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The November 13, 2007 front page of the New York Post
|Daily newspaper
|News Corporation
|Paul Carlucci
|Col Allan
|1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
United States
|508,042 Daily
343,361 Sunday[1]
|Official website
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions.[2] Since 1993, it has been owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which had owned it previously from 1976 to 1988. It is the sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. by circulation.[3] Its editorial offices are located at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, in New York City, New York.
The New York Post, established in 1801 as the New-York Evening Post, describes itself as the nation's oldest continuously published daily newspaper. The Hartford Courant, which describes itself as the nation's oldest continuously published newspaper, was founded in 1764 as a semi-weekly paper; it did not begin publishing daily until 1836. The New Hampshire Gazette, which has trademarked its claim of being The Nation's Oldest Newspaper, was founded in 1756, also as a weekly. Moreover, since the 1890s it has been published only for weekends.
The Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton with about US$10,000 from a group of investors in the autumn of 1801 as the New-York Evening Post,[4] a broadsheet. Hamilton's co-investors included other New York members of the Federalist Party, such as Robert Troup and Oliver Wolcott,[5] who were dismayed by the election of Thomas Jefferson as U.S. President and the rise in popularity of the Democratic-Republican Party.[6] The meeting at which Hamilton first recruited investors for the new paper took place in then-country weekend villa that is now Gracie Mansion.[7] Hamilton chose William Coleman as his first editor,[6] but the most-famous 19th-century New-York Evening Post editor was the poet and abolitionist William Cullen Bryant.[8] So well respected was the New-York Evening Post under Bryant's editorship, it received praise from the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, in 1864.[9]
In 1881 Henry Villard took control of the New-York Evening Post,[10] which in 1897 passed to the management of his son, Oswald Garrison Villard,[11] a founding member of both the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People[12] and the American Civil Liberties Union.[13] Villard sold the paper in 1918, after widespread allegations of pro-German sympathies during World War I hurt its circulation. The buyer was Thomas Lamont, a senior partner in the Wall Street firm of J.P. Morgan & Co.. Unable to stem the paper's financial losses, he sold it to a consortium of 34 financial and reform political leaders, headed by Edwin F. Gay, dean of the Harvard Business School, whose members included Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Conservative Cyrus H. K. Curtis[14]—publisher of the Ladies Home Journal—purchased the New-York Evening Post in 1924[15] and briefly turned it into a non-sensational tabloid in 1933.[15] J. David Stern purchased the paper in 1934, changed its name to the New York Post,[15] and restored its broadsheet size and liberal perspective.[16]
Dorothy Schiff purchased the paper in 1939; her husband, George Backer, was named editor and publisher.[17] Her second editor (and third husband) Ted Thackrey became co-publisher and co-editor with Schiff in 1942,[18] and recast the newspaper into its current tabloid format.[19] James Wechsler became editor of the paper in 1949, running both the news and the editorial pages; in 1961, he turned over the news section to Paul Sann and remained as editorial-page editor until 1980. Under Schiff's tenure the Post was devoted to liberalism, supporting trade unions and social welfare, and featured some of the most-popular columnists of the time, such as Drew Pearson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Max Lerner, Murray Kempton, Pete Hamill, and Eric Sevareid, in addition to theatre critic Richard Watts, Jr. and Broadway columnist Earl Wilson. In 1976 the Post was bought by Rupert Murdoch for US$30 million.[20] The Post at this point was the only surviving afternoon daily in New York City, but its circulation under Schiff had grown by two-thirds.[6]
The 1906 Old New York Evening Post Building is designated landmark.
Murdoch imported the sensationalist "tabloid journalism" style of many of his Australian and British newspapers, such as The Sun (the highest selling daily newspaper in the UK). This style was typified by the Post's famous headline as shown on the right. In its 35th-anniversary edition, New York listed this as one of the greatest headlines ever. The New York Magazine also has five other post headlines in its "Greatest Tabloid Headlines" list. [21]
Because of the institution of federal regulations limiting media cross-ownership after Murdoch's purchase of WNYW-TV to launch the Fox Broadcasting Company, Murdoch was forced to sell the paper for US$37.6 million in 1988 to Peter S. Kalikow, a real-estate magnate with no news experience.[22] When Kalikow declared bankruptcy in 1993,[22] the paper was temporarily managed by Steven Hoffenberg,[22] a financier who later pled guilty to securities fraud;[23] and, for two weeks, by Abe Hirschfeld,[24] who made his fortune building parking garages.After a staff revolt against the Hoffenberg-Hirschfeld partnership -- which included publication of an issue whose front page featured the iconic masthead photo of Alexander Hamilton with a single tear drop running down his cheek[25]--The Post was repurchased in 1993 by Murdoch's News Corporation. This came about after numerous political officials, including Democratic governor of New York Mario Cuomo, persuaded the Federal Communications Commission to grant Murdoch a permanent waiver from the cross-ownership rules that had forced him to sell the paper five years earlier.[26] Without that FCC ruling, the paper would have shut down. Under Murdoch's renewed direction, the paper continued its conservative editorial viewpoint.
In 1996, the Post launched an internet version of the paper nypost.com. The original site included color photos and sections broken down into News, Sports, Editorial, Gossip, Entertainment and Business. It also had an archive for the past 7 days. Since then, it has been redesigned a number of times — with the latest incarnation launched on September 28, 2006. In 2005 the website implemented a registration requirement but removed it in July 2006.
The current website also features continually updated breaking news; entertainment, business, and sports blogs; links to Page Six Magazine; photo and video galleries; original Post videos; user-submitted photos and comments; and streaming video for live events.
The paper is well known for its sports section, which has been praised for its comprehensiveness; it begins on the back page, and among other coverage, contains columns about sports in the media by Phil Mushnick.
The Post is also well known for its gossip columnists Liz Smith and Cindy Adams.
The best-known gossip section is "Page Six", created by the late James Brady[27] and currently edited by Richard Johnson. February 2006 saw the debut of Page Six Magazine, distributed free inside the paper. In September 2007 it started to be distributed weekly in the Sunday edition of the paper. In January 2009, circulation for Page Six Magazine was cut to four times a year.
The daily circulation of the Post decreased in the final years of the Schiff era from 700,000 in the late 1960s[citation needed] to approximately 418,000.[citation needed] A resurgence during the 21st century increased circulation to 724,748 in April 2007,[1] achieved partly by lowering the price from 50 cents to 25 cents. During October 2006 the Post for the first time passed its rival, the Daily News, in circulation. The Daily News has since regained the lead over the Post.[28] Since then, the Post has fallen to about 500,000 in daily circulation.
One commentator has suggested that the Post cannot become profitable as long as the competing Daily News survives, and that Murdoch may be trying to force the Daily News to fold or sell out.[29]
The Post's website also has high traffic. According to recent Nielson net ratings, the site ranks 8th in number of unique visitors to online newspapers.
From 1926, the newspaper's main office was at 75 West Street. In 1967, Schiff bought 210 South Street, the former headquarters of the New York Journal American, which closed a year earlier. The building became an instantly recognizable symbol for the Post. In 1995, then-owner Rupert Murdoch relocated the Post to its present Midtown headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue). The Post shares this building with Fox News Channel, which is also owned by Murdoch.
The Post has been criticized since the beginning of Murdoch's ownership for what many consider its lurid headlines, sensationalism, blatant advocacy and conservative bias. In 1980, the Columbia Journalism Review asserted that "the New York Post is no longer merely a journalistic problem. It is a social problem – a force for evil."[30]
Perhaps the most serious allegation against the Post is that it is willing to contort its news coverage to suit the business needs of Murdoch, in particular that the paper has avoided reporting anything that is unflattering to the government of the People's Republic of China. Murdoch has invested heavily in satellite television in China and wants to maintain the favor of local media regulators.[31]
Ian Spiegelman, a former reporter for the paper's Page Six gossip column who had been fired by the paper in 2004,[32] said in a statement for a law suit against the paper that in 2001 he was ordered to kill an item on Page Six about a Chinese diplomat and a strip club because it would have "angered the Communist regime and endangered Murdoch's broadcast privileges."
Critics say that the Post allows its editorial positions to shape its story selection and news coverage. But as the Post executive editor, Steven D. Cuozzo, sees it, it was the Post that "broke the elitist media stranglehold on the national agenda."
According to a survey conducted by Pace University in 2004, the Post was rated the least-credible major news outlet in New York, and the only news outlet to receive more responses calling it "not credible" than credible (44% not credible to 39% credible).[33]
The Public Enemy song "A Letter to the New York Post" from their album Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black is a complaint about what they believed to be negative and inaccurate coverage African-Americans received from the paper.
There have been numerous controversies surrounding the Post:
The Post and the Daily News often take potshots at each other's work and accuracy, particularly in their respective gossip-page items.
In certain editions of the February 14, 2007, newspaper, an article referring to then-Senator Hillary Clinton's support base for her 2008 presidential run referred to then-Senator Obama as "Osama";[45] the paper realized its error and corrected it for the later editions and the website.[46] The Post noted the error and apologized in the February 15, 2007, edition.[47] Earlier, on January 20, 2007, the Post received some criticism[48] for running a potentially misleading headline, "'Osama' Mud Flies at Obama",[49] for a story that discussed rumors that then-Senator Obama had been raised as a Muslim and concealed it.
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and one of several that claim to be the oldest to have been published continually as a daily, although its publication has been interrupted by labor actions.[1] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 largest newspapers in the United States.[2] Its editorial offices are located at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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mal'-uk (mallukh, "counsellor"):
(1) A Levite of the sons of Merari, ancestor of Ethan the singer (1 Chronicles 6:44; compare 6:29).
(2) Son of Bani, among those who had foreign wives (Ezra 10:29). He is a descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 9:4) and is the Mamuchus of 1 Esdras 9:30.
(3) A descendant of Harim, who married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:32).
(4) (5) Two who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:4,27).
(6) Possibly the same as (4). One of the priests who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:2). Doubtless the Melicu of verse 14's margin.
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This is our family sailing somewhere on Grand Traverse Bay. And yes, that is my dad looking like Crockett and Tubbs from Miami Vice should be chasing us! Ah, the 80s!
My husband also grew up on lakes around the northern Indiana area, so we always knew that the lake experience was something we wanted our kids to have as well.
We bought our lake house together the summer before we got married and it has been a work in progress for the last 10 years. We have redone most of the interior, but the cosmetic exterior has always been last on the list of things to update. We've done many of the things that you have to do to maintain the exterior. . . new roof, fresh paint, etc. But now it's time to do some of the fun stuff!
Here is where we are starting from. We like to call it our box with a crooked triangle on the top. Another casualty of the 80s!
We wanted to make the place look more symmetrical and "cottagey" without tearing the roof off and starting over. We also have two sliding doors on the bottom, lakeside level. The right side is a bedroom and the left side is a small living room and bar. It has never made sense to us to enter and exit through a bedroom, so we wanted to replace that slider with a window and make the actual entrance more prominent. From this wish list here is what our builder came up with. . .
And here is the best part - the entire front is a facia. We don't have to tear into the actual roof line. The facia will correct the roof line from the front and most visible side of the house without any major construction to the existing roof. This is a slightly different rendering but you can see the facia.
Our other plan is to update the landscaping. We live outside and we use our place pretty consistently from early spring to late fall. These are both great times of the year for evening bonfires so we wanted to incorporate a fire pit and more outdoor lounging space. Here is the direction we are taking.
We plan to have the existing patio stamped with an overlay. Here are some of the options I like so far.
And then we will add natural flagstone around the firepit.
Renovations are starting at the end of this month. Stay tuned to the progress along the way!


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Icegaze was pacing in his room at the inn.
"It's been long weeks since the golem knights plagued our fair city," he said to Ex23, an android he had built during those weeks.
"I can't help but feel guilty," he continued, "I was sapped by the mana wall I had passed through in my search for Gigafrost. When I arrived at the battle, I had little energy. I feel I must contribute to the struggle, though."
"According to my archives, the being who sent the golem knights has yet to be found. Perhaps you should search for him," Ex23 said.
Icegaze immediately sat down and began writing a letter. Moments later, it read:
Dear Frost Jedi,
It has been long weeks since the golem knights attacked Frost City. Their creator has yet to be found. I fear a second coming of this threat. I plan on going on a journey to find the mastermind that built these machines, however, the warriors that fought in the battle have either left for Dereth or died in battle. I feel that I require a small army to hunt this menace. I plea for the following:
100 Members of the Frost Guard
25 Men/women specifying in tracking
3 Dragons
I also ask that Omegafrost genetically engineer a praying mantis to the size of horse and clone it so there is one for every member of my army including me, my android, and 20 extra in case of unexpected events.
Icegaze then called for a messenger to deliver the message. After the messenger left for Frost Castle, Icegaze knlet and prayed.


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What is WineToMatch anyway?!!! WineToMatch is a sophisticated iPhone app designed by a Master Sommelier to give you wine suggestions for your next meal! Download it now on iTunes! Many thanks to Elizabeth for her excellent "hand acting". Also, a big thanks to YoungCarson3000 and The Sandwich Technique for their musical contribution: Heat 4 Illuminate!
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This time last year we had to shovel the snow away from the door just to be able to leave the house!
Today there's just a slight covering of snow and its warm and calling for rain on Saturday. My cats want to be outside despite the snow.
Of course, there's always that 'one' who refuses to set paw outside and wants the door to stay open just so she can enjoy the sunshine from the dry environment of the porch. Right, Molly?
Then Again...
Maybe its better to just sit in a sunny, warm window and 'look' at the wintry day outside.
Today is very special. Its the Winter Solstice, its four days before Christmas and its Doomsday all rolled into one! Now, if that ain't special, I don't know what is. The tree is decorated, the gifts are waiting and the 25th is coming - for me and my family, anyway. For 95% of the rest of the world, who knows. OH, YES, the Mayans do.
See you all here tomorrow... Hope that guy has another use for his Ark! No life savings are left....
Hmmm, there's a topic of conversation ~ what did you spend your time doing on doomsday?
Have a GRREEAT DOOMSDAY!!!
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text: Actress DARYL HANNAH starred in Splash and Blade Runner while missing part of her left index finger. In a 2001 story in The Sunday Times of South Africa, Hannah explained: "I got my finger stuck in the pulley of a well at my grandmother's house when I was three." Good luck spotting the missing digit onscreen: it's almost always hidden behind gloves, coats, guns, etc.


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A gang of seven men that caused explosions at cash machines around the country has been jailed for a total of 92 years.
The group stole more than £550,000 and caused more than £160,000 worth of damage in attacks on ATMs at 13 banks and supermarkets in Scotland and England, Merseyside Police said.
The men scoped out the premises in high-performance cars, which they would steal and use in the offences, with evidence showing them using Audi RS4s and RS6s as well as Mercedes A45s and GLA45 AMGs.
In a raid at the Co-op in Carnoustie, Angus, last February, which proved to be their last, they sawed through the roller-shutter doors, then dragged the ATM out using a Land Rover defender and straps, escaping with £16,000. The gang also had a lorry with a stolen trailer unit which had been converted to house a stolen RS4 and had ramps so the vehicle could be quickly loaded on to it after an offence, police said.
It had hammocks where the men could rest and large fuel canisters to cut down on petrol station visits while police also recovered petrol-powered grinders, gas cylinders, cloned plates, tools and electrical tape.
The group, from the Merseyside area, were caught following a 12-month police investigation conducted by Titan, the north-west regional organised crime unit.
Detective Chief Superintendent Chris Green, head of Titan, said: "These seven individuals believed they were untouchable and they used dangerous tactics in targeting ATMs which clearly put members of the public at risk.
"The techniques used by the men involved in these attacks were extremely risky and we are fortunate that no-one was hurt.
"The sentencing today is a clear message to those offenders who believe that they can avoid detection by committing crimes in different forces - we are relentless in our pursuit of criminals involved in serious organised crime and there are no borders."
Following a police operation on 28 June, 2016, the men were charged with conspiracy to cause an explosion and all, with the exception of Gary Carey, were also charged with conspiracy to commit burglary. The ATM attacks happened in Merseyside, Cheshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and Suffolk in England, and Aberdeen, Perth and Carnoustie in Scotland in 2015 and 2016.
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The wait might finally be over. Pharmacy benefits management heavyweights Express Scripts
A significant merger indeed
The merged unit is slated to serve upward of 115 million customers and can earn a whopping $110 billion a year.
The combination will create the largest pharmacy benefits operator in the U.S. and control nearly one-third of the market. Most customers and regulators feared that the deal would create a monopoly in the market and could mean that the two together may unfairly drive up prices. However, Express has argued that the deal between the two will give consumers greater power to bargain over prices.
The merger could increase efficiency, as the company will have a wider reach without incurring any extra costs.
The merger has an edge
Along with Express and Medco, CVS Caremark
CVS just fought its own battle with the Federal Trade Commission and was made to pay $5 million to the FTC to compensate for having manipulated the prices of some Medicare Part D prescription drugs. This may allow Express and Medco to gain more market share and steal CVS's customers away.
One gains, the other loses
One retailer that will surely lose out from this merger is Deerfield-based drug retailer Walgreen
We'll know soon, if the two get regulatory approval to merge. It may be a good time to take a close look at the two as they try to change the face of the pharmacy benefits space. To keep tabs on the impending merger, click on the links below to add the stocks to your free watchlist, and we at the Motley Fool will keep you updated on the latest happenings.
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made in china '69: life and culture in east london
Somewhere to put the things that I can't put anywhere else.
My book...
My book
which once cost, oh £20 or so, is now freely available via
Amazon resellers
for as little as £2.99. On the upside you can pay as much as £61.19 for it if you prefer. Personally I don't mind which you buy as I don't get a cut and also the "royalties" such as they were dried up years ago.
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The Wool I Know -- Thursday
Good morning. I hope someone knows the song from the thread title this morning. Looking forward to a woolie playdate today. And good stuff stocking!
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Good morning! :wave2: busy day for me today, now that I've got the gauge right on the treehuggers :yay: I'm hoping to get a lot of work done on this pair today. I also have a couple of custom dipes to sew, they are sitting by the sewing machine waiting for nap time. :)
I think I'm going to make a t-shirt to go with the rainbows set (basically just applique some of the d*ck and jane fabric to a t-shirt) anyone know of anywhere to get blank colored ts at a brick and mortar store? I can get white ones at target, but no plain colors. I'm askeered of wal-mart since I always seem to lose my temper in there... :blush:
Old navy? h&m?
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Good morning Aimee. I think Old Navy is an option. Babies R Us has a few brands w/ blank, colored T's as well. And there is an American Apparel store in a mall in Charlotte. Maybe you have one around there somewhere?
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My vote is for ON. How do you not have colored blanks at your Target? We have them here. :headscratch:
I'm almost finished with an instock pair of capris :) I'll be back to post WIP shots momentarily.
And I should be here more often today :thumbsup:
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Mornin'! I am almost finished with my first leg (EVER!). I think I should be able to finish them up tomorrow. I will not have a lot of working time today. I am pleased so far for my very first knitting project ever and considering I made my first knit stitch in my life less than 3 weeks ago :giggle: . I am super happy with the way the leg is shaping up. Now hopefully I can duplicate it on leg #2 LOL.
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Oooh Collective Soul! Good one Dev!
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Kristi is that moon river or polar moon?
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Good morning Ladies!
Well me and DH are narrowing it down of where to go for our Anniversary and are looking into Asheville. :giggle: We looked there once before,but are now looking into it again. We think it will be a nice place and a days drive from some other places we would love to go see as well. Any good place to visit and stay?
On a woolie note I finished the hat I knit for my friend who is adopting a little boy in a couple of weeks. It is blocking and almost dry. Will take a photo in a bit. I have to make a pom pom for the top still.
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And the girls' stuff is all pastels and purple and pink, and I am really hoping to find a bright green or red or orange, or even yellow. Of course, if I drove 5 miles in any direction, I could probably find another target...
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Last week I was in Los Angeles with Toyota and I wish I could be there tomorrow (10/13) for Tundra Endeavor where a Toyota Tundra will tow the 307,000 pound Space Shuttle Endeavor to its new home at the California Science Center.
Since Toyota is a company that likes to give back, they're holding a Tweet Drive for the California Science Center. For every Tweet sent through the Tundra Endeavor Tweet Drive site, Toyota is donating $50 per tweet. Toyota has pledged up to $500,000 and at the time this post was written, only a sad $62,050.
All it takes is a quick click to Tweet in the name of science!
For more information, visit the Tundra Endeavor website, follow the conversation on Twitter using #TundraEndeavor, and don't forget to Tweet to donate!
After witnessing Space Shuttle Discovery fly over Washington, D.C. on the back of a plane in April, I know this exciting site is not one to be missed!
This post was inspired by my work with Toyota and the Toyota Women's Influencer Network (TWIN). I was selected for participation in the TWIN community through a program with Clever Girls Collective. All opinions are my own. Images courtesy of Toyota.


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My 2010 Chicago Gay Pride Events Guide
Featuring Chicago's Gay & Black Gay Pride Events Tailored For Lesbians.
JUNE 25 – STREET FESTIVAL– "Chicago Pride Fest" by Northalsted Business Alliance, Waveland at Halsted; 4 PM to 10 PM. $7 suggested donation goes to Northalsted Business Alliance. Live music, food, arts/crafts, vendors etc. ( Two day fest continues June 26, from 11 AM to 10 PM). www.chicagoevents.com 773-868-3010.
JUNE 26 – PERFORMANCE & CD/BOOK SIGNING– Chely Wright, popular country singer/songwriter and Grand Marshal of this year's Chicago Annual Pride Parade, will be at Borders, 2817 N. Clark St. 4 PM to 6 PM. Her new album is called "Lifted Off the Ground" and her new memoir is titled "Like Me." 773-935-3909 (Borders).
JUNE 26 – OUTDOOR LESBIAN PARTY – "7th ANNUAL BACKLOT BASH" at 5238 N. Clark St. (right behind Cheetah Gym). Hosted by DJ Nikki from B96 & actress & comedian Niki Lindgren. Also: Chicago's own Betty Fords & Crazy Rocket Fuel, Shy Violet, DJ KT and Black Betty headliner. Rain or shine. Age 21+. Tix at door: $10 cover before 5 PM ( $15 after). Thousands of women come out to this two day event each year (also on June 27). www.backlotbashchicago.com.
JUNE 26 – STREET FESTIVAL – "Chicago Pride Fest"by Northalsted Business Alliance, Waveland at Halsted; 11 AM to 10 PM. $7 suggested donation goes to Northalsted Business Alliance. Live music, food, arts/crafts, vendors, etc. (Second day of two day fest). www.chicagoevents.com 773-868-3010.
JUNE 26 – DYKE MARCH – rally first, then the march at 2:30 PM at new south side location. Post-march festivities in the park . For location & more information: www.chicagodykemarch.wordpress.com.
JUNE 27 – CHICAGO 41st ANNUAL PRIDE PARADE– coordinated by PRIDEChicago. Line-up: corner of Halsted Street (800 West) and Belmont Avenue (3200 North). Step off from the Halsted/Belmont corner at 12 Noon, proceeding north on Halsted (to Broadway); then south on Broadway (to Diversey); then east on Diversey (to Cannon Drive) in Lincoln Park. Grand Marshal, country singer/songwriter, Chely Wright. firstname.lastname@example.com 773-348-8243.
JUNE 27 – DANCE PARTY – "GIRLBLAST" annual event by Lynn Malec at Ann Sather Parking Lot, 909 W. Belmont Ave. Expanded this year, it will be hosted by comedienne Jessica Kirkson (Tonight Show, Comedy Central, Joy Behar show, etc.) with special appearances by Dani Campbell (MTV) and Natalie Garcia (afterellen.com, Nat& Meg Show, new L Word). DJ : All the Way Kay (Chicago Dirty Girls) & DJ Alena (dotbleep). Wet t-shirt contest w/prizes. Kissing booth w/ Natalie Garcia. Dance, eat drink: 2 PM to 10 PM. Twitter address is girlblastchi. Pre-sale tickets: www.chicagogirlblast.com.
JUNE 27 – OUTDOOR LESBIAN PARTY – "7th ANNUAL BACKLOT BASH"at 5238 N, Clark St. (right behind Cheetah Gym). Features a hot duel by DJ Kristin! and Deseree Fawn, Gina Glockson, DJ KT & Dot Dot Dot (headliner). Hosted by Mariah Hanson of Club Skirts/The Dinah & Flo from Bad Girls Club. Rain or shine. Age 21+. Tix at door: $10 cover before 5 PM ($15 after). Thousands of women come out to this two day event each year. www.backlotbashchicago.com.
Gay Black Pride Chicago 2010
JULY 3: Poetry Slam, South Loop Hotel, 11 West 26th Street, Chicago, IL., from 6pm until 10pm.
JULY 4: Park Festival, Sherman Park, 5440 S. Racine, Chicago, IL., from 11am until 7pm.


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The XBOX ONE been shipped with 500gb HDD, poses as a problem for gamers as storage isn't just enough, games now take up more hard drive space, an example of such is the the Witcher which feature installs that approach 50GB storage.
The Xbox one and Xbox 360 Gaming consoles has received an external upgrade from Seagate, a 2 terabyte USB 3.0 hard disk. Seagate made the announcement at the Gamescom fan show in cologne, Germany stating that the new storage device was created specifically in mind for Xbox gamers .
With this, one could feel more comfortable as storage space won't be much of a problem and you wouldn't have to delete other games to free up space from your consoles library.
With all of the new and amazing titles expected for this holiday season and a ton more games coming in the future, Xbox gamers will need even more storage and portability
It's good to know that Seagate has provided the solution for this need, partnership between the two companies would yield great and satisfying results.
The drive will retail for $110 at Amazon, Best Buy and other consumer electronic retailers worldwide.


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Paul Walker's Brother Cody Signs With Paradigm (Exclusive)
He recently signed with Paul's manager at Luber Roklin.
Cody Walker has signed with Paradigm, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. THR reported last week that he was taking agency meetings and working with his brother Paul Walker's manager, Matt Luber, who also has officially signed him to Luber Roklin. Paul also got his start at Paradigm, where he remained for several years.
Cody and his other brother, Caleb, worked as stand-ins for Paul's character in Furious 7 after the star was killed in a car accident in November 2013. The Universal actioner opened over the weekend to $384 million worldwide, fourth-best of all time and tops for the franchise.
Cody, a licensed paramedic, has also served as brand manager for Paul's nonprofit Reach Out WorldWide, a volunteer network that deploys first responders to disaster relief situations, since January 2014.
Apr. 7, 3:53 p.m. Added information about Paul Walker's history at Paradigm.


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4 Degree has created a new Web site devoted solely to the discussion and compatibility of Appleis Superdrive DVD-R discs in consumer players. DVD Compatibility Source is based on Appleis own compatibility list, and is designed to be a source for those looking for wether a DVD created with a Mac Superdrive will play on a particular player. According to 4 Degree:
Our DVD Compatibility Source has been developed after we discovered Appleis compatibility list, and spotting that our DVD player wasnit listed, so I emailed Apple telling them of my DVD-R success. Two weeks later, the site was updated, this time including my player (Samsung 709), only to state that
it failed to play DVD-R. From then, we decided to test ourselves, going to different electrical stores and trying as many display machines as possible.
As 4 Degree author DVDs for clients, itis essential to be able to recommend players for them, as well as give them a good percentage figure for the amount of machines their corporate or art dvds will be compatible with. We are a totally Mac-bases company, and are aware of how important compatibility sources are for Mac-users. We are big fans of Xlr8yourmac, MacFixit and MacInTouch to name a few, and felt we could do our bit by sharing our knowledge of DVD compatibility with the community.
It was at this point that we decided to make the Source - a base for those with DVD-R drives to submit experiences and enter into DVD related discussions and problem-solving in our forum. We hope you find our site useful, and value all your comments, and suggestions.
You can find more information about the new site at DVD Compatibility Source Web site.


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Rumor alert! I've received a tip from a very trustworthy source that Google will announce support for PayPal payments in the Android Market on Nov. 2. It's no secret that PayPal and Google have been working on making it happen, and we honestly expected an announcement last week during PayPal's developer's forum, but it didn't materialize.
We take all rumors with a grain of salt (and you should, too!), but the details surrounding this one sure sound right, and I'm going with it. There's not much more I can say, but be on the lookout for this news as well as some other announcements from developers and publishers on Nov. 2. Thanks to our anonymous friend!


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8hr Deep Sea Fishing
Our 8hr trip is designed for the more dedicated angler.
You will find yourselves fishing the deeper grounds, wrecks and reefs that cant be reached on the 4hr session.
We aim to drift to target various species throughout the day with 22 being the most species caught on the Bluefin any one season of chartering.
Ice will be provided to keep your catch in the same condition at the end of the day as when it was hooked. Hot drinks provided.
For your comfort our bespoke all day charters have limited spaces available.
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ATLANTA – Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators on Dec. 1 announced the acquisition of Nader's Pest Raiders of Ponte Vedra Beach and Fernandina Beach, Fla. The announcement was made by Emily Thomas Kendrick, Arrow Exterminators CEO and president. Nader's Pest Raiders, ranked 79 on PCT's Top 100 list, specializes in residential pest, termite and lawn care services. Nader's Pest Raiders services Northeast Florida including Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra, St. Augustine and the Fernandina area, as well as the Coastal Georgia area.
The family business was started in 1990 by Randy Nader with the purpose of providing the best services in the industry utilizing the best employees, state of the art equipment and superior knowledge, Arrow says. Following the principles of integrity, customer satisfaction and superior employees, Nader has grown his company to be part of the PCT's Top 100 companies in the industry.
"We are delighted with the opportunity to have a company like Nader's Pest Raiders become part of our Arrow Exterminators family," Kendrick said. "Nader's Pest Raiders is a well-respected company in the Northeast Florida and Coastal Georgia markets and will greatly add to our growth."
According to Nader, president and owner of Nader's Pest Raiders, "Merging my company with a larger successful operation that shares the same family values and business philosophies was critical to my decision. The opportunity for our employees to advance and grow in this environment and in a family culture can only make us all more successful. I look forward to remaining with the company and continuing to lead our team members in Northeast Florida and Coastal Georgia.
"The Thomas family has built an outstanding organization with a family culture and a business philosophy of integrity, taking care of the customer and employees," he added.
"Nader's Pest Raiders has provided high quality pest, termite and lawn services for the last 20 years," said Joe Thomas, Arrow chairman of the board. "We look forward to continuing to grow the Northeast Florida and South Georgia markets, while gaining tremendous talent with all of the Nader team members."
Family owned since 1964, Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators is the eighth largest pest and termite control company in the United States, ranked by revenue. Arrow boasts a modern fleet of more than 700 vehicles, more than 65 service centers and revenues of $100 million. The company services customers in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.


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Diesel injectors
I went to crank my F350 7.3 dually this evening and it will barely run. Can anyone tell me how to check the injectors to see if I have a bad one or do I have to put it on a computer?
Woe is me....:(
Definently get it hooked up to some diagnostic equipment. Way too many possibilities to take pot shots at. Hopefully its something cheap and simple like a cam sensor...They were a weak spot on 7.3's
Glow plugs! That 7.3 is old, it's cold. Glow plugs fail and creates that symptom. Let me know more about exactly it's doing.. Might be able to help you better.
Good luck.
If its glow plugs it will start hard, but once it is started, run just fine. If it starts and still runs like chit for an extended period of time, then there is something else wrong. Cam Position Sensor is a weak spot on them. If you have someone with a scan gauge or auto enginuity, then you could do a buzz test and contribution test on the injectors to see if they could be the issue. Some more info on exactly what it is (or isnt) doing would help.
If it idles OK, but absolutely won't get out of its own way, then you might check that the EBPV didnt get stuck closed.
The CPS has already been replaced, it absolutely died when it went bad.
It cranks (starts) but has a horrible miss. I had an injector go bad about three years ago and the symptoms were similar. Missing is worse this time though.
No CEL, I assume?
Correct, no CEL.
Yes, run a tech 2 or similar device on it if you have it or know someone with it. If not time to visit a service shop. They can check your balance rates on your injectors and make sure they are all firing properly. Normally if an injector fails you'll have more symptoms than just missing. It will white smoke (even at idle), have fuel in your oil, knock like crazy... Might not be all of these but at least 1. Normally injector issues, it will still run and move around okay, just smoke and knock like crazy.
Those 2 things are going to be your most likely cuases... beyond that you are looking at possible turbo issues (i believe the 7.3 is a wastegate setup), valve issues (such as breather valves, bypass valves), Position sensors like jschilm said, ecm/wiring issues.
Sadly I blew my turbo on my 08 LMM Duramax yesterday... I'll spend the weekend rebuilding it... ohh fun Thanksgiving for me. lol
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A special committee of Federal judges, set up at the request of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist to study the judicial system's handling of death penalty cases, today recommended strict new limits on the multiple appeals that are now commonly filed by death row inmates.
The proposal, which would require new Federal legislation, appeared likely to provoke a renewed debate in Congress over the death penalty.
Under the proposal, the new limits would take effect only in states that agreed to find and pay for lawyers to represent indigent death row inmates in an initial round of state court challenges to the constitutionality of the conviction. The Supreme Court ruled in June that the Constitution does not oblige states to provide lawyers for this phase of death penalty litigation. Goal Is to Reduce Delays
Lewis F. Powell Jr., the retired Supreme Court Justice who headed the five-member committee, said at a news conference at the Court that the goal of the proposal was to reduce unnecessary delay in carrying out the death penalty while at the same time assuring that inmates were adequately represented.
But groups representing death row inmates sharply criticized the proposal as tilting the current system too far in favor of the state. ''Despite some superficially attractive elements, it is insidious,'' Richard Burr, a death penalty specialist with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., said in an interview.Continue reading the main story
Among several ''critical defaults,'' Mr. Burr said, was that the proposal did not acknowledge the widespread problem of inadequate legal representation for murder defendants at the trial level. Leslie Harris, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, called the proposal ''abstract, fact-free and bloodless'' and said it would ''facilitate the rush to the gallows.'' Reservations by Bar Association
A statement from the American Bar Association, which is also studying the issue, was milder in tone but also indicated reservations about the proposal. L. Stanley Chauvin Jr., the bar association's president, said: ''We are concerned that fairness not be sacrificed for the sake of expediency.''
Under the committee proposal, states would have the option of joining the new streamlined process for handling what are known as ''post-conviction appeals'' in death penalty cases. These appeals, in the form of petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, challenge the constitutionality of the conviction or sentence.
Only states that made lawyers available would be eligible to join the system. In those states, inmates would be limited, except in unusual circumstances, to filing one petition in the state courts; if that fails, a subsequent petition in the Federal courts would have to be filed within six months. An automatic stay of execution would be in effect while these petitions are pending.
Death row inmates now often file several separate habeas corpus petitions. Habeas corpus proceedings often take years to run their course, and result in as many as half of all death sentences' being overturned. With 2,200 people on death row, there have been 117 executions in the last 17 years.
The proposal, which the committee developed during a year of study, was made as a recommendation to the Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making body for the Federal court system. The conference, which consists of 28 Federal judges and is headed by Chief Justice Rehnquist, deferred action on the report until March. At that time, it will decide whether to adopt the recommendation and transmit it to Congress.
Last fall, in an attempt to deflect Republican efforts to place sharp new limits on death penalty appeals, the Senate leadership agreed that it would consider the issue once the Judicial Conference acted on the report of Justice Powell's committee. Within 15 days of receiving the report, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Delaware Democrat who is chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is bound under this unusual agreement to introduce a bill on the subject. His bill need not be the judicial conference proposal, however.
Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Powell have both long been critical of the delays and multiple appeals involved in death penalty cases. Today, Justice Powell said that while he had no doubt as a judge that capital punishment was constitutional, and that the 37 states that have adopted it are entitled to see it carried out, he would vote against it if he were a state legislator. ''Capital punishment has so far not deterred murder,'' he said, adding that it ''creates so many collateral problems.'' He also predicted that the death penalty would eventually be abolished in the United States as it has been in Western Europe.
The other members of Justice Powell's committee were Chief Judge Charles Clark of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Chief Judge Paul H. Roney of the 11th Circuit, and Federal District Judges William Terrell Hodges of Florida and Barefoot Sanders of Texas.Continue reading the main story


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Where's Esther?
Robert Alter
- The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography by John Collins
Princeton, 272 pp, £16.95, October 2012, ISBN 978 0 691 14367 5
- The Essenes, the Scrolls and the Dead Sea by Joan Taylor
Oxford, 418 pp, £30.00, November 2012, ISBN 978 0 19 955448 5
The Dead Sea Scrolls, the first three of which came to light in 1947, were the most momentous manuscript discovery of the past hundred years. Almost from the beginning, controversy has swirled around them: who wrote the Scrolls; who carefully preserved them in jars in a series of caves at the northwestern corner of the Dead Sea; what can they tell us about the origins of Christianity and the formation of post-biblical Judaism; and, beyond these substantive matters, which scholars have the right to study and publish them. Over the years, the Scrolls have triggered two bizarre court cases, one in Jerusalem and the other in New York, involving contentious scholars; a sensationalist book claiming that publication of the texts was long blocked by the Vatican because it would reveal material that challenged the legitimacy of the Church; clandestine exchanges between shady dealers in antiquities and well-financed Scrolls-seekers; a series of proposals, of varying implausibility, about the nature of the Dead Sea community at Qumran; scandal-mongering news reports about two different scholars, one a mentally unstable alcoholic, the other pushing the fantastic notion that the Scrolls were associated with the purported beginnings of Christianity in the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The initial discovery, accidentally made by a Bedouin shepherd, was of three documents: a complete text of the Book of Isaiah, a sectarian manual of discipline and a commentary on the prophet Habakkuk. During the next few years, excavations were conducted in adjacent caves. In the end, some nine hundred manuscripts were unearthed in various states of legibility or decomposition, together with an abundance of discrete fragments. It is estimated that the Qumran 'library' – that label is strongly contested by many – comprised several thousand scrolls, a vast collection in the ancient world. There were portions of every canonical book of the Hebrew Bible, with the exception of Esther. This has led most observers to infer that Esther, an odd fairy-tale narrative in which God's name is never mentioned, was not considered a holy text by those at Qumran, though it is possible that it is simply by chance that no scrap of Esther survived. In any case, all these biblical scrolls antedate by a thousand years the oldest (partly) surviving manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, the Aleppo Codex, a scribal copy made in Tiberias in the late tenth century, and so are immensely important for the study of the biblical text. Because they are older does not mean that they are invariably more authoritative, but they certainly demonstrate that around the turn of the Christian era there was a degree of fluidity in the textual status of the books that would soon become canonical.
Other texts found at Qumran open a window on a variety of Judaism at this pivotal moment of which we had hitherto no more than glimpses. The texts include sectarian regulations; examples of the form of biblical interpretation known as pesher, which relates Scripture to figures and events in the writer's own time; narrative paraphrases and expansions of biblical narratives; one important document making pronouncements on issues of Jewish law; apocalyptic poems and narratives, hymns and liturgical texts.
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December Newsletter
Happy Holidays from all of us at Lone Wolf! We know we've been quiet as of late, but we have a few holiday surprises that will hopefully add a little cheer to the month of December. Aside from being hard at work on both Hero Lab Online and Realm Works, we've released several Hero Lab Classic data packages in the last two months and even managed to find time for a bit of reorganizing. As companies continue to grow, their staff must increase accordingly, and we're proud to announce that we've added Rone Barton to our team as our new Director of Communications!
We've also been quietly rearranging priorities and policies around the Wolf Lair and BJ Hensley, our Marketing Director, is officially assuming the role of Vice President. Her role has been expanding significantly for some time and will continue to do so in order to allow Rob the most time possible to work on the products he loves and bring you improvements sooner. You'll see a variety of positive changes in the future in regards to our communications policies, along with some exciting announcements many of you have been anxiously awaiting. A few of these announcements can be found below with more in-depth details arriving in the days ahead, once our team has had a chance to breathe from all the frantic rushing to get as much done as possible before the Holidays.
Looking for Pathfinder bug fixes, enhancements, and data file authoring changes? You can read all about those on our forums!
Ultimate Wilderness is available for purchase in Hero Lab Classic along with a few more chapters of the Ruins of Azlant AP! Looking for People of the Wastes, Potions & Poisons, Taldor – The First Empire, or In the Company of Unicorns by Rite Publishing? They'll be available for purchase the first week of January!
Ultimate Wilderness
Answer the Call
Wild, untamed lands hold a wealth of mystery and danger, providing the perfect backdrop for heroic adventure. Whether adventurers are climbing mountains in search of a dragon's lair, carving their way through the jungle, or seeking a long-lost holy city covered by desert sands, Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Wilderness gives them the tools to survive the wilds. A new 20-level base class, the shifter, puts animalistic powers into the hands—or claws—of player characters and villains alike, with new class features derived from animalistic attributes. Overviews of druidic sects and rituals, as well as new archetypes, character options, spells, and more, round out the latest contribution to the Pathfinder RPG rules!
The Ultimate Wilderness data package includes:
Ultimate Wilderness is available in our store for just $12.99!
Ruins of Azlant
The Ruins of Azlant Adventure Path begins with the adventurers standing on the deck of a ship ready to make landfall at their new home. However, dread settles in as they notice that the colony is empty and abandoned. Tasked with uncovering the whereabouts of the prior group of colonists, the adventurers go ashore and explore the deserted settlement.
You can pick chapters 1 through 4 of the Ruins of Azlant Adventure Path in our store for just $24.99, with the remaining chapters being added as they release! This data package includes everything you need to properly run encounters in Hero Lab for the Ruins of Azlant Adventure Path.
Kickstarter Content is beginning to roll out!
If you backed our Realm Works Kickstarter at the appropriate level, now is the time to check your store accounts for Masks and Eureka! We will be issuing the remaining available items to you after the holidays.
Our team is still working closely with Paizo to ensure appropriate communications between our site and theirs is available for properly handling purchases and authenticating ownership of Pathfinder PDFs. Once we have these issues firmly resolved, we will bring the Content Market online. We don't have dates at this time, but we'll announce them once we know more. We expect to have this issue resolved shortly after the new year.
The Hero Lab Online Open Beta is now truly open!
If you signed up for our Hero Lab Online Open Beta and you've been anxiously waiting to get in, your wait is over! We have authorized access to all those who submitted valid email addresses and as an added bonus will be leaving the Beta open during the remainder of the Holiday season! We've created a Hero Lab Online Open Beta Quickstart Guide to help get you on your way to creating characters and providing us your thoughts on the process.
So, what are you waiting for? Login to Hero Lab Online and start creating!
Login and password reset is here!
We love all the feedback and compliments we've been getting about Hero Lab Online and we've been listening! We've fixed a great many bugs thanks to our helpful users but our most frequent support tickets have been in regards to an inability to reset your username and password. So our Holiday gift to you is a Forgot your username or password? link!
Don't forget to connect with us on social media for news and release updates throughout the month!
Until next month – Happy Gaming!


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We are Western North Carolina's center for affordable quality fabrics and foam to help you create chic clothing, quilts, bedding, curtains, seat cushions and home or office décor projects. Do-it-yourself projects, restaurants, and interior decorators will also find a huge array of fabrics for pillows, upholstery and outdoor furniture coverings at Foam & Fabrics Outlet in Fletcher and Black Mountain, North Carolina.
We carry a vast and ever-changing fabric inventory, including:
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It began subtly, but over time the pain escalated in my right hand. After knitting, my fingers ached and were swollen. Given what I did every day—a lot of knitting, computer work, and piano practice —this didn't strike me as unusual, but when I decreased these activities, the pain and swelling remained. I saw a hand doctor and went for physical therapy in a clinic tied to his orthopedic practice. The diagnosis was two related conditions: an inflammation of my finger tendons (tenosynovitis), and carpal tunnel syndrome.
"You need to stop, or drastically limit knitting," the doctor advised, to my horror. Not only do I adore knitting, I write about it professionally. Knitting is so integral to my life that reducing my practice felt devastating. But knitting was injuring my hand; I knew the doctor was right. To say I found this depressing is a major understatement.
A compassionate friend gave me a rigid heddle table loom she'd hardly used, as another option for working with fiber. Despite a manual that emphasized its easy operation, the loom seemed dauntingly complex. Whenever I looked at it, I felt more depressed. My general frustration was fed by so many factors—my disabled hand, the loss of knitting, the huge stash of yarn I'd acquired over years. What would I do with it all if I couldn't knit, and I couldn't deal with the table loom?
Then serendipity struck.
I learned that Lion Brand supports several kinds of very basic looms, and I determined to try them. The Martha Stewart Crafts DIY Easy Weaver recently arrived, and I'm thrilled to report that this has changed everything. It's not just that it's a genius kind of invention that's provided an elegant solution for me. It's also that using it for only a short time has let me understand fundamental weaving principles, and offered new ways to play with yarn. So far I've woven a stitch sampler with several colors of Vanna's Choice worsted, and have almost completed the Boho shoulder bag (which uses Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® as well as Vanna's Choice® worsted), one of the many free patterns available in Lion Brand's Pattern Database.
The loom's instructions are augmented by excellent video tutorials on everything from setting up the loom to creating finishing touches, like tassels. If you can follow knitting or crochet instructions, you'll find the weaving patterns disarmingly simple, as is the entire operation of the DIY Easy Weaver. Best, for many folks with various hand problems, working with the loom is essentially stress and pain free.
I asked Victoria Moitoso (Director of Occupational and Hand Therapy at Foundry Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Providence, RI) to observe while I wove. She liked that the shuttle and the comb for compressing the weft were relatively large (bigger objects work best for those with hand disabilities), and that the manipulation was almost equally distributed between both hands. As the smallish warping pegs could be challenging for some to remove from the loom, we substituted needlenose pliers, like the Pleezers 5.75" Pliers with Magnifier for fingers. Our consensus: the DIY Easy Weaver provides a platform for working with fiber that's user-friendly for folks with the commonest hand disabilities.
Truthfully, even if I had no hand problem, I'd enjoy this lovely little loom. It's compact, sturdy, and lightweight. You can use it almost anywhere, and with any kind of Lion Brand yarns. The creative possibilities are vast. And besides all that, using yarn in a new way generates interesting, unexpected ideas about fiber crafting.
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Robin Thicke & Paula Patton: From Miami to LAX!
Robin Thicke and his wife Paula Patton walk arm in arm while making their way out of their hotel on Wednesday (January 1) in Miami, Fla.
That evening, the 36-year-old singer and the 38-year-old actress were spotted arriving at LAX Airport together after spending New Year's Eve 2014 in Miami.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Robin Thicke
In case you missed it, check out Robin's pre-taped performance of his hit song "Blurred Lines" aired during the west coast portion of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2014 event on ABC.
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Centrum Broking is a full service brokerage house offering broking services to Institutional and Non-Institutional investors. It offers advisory and execution platforms for Equities and Derivatives and is a member of the following stock exchanges:
• National Stock Exchange (Cash & Derivatives Segment)
• Bombay Stock Exchange (Cash Segment)
We offer demat services in a seamless manner and are a Depository Participants with Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL). Centrum Broking has a highly acclaimed institutional desk with expertise in servicing institutional investors such as FIIs, Pension Funds, Indian Mutual Funds, Domestic Institutions and Proprietary Funds of large corporate houses. Our non-institutional investor segment focuses on High Net worth Individuals and Corporates. Our client-centric approach enables us to offer customised products and services that meet your investment needs.
CEO - Institutional Equities & Advisory
MD - Institutional Equities (Sales Trading)
We have always taken the lead in organising theme-based events for the benefit of corporates and investors. Below is a list of some of the key events organized by us:
We hosted around 120 corporates in June 2017 as part of Centrum Corporate Connect. Over 60 institutional investors and PE funds participated. This calendar event was first organized in May 2014 and will be held annually.
We organized an Auto Insights Day conference in September 2015. The event saw participation from leading organisations like Jones Lang LaSalle, Micro Housing Finance Corp, National Housing Bank and GIC Housing Finance who discussed topics pertaining to the housing market, increasing urbanization and initiatives taken by the Government to promote the growth of the sector.
We hosted a Textile Insights Day in October 2015. The event saw representation by six corporates – Welspun India, Indo Count Industries, Orbit Exports, Siyaram Silk Mills, Nandan Denim and Ashapura Initmates Fashion. The conference was well received with over 30+ institutional investor clients participating. More than 100+ meetings took place.


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I have run on roads a lot more this year than ever before, and this has been hard, both physically and mentally. Road running is starting to grow on me a little bit, I think, but the transition back to softer ground and hillier surroundings has felt really good.
A couple of weekends ago, I ran the Red Kite Challenge (trail half-marathon) on Saturday and then the follow-up Ras Y Diafol (17M) on Sunday. Both of these races were really fun, but in a somewhat bitter-sweet way. The bitter part was that I ran much better (4th in 1:29 on Saturday, 1st in 2:01 on Sunday) than I would have expected, given that this was only a week after a goal marathon race. I knew this already, but the weekend was another reminder that I did not get the most out of my fitness in Manchester. Then again, I am not going to complain about winning a race, even if Ras Y Diafol is a pretty small and low-key event. And the prize was a pair of Salomon shoes!
Red Kite Challenge – this picture even made the local
newspaper, and I am now officially a celebrity!
Ras Y Diafol – once a WV Mountaineer…
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Dolly Parton's career spans five decades. During that time, she has recorded more than 60 Country and bluegrass albums. Dolly's also composed thousands of songs, many drawn from her own life experiences. The inspiration for her latest release, For God And Country, came from recent world events, specifically the 2001 attacks on America and the war in Iraq.
Red, White and Bluegrass is one of seven tracks Dolly Parton wrote for her new collection of patriotic and inspirational songs. For God and Country also includes Dolly's arrangements of many traditional tunes.
Parton says she recorded For God and Country as a tribute to American military troops.
"We can't give them enough praise and honor and thanks," she says. "I've always wanted to do a patriotic album, and no time could be more perfect than these days. There's a lot of wonderful, uplifting songs in the album too, but a lot of them really touch on what we're going through now."
Dolly first recorded the uplifting Light Of A Clear Blue Morning for her 1977 album New Harvest, First Gathering. It appeared again on the soundtrack to her 1992 film, Straight Talk. She added an extended banjo ending to the newly-recorded version found on For God and Country.
Dolly also reached back to her gospel roots on the new collection. She offers an accapella version of Whispering Hope, and is joined by legendary gospel group The Fairfield Four on the traditional hymn Peace In The Valley.
Dolly wrote Color Me America, one of the album's tracks, the day after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. She says that, for most of her life, she's expressed her feelings by writing songs.
"I've been writing since I was a little bitty kid. I started playing the guitar and singing when I was about 7," she says. "So, everyday, that's just kind of how I express myself. I just kind of have a gift of rhyme, so stuff just starts coming out of my head. I think, 'why not put it down on paper. Some of it might be good.'"
At last count, Dolly's compositions exceeded 3,000 tunes. The seven-time Grammy winner's best known classics include I Will Always Love You, Jolene and Coat of Many Colors.
Reflecting on her long and successful career, Dolly says, "I didn't understand all the things that it involved, but I wanted to be loved and rich and famous. I wanted to travel. So, I really wanted all the things that are happening to me now. But, the older I get, the more I realize how fortunate and lucky I've really been. It was a childhood dream come true and I don't take any of it for granted. It's my joy as well as my job."
In March, Dolly will begin a U.S. concert tour to promote For God and Country. One of the most emotional songs on the album is its first single, Welcome Home.


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Goooood afternooooon, beauty pies.
Hoping you all having a nice lunch break, I'm at home so I decided to do (prepare) something. So here it is the final result... I ate rice, salad and jacob's (with ham and cheese) to drink some cold water, nhamiiiii... (And I know that for someone this doesn't seems good so, for those one's, sorry...)
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I know, I didn't see it coming either.
You have no idea how badly I wish I were still teaching last year's class because it would be so awesome to rub this in their faces. Take that Liva, I guess I won't be single forever.
And want to know the truly best part about marrying Stephen? Well, I actually expressed those vindictive thoughts to him out loud in conversation, and he still thinks I'm worth marrying. True love right there.
I was pretty excited to tell my students the good news, but I knew there was no way they were going to care unless there was something in it for them. That's ok, bribery and I are good friends. We started our morning off with playing a game of hangman instead of our regular phonics lesson. The secret message spelled out, "I am getting married!" and they figured it out pretty quickly. When they had filled out all the letters, Haley yelled out, "Teacher is this for real?!"
I answered, "Yep! And since I got a new ring, I figured it was only fair if you all get one, too." and held up a bag of Ring Pops. The crowd went WILD.
As they sucked on their candy jewels they chatted happily and asked me about a bazillion questions.
"What's your new last name?"
"When are you going to get married?"
"What does your dress look like?"
"Who ARE you going to marry?"
*Important side story: The Friday before, my class had earned enough points for a class party, which is a pretty big deal. I was wracking my brain for a worthy prize because they had worked hard to earn those points and they deserved something pretty big. I wanted to throw a pizza party, but delivery pizza was too expensive (teacher- remember?) and I didn't have time to run out and pick some up during lunch. That's where my amazing then-boyfriend-now-fiance Stephen came in and saved the day. He not only picked up pizza for the entire class, but he brought chips as well (just in case) and stayed and helped me out with the party. True love.
When my kids came in for the party, they noticed Stephen sitting at the table.
"Teacher, who's that?"
"That's Stephen. He's the one who brought you guys all this pizza!"
"But why did he come?"
"Because he wanted to bring you guys pizza."
They looked skeptical, but once they had a slice to keep their mouths quiet the party was great. Well, it was mostly great until one of my boys looked up from his piece of pizza, chips, and juice box and said, "So teacher, when are we getting our prize?"
Kids these days. Amiright?*
They ask me, "Teacher, who are you marrying?" and Luke yells out,
"I know! It's the pizza guy isn't it?!"
I replied, "Yep! He delivered that pizza so well I just had to marry him!" But then I laughed because teacher jokes.
Our conversation went on and they were all very excited until I told them that I wouldn't be back at school next year. I explained that Stephen had a job in Arizona after graduation and so I was going to move there with him and teach kids there. My class freaked out. They were so disappointed which was hilarious because 1) they already know I wouldn't be their teacher again next year anyways and 2) they're really not that nice to me.
That day we were starting our opinion writing unit. I hadn't thought of a prompt in advance (I was a little distracted over the weekend ok?) so I had to come up with something on the spot. This is the prompt we ended up writing to:
Do you think Miss Earl should get married? Why or why not?
"I am going to tell you whether Miss Earl should get married. First, she wants to get married. Next, he is nice. Then, he seems strong. Last, she won't be poor. That's why she would get married."
"I do not think Miss Earl should get married. First, he is too nice. Next, he probably eats too much snacks. Then, I do not think he is handsome. Last, I think he likes pizza too much. Now you know what I think."
"I do not think she should get married. First, I don't want to watch. Next, she will get poor. Then, he is a pizza boy. Last, he was raised by cows. That's why she should not get married."
"I think Miss Earl should get married. First, she wants to get married. Secondly, the man is handsome. Third, he will love Miss Earl. Finally, he will be a nice husband. Now you know why Miss Earl should get married."
Through their writing it was clear to see that my students were very concerned with my choice to marry a pizza man. One of my girls suggested that I get some pizza, keep the ring, and run.
When we were done with our writing assignment I had to make it clear that I had already decided to marry Stephen, so it was a done deal. Damon yelled out, "Then what did we even do this for?!"
The Friday of the same week we did some math practice on the white boards. They were doing a great job so I gave them the last five minutes to doodle. These are the pieces that were brought to my desk for my inspection.
|"I love you" "Me too"
The same student came back a minute later with this gem.
|"I hate you!" "Dang it"
|"Pizza's here!"
|This is Stephen "I hate Ms. Earl"


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The springs in your vehicle probably aren't something you think about until there's a problem or you've decided to upgrade suspension parts in the interest of sportier handling. But what specifically do springs do? In short, they play a major role in the safe handling and ride comfort of your vehicle. Not only do they keep a vehicle at a designated standing height, they provide recoil necessary to bounce back after suspension components move up and down over uneven road surfaces. By themselves, springs will continue to bounce up and down for a long time unless a motion damper such as a shock absorber is present to keep things stable. Springs can be soft and extremely bouncy, or they can be stiffer and less bounce-prone.
When it comes to simple, basic springs made of metal that don't require electricity, hydraulics, or air pressure to function, there are three main types. In this article, we'll examine those three types to help you understand how each one functions, and how they differ from one another.
We'll also guide you to the appropriate sections of our website if you're in need of original equipment style replacement suspension components or performance upgrades that yield changes in handling or ride height. Because the types of springs fitted as original equipment on the front of many vehicles differ from those fitted on the rear, our website Product Options field will automatically provide guidance in that category for any make and model.
Coil Springs
Coil springs are made from hardened and tempered steel, wound in a spiral formation. Most modern passenger cars built in the last few decades feature coil springs at all four wheels, and an increasing number of pickups and SUVs are now equipped with them in the front as well as the rear. On MacPherson type struts, a coil spring is mounted around a shock absorber - both of which are attached to the strut itself. On other vehicles without struts, coil springs and shock absorbers are mounted separately.
Coil springs can be firm, soft, or have a spring rate that varies. As a pound-per-square-inch measurement, spring rate is the force required to compress a coil spring 1 inch. The higher the per-inch spring rate, the stiffer the spring. Spring rate is also used to describe whether a spring has the same rate of compression at all points during its travel ("linear"), gets progressively stiffer the more it compresses ("progressive"), or is specially configured to change characteristics abruptly ("dual rate").
Coil springs allow the most flexibility when it comes to variable rate characteristics. For trucks, variable rate coil springs allow a comfortable ride when the vehicle is unloaded. As weight is added, the spring rate becomes stiffer to increase stability without the ill effects of bouncing, and it prevents the ride height from dropping significantly.
For performance-oriented cars with a low ride height, variable rate springs allow better absorption of bumps during normal street use, then become stiffer around turns to reduce body roll during aggressive driving. Coil springs can also allow for a greater amount of up and down wheel travel, which is a huge advantage on rutted and rocky off-road trails.
Coil springs aren't as well suited to carrying heavy loads as leaf springs are. With coil springs, vehicle weight is concentrated onto a smaller surface area of the vehicle frame, while leaf springs spread a load out more evenly. To save overall weight on cars that keep getting heavier with additional standard and optional equipment, some manufacturers have taken to making coil springs lighter and thinner.
Unfortunately, this makes them more subject to cracking and breaking under pressure - especially if corrosion sets in. What would be non-threatening surface rust on more robust springs can cause thinner ones to be significantly compromised. Some vehicle manufacturers have applied durable surface coatings around the springs - both for corrosion resistance and to prevent any broken shards from flying loose and puncturing tires.
How To Tell When Coil Springs Are Worn
As coil springs age, they naturally lose their resilience and start to sag, causing ride height to drop. So if your vehicle droops at the front or rear, those springs are probably worn out. If there's a noticeable difference in ride height between the left and right side of the vehicle, a coil spring may be broken. Either of these problems will become especially obvious when even a small amount of weight is added - such as one or two passengers in the rear seat. Broken coil springs also tend to generate some kind of noise as things shift.
Because coil springs are often fitted to vehicles with more sophisticated independent, multi-link suspension systems, improper ride height has more of a negative effect on wheel alignment and tire wear. If you think your ride height may be sagging, vehicle manufacturers typically list ride height specifications in owner manuals and on the internet. It's easy to make a measurement yourself for comparison purposes. When you think it's time to replace those springs, we've got a wide selection of springs and related items.
If you prefer OEM style replacement coil springs, we've got the springs themselves as well as spring seats (top and bottom rubber insulators), upper and lower coil spring mounting brackets, and adjusters/shims for when you need additional support or adjustment to the original mounting position.
If you're looking to modify your suspension, we've got coil springs that enhance performance. You may also find our selection of suspension lift kits, spacers, and leveling kits (these raise the front more than the rear) interesting if you've got a 4x4 you want to raise. And if you appreciate manual adjustability for ride height and stiffness, take a look at our individual springs for coilovers. We've also got spring seat isolators along with various hardware pieces.
Leaf Springs
Leaf springs are literally older than the automobile itself, having been in use since the earliest horse-driven carriages traveled the countryside. Very simple in layout, a leaf spring setup is composed of one or more lengths of arched spring steel.
Each arched steel piece is known as a leaf, and one or more leaves may be stacked on top of each other and mounted above or below a solid (non-independent) axle beam assembly. Because they are bolted to the axle, leaf springs support the weight of the vehicle and serve to secure the axle to the vehicle frame.
Mono Leaf vs. Multi Leaf Springs
A single leaf setup typically found on small lightweight cars is known as a "mono leaf" spring, while multiple leaves stacked on top of each other are known as "multi leaf" springs. Both types of setups have a "main leaf" that features curved ends with round bushings built into them known as eyes. Since a mono leaf spring is comprised of only one leaf, that leaf serves as the main attachment leaf.
On multi-leaf setups where additional leaves become progressively shorter in length, the longest leaf serves as the main attachment leaf. While the front eye of the main leaf is typically mounted directly to the vehicle frame, shackles are often used at the rear to allow flex as the leaf springs elongate under compression. One end of the shackle is attached to the vehicle frame, the other to the rear eye.
Mono leaves were developed by automakers who were trying to create a better ride for lightweight passenger cars. Because these springs are thickest at their center and thinnest at their end points, a variable spring rate is produced which yields a soft, flexible ride that stiffens up for better control around corners.
"Split" mono leaf springs consist of two partial leaves that are bound together in the center where they overlap for approximately 6 to 12 inches. The overlapping creates a stiffer spring than a standard mono leaf without adding much weight. Split mono leaves are popular choices for older muscle cars used in drag racing, so you won't find them as standard equipment.
Because leaf springs are best suited to heavy vehicles that carry large payloads, they're most commonly found on solid axles of pickups, SUVs, and larger trucks not equipped with air suspension. On these vehicles as well as older body-on-frame cars, leaf springs are mounted longitudinally from front-to-rear alongside frame rails. On other occasions, leaf springs have been mounted transversely from left-to-right on various front and rear suspensions.
Advantages Of Leaf Springs
Leaf springs are the simplest setup, with the fewest number of moving parts to wear out. Unlike coil springs, leaves serve to keep the rear axle in place so the need for complex suspension linkages is eliminated. When a lot of weight is being carried, leaf springs spread the load out more evenly across the vehicle's chassis than coil or torsion bar springs. Additionally, the friction produced between multiple leaves as they slide helps damp the natural up-down rebounding effect of springs - making the ride steadier and reducing the work that shock absorbers must do.
Disadvantages Of Leaf Springs
When leaf springs are bolted directly to rear axles, torque generated during hard acceleration or braking can cause axle wind-up which creates vibration, rear-end squat, and nose-diving. This mounting also requires leaf springs to have a stiffer spring rate - reducing ride comfort levels that softer springs would provide.
How To Tell When Leaf Springs Are Worn
When worn leaf springs lose their resilience, they begin to sag. Vehicle ride height drops as a direct result, so it's a good idea to measure ride height yourself and compare it to the manufacturer's specifications if you feel there's a problem. Along with lowered ride height and lost spring bounce come complications such as bottoming out much easier over bumps - something that's harmful to suspension components and possibly to your payload.
When leaf springs become worn, the leaves can develop visible cracks and corrosion. Sometimes if corrosion and wear are bad enough, a leaf can break in two - with a section of it falling off the vehicle entirely. When rubber bushings in spring eyes and shackles dry up and crumble, cushioning is lost and ride harshness significantly increases.
Want to see what your options are for replacement leaf springs? For OEM style leaf springs replacement needs, we've got shackles, bump stops, spacers/shims, and assorted hardware pieces. These will restore your ride quality to factory new specifications.
If you're interested in modifying your factory leaf spring setup, see our page for performance-enhancing leaf springs. There, you'll find lowering kits to drop ride height as well as add-a-leaf kits and leaf spring blocks for raising it. There are also shackles and spring pads along with mounts, bushings, and other hardware.
Vehicles You'll Typically Find Leaf Springs On
Leaf springs were almost universally used on the rear axle of rear-wheel-drive (RWD) American passenger cars from the 1930s through the 1970s. The Chrysler Corporation continued to use them through the 1980s. When carmakers began to switch to front-wheel-drive platforms, rear leaf springs were tossed in favor of coil springs. Most traditional pickup trucks used leaf springs in the rear AND front suspensions through the 1960s, as these vehicles had non-independent suspensions at all four corners. As pickups matured and gained independent front suspension, they switched to coils or torsion bars in the front. Many pickup trucks and vans continue with rear leaf springs today.
Torsion Bars
Torsion Bars don't flatten out like a leaf spring or compress like a coil spring. Instead, a narrow steel tube attached to the vehicle's control arms twists along its axis, or length, when that control arm travels up and down. The other end, bolted to the frame of the vehicle, is fixed in place and does not twist. When a wheel strikes a bump and moves upward, tension is created as the bar twists out of shape. After the bump, the steel bar unwinds and pushes the wheel downward again.
Torsion bars are typically mounted in a front-to-rear position on the vehicle, allowing bars to have greater length for more up-and-down wheel travel on 4x4s. The attachment ends of torsion bars are usually either hex-shaped or splined, and mounted in an anchor piece known as a "key". The position of these keys can be adjusted with a wrench to vary a vehicle's overall ride height. As the key is turned to the raised position, the ride height of the vehicle increases - or vice versa.
Spring rates of torsion bars are determined by a bar's thickness, overall diameter, length, and the material it's made out of (usually steel alloy.)
Because torsion bars are very space-efficient and take up much less overall volume, drive axles and other suspension components can be located where other types of springs would be in the way. And because ride height can easily be adjusted, it allows a vehicle owner to set it to his or her own taste.
Additionally, adjusting a torsion bar key to raise ride height when the springs have started to wear will extend their useful lifespan - while maintaining proper ride height that doesn't interfere with alignment and tire wear.
Because torsion bars are mounted low along the vehicle's underside, they can be more likely damaged by speed bumps, debris in the road, and uneven terrain. It's important to visually inspect them for damage in the event they have become bent, scraped, or cracked.
How To Tell When Torsion Bar Springs Are Worn
Sagging ride height is the most common indicator of worn torsion bar springs, along with a harsher ride quality because the bars lose their range of twist. Many torsion bars have rubber cross member mounts, and these can cause metal-on-metal noise if the rubber mounts dry up and crumble away.
If you're ready to replace your OEM style replacement torsion bars, we've also got keys, adjuster pieces, vehicle mounting brackets, and various hardware pieces.
If you prefer to raise or lower your ride height and improve handling, we've got performance-enhancing torsion bars along with individual components such as keys, polyurethane bushings, and related hardware.
Well-Known Vehicles That Have Used Torsion Springs
Torsion springs probably saw the most widespread use on all classic Volkswagen Beetles, Karmann Ghias, Microbuses, and other rear-engine air-cooled derivatives of those models. They were also widely used by Chrysler on all rear-wheel-drive vehicles from 1957 through 1989, by GM on front-wheel-drive Olds Toronados, Cadillac Eldorados, and Buick Rivieras through 1985, Porsche 911s from 1963-1989, Porsche 924/944/968 models from 1977-1995, Jaguar E-Types from 1961-1974, early Acura Integras, and older out-of-production makes such as Hudsons and Packards.
Whether your ride uses coils, leaves, or torsion bars (or some combination of these) replacing worn springs will bring noticeable "quality-of-life" improvements that you'll feel in your hands and in the seat of your pants - every minute behind the wheel of your car or truck. New springs will bring back its handling as engineers intended it, without harshness over uneven surfaces, and it will no longer scrape over speed bumps when passengers are along for the ride.
If performance handling is your focus, upgrading your springs will give you the full value out of more aggressive wheels, tires, shocks, and other suspension components. If you're replacing other suspension components anyway, it's penny-wise and pound-foolish to keep your worn-out OE springs in place.
To help guide you through the selection of springs we offer, we've set up corresponding sections of our website to provide you with all the choices that will fit your vehicle. It's possible to enter specific make, model, and year in drop down boxes before beginning your search. Or, input vehicle information after entering an individual page. Once those new springs are installed, enjoy the ride!


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Standoff suspect charged in murder of California police officer
POMONA, Calif. - Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a 30-year-old man with murdering a police officer and trying to kill other officers last weekend.
Isaias De Jesus Valencia was expected to be arraigned Tuesday on a count of murder with special circumstances that could carry the death penalty, although prosecutors have not yet decided to seek capital punishment. According to the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, 20 police officers and another dozen family members waited outside a courtroom on Tuesday morning to attend the hearing, which was postponed until May 1st.
Valencia also faces seven counts of attempted murder and one count each of fleeing a pursuing peace officer's vehicle and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Authorities say Field Training Officer Alex Nguyen and Officer Greggory Casillas were among the first on the scene last Friday after a reckless driving suspect led police on a car chase and then barricaded himself in an apartment building in a neighborhood 30 miles east of Los Angeles.
Casillas was fatally shot in the face when shots were fired through a door. Nguyen was struck by gunfire as he tried to rescue Casillas.
Valencia was arrested on Saturday after a 16-hour standoff with police.
According to the Pomona Police Department, Nguyen was released from the hospital Monday after undergoing surgery and is doing well.
The California Association of Highway Patrolman Credit Union has assisted in setting up a memorial fund for Officer Casillas, who is survived by his wife Claudia, his 4-year-old and 5-month-old sons, and two brothers.