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Italian GP 2010
Saturday Team Quotes
Jenson Button (2nd, 1:22.084): "I've felt very happy all weekend running the higher of our two downforce packages. The car has felt very good and I've been comfortable with the stability of the rear. You know you'll be competitive when you keep finding small increments of time here and there. Over a single lap, the car is good, but its real benefit will be felt in the race tomorrow, when we should have stronger long-run pace. We're running more downforce than most people; that'll make it more tricky over the first couple of laps, but we should be more consistent in the race. I want to say a big thank you to the whole team for bringing a great package to this weekend's race. Our car is moving forwards all the time. It will be an incredible battle at the front tomorrow, but, starting from the front row, my aim must be for a victory. A win here would be very important; I've got the world championship trophy at home - and I want it to stay there!"
Lewis Hamilton (5th, 1:22.623): "I'm a little bit disappointed - it would appear that we took the wrong route by running without the F-duct this weekend. I just didn't have the downforce today, and the car was sliding in the corners - I couldn't push any harder because the car just wouldn't give me any more. For tomorrow's race, I'll have good top speed, but the car is going to be sliding through the corners, so I won't be able to follow closely enough through the corners to try and pass, so it'll be tough. But I have to congratulate Jenson on doing a great job. Today wasn't my best qualifying performance of the season, but we'll still push like crazy tomorrow and fight for some good points from the third row. It looks like it'll be a tough race."
Martin Whitmarsh, Team Principal: "Today we saw a really strong qualifying lap from Jenson. He missed bagging what would have been McLaren's 147th Formula 1 pole position by just a smidgen over a tenth of a second - and, when it's that close, you're inevitably just a little disappointed that you didn't get pole. But Jenson will start from the front row tomorrow and will therefore be supremely well placed to mount a combative yet disciplined challenge for victory. Clearly, having been quick all weekend, Lewis had hoped for better than fifth place in qualifying. With hindsight, I think we sent him out just a little too close to Mark [Webber]. It's always a tricky balancing act, because you want to send your drivers out so that they have a chance of getting a tow, but you don't want to let them get so close to the cars they're following that they encounter too much dirty air and therefore 'wash out' in the corners; I think that's perhaps what happened to Lewis in Parabolica, hence his slightly disappointing time in sector 3. Having said all that, Lewis is every bit as focused on scoring heavily tomorrow as is Jenson, and those who know him [Lewis] won't be surprised to hear me say that he'll be aiming to make up places as soon as the five red lights go out on the startline gantry."
Mercedes GP
Nico Rosberg (7th, 1:23.027): "Seventh place is definitely the best performance that was possible for us today so both I and the team can be pleased with that. However we obviously want to be further up the grid so we shouldn't get too used to being happy with such results. In race trim, we are probably a little stronger than in qualifying, so I can hopefully gain a place or two tomorrow if something happens amongst the top six guys, and look to achieve some good points."
Michael Schumacher (12th, 1:23.388): "I am obviously not very happy with our qualifying today but my position is probably what my car was giving me. We did not have a perfect balance, especially in some corners where the car was a bit loose, but then we did not come here expecting to achieve a great performance. However the race will be long tomorrow and having been welcomed so nicely by all of my Italian fans, I obviously wish to at least grab some points for them."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "The team and drivers have done a good job so far this weekend to get the most out of the car. It was a particularly good effort from Nico today to achieve seventh position with a strong run in Q3. We have a good high fuel set-up so we have done the work required for the race and can hope to pick up a place or two with both cars. Whilst we are not pushing the guys right at the front, we are maintaining our position just behind, and with our focus on 2011, that is our aim for the rest of this year."
Norbert Haug, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "Nico extracted the performance that was possible from the car today and it was a good job from him and the team to put the car in seventh place behind the Ferrari, McLaren Mercedes and Red Bull cars. Michael was close to making Q3 and he will start from the sixth row and hopefully be in a position to make up places and finish in the points. It looks like it is going to be an interesting race as the top three qualifiers are not the three drivers currently leading the World Championship so I am sure there will be a big fight between the top six drivers and that may help Nico to gain position."
Red Bull-Renault
Mark Webber (4th, 1:22.433): "I was pretty happy with today's qualifying. It's tight round here and trying to get it all together is not the easiest; when you're pushing hard on the chicanes it's easy to over cook them. The guys did a good job. We were up and down with the wing levels, but everyone's in the same position trying to get the car set up in the best way for Monza. It didn't help that we got the car back quite late after we stopped out on track in P3, but we stayed cool. I didn't get many laps on the option tyre, but the engineers were able to look at what Sebastian found out on them and the team worked closely to give me some information, which helped me. The Ferraris are flying today; it should be a good race."
Sebastian Vettel (6th, 1:22.675): "I'm a bit disappointed. We were very quick yesterday and had decent pace this morning too. I don't know where the speed went this afternoon. I was around 3-4kph quicker yesterday than I was this afternoon with less fuel. There are a lot of straights in Monza, so it was quite costly. But we have a good race car, so let's see what tomorrow brings. With high fuel it will be different around here and we're seeing different approaches, for example McLaren is running one driver on lower wing and the other on higher wing, so we'll see how it works on high fuel. It might be quite slippery at the beginning of the race. We're not the fastest here, we know that, but we'll see what we can do."
Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "It was a fantastic last lap from Mark to get himself onto the second row ahead of Lewis. Unfortunately for Sebastian his second run in Q3 wasn't quick enough to improve his position. But, at a circuit that we knew coming here was our worst of the Championship on paper, to be ahead of the Championship leader is a solid team performance. The one thing we all know about Monza is that it tends to produce exciting races, so we're set for a fascinating race tomorrow."
Fabrice Lom, Renault: "We knew Monza would be a difficult race for us. Unfortunately we cost Mark some running time yesterday and today, so we apologise to him for that. Even so, Mark did an excellent job in qualifying. It's a good result on this track which does not suit the strength of our car. Sebastian struggled more than Mark and was sixth. I think overall it's not so bad, even though we didn't get pole position at this race we're confident we can do a good race tomorrow. With Hamilton not at the front, it could be an interesting result."
Fernando Alonso (1st, 1:21.962): "Pole position at last! And it's come at the best possible place, here in front of all the Ferrari fans! We managed to save two sets of new soft tyres for Q3 and so we were able to post a time immediately, before giving it absolutely everything on the second run. In fact, the time on the first run was good enough. The team and I have been without a pole for too long and two Ferraris in the top three is a fantastic result. At this track, the car really gets a hard time so we must try and keep all the parameters under control. We must make the most of this opportunity to bring home a lot of points: we will try and get a good start and tackle the first chicane as cleanly as possible, which is always difficult on the first lap. We needed this result: coming off the back of a weekend like Spa, which had raised some doubts about the car, but here it has improved a lot day after day. It would be nice to get a one-two tomorrow in front of our fantastic fans: I feel at home here, just like in Spain."
Felipe Massa (3rd, 1:22.293): "Today I could have taken pole, but maybe in Q3, we did not adopt the best strategy. In Q2, my time on the soft tyres came on the third lap, so for the next part, we opted to do a series of three laps, but things did not go as we had wanted. Then on my second run, I did not manage to improve enough to take pole. All the same, it was a good qualifying and I am pleased with the performance of the car, which improved yet again today. We changed various things compared to yesterday morning which saw us become more competitive. I have never been very lucky at Monza, but tomorrow I will be starting from a good grid position. It is very motivating, especially when you see how happy are our fans, and it gives you a little bit extra. It would be nice to reward them for it..."
Luca di Montezemolo: "I am very happy about this result, which I found so exciting that I was jumping for joy on the pit wall. Having both our cars on the front two rows in front of all our fans is very nice. It goes without saying, this track has always delivered strong emotions for me. The team did a great job and never gave up trying. Now we must concentrate fully because the hardest part is still to come tomorrow."
Stefano Domenicali, Team Principal: "A really great and important result. Fernando and Felipe did a fantastic job and the team delivered them a very competitive car. It's nice to have that feeling again which comes from having a car on pole, after such a long time, but we must not forget that what really counts is the race, because that is when the points are given out. Therefore we must all remain totally focussed on preparing for tomorrow's race, bearing in mind how tough the Monza circuit can be in terms of reliability, which is still the crucial element in all races. It is very pleasing that this long-awaited pole has come at Monza and on a day when our President Luca di Montezemolo and his opposite number at Fiat, John Elkann were both here to witness it. Tomorrow we hope to be able to give them and all our fans something special."
Chris Dyer: "A fantastic result, for the team, the drivers and for our championship chances. Both Felipe and Fernando were pleased with the handling of their car and we had no problems of any sort today. Both of them did a great job, setting a time at the right moment and being first and third is a just reward. It has been such a long wait to see one of our cars on pole and there could be no better place to do it than here at our home race. We know that usually, one of the F10's strongest attributes is its race pace, therefore tomorrow we must try and consolidate today's achievement. From what we have seen yesterday and today, there are no particular problems in terms of tyre life: maybe the hards struggle a bit more to get up to temperature, but we don't expect to see anything different to usual in terms of strategy."
Nico Hulkenberg (8th, 1:23.037): "It was a very, very positive qualifying and I really enjoyed driving here today - the car feels good, I really enjoy the track, so you might call it harmony! This gave me a lot of confidence and meant I was able to put in a mega lap in Q3, even though I could have been quicker in sector 1. Overall I am really pleased and I must thank the factory who developed a great aero package that works well on the straights for top speed, but is also perfectly balanced under cornering. This afternoon's performance means I am now really looking forward to the prospect of the race tomorrow."
Rubens Barrichello (10th, 1:23.328): "It's been quite difficult for me to find an ideal set-up here despite the fact that at I am at home on this track as I won here last year. I think we hoped for better, around P7, which should have been possible, but we have not quite optimised our potential so far. However, the race still provides plenty of opportunity tomorrow and I am sure we have the possibility of a good result."
Sam Michael, Technical Director: "Nico has done an excellent job throughout all the practice and qualifying sessions this weekend. He's starting the race in a good position to score points tomorrow. Rubens couldn't get the same lap together as Nico this afternoon, so we're looking through that now, but we expect both to be solid in the race tomorrow. We had no mechanical problems today."
Robert Kubica (9th, 1:23.039): "We knew that the best we could hope for today in a normal qualifying session was P7 on the grid, but the battle was very tight with Mercedes and Williams. I managed to set a good time in Q2 and get through with just one run, so I saved a set of option tyres for the final session. On my first run, I was two tenths up on my best when I took the decision to pit, so that I would have time to do two timed laps on my final run and hopefully improve even more. But unfortunately, I wasn't able to repeat my time - and I ended up two hundredths away from seventh. It's not ideal, because the cars around us are very competitive on top speeds, but we know that it will be a long afternoon for everybody, so I hope we can make the most of any opportunities that come our way."
Vitaly Petrov (15th, 1:23.819): "It was a tough qualifying session this afternoon with very small gaps between the cars around the top ten. Our car is not as competitive as at the last race, and I have been learning how to find the right rhythm, and get the most from the tyres, with this low level of downforce. As for the incident with Timo, I can only apologise to him if I held him up. I didn't see him coming up behind me and didn't see any blue flags as I came out of the pits. My grid penalty will make things even harder in the race but, as we saw in Spa, tomorrow is another day and a lot can still happen."
Eric Boullier, Team Principal: "Following on from a strong weekend in Spa, it's clearly a bit of a disappointment to find ourselves ninth and 20th on the grid in Monza. We knew this circuit wouldn't suit us as well as the last one, but we also clearly had the potential to do better in Q3 with Robert. Unfortunately, there is a big gap between our two cars, and both are behind each Mercedes, so it's clearly not the most promising of positions to start from. But we are still looking forward to a good race, with strong, aggressive first laps and the right strategy, to at least finish in front of Mercedes."
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer: "It was another solid qualifying performance from Robert to once again make it into Q3 - something he has achieved at every race this season. If he had managed to repeat his time from Q2, he would have started seventh, but we know how tricky and inconsistent the cars can be to drive here. I am confident he can still have a strong race. As for Vitaly, he lost running time both yesterday and this morning with brake problems, which also recurred in a different form during qualifying. This has made it even more difficult for him to get to grips with the car in low downforce trim. He obviously has a difficult afternoon ahead of him tomorrow, compounded by his five-place grid penalty, and we will try and get him as close to the points as possible."
Force India-Mercedes
Adrian Sutil (11th, 1:23.199): "The times have been so close today that we knew qualifying would be tight as well. All the same we were very, very near to getting into Q3 - just a couple of hundredths of a second - so we can be happy with the performance. Starting P11 means we will get to start on a new set of tyres and the clean side of the grid, which can be an advantage. I think we're still looking good for a points' finish tomorrow."
Vitantonio Liuzzi (20th, 1:25.774): "We had a problem in the morning's session where the car seemed to lose drive and did just a few laps. We did some analysis between the sessions and tried to solve the problem but then in qualifying a similar issue occurred. On the first lap we lost power and then we had to stop completely once I got it back to the garage so I couldn't get a real flying lap in. It's a shame but tomorrow's the most important - we've got a good car here and you never know what can happen so we won't give up until the end."
Dr. Vijay Mallya, Team Principal: "It's been such a close day of action today that I think we can be pretty pleased to be P11 with Adrian, less than a tenth of a second from Q3. From that position anything's possible as we've seen so many times this season. Tonio had a more difficult day with problems in FP3 and then qualifying, which is obviously frustrating on his home track. However he's a fighter and more motivated than ever to move up the field. Given the pace yesterday I think that is very possible."
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Sebastien Buemi (14th, 1:23.681): "I am reasonably happy with my performance, because I think I got almost the maximum out of the car and I am quite confident that we can have a strong race tomorrow. The important thing is that generally this weekend, we seem to be a bit more competitive than we were at Spa and in previous races, which is a positive step. It proves the updates we brought here are having an effect and that the team is doing a good job. It's a bit disappointing to be only three hundredths behind Kobayashi, as maybe I could have been thirteenth, but overall it's not bad."
Jaime Alguersuari (16th, 1:23.919): "I am quite satisfied with the way things went this afternoon, after having some problems yesterday. Today, we also made a few changes to the car and I think we ended up pretty much where we expected to be. I am not sure what we can do in the race, as yesterday I did not manage to do a long run on high fuel to see what the tyre degradation will be like. So, it will be a new experience, but I'm looking forward to it anyway."
Giorgio Ascanelli, Technical Director: "With everyone so evenly matched in terms of lap time, it was very tight in Q2 this afternoon. We looked a bit better this morning and that was also the case up until our final run in qualifying. However, when the difference is down to just a couple of tenths, there is not much more to say. Maybe we could have done better, but not by a significant amount. As for the new developments we introduced here and have run through the weekend, I hope they perform reliably during the race."
Jarno Trulli (18th, 1:25.540): "It was a great qualifying session for the whole team today because both cars are in front of a Force India and it's looking good for tomorrow. The mechanics sorted out a little problem on the car just before the session, and they've been working really well all weekend so it's good to repay that with the result. It's always good to be able to perform like this at your home race and being best of the new guys means it's been a good day."
Heikki Kovalainen (19th, 1:25.742): "I'm very happy with the performance today. It's been a really good qualifying for both me and Jarno and we're both in a good position for the race tomorrow. I had a great long run in yesterday's practice and I'm looking forward to the race, perhaps more than most of the races this season. We've had a few races this season where we haven't got the most out of the Friday sessions, but we did so yesterday, and that, combined with the promise of a dry race tomorrow and a very good race car, means I think we'll put in a strong performance."
Tony Fernandes, Team Principal: "What an awesome qualifying session! I'm so happy today - what a great way to bring up our first year anniversary! I always felt this would be Jarno's day, but that's taking nothing away from Heikki who also did an immense job out there. We are 1.1 seconds off Pedro's Sauber, and on a power track like Monza that is incredible. I'm so proud of the whole team - they have worked brilliantly all weekend, and it has paid off today with a great performance from everyone. Tomorrow is going to be special, but the goal remains the same - get both cars home and make sure we stay ahead of the other new teams."
Mike Gascoyne, Technical Director: "It was an excellent qualifying session. I think we managed to get the most out of both cars today so well done to both drivers and the whole team. Overall I'm happy that we have the right level of wing for the race and after a trouble free session today we're now looking forward to a solid two car finish tomorrow, ahead of our closest rivals."
Bruno Senna (23rd, 1:26.847): "I am happy that the problem we had yesterday has been fixed and I want to thank the team for the good job they did. In the third practice session, I had traffic on all of my best laps. That's why I couldn't manage to be further up. The qualifying was okay and we did the best we could. My teammate and I are close together and we hope to have a good race tomorrow."
Sakon Yamamoto (24th, 1:27.020): "Yesterday, we couldn't get enough mileage due to a mechanical problem. In the third practice this morning, we had a problem on the drive shaft and I had to stop before the end of the session. Because of this, I couldn't use the option tyres in a session before qualifying. I want to thank the team, who managed to get the car ready and prepared it well. We will try to do our best tomorrow and are looking forward to the race."
Colin Kolles, Team Principal: "It was a positive day for us. We could fix the problems we had on both cars yesterday and therefore I want to thank the team for their great job. Bruno Senna showed a good development during practice three and was close to the other new teams in between. This is a good effort as he couldn't do many laps yesterday. On Sakon Yamamoto's car, a drive shaft boot was broken, which forced him to stop prematurely. In qualifying, both of our drivers performed well and are starting the race from positions 22 and 23. We have a good car balance and we found the right set-up for the race tomorrow."
BMW Sauber-Ferrari
Kamui Kobayashi (13th, 1:23.659): "I had no problems in qualifying and I think with regards to my lap time and position this is what was possible today. Michael (Schumacher) is ahead of me in 12th, but he is three tenths of a second faster, which is quite a big gap. Compared to the first free practice session here, the car's balance is better, the grip level has increased and I feel more confident. Of course I will try to score points in tomorrow's race."
Pedro de la Rosa (17th, 1:24.044): "It was a tough qualifying for me. Since this morning I haven't felt comfortable in the car, and it just didn't feel like it did yesterday. We put on more downforce, but we never managed to get a good compromise between rear end stability and top end speed. However, I think the car will perform better in the race and I will see what I can do."
Peter Sauber, Team Principal: "We expected the characteristics of this high speed track wouldn't best suit our car, so under the circumstances Kamui's 13th position is really good. Pedro struggled today, so we have to analyse everything to understand why."
James Key, Technical Director: "We worked hard overnight looking at the problems we had on Friday. We found one on Kamui's car with some aerodynamic components, which didn't help, and also the brake system was a bit problematic for him. So we made the respective modifications on his car and some minor changes on Pedro's. This morning Kamui was happy with the car and had more confidence. Pedro struggled a little bit with a lack of consistency, so we had to work on this before qualifying. In Q1 a Force India went out, so it was just a matter of putting in a decent lap time to make it to Q2 and save some tyres. In Q2 P13 for Kamui was okay, as the best we expected was P12, and he lost a couple of tenths on his last run. The race speed of the car and its top speed are competitive, so given his strong race performances we can look forward to a good day for him tomorrow. Pedro continued to struggle with his car. We added some downforce before qualifying, but things were looking a bit tricky, particularly under braking. We have to look into it to understand why it was more of an issue for him today than yesterday."
Timo Glock (21st, 1:25.934): "I'm a little disappointed to end qualifying the way we did because we had good pace early on in the session. On the very first run my lap was penalised by Vitaly Petrov, who came out of the pits and pulled out on to the racing line into turn one. On the second run I had good pace and we were ahead of Lotus, but on the third set of tyres there was no grip on the rear. Everyone was able to improve but we didn't. We have incurred a grid penalty for tomorrow as a result of taking the decision to change our differential, but it was the right thing to do. In general I am happy with the car so we will see what the race brings tomorrow."
Lucas di Grassi (22nd, 1:25.974): "A good Saturday overall. I'm satisfied with my lap time in qualifying and I extracted the maximum from the car today as our set-up is a compromise for the long race tomorrow. So far the whole team and car has run really smoothly this weekend so I can see a lot of progress in this area and I hope it continues for tomorrow."
Mark Herd, Head of Performance and Race Engineering: "Today has been another relatively smooth day. The cars went in a slightly different direction in terms of aero setup. We weren't happy with the differential on Timo's car and chose to change it before qualifying, thus incurring a five-place grid penalty. Timo was unlucky to be blocked on his first run and then seemed to have an unexpected loss of grip on his final set. Lucas had some small gear-shift issues. It was disappointing that were unable to displace Lotus but the gap to them is small and we look forward to a very close race with them tomorrow."


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Dave Brubeck receives posthumous Grammy nod
NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Brubeck has received a posthumous Grammy Award nomination in the best instrumental composition category for a symphonic piece inspired by Ansel Adams' iconic black-and-white photographs.
Brubeck and his son, Chris, were nominated Wednesday for "Music of Ansel Adams: America," performed by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra. The announcement came hours after the legendary jazz pianist and composer died at age 91 in Norwalk, Conn.
Brubeck initially composed the 22-minute work as a piano piece and it was transformed by his son into a full orchestral score. It was released earlier this year as an EP.
Brubeck received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996, but has never won a Grammy in a regular category. The Grammys are Feb. 10 in Los Angeles.

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I've been restoring a couple Moog Satellites, and their rare cousin, a Minitmoog, for about a year and a few months now, whenever I can fit some spare time in (yeah, right ). As I've been poking around in these things I've come to the conclusion that out of all the different editions of the service manual for these beasts, there is not a single version that is correct. In some cases, following the manual can cause more harm than good. So, I thought it might be helpful to compile as many errors as I can find, make corrections, and post it here to help out anyone else that may be interested (both of you ).
I'm not going to post it all at once, because my scanner died and I haven't made another thrift store run in awhile. So, this will be a continuing, dramatic and compelling series for the two aforementioned interested parties. The others of you will no doubt pity me for the lack of anything else better to do with my life...
So, here goes, installment 1:
There are two major circuit board revisions, and a few more minor revisions after the first. The very first version is this one:
This early version has the resistor matrix as part of the main board, the square area about one-third in from the right side of the board.
The third version, yes, third, the second version never appears in any service manual I've seen, but I have one, and I'll post photos later as it fits better with another section of this article. Anyhow, the second and all later versions had the resistor matrix moved off the main board:
Ok, so what's the big deal? The parts list in any of the service manuals is only correct for the first version! There is one parts list that all the transistors and ICs are listed by their "house number", or "Thomas Organ Co. part number". The parts list with the Thomas-specific part numbers is technically correct, but if you don't have a way to decipher the part number, it isn't much help.
Again, what's the big deal? If you would like to keep the smoke inside all the semiconductors, this is the big deal: All the parts lists call for the NPN transistors to be 2N3904. This only works for the original board layout. All other versions, the NPNs are 2N3392. You can only use 2N3904 for later versions if you insulate the base lead, and twist the base and collector around so that the collector is in the middle. For most of the circuit board, this would be a royal PITA . So if you've tried replacing an NPN transistor and it either didn't work or burned out, now you know why. By the way, I've never seen a first version circuit board. All eight I've worked on, including the Minitmoog, were version two or later.
The good news is, the PNP transistors are indeed 2N3906, except for Q45 (2N4402)
Next Time, depending on having a working scanner or not:
More service manual parts list/schematic errors, OR, how to modify a Satellite board from a Thomas organ to work in a "normal", freestanding Moog Satellite. No, you cannot take the board out of a Thomas organ and just plug it into a Satellite, it won't work (unless you like REALLY strange noises that you will have no control over ).


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The Beth Fowler Dance Company of Genoa and St Charles will present a new original dance production, "A Storybook Ballet," March 15 through 17 at the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb.
As the curtain opens, young Marie is getting ready for bed. As she falls asleep, four fairies fly into the room and spin her bed. She falls into a magical dream where the storybook grows to 10 feet high. Snow White and her friends step out of the book, and the bedroom is transformed into the forest where Snow White meets the Seven Dwarfs and is frightened by the Jealous Queen before being saved by her Prince.
Children and adult ticket prices for regular and premium seating (first five rows) range from $15 to $25 until Feb. 28. Starting March 1, ticket prices will be $17 to $27. Discounts are available for nonprofit groups of 15 or more.
Tickets are reserved seating and are available online at www.egyptiantheatre.org or 815-758-1225 or at the door one hour before each performance.


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What to watch in Virginia
CULPEPER, Va. — Turnout in tonight's Virginia governor's election between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli will unquestionably be a lot lower than in last year's presidential election.
The question is how low it will go.
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More than 70 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in 2012; about two in five are expected to do so on Tuesday. If turnout drops substantially below the 40 percent mark – if all the nasty attack ads about legitimately flawed candidates leave a chunk of voters so depressed they decide to stay home or vote for the libertarian – we could be in for a more suspenseful election night than most are expecting.
With that in mind, here are the key things to watch as exit polling and returns come in.
Does McAuliffe have coattails?
Cuccinelli's weakness at the top of the ticket has heightened GOP fears of a Democratic sweep.
Republican attorney general candidate Mark Obenshain is outperforming his running mates by a few points—trailing slightly but still in the hunt. But strategists agree he will almost certainly get wiped out if Cuccinelli loses by six points or more. Democrats say it's even possible that they could oust Del. Bob Marshall, the social conservative responsible for many of the legislative controversies that have dogged Cuccinelli in Northern Virginia.
( PHOTOS: Terry McAuliffe's career)
Democrats would then hold all three top statewide offices—governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general—as well as both U.S. Senate seats for the first time since 1969. Party strategists think they might be able to pick up as many as five state legislative seats if it's a really good night.
The outer exurbs of Northern Virginia are a good place to see if a tidal wave is in the making. Cuccinelli will get crushed in the inner D.C. suburbs of Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria, but he thinks he can hold his own in the outer suburbs of Loudoun and Prince William County.
Loudoun was long Republican, but it's become much more competitive. McDonnell won the county, which includes Leesburg, by 22 points in 2009, but Obama carried it by 4.5 percent last year. The Democratic nominee for attorney general, Mark Herring, happens to represent the county in the state legislature.
( PHOTOS: Ken Cuccinelli's career)
Also watch Republican-leaning Chesapeake, a suburb of Norfolk on the coast. Obama got exactly 50 percent of the vote there last year after McDonnell won by 20 points. If Cuccinelli loses there, it's going to be a blow out.
Will black voters show up without Obama on the ballot?
Some African-American leaders have expressed concern that black voters will stay home. If they do, the race will be much closer than the polls suggest.
Blacks came out at a higher rate than whites last year, but their participation historically drops off at greater levels in off-year elections than is the case with other demographic groups. African Americans made up a fifth of the electorate last year but only 16 percent in 2009, according to exit polls. Since they vote almost monolithically Democratic, that's a very big difference.
( SEE RESULTS: 2013 Virginia governor's race)
The McAuliffe campaign has built a huge portion of its field program around mobilizing black voters. Former President Bill Clinton went into an overwhelmingly black section of Richmond to make an explicit pitch for the community to turn out, and Obama was only a little more subtle Sunday.
Democrats hope to overperform among whites so that they're not as dependent on black turnout. Obama lost Virginia whites by 24 points last year, and the 2009 Democratic nominee lost by 35 points. McAuliffe's campaign aims to lose whites by no more than 12 percent, aides say.
Is Sarvis a spoiler?
Libertarian Robert Sarvis, who ran for state Senate as a Republican in 2011, has pulled double digits in some polls largely by attacking Cuccinelli over his views on social issues like gay marriage.
( Also on POLITICO: PPP: Terry McAuliffe up by 7 points)
His strong performance prompted Cuccinelli to attack Sarvis's libertarian bona fides in recent weeks and talk up his own. The Republican fears Sarvis enough that his final rally Monday was with former congressman Ron Paul, who ran for president three times as a lower-case-L libertarian. That's in addition to three events with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) last week.
A lot of people who tell pollsters they back Sarvis will probably stay home rather than vote for a candidate who has no shot of winning. But Cuccinelli hopes a bulk of them break his way out of a desire to beat McAuliffe.
Internal McAuliffe forecasts show the first 5 percent for Sarvis probably comes evenly from McAuliffe and Cuccinelli, but anything above that threshold comes two-to-one from the Republicans. Monday's Quinnipiac poll found Cuccinelli winning 85 percent of self-identified Republicans, while McAuliffe wins 93 percent of Democrats.


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We are a new husband/wife wine shop that operates entirely online. We sell primarily high-end wine, $250 - $3000 per bottle. We focus on high-end customer service and providing the best quality wine in the industry. We are in the process of creating a website now, as the current website is merely a placeholder. There may be future design involved on the website.
The target audience for the high-end wine market is primarily affluent males (for whatever reason, we are finding that women don't typically spend this kind of money on wine). As a metaphor, our target market loves BMW's.
The target audience has disposable income and they are typically very busy. They are direct and to-the-point. They like the finer things in life. They appreciate subtlety. They value power, intelligence, dominance, and sophistication.
Company Name: i B u y W i n e O n l i n e (You are free to decide Caps or non-caps, etc.)
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3) Elegance / Class: Like the customer, this company and branding should be "in a class of its own" (I know it sounds silly, but emotions aren't rational). BMW-type emotions come to mind.
4) Power/Wealth/Dominance
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Exposure to germs early in life can help protect kids from chronic diseases like diabetes and dementia when they're older.
According to a study by Thomas McDade at Northwestern University, researchers found that children living in less sanitary conditions in the Ecuador had better disease immunity.
McDade's research is interesting because it's the first look at how microbial exposure early can impact kids later. He has also studied the same topic in the Philippines, with similar results.
McDade studied the body's production of CRP, a protein found in the blood that increases when the body is inflamed. High levels of CRP have been linked to heart disease.
But researchers found that young people who lived in dirtier conditions had undetectable CRP in their blood. One in three Americans has an elevated level, he said.
"In my mind the study underscores the value of an ecological approach to research on the immune system, and it may have significant implications for our understanding of the links between inflammation and chronic disease," McDade told Northwestern.
McDade theorizes this is because exposure to germs helps the body build a stronger resistance to disease.
"In the U.S. we have this sort of hyper-sanitary culture, hyper-hygienic environment, with antibacterial soaps everywhere and cleaning products. And we might want to reconsider the application of some of those products," McDade told Northwestern's news wire after his Philippines study was released in 2010.


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Using Genetic Parentage Analysis to Measure Connectivity in a Pelagic Spawning Coral Reef Fish
Simon R. Thorrold, Biology
Michael Berumen, Biology
Grant Funded 2008
Population connectivity – the degree to which spatially discrete subpopulations supply, receive, or exchange larvae – is a fundamental feature of the dynamics of marine organisms. Connectivity rates determine colonization patterns of new habitats, the resiliency of populations to disturbances or harvesting, and should be used to inform the design of marine protected areas (MPAs). Quantifying rates of exchange in marine organisms, is, unfortunately, extremely difficult because the natal origin of most adults is almost always unknown. This lack of knowledge is primarily due to the reproductive strategy employed by most marine species. Typically, this involves the production of large numbers of very small pelagic larvae that suffer high initially mortality rates, precluding traditional mark-recapture approaches. Although various studies have attempted to resolve questions of larval connectivity using models and population genetics, very little empirical evidence is available to test the scenarios generated by these studies. Managers are thus forced to make decisions about MPA designs without the critical knowledge of whether or not these designs will work effectively.
We have recently used innovative multi-disciplinary techniques to directly measure population connectivity in two fish species in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, where an extensive network of MPAs have been established. Using a chemical tagging method, we found that 60% of baby fish of both study species on our reef were offspring of parents on that same reef (known as selfrecruitment). This provided, for the first time, a direct measurement of connectivity in coral reef fish and demonstrated that it is possible to obtain this much-needed empirical evidence.
The second technique we employed to assess connectivity is genetic parentage analysis. While conducting our tagging study, we took genetic samples from individuals of both our study. We have now sufficiently refined genetic analyses to match individual offspring to the exact father and mother in our populations, providing us with high-resolution information about the patterns of reproductive output and larval dispersal. This opens the door for us to ask new questions: Do some parents produce more successful offspring than others? Can we identify areas of reefs that are more productive than others? For how many breeding seasons are individuals contributing to future generations? These questions, while of great significance, have been previously unanswerable due to the constraints described above as well as a lack of resolution in genetic methods.
To date, we have conducted the chemical tagging analyses for both of our study species, the orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula, of Finding Nemo fame) and the vagabond butterflyfish (Chaetodon vagabundus). The genetic parentage analysis has subsequently been completed for the clownfish, and it is important to note that there was 100% agreement between the two techniques. However, clownfish and butterflyfish have a major difference in their reproductive behavior. Clownfish lay their eggs on the actual surface of the reef. After hatching, clownfish larvae are planktonic for about 10 days before they settle back to a reef and begin the juvenile stage of their lives. About 75% of reef fish species (including butterflyfish and all commercially important species) do not lay their eggs on the substrate, but rather release their eggs and sperm into the water column, where the eggs will drift with the currents for several days before hatching. Once these pelagically spawned eggs hatch, they typically spend 4-6 weeks (5 weeks for butterflyfish) in their pelagic stage before settling onto a reef. As this presents the potential for pelagically spawned larvae to disperse over great distances, it is significant that we found identical levels of self-recruitment in both species.
The present proposal seeks funds to complete the genetic parentage analyses on the samples from the vagabond butterflyfish that we have already collected as a part of our study. The potential to demonstrate that parentage analysis can be applied as a tool for determining connectivity in pelagic-spawning reef fish represents an opportunity to answer important fundamental questions of reef fish dynamics with clear management implications.


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This Aesthetic Movement bedroom suite has popped up on Ebay and is labeled via stamp to be made by W. W. Strong Co. of Chicago, Illinois. The seller has some other provenance to share with us on the set:
The set was purchased from the Galesburg, Illinois Historical Society. It was supposedly part of the furnishings from the Lakeshore Drive home of the Potter Palmer family of Chicago. The bed is nearly queen size in width all of the pieces have Egyptian motif painted panels. The set is in wonderful original condition with no repairs. there is a shrinkage crack in the headboard of the bed that can easily be pulled back together.
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Caps try to eliminate Rangers in NYC
The Washington Capitals will try to advance to the second round of the playoffs, as they visit the New York Rangers on Sunday in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
However, the Rangers do appear to have an edge heading into Sunday's game, as the home team has won all five games so far in this best-of-seven set.
Washington claimed Games 1 and 2 in D.C. before the Blueshirts posted a pair of 4-3 wins over the next two meetings at Madison Square Garden. However, the third-seeded Caps grabbed a 3-2 edge in the series after recording a 2-1 overtime win in Friday's clash at Verizon Center.
"Obviously it's going to be their barn, their building, their people," Capitals head coach Adam Oates said of Game 6. "It's going to be electric. We've got to handle the first 10 minutes of the game. Once we get into the game, we're okay."
The Rangers went 16-6-2 as the host during the regular season, while Washington was 12-10-2 as the road team.
Mike Ribeiro's goal 9:24 into overtime lifted the Capitals to a win in Friday's pivotal battle.
New York's only goal came just 53 seconds into the game when Brian Boyle notched his second marker of the series. Braden Holtby surrendered the early goal to Boyle, but he proved unbeatable the rest of the way and finished with 24 saves.
The Capitals' lone regulation goal was Joel Ward's power-play tally at 7:44 of the second period.
Henrik Lundqvist came up with 33 saves for New York, 13 of which were registered during a scoreless third period in which Washington dictated play most of the way. The reigning Vezina Trophy winner later kept the game ongoing by stoning Mathieu Perreault on a breakaway 2:16 into the extra session, then got a piece of an Alex Ovechkin wrister on a Caps' rush not long afterward.
Washington kept up the pressure, however, with Mike Green causing a turnover in the New York zone and getting the puck to Karl Alzner for a long drive that deflected off teammate Troy Brouwer and straight to Ribeiro, who scored into an open right side to put the Capitals one victory away from a series win.
"We didn't have a forecheck, which means our [defense] faced a lot tonight," Rangers forward Brad Richards remarked. "[The Capitals] were coming hard and we didn't do enough to keep the puck in their end and take the pressure off."
It was the 10th win for Washington in the last 11 postseason meetings against the Rangers at the Verizon Center. The Rangers also fell to 6-13 on the road in the playoffs since head coach John Tortorella took over in 2009, the worst mark in the NHL during that time frame
If the Capitals lose Sunday, they will host a decisive Game 7 battle on Monday.
These two clubs are familiar foes in the postseason of late, as this is the fourth time in the past five years they have met. The Capitals took the first two matchups, but the Rangers won a seven-game series in the conference semifinals last year.
Washington has won four of the seven all-time playoff series between these two clubs.
The Rangers could be without forward Ryane Clowe in Game 6. Clowe exited Friday's game after being slammed into the boards by Washington's Jason Chimera 4:40 into the first period. Clowe had missed the first three matchups of the series with a suspected concussion before returning in Game 4..
Forward Darroll Powe (upper body) could also miss Sunday's contest, but defenseman Marc Staal (eye) is questionable after practicing on Saturday. Staal returned from a two-month absence to play in Game 3, but has sat out the last two games for undisclosed reasons.
Washington forward Martin Erat sat out Friday with an arm injury sustained in Game 4. Rookie Tom Wilson took his place on the roster and made his NHL debut for the Caps. The 19-year-old Wilson, a first-round pick by Washington in 2012, is expected to be in the lineup again in Game 6. He saw just 6 minutes, 24 seconds of ice time on Friday, but registered a shot and four hits.


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Fresh pressed pure juice from 100 year old family vineyards, then lightly filtered. Refresh and rejuvenate with a uniquely tart, superbly sweet, organic Concord Grape Juice that is unlike any other. National Association of the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) 'Outstanding Cold Beverage' Award 2011. Amber glass protected. Natural tartrate crystallization in Concord grape juice can occur. Shake before serving, refrigerate after opening.
Organic Eden Concord Grape Juice is pure fresh pressed, extraordinary juice made from Concord grapes grown on a 20 year organic family vineyard on the shore of New York's Keuka Finger Lake. This grower has cultivated Concord grapes since 1971 on 100 year old vines, organically since the late 1980s. In 1999 the formal process for organic certification was started and their vineyard was certified organic in 2002. A photograph of these grapes is on the front of the bottle's label.
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Organic Eden Concord Grape Juice was the recipient of the National Association of the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) 'Outstanding Cold Beverage' sofi Award in 2011. Sofi or Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation Awards, are the highest, most coveted honor in the specialty food and beverage industry.
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Grapes are harvested in mid-October and simply pressed at a nearby sixth generation, certified organic juice press on the shore of Seneca Lake. Cooled juice is placed in stainless steel tanks in a cold room to prevent fermentation and to allow settling out of solids like naturally occurring potassium tartrate crystals (cream of tartar). After 72 hours the juice is skimmed, lightly filtered, and bottled at a minimum of 16 Brix in amber glass to protect its flavor, nutrients, and valuable color. Brix is a measure of sugars in foods. It is full strength, not watered down. The complete nutritional value is captured in organic Eden Concord Grape Juice.
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Potassium and tartaric acid are natural chemical components of dark-skinned grapes. When the two components bind together in grape juice or wine they form potassium bitartrate crystals that settle to the bottom. Chilled conditions increase crystallization, but is not necessary for this to occur. In winemaking, potassium bitartrate crystals are referred to as wine diamonds, wine crystals, wine stones, or crystal flowers, which settle to the bottom of the cask or form on the underside of corks in wine-filled bottles. In cooking, potassium bitartrate is known as cream of tartar. In home processing of grape juice for making jams and jelly, grape juice is purposely chilled overnight to promote crystallization. The chilled juice is then filtered through layers of cheesecloth to remove the crystals.
Today, most commercial grape juice and wine manufacturers use GMO derived enzymes and heavy filtering to remove potassium tartrate crystals. Organic Eden Concord Grape Juice is made without GMO enzymes or other additives, therefore this crystallization in Eden Concord grape juice can occur. Shake it before serving, its cloudiness and sediment are indicators of old-fashioned, lightly filtered juice.
New York's eleven Finger Lakes were glacier sculpted. The long, narrow lakes run north south near each other like the fingers of a hand. The areas micro climate with seasonal lake temperatures produce exceptional fruit. Gentle sloping hillsides provide good drainage of the sandy loam soil. Hot summers and abundant water complete conditions where grapes flourish.
The Concord grape was named after Concord, Massachusetts where in 1849 Mr. Ephraim Wales Bull crossed native American fox grapes Vitis labrusca with European stocks Vitis vinifera and Catawba, a red-blue cross between V. labrusca and V. vinifera. After evaluating more than 22,000 attempts Mr. Bull chose the Concord grape that could withstand New England's cold. It won first place at the 1853 Boston Horticultural Society Exhibition. Original vines can be viewed at Mr. Bull's former residence in Concord. In 1869 the first Concord grape juice was made by Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch, a physician and minister who persuaded folks to use his nonalcoholic juice in communion services calling it 'Dr. Welch's Unfermented Wine'.
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Concord are plump grapes with dark blue-purple skin and large aromatic seeds that contain a wealth of antioxidants. Concord grape juice was recently ranked #1 in antioxidant benefit out of 1,000+ foods tested by USDA researchers and found especially high in proanthocyanidin flavonoids. University of Wisconsin Medical School reports Concord grape juice offers the same resveratrol heart health benefits as red wine. A University of California at Davis study found antioxidants in Concord grape juice stayed in the blood longer than those from red wine. They found alcohol hastened the breakdown of antioxidants in the blood causing them to be eliminated from the body almost one hour before those in Concord grape juice.
Organic Eden Concord Grape Juice captures complete antioxidant benefit. Refreshing and rejuvenating this juice is slightly tart and unlike other Concord grape juice. Serve organic Eden Concord Grape Juice chilled or at room temperature. Use it to make gelled desserts or grape jelly with Eden Agar Agar. Refrigerate after opening.
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Bay Hill winners Pampling, Campbell left off invitation list
By DOUG FERGUSON
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Rod Pampling has played the Arnold Palmer Invitational every year since his rookie season on the PGA Tour, and none of his five victories worldwide was more rewarding than the one in 2006 at Bay Hill and sharing that handshake with the King.
That's one reason Pampling regrets not being invited back this year.
"I went to champions' dinners with Arnold Palmer and he always said if you're an exempt player, as a past champion you'll get a spot," Pampling said. "It was a great event to win and to have your name on that trophy. It's disappointing not to play."
Pampling is not alone.
Chad Campbell also did not get in. He won at Bay Hill in 2004, and even played the first two rounds with Palmer, opening with 66-68 and then meeting the King on the 18th green when he rallied from a four-shot deficit with 12 holes to play.
Tournament director Marci Doyle says Palmer, who died in September 2016, played a big role in exemptions. She says the Arnold Palmer Invitational now has a committee of five - presenting sponsor MasterCard, the tournament director, Arnold Palmer Enterprises, the Palmer family and a player representative - to sort through the long list of requests for exemptions.
"It's literally one of the hardest parts of my job because you never have enough exemptions," Doyle said. "So many guys are so worthy."
Pampling said good play takes care of all issues, and he's not upset with players who did receive them. His disappointed was rooted in comments he heard from Palmer over the years over the treatment of past champions.
The exemptions range from Padraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell (who served as a host last year in the first tournament without Palmer) to Curtis Luck, Stuart Appleby (runner-up to Campbell in 2004), Smylie Kaufman and Cody Gribble.
Pampling, Campbell and 57-year-old Kenny Perry are the only Bay Hill winners over the last 20 years who are not playing. That's a little skewed because Tiger Woods is back, and he has won eight times since 2000.
"We won during the Tiger era," Pampling said with a laugh. "He won eight bloody times. Doesn't that make our win even more special?"
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: Mark Carnevale has bittersweet memories at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, especially this year.
Carnevale, who now works as an on-course announcer for PGA Tour Radio, played the tour for most of the 1990s. He had met Palmer when he was just starting out on the mini-tours through a friend who was a member at Bay Hill, and Carnevale played in a few of the shootouts.
"I saw a television interview in which Arnold told this story about his dad telling him, `If this is what you want to do, put your mind to it and you can do it,'" Carnevale said. "That's what kept me going in this game."
This is the 25-year anniversary of Palmer making his last cut on the PGA Tour - at Bay Hill, no less - and Carnevale remembers it well.
It was the 1993 Nestle Invitational, and the third round was tough on most everyone. Carnevale had a pair of double bogeys and a triple bogey and shot 44 on the front nine, and then rallied for a 36 on the back for an 80.
He was looking at the scores in the trailer when he realized he likely would be playing with Palmer. That would have been the first time. It wouldn't be the famous shootouts Palmer had with a large group at Bay Hill, rather just the two of them.
"I remember thinking, `What a place for me to thank him for where I am,'" Carnevale said.
But there was still golf to be played, and Andy Bean was still on the course. The bad news for Carnevale was that Bean bogeyed the 17th, which wrecked Carnevale's dream pairing.
"Now I'm playing with Andy, and I was distraught," Carnevale said. "The whole time I was telling him, `Really? How many times have you got to play with Arnold?' That is one situation I'll never forget. Who knew that would be his last cut?"
MASTERS BUBBLE: The Dell Technologies Match Play next week is the cutoff for cracking the top 50 in the world and earning a spot in the Masters. The good news for the 64 players not in the Masters is the World Golf Championship offers a lot of ranking points.
The bad news: Just about everyone around them in ranking is playing.
Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose have said they are not playing in Match Play, while Rickie Fowler is not expected to play for the second straight year because of scheduling (Bay Hill the week before, Houston the week after). Brooks Koepka is still out with a wrist injury, while Adam Scott said he was all but certain he would not be going to Match Play.
If that's the case, Luke List would get the final spot, barring any other withdrawals.
Players like List, Keegan Bradley and Charles Howell would have to advance deep into Match Play to move up some 16 spots into the top 50.
More pressure could be on those players nearer to 50.
Chez Reavie went to No. 43 with back-to-back runner-up finishes in Phoenix and Pebble Beach, but he is now at No. 47. He likely would have to win his four-man group to assure staying in the top 50. Dylan Frittelli is at No. 45 and playing Bay Hill this week.
Cameron Smith is currently No. 50 and playing Bay Hill and Match Play.
TIGER MEMORIES: Adam Scott had a good look at Tiger Woods at his best. He was still an amateur when he played a practice round on the Sunday before Woods went over to Pebble Beach for the 2000 U.S. Open, and it was so pure that Scott debated whether he should even turn pro.
He understands how players who didn't catch Woods in full flight might not understand the dominance. That made him think of a dinner last year with Martin Kaymer, who won the PGA Championship in 2010 and the U.S. Open in 2014.
"Martin Kaymer was asking, `How was he that much better than everyone?'" Scott said.
Kaymer is a practical thinker, and Scott said the tone was more inquisitive than skeptical. Kaymer won the 2014 U.S. Open by eight shots at Pinehurst No. 2, which allowed Scott to offer a good analogy.
"I said, `Listen, you have no idea. You won the U.S. Open by eight? He won by twice that many. He won by 15. So how good do you reckon you have to play to do that?'" Scott said.
DIVOTS: The LPGA Tour says its fifth major, the Evian Championship in France, will be moving from September to late July starting in 2019. The tour also said the prize money at Evian would increase to $4.1 million next year, making it the second-largest purse on the LPGA behind the U.S. Women's Open. ... The PGA Tour and SiriusXM have reached a four-year extension through 2021. ... Paula Creamer makes her LPGA season debut in the Founders Cup. She has been out since September after wrist surgery.
STAT OF THE WEEK: The only time Tiger Woods missed the cut at Bay Hill was also the first time he shot 80 at a PGA Tour event. It was in 1994 when Woods was a senior in high school.
FINAL WORD: "Just two little 6-footers on 17 and 18 there and my whole world changes. But I guess that's golf." - Tommy Tolles, who never won on the PGA Tour and finished one shot behind Vijay Singh at the Toshiba Classic on the PGA Tour Champions.
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1. Doubt
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I sat on my leather couch, looking out into the bright beautiful moon, and the happily twinkling stars; while inside of me a fire burned that was impossible to burn out. A fire made up of dread, hatred, and doubt.
Thoughts were racing through my head, most of them not good --towards me. I clutched onto my head as tightly as I could, trying hard not to cry, trying hard not to scream, trying hard not to do something stupid that I might regret later. I couldn't contain my emotions any longer though, there was doubt in my mind of how Bella felt for me and that hurt more than being ripped into pieces and being burned. I'd rather pass through that than ever pass through this again.
I groaned when the thought reached my head once again, I couldn't keep avoiding the thought. Bella was going to talk about it soon, and she would apologize once again; the pain would never end.
What hurt me the most was that she asked him to kiss her, and she told him she ...loved ...him.
I banged my head on the couch as hard as I could but the cushioning made nothing to me. I made damage to it.
I could hear the thoughts of Jacob circling my brain, "I kissed her dudes, she kissed me back. She loves me! ...Hope you heard that bloodsucker!" Then he flew images into my head making my pain even harder to handle.
I wasn't sure if I wanted to return to Bella, but I knew she wold feel worse about herself if I didn't return to her.
"Edward." I heard Alice's soft voice behind me, I looked up, she was smiling kindly, I knew she had no idea what was going on with the werewolf and Bella.
I ignored her looking back into the moon, beating myself up for not being good enough for Bella, I knew I wasn't good enough or else she wouldn't have raced of with that...dog. I closed my eyes and pinched my nose, I should have never left the first time, I should have never left her alone in need for love. None of this would have happened--
Alice pulled me out of my thoughts again, "What's wrong, Edward? I have been seeing you very upset these past couple of days, are you not happy Bella is getting married with you, or is it because she still wants to become a vampire." She asked, I knew she was looking intently at me.
I looked back at her, her head was cocked to her side looking deep into my eyes.
I shook off her gaze, "I-- of course I'm happy that Bella agreed to marry me, Alice, its just...nothing." I sighed turning back to the forest and the moon.
Alice sat on the couch by my feet, I curled my knees up to my chest wrapping my arms around them and laying my head on my knees. I knew Alice could see I was depressed, nothing escaped her. I knew Jasper probably told her how I was feeling, but Jasper doesn't seem comfortable talking to me about stuff like this.
I felt her shift on the sofa. I looked at her, she turned her body around to stare at me, her eyes glaring at me. "I know you too well Edward, I know something is bothering you." Her face dropped into a frown, "What is it?" I opened my mouth and she snapped at me, "Do NOT say its nothing Edward.." she looked ashamed, "I'm sorry, but you can trust me, its bothering Jasper the way you are feeling and Carlisle sees it too." Alice said, she sighed.
I sighed, I knew Alice had me, there was no way I could escape from her, "she kissed him, Alice, she kissed him and she said she loved him!" I said, nearly yelling, I didn't have to say his name for Alice's eyes to bulge out and burn with anger. "I know she loved him but I never knew ...like that! Alice how the hell am I suppose to know she still loves me!?" I asked punching the sofa once again.
"I-I, Edward don't say that, Bella loves you, I know she does, she wants to be with you forever, she is marrying you, she wants to be a vampire just to be with you forever! How can you doubt that!?" She didn't understand, I shook my head violently.
"NO, NO, NO, I think I know she loves me, yes I know she wants to become a vampire Alice but maybe she just wants an excuse to get away from her old life and forget about Jacob!" My body shook when I spat out his name.
"How can you say that?!" Alice interjected me with a furious expression.
"The same way I can say this...How do I know that Bella is also just marrying me to make me happy but inside she is bleeding for Jacob!? How can I be sure -- I can't read her mind, she never really tells me what in her mind. Face it Alice." I said with a shuddered sigh, getting all of the trapped emotions out was good.
Alice opened her mouth to protest but she closed it down again looking defeated. "No, Bella loves him, she cant love ...Jacob. Ew. UGH! NO! But Edward has a point, NO." She looked up at me, "QUIT READING MY MIND!" I sat back straight, looking away from her. "Oh mickey you're so fine, you're so fine-".
"Oh SHUT UP WITH THAT SONG I DONT NEED TO READ YOUR MIND TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOU HEAD, you also know I have a point of what I just said!" I screamed.
"Yes Edward, I know you have a point, but you cant be certain about that, give it time. Soon Bella will reveal who she truly loves more." Alice said taking my hand, "You are my brother Edward, I don't like to see you hurting, so stop hurting yourself with these thoughts." She said and exited the room.
I kicked the pole of the bed and it fell down to the floor with a large thud.
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jeudi 2 décembre 2010
LeCab2 (VST for Windows)
LeCab2 is the evolution of LeCab1. It's a cabinet (guitar or bass) impulse loader. LeCab2 offers :
- 6 impulse slots
- Latency control (down to 64 samples)
- Dropdown menu built with the .wav files contained in the directory where the last impulse is loaded
- Next and Prev buttons to navigate through the impulse directory
- Solo button for each slots
- Channel selection for each slots
- Possibility to link the loaded impulse of 2 slots (other controls stay independant)
- High Pass and Low Pass filters for each slots
- Phase, Delay, Pan and Volume controls for each slots
LeCab2 has been specifically design for relatively short impulse response such as guitar and bass cabinet. Too long impulse response are going to be truncated. Impulse troncation could lead to what's call frequency leakage and then produce atrifacts in the low and high part of the frequency spectrum as shown in the figure below where the blue line is the frequency response of a truncated impulse. This figure has been captured with Voxengo SPAN.
As can be seen, unless under extrem case, these artifacts can be eliminated with the low and high pass filters as provided by LeCab2 for each slots.
Thanks to requietus for is, once again, great GUI design.
Here is the download link:
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LeCto VST for Mac
LeCto is now available in VST format for Mac.
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Former Bears coach Mike Ditka is not happy that Lovie Smith got the boot following a 10-6 finish in 2012.
Ditka called the Bears "stupid" for making the decision, noting that if the Packers had beaten the Vikings on Sunday afternoon, Smith would be preparing to coach the Bears in a playoff game on Sunday. According to Ditka, it makes no sense to fire a coach who would be in the playoffs were it not for the results of another game.
"If Minnesota would have lost last night and the Bears were in the playoffs this wouldn't have happened. That's a fact. So how stupid is it then? It really is stupid," Ditka said on ESPN 1000 in Chicago. "If they would have made the playoffs this would not have happened. They did what they did. They took care of their business and Minnesota played a great game against Green Bay."
Ditka believes the Bears' ownership should have thought more about the team's 7-1 start and less about the 3-5 finish.
"I think Lovie is a very good coach," Ditka said.
He may be, and he's reportedly already drawing interest from several other teams. In which case he may soon be a very good coach for some other team.


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Is Mappro71 supposed to be usable in Windows 8? I have used it with Win7 without any problems, but I have all sorts of problems with Win 8. It's possible I am doing something wrong, but for the life of me I cannot figure out what.
I am trying to use it with Visual Studio 2010, Vb. Net
What happens is that after I moved my VB.Net project from my Win7 to my Win 8 system, when I try to run my project I get a message to register. I click on register later and the program appears to run, but I get no map message on my form, just a copyright message in the lower left corner.
If I select to register now and get a serial umber, I enter it and then I get a message that says thank you for registering. Still no map, and next time I run the project I get the message to register again!
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The Crews Part 2.1
A few months ago we did a story called "The Crews." But what we found out was that we hadn't even scratched the surface of the friend units driving this sport. In every region, every town, every lake, we found them. Groups of friends who ride together, push each other and enjoy wakeskating. So many in fact, we're putting them up in two groups because our galleries couldn't accommodate so much awesome. This is the Crews, part two (point 1).
Indian Mound Boys
We're going to start part two off like part one, with a little blast from the past. Before there was Cassette or Danny Hampson's latest crew (we'll get to that in the next part) there were the Indian Mound Boys. Not to say these guys never ride together anymore, but time and distance have made things tough. The IMB is more of a family than a crew. "We're just a bunch of guys that grew up together and learned how to ride and live our lives together," Danny said. "We have as much fun as possible and no one really cares about the silly stuff that comes along with the sport."
Riding Location: The Florida Keys
Official Members: Kyle Bohannon, Topher Whightman, Lee Cash, Danny Hampson, Matt Hall, Ben Wieland, Thomas Warren, Mikey Hampson
Pull of Choice: Well, it used to be the old Sea Ray, then a Hyrdradine, then Little Red Riding Hood the Waverunner, spent some time behind a little Whaler and now it's a Hyrdasport or whatever we get behind
Official Photographer: We take photos with our minds; most of the group is Native Americans so you can imagine how that would go.
Token Strapper: Were all strappers at heart. Kyle is the best though
Latest Video: Never really had a video. We made a little section called Good Vibes in High School that might still be floating around and everyone has had cameos in my part.
What makes your crew special?
Danny Hampson: We are cut throat and will skin you alive if you don't have respect on the water.
How did you guys meet?
Danny: We all grew up and went to school together. Some of us have known each other for sixteen years at least.
How often do you ride together?
Danny: Hardly ever because now we all have our own things going on and live in different places but it used to be everyday. Man I miss the good old days.
The Bayou Boys
Down in the Bayou the wakeskate scene is strong. Known mostly for riding behind some unique boats, this Louisiana-based crew shreds glass, eats gumbo and is almost inseparable. (Well except Ryan Lemons who is spreading the Cajun flavor to Florida.) In fact Blake and Josh are often hard to tell apart.
Riding Location: Amite River (A.R.L.O.B)
Official Members: Ryan Lemons, Josh Norman, Blake Steele, Mike Mcandrew, Mitchell Cobb, and Chip Hingle.
Pull of Choice: Lemons Craft, Sexual Chocolate, James Brown's "Nautique" and Chip Hingle's boat.
Official Photographer: Everyone of us. Mainly Mitchell though.
Token Strapper: James Brown and Valerie Hodges
Latest Video: Gas Money "Louisiana Style"
How did you guys meet?
Blake: Josh and I met Lemons because we used to see him on the river all the time. So Josh and I started skateboarding and seen Ryan downtown and started talking to him about wakeskating. Then he told us to come ride with him, so we did and now we always do. Then this year we always saw Mike and Mitch riding, so we got to know them and started riding together.
The DFW
Texas seemed to float under the radar for years, but thanks in large part to this crew it is now on the map, and big time. It seems you can't pick up a magazine without seeing Clint Tompkins doing something crazy on a mega gap. And between Charlie's Blog Creative Juices and Clint's blog Wet Signature, there is no shortage of coverage. "Clint finds new spots pretty much every day so we session a new spot almost every weekend, Charlie said. "We also have a great lake spot to ride at with 3 sick rails in a location that only jet skis are safe to be in." With an endless supply of perfect winch gaps at their disposal, this crew is doing everything like they should in Texas, bigger.
Riding Location: Dallas/Ft Worth
Riders: Clint Tompkins, Beau Parker, Charlie Hewitt, Brian Marino, Wade Ross, and friends
Pull of Choice: Winch or Nunu (jetski boat)
Photographer/Videographer: Brian is usually on photos, and Charlie on Clint's DVX ; it takes a good 5 man/1 dog crew to put yourself in a position to have a successful ride/get shots day.
Token Strapper: We like snowboarding?
Latest Video: 16mm/Video movie one of these days, but we do have a few clips. Somebody buy me some film! I'll take some Kodak Vision2 50 D
What makes your crew special?
Charlie Hewitt: We like wakeskating a lot. We get to ride with Clint. We have so many winch spots in the DFW area.
How often do you ride together?
Charlie: Without daylight savings time we are straight weekend warriors. We all have daytime jobs except Clint, so we have to make the best of Saturday and Sunday. Spring, summer, and fall will be much more kind to us. Schedules lighten up considerably when the summer comes around then we wakeskate or skateboard everyday.
KC Crew
When you think about Kansas you might not think of a wakeskate epicenter. But thanks to the magic of "the crew" the scene there is strong and getting stronger. This is another with a cable scene to thank for their connection. Despite a relatively short season, the KC Crew makes the most of it riding the cable, winching and otherwise taking advantage of all the lower Midwest has to offer, and are always down to ride with people passing through.
Riding Location: KC Watersports, Clinton Lake, the 'burbs
Official Members: Zach Roede, Reed Leible, Richard Bayly, Brad Arnold, Nick Schleicher, Chris Vaughn, Collin Haas, Mike Olson, Coco, BD, (your name here)
Pull of Choice: KCW, winch, Boston Whaler
Official Photographers: Sparky, Zach Roede, Brad Arnold, Rob Cattau
Token Strapper: Carter, Sparky, Stalker
Latest Video: I just got a video camera
What makes your crew special?
Brad Arnold: With a summer only a few months longer than Wisconsin's, we ride as much as we can and as often as we can all get together from late March to October. KC Watersports has really helped our scene build from what started as basically nothing whatsoever into something with potential. We are all guys who just love getting out on the water and having a good time. We have met so many great people in the process and have had such good times doing so. Oh and we also have a bitchin' "team trip" where we road trip to TSR for Freezeride every February. Texas is where it's at.
How did you guys meet?
Brad: We all met working or riding at KC Watersports actually. Our boss, Mike, is a wakeskater. A few of us work at the cable and a few of us are cable rats.
How often do you ride together?
Brad: As much as we can! Kansas City is not the biggest city in the world, but it seems like everyone lives at separate and opposite ends of town (KC is very spread out.) We just try to meet up at the cable or go winch with whoever wants to go. Sometimes Mike invites us out for some whaler action.
Hidden Lake Locos
Wakeskating on the west coast is different. The water rarely warms up, and everything is bigger and further apart. But against dramatic backgrounds the Hidden Lake locos make it happen. What's interesting about this crew is they don't all live in the same town. Rather than convenience, Hidden Lake Locos are a group solely through the love of wakeskating.
Riding Location: Hidden Lake, NV & The Delta, CA
Official Members: Grant Roberts, Keaton Bowlby, Rodrigo Donoso, Kyle Rowe, Ben Buserwini, Daniel Doud, Beans, Cosmo
Pull of Choice: the SS Skipper…
Official Photographer: Rodrigo Donoso, Kyle Rowe
Token Strapper: Daniel Doud
Latest Video: Fun Boots! or the next big thing coming to Wal-Mart and target: 2015
What makes your crew special?
Keaton: We consume large amounts of cheese steak.
How often do you ride together?
Keaton: frequently. We kinda all live together and trade off riding spots.


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by Zoe Gold, age 13, a Jr. High student
Kids Care is a city wide art project started by MANNA, an organization for kids and adults with HIV and WXPN. Roberts Drake, the producer of Kid's Corner on WXPN, came up with the original idea and he coordinated it with Woodmere Art Museum and MANNA.
For the first three years it was just those organizations that the kids made art for. Around five years ago MANNA didn't have room for the gifts anymore, so the artwork has been going to the children at St. Christopher's Hospital. The pieces of artwork that the students make are based on a certain theme that Woodmere chooses.
Joan Fox, the Project Learn School (PLS) art and elective teacher, designs the artwork for the gifts.
"My favorite thing about Kids Care is walking into the art gallery and seeing the artwork hanging together," Fox said. "It makes my heart sing."
Fox also said, "I love being at a school where the teachers will stop teaching things like math, English or social studies, and just make art."
Zoe Basset, a Jr. High student, said, "I like Kids Care because we get to do community projects, and I wish we did more of those."
Fox and the students have loved all of the artwork over the years and are looking forward to the next Kids Care. This year's art exhibition was held at Woodmere Art Museum from Nov. 4- Dec. 16 to honor the children and their artwork.


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Teams of Destiny
virtual exhibit fall 2001 - burns library
Introduction | 1899 | 1920 | 1928 | 1940
The 1940 team is perhaps the greatest football team in the history of Boston College. Expectations ran high in 1940, after the previous year's team earned the school's first appearance in a bowl game (Boston College lost to Clemson in the Cotton Bowl). The 1940 team became known as the "team of destiny." In his second year at Boston College, coach Frank Leahy had a team of great talent. Charlie O'Rourke was the quarterback and his backs included veterans Frank Maznicki, Lou Montgomery (Boston College's first African-American football player), and Captain Henry Toczylowski. They were joined by a talented newcomer named Mike Holovak. The team also had wonderful receivers including Henry Woronicz, Gene Goodreault, Ed Zabilski and Don Currivan. The team was undefeated outscoring its opponents 320 to 52 and held six teams scoreless. Boston College impressed the sports community by defeating Tulane University (considered the second best team in the nation) 27 to 7 in the second week of the season and defeating Georgetown 19 to 18 (snapping Georgetown's streak of twenty-two consecutive wins). On January 1, 1941, Boston College defeated Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl 19 to 13. The Eagles earned a number five ranking in the 1940 AP National Poll and laid claim to the National Championship.
The Sugar Bowl squad (from left to right).
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Modified Mustangs & FordsHow To Drivetrain
Tremec 3550 Five-Speed Transmission Rebuild
Slick Shifting Upgrade
While the Top Loader transmission will always hold a place in our hearts for the untold gear exchanges it has made in our classic Fords, many people are turning towards overdrive transmissions for better fuel economy and added strength. Tremec remains the go-to standard for brand new gearboxes, but if you like to have a more hands-on and/or budget-conscious approach, rebuilding a used unit might be right for you.
As a longtime Fox Mustang enthusiast, this author remembers the early '90s 5.0 craze well. The Fox Mustang was a clean slate. The engine wasn't that great, nor was the suspension, brakes, rear axle, chassis, or transmission for that matter. But Ford built plenty of durability into those stock components—the engine, as well as the rearend, could handle just about everything you could throw at it in that time period. It became apparent, once you added some horsepower and started running slicks or power shifting, that the T-5 transmission would start showing its weakness. It was not so much a weakness, but more to the fact that it was being asked to perform at a level beyond its intended design.
Later T-5s were the strongest, and soon the '93-'95 Cobra T-5 "Z" internals were the hot ticket to build the highest torque rated T-5s of the time at 330 lb-ft. But the bolt-ons still kept coming and the horsepower levels kept rising. Nobody had much to offer in the way of a heavy-duty transmission that would handle the newfound levels of horsepower and torque. Some resorted to installing Top Loader four-speeds for track duty, and the more affluent racer sprung for boxes from Jerico and Liberty. There was nothing really affordable or practical for the street until the Tremec 3550 and TKO transmissions debuted.
At the time of the 3550's release, the GM folk were all about the T-56 six-speeds in their new F-bodies. But to the Ford gang, the five-speed 3550 was a godsend. Torque ratings were very conservatively rated at 350 lb-ft for the 3550 and 375 lb-ft for the later TKO. Ford even saw fit to install the 3550 into its '95 Cobra R behind a 351 Windsor. Times were pretty good for a while.
Tremec transmissions may seem daunting to work on, but they actually require fewer special tools to rebuild than a T-5 does. Simple handtools and a pair of expanding ring pliers are about all that is usually needed.
Back then, these transmissions retailed for around $1,200, and you still needed to buy a new bellhousing as well as perform a few modifications to the car to get it to fit. Adjusted for inflation, that price has easily doubled for the new Tremec TKO 500 and 600 series transmissions.
These transmissions have been coming up for sale more and more frequently in the recent years, but unfortunately, many have been abused and lived hard lives. Let's face it; someone didn't pony up the cash for an expensive transmission because he wanted to install it behind a stock 5.0 daily driver. No, more likely the owner blew up his T-5 because of the power upgrades and/or racetrack use, so an upgrade was required.
If you're lucky, said owner hopefully was an intelligent fellow and installed his new Tremec transmission with care, while heeding to the strict transmission fluid and 500-mile break-in requirements. Again, this was probably not the case. Your author knows of at least four personal acquaintances who hurt their T-5s at the track one week, then melted the plastic on their credit cards the following week by buying and installing a new 3550/TKO, only to drive straight back to the track once it's all buttoned up.
These folks are the first to complain about the Tremecs having poor shift quality, which was the primary complaint about this series of transmission. The heavy-duty internals also mean that the larger gear mass is just not going to be as quick to shift at high rpm compared to the owner's previous T-5 transmission. Break-in was not meant to be 500 miles of highway driving, but 500 miles of city-style driving—up and down through the gears giving the brass blocker rings a chance to properly break-in. The shifting would indeed become easier if you followed the directions—go figure.
This author recently picked up an early Tremec 3550 and bellhousing to rebuild. These transmissions have inspection covers that are a lifesaver when buying used transmissions. Although being very clean externally, this unit had signs of heavy wear on the 1-2 and 3-4 sliders, denoting a generally abusive life. Purchasing a used transmission is a huge gamble, especially if you do not know what you are looking for. Never ever take a seller at their word. How often do people sell perfectly good transmissions? Performance parts have been removed from service for a reason. Simply spinning and wiggling the input shaft, while rowing the shifter through the gears is not an indicator of the health of the transmission. Internal inspections are a must. Parts for Tremec transmissions parts are about twice as expensive as for T-5 transmissions, so take that into consideration when striking a deal on a damaged box.
Tremec transmissions may seem daunting to work on, but they actually require fewer special tools to rebuild than a T-5 does. Simple handtools and a pair of expanding ring pliers are about all that is usually needed. The only press-fit part is usually the tailshaft bushing, but a machine shop can make quick work of that task. Follow along as we show you some of the highlights of rebuilding this Tremec 3550.