seconds left to play.
Rotondo then got a hand on the Lyons' inbounds pass and Genkos ended up with a good look on a baseline trey that would have given the Corsairs a one-point lead. The shot didn't go down though, and coming out of a timeout, Wheaton's Jaycob Morales made one free throw to give his team some breathing room at 61-58.
The Corsairs pulled to within 61-60 on two foul shots by Genkos with 11.4 seconds remaining, but Morales made two more free throws to make it a 63-60 game and the Lyons made two more free throws to one by UMD in the final five seconds to cap the scoring.
"We have a new group of players that has to get used to playing with each other," UMD coach Brian Baptiste said. "I was disappointed with our effort in the first half, but we played with a lot more intensity and scored some points off turnovers in the second half. It was our first game, so I can't be too hard on them. We'll be looking to shoot the ball a lot better when we get back on the court (today)."
Genkos finished with a game-high 23 points for the Corsairs. The Lyons were led by some balanced scoring from 6-5 sophomore forward Ryan Clinesmith (12 points), 6-6 senior forward Phil Gensicki (12 points), and Morales, a sophomore guard who finished with 10 points.
UMD will take on Trinity in today's 6 p.m. consolation game. Worcester State, which notched a 103-93 overtime win over Trinity in the early game on Friday, will match up against Wheaton in the tournament's 4 p.m. championship game.


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I was working on a 2 ton York heat pump, cased evaporator coil with gas heat today. It had a bad schader valve and was low on charge. I evacuated the unit, pressure tested, to look for other leaks and put 5 lbs of R-22 back in.
While charging the unit I noticed control panel red light in the condensing unit was flashing 4 times. Unfortunately there was no info on the unit(surprise) which would tell me what the 4 flashes meant. I haven't worked on many Yorks so I've got no clue what the code is. It looks to be about 10 yrs old, again no nameplate info could be found.
Also the unit didn't have any pressure switches. After charging the unit the low pressure side was still low. I suspect a dirty coil since there were no air filters installed on the unit. I didn't want to keep pumping refrigerant in plus it worked fine in heat mode. I didn't have time to inspect the coil since the customer didn't want to pay overtime. So, I've got to go back Monday to finish the job.
So back to my orginal question, does anyone know what the 4 flashes mean? And what else might cause a low suction and head pressure. Outdoor temp was about 75 and indoors it was 80.


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When a work colleague sent me this blog post, I felt like someone had illegally hacked into my brain and downloaded my deepest, most introspective thoughts (you'd only need about 2 MBs of storage space for all that). But it actually came from the noggin of a bearded dude named Alex, husband of blogger Joanna Goddard. (According to Joanna's blog, A Cup of Jo, she loves "fashion, design, photography, bikes, and the people I love," which means she'd be gaga over a snapshot of Alex in a Marc Jacobs suit on a Schwinn.)
Last Monday, Alex guest blogged his "eight confessions of a new dad." Here's a sneak peek:
* I didn't bond with baby right away.
* Time alone with the baby was surprisingly profound.
* My wife acted a little like she was on drugs.
* I was nervous my wife would like the baby better.
* Children's books are boring.
* Everything turned a corner at nine months.
* I daydream about a future with Toby.
* I'm ready for another.
To me, these are not confessions, but truths. These statements are no less true than "the fetus lives in the uterus," "breast milk comes from breasts," and "you never eat the blue jelly beans that come in the gift basket's fake baby bottle."
After reading Alex's blog, I immediately started thinking about the other new dad truths that need to be unearthed, the thoughts that guys keep deep down in their cerebellums. So I added six of my own. Behold the Fourteen (Fatherhood) Commandments.
* When the baby first arrives, you will cry. And quite possibly, you will cry and cry and cry. While we were still in the hospital, I told my wife Brandy I was going to the bathroom to pee. That wasn't true. I went there to cry.
* You will contract Ming Vase syndrome, a condition where a new father is afraid he'll break the baby. Don't worry. They are sturdy little creatures. In fact, our firstborn was a stunt baby that starred in the game show called Can You Keep Me Alive?, which aired 24/7 in our marginally childproofed home.
* When you're with your baby, people – both strangers and relatives – will ask you how the babysitting is going. Don't get offended. Unless of course you're actually sitting on a baby, in which case it's totally appropriate, but nevertheless an awfully casual statement for someone observing physical abuse.
* You'll wish you had taken more paternity leave. 96 percent of new dads took two weeks or less off after the birth or adoption of their most recent child. 15 percent took no time off at all.
* During those first weeks and months, Mom's hair will be frizzy and frazzled. There will be bags under her eyes. She'll have breast milk stains on her T-shirt. But she'll still look hot.
* You won't get everything right. But when your child is born, you will be the most modern dad to come off the assembly line yet. You'll know far more than I did when I came out of the father factory seven years ago. You will be the latest in parenting technology.
Shawn's new book Show Dad How is the perfect book for new fathers: not a lot of words, a lot of pictures of boobs. Get one here.


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An extraordinary master planned community in southeast Fort Collins, offering spectacular amenities, breathtaking views, award-winning floor plans, and an exceptional blend of luxury and value.
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Kechter Farm, Toll Brothers' first luxury home community in Fort Collins, offers four distinct home collections ranging from 1,893 to over 4,305 square feet. Exceptional amenities include a resort-style pool and clubhouse as well as a playground, abundant open space, and walking and biking trails. The community is conveniently located less than 1 mile from shopping and restaurants along the Harmony Corridor, 10 minutes from downtown Fort Collins, and minutes from I-25. Residents will enjoy living adjacent to the Fossil Creek Reservoir and observing its breathtaking natural area!
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From 1-25: Take the Harmony Road exit (Exit 265) west for 1 1/2 miles to Ziegler Road. Turn south (left) onto Ziegler Road and proceed for 1 6/10 miles. Turn right onto Trilby Road and proceed to the roundabout, turn right onto Zephyr Road and take the second left onto Hawks Perch Lane to the Toll Brothers sales center.
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Since Toll Brothers was founded in 1967, we've been committed to providing the most attentive, complete, and knowledgeable personal service. We know that purchasing your home may be one of the biggest and most important investments you'll ever make, and we want you to feel comfortable and confident that we're the builder for you. For your peace of mind, your new Toll Brothers home comes with an insured warranty. These are just a few of the reasons why our customer service is highly rated among our homeowners and real estate agents alike, and it's why we have an exceptionally high number of repeat buyers.
When you choose a Toll Brothers dream home, you will choose from hundreds of decorative and structural options to personalize your home to reflect your lifestyle, wants, and needs. Because of our strength, our presence, and our buying power in the national marketplace, we can build a highly personalized home while offering you much more for your money. And our Design Studios – which are centrally located in markets nationwide – offer one-stop shopping. We know that the ability to make all option decisions for a home under one roof in one location economizes the entire process and adds great appeal to the Toll experience.
All Toll communities are located in the most beautiful areas that give you the best life has to offer. We carefully select locations that feature close proximity to good schools, medical facilities, and routes of travel, as well as numerous options for entertainment, shopping, dining, and culture. Whether your dream home is a condominium in a dynamic metropolitan area, or a luxurious estate home in a gated community, or an active living home in an amenity-rich neighborhood, or a lavish second home in a resort area – our locations are the best and most sought-after.
Our overall experience with Toll Brothers has truly been exceptional! At every phase of the process, Toll's employees, design team, and management team have gone out of their way to ensure they are building the house of our dreams. Whether it be their tireless dedication to customer service, attention to detail of our home, or sincere care we have felt, the Toll Brothers team has been nothing short of remarkable. We honestly can't recommend Toll enough, they really are one of the best national builders as all of their awards indicate.B. F.
Brian Kelly was a pleasure to work with. He made the entire process, though quite long, enjoyable. He has continued to be responsive even after closing to make the final product every bit the dream home I hoped for.Joe J.
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The Toll Brothers' team at Kechter Farm are a pleasure to work with. Mark Teplitsky, Project Manager, and Mitch Weiner, Sales Manager, are wonderful assets of Toll Brothers. Their knowledge and patience helped us make one of the most important decisions for our family with confidence. The atmosphere and neighborhood that Toll Brothers' is creating is exactly what we were looking for: a community where our daughters can grow and meet new friends.The Napolitano Family


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Go Behind the Scenes of Pink's 'Try' Video
As if you didn't already know that Pink is bada–, the behind the scenes look at her video for 'Try' just confirms our thoughts on the singer.
The behind-the-scenes footage opens with Pink and her leading man walking away from a scene, covered in a paint-like dust, causing both Pink and the actor to gag up a storm. Staff and crew are hollering for water and after she takes a big sip from the bottle, she stares at the camera, saying, "That was the gnarliest thing ever. That was so much harder than anything else. I'm so f—ing traumatized right now."
It's a typical BTS look of all things that'd go on behind the camera of a music video shoot, but Pink makes it fun. She obviously is channeling her innermost 'So You Think You Can Dance' dancer while warming up, but what's really impressive is the actual choreographed scenes between her in and the actor. They're so acrobatic and involved with each other, key components whenever chemistry is involved on a video set.
"It was the most violent, fun thing I've ever done in my life," said Pink, referencing the choreography she learned in order to make the video happen. "The whole crew is fabulous, I'm in love with everyone. I never want this to end."
But we aren't kidding when we say it looks as though Pink walked straight off the set of 'So You Think You Can Dance.' For a singer, who hasn't made a real mention of dancing since her 'Can't Take Me Home' days, she sure put on a helluva show for the video and kicked some serious butt mastering the difficult choreography.
Dare we say watching Pink learn the specific movements at a practice before the film even shoots is our favorite part? Perhaps even better than the video itself!


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Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) is a leading worldwide franchisor of hotels and the nation's first hotel chain (1941). The company franchises over 5,400 hotels under the Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Cambria Suites, Sleep Inn, Mainstay Suites, Quality Inn, Clarion, EconoLodge, Rodeway Inn, and Suburban Extended Stay brands throughout the US and more than 40 countries and territories.[1]
Choice generates a majority of its revenue from royalty fees, which are based as a percentage of gross room revenue of its franchised hotels.[2] With a focus on hotel franchising instead of ownership, the company benefits from the economies of scale in the franchising business.
While CHH's brands are predominantly targeted to the middle income customer, it made its first foray into the upscale hotel segment with the Cambria Suites brand. CHH faces significant competition from the likes of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT), Marriott International (MAR), and Hilton Hotels (HLT) in the upscale segment.
CHH's business is primarily driven by:
CHH can make more money by increasing the number of franchised properties and the amount their franchisees are charged, without incurring substantially more costs. CHH has 860 franchised hotels with 66,238 rooms under construction.
When hotel owners franchise from CHH, they pay an upfront franchising fee, as well as 4%-6% of annual gross revenue for the life of contract. [3] CHH also charges hotel owners fees for providing marketing and reservation support. In return, the franchisees get to use the appropriate CHH brand name, reservation system, loyalty program, and benefit from the marketing which CHH does on their behalf.
In 2009, CHH generated a net income of $98.3 million on revenues of $564.2 million. This represents a 1.9% decrease in net income and a 12.1% decrease in total revenues from 2008, when the company earned $100.2 million on $641.7 million in revenues.
CHH operates in a single reportable business segment.[5] The company owns 10 hotel brands that mostly cater to mid-scale leisure or business traveller:
* Clarion and Quality: compete primarily in the full service midscale with food and beverage segment. [6]
* Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, and Sleep Inn: compete primarily in the limited service midscale without food & beverage segment. [7]
* MainStay Suites and Suburban Extended Stay Hotel: compete primarily in the extended stay segment. [8]
* Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn: compete primarily in the economy segment. [9]
* Cambria Suites: introduced in January 2005, Cambria competes in the upscale segment. [10]
Great aritlce but it didn't have everything-I didn't find the kitchen sink!
Competition in the industry is generally based on the quality of rooms, restaurants, meeting facilities and services, attractiveness of locations, availability of a global distribution system, price and other factors. CHH's competitors include hotel chains such as Marriott International (MAR), Hilton Hotels (HLT), and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT).


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Someone asked us recently:
What is the best method for getting my new Primo grill to hold the 200F – sub 200F range?
This was an issue I struggled with and I found there are a lot of options. Best way to manage temp on a Primo grill is to buy a BBQ Guru. I love my Digi Q, but I started with a Pit Master and both are just the best. Best bet is to use the nice little configurator to find the right unit for you and that makes your Primo grill a full on smoker. I have been able to hold temps for over 16 hours and do some major cooks.
Assuming you want to go low and slow and stay below say 250F, here is how I do it with my Primo grill. The biggest difference with smoking on a Weber kettle is that you do not want to use lighter fluid with it as the fluid could season the Primo in a negative way. Always clean out the charcoal box before each use. I use a Shop Vac after removing unused coals in a steel bucket and reusing them for my next fire. I use hardwood charcoal and stack big pieces on the bottom for best air flow and then put smaller pieces on top after you clean out the grill from all previous cooks. Throw on some wood chunk around the spot where you are going to light the charcoal. The coals will burn out and then fire up the smoke as it comes up to temperature.
To start the actual fire, you can use Weber fire starters or a propane torch and start a small part of the coals and once that gets going, load up the grill with the drip pan racks, your D plates, grill grates and put the food on. Then close the vent at the bottom down to about 50%to start to ramp up the temp until it holds steady at 200F or so. You need to make sure that the top and bottom vents are controlled so you ease into the temp. Go over by too much and it is hard to cool it down, but not impossible, just takes some time.
This is why I love the BBQ Guru. Life is too short to worry about temperature control when you have technology like that! With the BBQ Guru, I do all of the above accept for the temperature venting, I just install the fan, open the top vent to the half moon, set the temperature on the BBQ Guru and check back in 10 minutes to make sure the temp is ramping up properly.
For all Primo Grill Users I highly recommend that you register for the Primo Grill Forum and look through the postings. The users of the Primo Grill Forum are amazing cooks and have incredible wisdom that they share freely. Many are true Pit masters who love Primo grills and will guide you through any issue you are having. There is already tons of info on how to learn quickly and answer almost any question you have! Primo is an awesome ceramic smoker and grill so please contact us if you have any questions. We always love to help out a fellow Primo owner!


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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students. View by day, by week, or by month.
December 10, 2017
Poet Emily Dickinson was born in 1830.
Students discuss Dickinson's poem "This Is My Letter To The World" and use it to focus on how audience affects voice.
Grades 9 – 12
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If you missed the meeting, here's what we talked about:
- December meeting--will be held December 19. Bring a plate of cookies to share and we'll swap the leftovers cookie exchange-style to take home for our loved ones.
- Charity Knitting--We'll pass out some donated acrylic yarn for an early charity kick off. Judith has some local shelters in mind and we'll provide you with some inspiration to make some scarves or hats. This is a great way to practice new stitch patterns or to have a simple project on hand for social knitting (where I for one, often am distracted by conversation and have trouble concentrating on mor complex patterns). We encourage everyone to make a pledge of at least one item for charity, but hope for much more. Judith, our charity coordinator, will arrange for drop off of our goodies before the cold weather is over, but remember, this is a year long committment. The exec board is dreaming up some prize categories for those who finish at least one item for our February meeting. . .more to come on that!
- Show and Share--Hopefully some of the pictures taken by Coralee will be uploaded soon and you can see some of the beautiful things we're working on. Several felted bags were shared, a Christmas stocking, and a cute-as-can-be start to a baby dress were among the highlights.
- Project of the month--Tanya taught us how to make mini-mittens, a pattern written and donated by Margaret Radcliff, perfect for ornaments, package decorations or bookmarks. For some of us, the first few sitches on double point needles made us want to give up, but we perservered! Almost everyone had at least the hand part of a mitten completed in about 45 minutes--Whoo Hoo! I overheard a couple of folks saying that they were thinking about making socks or wanted to make real mittens now that the scariness factor was removed from double point needles. Gotta love that!
- Raffle--Barb won. While I'm happy for her, what a bummer for the rest of us! Gifted (located inside Beaumont Hospital) donated a felted flower pattern by Noni as well as the yarn and needles to make it, a silk bag, note cards and a sweater keychain. Gifted has also donated a special shopping day for guild members. Bring your membership cards and shop there on December 2 for a 10% off discount.


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For the past four years, Great Wolf Resorts has proudly partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. As a former "Big" myself, the rewards of volunteering and providing financial assistance to a worthwhile cause are endless.
While spending time with my Little Sister, we would do many activities in the community. Many times the activities we took part in were donated by local businesses and were a good opportunity for us to meet other Matches. It was a good time for both of us to just have some fun and allow us both to be kids. The donations, in-kind and financial, to our local chapter gave us ideas of things to do and also the resources to maintain and grow our relationship.
Working for Great Wolf Resorts gives me the perspective of the rewards the local business reaps, as well. It is more than just a financial contribution, but an investment in the community. Each Match created is another life in the community impacted by Big Brothers Big Sisters. And raising the funds is actually pretty fun around here!
In 2012, we raised over $276,600 between all 10 U.S. based Great Wolf Lodge resorts. We could not have done it without help from our guests and Pack Members across the country. They came together to help us raise awareness and funds for the Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies in their surrounding communities.
While all of our resorts came together to support their local Big Brothers Big Sisters, we are so proud of our top three resorts—Concord/Charlotte, NC; Grapevine, TX; and Traverse City, MI. Combined, these resorts raised over $190,000.
These donations were raised one dollar at a time through community day pass sales, dining in the life-size Gingerbread Houses during Snowland, online guest donations and Bowl For Kids' Sake. Through their work to provide positive relationships, Big Brothers Big Sisters' family-centric approach aligns perfectly with our mission to create family traditions at the lodge.
Through our partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters, our resorts also provide complimentary passes to the waterparks for Bigs and Littles to use to spend a day together. On specific nights throughout the year, each lodge provides a night for the pairs to experience the thrills of the indoor waterpark and continue to foster their mentoring relationship.
Thank you to everyone who helped us to achieve our fundraising goal this year. Your generosity helps us assist Big Brothers and Big Sisters positively impact the lives of children in communities across America. Next time you're at Great Wolf Lodge, be sure to check out how you can partner with us in our continued support of Big Brothers Big Sisters.


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Happy St. Patrick's Day! We are all aware of the fascination with shamrocks, pots of gold, and tiny bearded men who look resemble certain characters on cereal boxes that come along with the holiday. But instead of focusing on leprechauns, we wanted to take a moment to consider something more important: the color green! Of course, by observing all things green, we mean the way we approach the environment. With factors like climate change, pollution, and water quality surrounding us daily, it's important to make young children aware of how to be environmentally conscious. But that doesn't mean it can't be fun!
Here are a few simple things you can do around your home to teach your children to go green on St. Patrick's Day!
1. Breathe Easy by Planting Inside or Out!
-Teaching kids the importance of trees and plants as oxygen providers is important not only in that it contributes to their eventual understanding of photosynthesis, but it will also help them to appreciate giving back to the environment. Keeping plants inside is always a great way to teach kids about plant care and they can even produce the added bonus of home-grown veggies!
2. Color Coded Recycling Bins
-Sorting trash into plastics, paper, glass and cardboard are great ways to teach your little ones about recycling. You can even make it more fun by assigning colors to each and using it as an opportunity to teach children their colors. There are tons of recycling songs to sings as you do your part together to go green.
3. Borrow Books Instead of Buying
-Going to the library is always an adventure for young kids. Libraries become magical places as children stumble across books shared by other people. By borrowing, you can teach children how they are limiting waste, as opposed to going to the book store to buy titles new.
4. Make Your Mondays Meatless!
-Get with your kids and look up their favorite vegetarian recipes online. Not only can you cook together, but you can cut down on consumption while you're doing so. Explain to your kids that through not eating meat on Mondays, you're helping to cut down on greenhouse emissions.
5. Waste Not!
-Make sure you kids know to turn off the water while they brush their teeth and to turn off the lights when they aren't using them. You can also do little things like using dish towels instead of paper towels, reusable water bottles intend of plastic water bottles, and make cards from home instead of buying them. The possibilities are endless when you look around your house for ways to minimize waste.
6. The Green Games
-The biggest way you can help your child to go green is through teaching them about things like pollution and what little things they can do every day to stop waste. A great way to make them aware of environmental problems and solutions is through playing green games. There are plenty of online resources where green learning becomes fun and easy. (Not to mention the added bonus of technology integration!) Here is a great resource for online learning for kids: http://www.edge-gogreen.com/home/green-kids2/
We hope you enjoyed the small ways to go green on St. Patrick's Day and found it more rewarding than the motivation to pinch someone! You can find even more ways to reduce your carbon footprint by checking out the green resources below. Thank you for playing your part in sustainable living and passing it on to the next generation, after all, that's a pot of gold to look forward to in itself!


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Earlier this summer we learned that Charlotte Cotton had accepted an exciting position in her native England, overseeing the National Media Museum's planned expansion in London.
Click here to read the LA Times blog (July 16) on Charlotte's return to England.
Today the LA Times featured an article announcing that Britt Salvesen, Director and Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson will assume a newly-created position overseeing two LACMA departments: photography and prints.
Click here to read the article on Britt's appointment at LACMA.
Congratulations to both!
Interestingly, their vision overlaps in the forthcoming LACMA presentation of "New Topographics" exhibition (October 25, 2009 – January 10, 2010); the exhibition was organized by the CCP and the George Eastman House, opening at GEH (on view through September 27th). For the LACMA showing, the exhibition website tell us "This version of New Topographics will also include some thirty prints and books by other relevant artists—clearly distinguished by physical presentation from the primary works—to provide additional historical and contemporary context. Relevant artists include key figures such as Timothy O'Sullivan, Walker Evans, Ed Ruscha, Robert Smithson, and Dan Graham. Curator at LACMA: Charlotte Cotton, Photography." The exhibition will be on view at the CCP in Tucson beginning February 19th – May 16th.
From LACMA's website:
The 1975 exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape brought together nine photographers—Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, and Henry Wessel, Jr.—at the International Museum of Photography. Signaling the emergence of a new approach to landscape, the show effectively gave a name to a movement or style. New Topographicshas since come to be understood as marking a paradigm shift with the artists thoughtfully engaged with their medium and its history in different ways.
To learn more on The New Topographics exhibition:
D.A.P. has a page on its website called "The New Topographics: A Bookshelf" at www.artbook.com/newtoph.html
NPR posted "New Topographics (Redux)" on The Picture Show area of its website: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/06/topographics.html


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With sheer mesh detail at shoulders and sleeves, this bebe top is sure to give your bottom collection a sexy new-season update. Try it with a pair of colored denim and a crossbody bag for an instant day look.
- 92% nylon, 8% spandex
- Center back to hem: 21" (53 cm)
- Machine wash
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- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S