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The much-anticipated opening of the Gridiron Garage restaurant and sports bar at 419 Sharp St. is generating new energy on the south side of Glenwood's Town Square.
Two lines of customers were waiting to get in when Ryan Sell and his wife, DeShawne Bird Sell, opened their establishment on June 30, and the place has been hopping ever since.
"We had a line down to No Frills in front and we had a line in the back. I started crying – I was so amazed by the support from the community," DeShawne said. "We opened the doors and we were immediately packed. It was packed until 10 o'clock that Sunday night and we stayed busy all that week."
Glenwood-area residents who remember the building as the home to Don's Furniture Store won't recognize the place when they enter the Gridiron Garage. The building's interior has been given a complete overhaul since the furniture store's closing last fall, with Ryan doing much of the work. From the carefully-crafted woodwork and stone archway in the center of the restaurant to the outdoor seating area out front, the Gridiron Garage has a contemporary, big-city look to it.
"We remodel a lot of rental houses. I just enjoy doing it, especially old buildings," Ryan said. "So many people walk by on the square. We wanted something inviting to bring people in from off the square."
Ryan, a professional firefighter, and DeShawne, who operates her law practice from the building next door to the Gridiron Garage, have received numerous compliments about the "upscale" appearance and "big city" feel of the restaurant. While they're appreciative of the kind words, they believe Glenwood is deserving of a restaurant similar to what's available in the Old Market area of Omaha and throughout the metro area.
"Everybody says that to us – this is upscale for Glenwood. I disagree," Ryan said. "I think the people that live here deserve the same thing people in the Old Market and west Omaha have. Every time you go out to eat somewhere in Omaha or Council Bluffs, you see somebody from Glenwood."
Ryan and DeShawne envision their sports-themed restaurant being a place where local residents can come together with family and friends, to watch the big game on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon or to discuss the high school Rams after their game on a Friday night.
"We want a place where people can congregate," Ryan said. "They can come with their kids and say 'Hi' to each other. That really hasn't existed in Glenwood since the Sundown Supper Club left."
The menu at the Gridiron Garage is still a work in progress. The restaurant opened with an abbreviated menu of appetizers, salads, burgers, sandwiches, Tex-Mex and pizza. In the next week, the "full menu" will be unveiled with everything from steaks and weekend prime rib, to meatloaf and homemade mac and cheese. One of the featured menu items is a tribute to Ryan's grandmother, Mary Taylor.
"She has a hamball recipe that they've used at the Congregational and Methodist church for years," DeShawne said. "We put those on the menu in honor or Ryan's grandma."
While Ryan was building the restaurant, he left the menu planning up to his wife, daughter Maddee and the restaurant's manager Kelsy Young.
"I left that up to them. I just told them to put steak in there for me" Ryan said. "They did an excellent job on the menu."
DeShawne said most of the menu items are made from scratch.
"We patty our own burgers, we make our mozzarella sticks, we make our tortilla chips for the nachos and artichoke dip. Even our ranch and blue cheese is homemade," she said. "We don't have frozen meat. The chicken is fresh and the beef is all choice Angus beef from Midwest."
The most popular item to date at the Gridiron Garage is the deep-fried mozzarella sticks.
"Each one is about the size of a stick of butter and each one is homemade," DeShawne said. "The mozzarella is breaded twice."
The next order of business, DeShawne said, is determining what types of desserts should be offered.
"We're still deciding what's wanted," DeShawne said.
In addition to the food items, the Gridiron Garage offers a wide array of beverages, ranging from sodas and craft beers to speciality drinks. A full menu of martinis is in the works.
Ryan and DeShawne said the restaurant is a dream come true.
"We had always talked about doing something like this," Ryan said. "Now that we've done it, we plan to be here for a long time."
The Gridiron Garage is open daily for lunch, dinner and everything in between.
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Rowan Atkinson: 'I don't want to play Mr. Bean any more'
Actor ROWAN ATKINSON fears the end is in sight for his beloved comedy creation MR. BEAN as playing him has become "childish and sad".
Atkinson's famously bumbling character debuted on in 1990, with the Mr. Bean show running for five years and spawning two successful movies and a cartoon spin off.
Mr. Bean made his most recent appearance at the Opening Ceremony of London's Olympic Games over the summer (12), but Atkinson, 57, now wants to concentrate on more serious acting roles.
He tells the Daily Telegraph, "The stuff that has been most commercially successful for me - basically quite physical, quite childish - I increasingly feel I'm going to do a lot less of. Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their 50s being childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful."

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There were so many entries it was tough to fit them all into one photo:
Iron Cupcake: London (ICL) held its second challenge on Monday 6 July 2009 with a theme of 'summer fruits'. We tweaked the voting this time so everyone attending could cast votes for their favourite three cupcakes. I'm pleased to say that tasting and voting was taken very seriously as you can see from these photos:
This gathering of dedicated eaters couldn't look more studious! It's people like these that make cupcake competitions great...
Here is our worthy winner, Amanda, receiving the first prize. Her entry of apple and blackberry cupcakes were voted the winner on the night. And before any killjoys out there say blackberries aren't a summer fruit...with the crazy hot weather and rain we've been having this year there are plenty of blackberries ripe for the picking right now!
Here's our runner up, Nicola, looking thrilled:
These lovely ladies are our podium placed entrants – Amanda in first, Nicola second, and Alice third. Well done ladies; you have not only done yourselves proud but also the world of cupcakes!
So, sit back, loosen your waistband, have a hanky ready to mop up any drool and see what you missed out on........
NB. If you don't feel hungry by the time you have looked at all the entries, check your pulse - you might be dead.
Karen's Foolish strawberry (and marshmallow) cupcakes
Emma's summer fruit cupcakes
Isabel's blackberry and raspberry ripple cupcakes
Amal's summer passion cupcakes
Three things to note here – firstly, Amal has only just started baking so we can all claim we ate his cupcakes from the start!, secondly, he is our first male entrant (come on chaps – some of you must bake, surely?), thirdly, he conceded that passion fruit isn't a UK summer fruit but it is in New Zealand, which is where Amal is from. I always have an attentive ear for someone persuading me to eat their cupcakes!
Amanda's apple and blackberry cupcakes
The winner on the night!
Anna's peach melba cupcakes
Kathryn's almond and white chocolate cupcakes with blackcurrant frosting
Amy's Wimbledon surprise (strawberry) cupcakes
These came with the 'bonus' of Cliff Richard in case it rained. Thankfully, he didn't sing!
Randi's lemon cupcakes with strawberry meringue buttercream frosting
Kathy's "Federer's Cup" cupcakes - strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, mint and meringue
Me Ling's strawberry and white chocolate cheesecake cupcakes
Hester's chocolate and raspberry cupcakes with chocolate and crème de framboise buttercream
Hester's Linzertorte (almond, cinnamon and raspberry) cupcakes
Kayla's chocolate cupcakes with raspberry and white chocolate icing
Kelly's lemonade cupcakes with mixed berry frosting
Helen's strawberry and balsamic vinegar cupcakes
Anna's blackcurrant cheesecake cupcakes
Alice's peach melba with custard buttercream
These came third on the night. If I'm allowed to have a favourite I'd pick these, and not just because Alice used my custard buttercream recipe!
Nicola's raspberry, blueberry, ricotta and almond cupcakes with vanilla cream topping
These placed second on the night, a single point behind the winning cupcake. It was that close!
So, I'm sure you can tell from the photos that the standard of entries was simply stunning. There was artistry, humour and super baking prowess on display.
Special thanks to The Cupcake Courier for providing our wonderful main prize.
Finally, I'd like to thank my trusted team of helpers, without whom this event would not happen. I view us as the Four Musketeers of cupcakes so thank you Jasmin, Paul and Dave.
Hopefully, now you've seen what you could have eaten, you'll all be coming along to the next event – details of which will be announced shortly.
I leave you with the victors – well done ladies!
All these wonderful photos are the property of Dave Shipman and reproduced here with his kind permission....but then he's that kind of guy!


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New Valve Technology Offers Less Effort, More Velocity
Contact: Laura Evans
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ROCHESTER, New York, (January 15, 2013) –Crosman Corporation, long known for innovation and quality in the shooting sports, has introduced the new, MK-177™ multi-pump, bolt action, .177 caliber BB/pellet air rifle. The dual ammo MK-177 features new, Crosman® valve technology providing increased velocities with less effort.
"People want airguns that are uncomplicated, powerful and swift," says Crosman Product Manager, Tom Clark. "The valve revolutionizes ease of pumping with the added benefit of providing impressive speed. Simply put, the new, MK-177 air rifle offers less work and more fun," he said.
The MK-177 is light, maneuverable and features all-weather construction with a rifled steel barrel for added accuracy. Its fully adjustable sights and velocities of up to 800 fps with BBs and up to 750 fps with pellets make it an ideal multi-use air rifle. Pump the gun three times for indoor target practice or up to ten times to achieve higher velocity for outdoor shooting and pest control. The MK-177 is fed by a 5-shot pellet clip, or pour up to 300+ BBs into the internal magazine. Every time you pull back the ergonomic bolt handle and push it forward, another BB loads. It has a full Picatinny rail on top for your choice of optics and side rails for additional accessories. "Customize this airgun with all your favorite accessories," says Clark. "Extra storage areas are found under the rubber recoil pad," he said.
The MK-177 is assembled in the USA and is available in black or tan. A kit version includes a red dot sight, soft-sided case, 2 pellet clips, BBs, pellets and shooting glasses.
The MK-177 has an MSRP of $129, while the kit version retails for $179. Retail availability is expected in June, 2013. Crosman Corporation will exhibit the MK-177 air rifle with its entire product line at the SHOT Show 2013 in Las Vegas from January 15-18.Visit booth number 13940. http://www.mapyourshow.com/shows/index.cfm?Show_ID=shot13&exhid=357216&booth=13940&hall=B
For additional information on the Crosman MK-177, or on any Crosman, Benjamin, CenterPoint product, Crosman Archery, or Game Face products, visit the company's Web sites at www.crosman.com, www.centerpointhunting.com, www.gamefaceairsoft.com, or write to Laura Evans, Marketing Coordinator, Crosman Corporation, 7629 Routes 5 & 20, Bloomfield, NY 14469, email her at firstname.lastname@example.com, or call her at (800) 7 – AIRGUN (724-7486).
For up-to-the-minute news from Crosman Corporation, follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/crosmancorp) and Facebook (http://facebook.com/crosmancorp).
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Here are some tests of new high gain amp sims I'm working on. I have completely rework the algorithm. I can't say if it's more accurate or not because I haven't done any comparison with any of the real gear the sims are inspired by. However, I think it feels and responds better than my previous sims. The power amps are definitely more dynamic, accurate and complete.
In the tests I have used Lasse & Mago DI+backing track. The signal I have used is:
DI->Mod TS sim->Amp sim->NadIR loaded with Rosen Digital EVH 5150 III IR.
No post processing.
All the controls at noon except for the treble for the Ecstasy inspired sim, as well as the gain for all sims that has been adjusted to taste.
Don't ask me when these are planed to released, I have no idea. There is still a lot of work to do... and I still don't have replaced my Windows computer.
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Aspen Institute Presents "American People and American Politics" What does it mean to be an American today? The Aspen Institute Presents: People, American Politics questions the current state of politics as the country's politicians and citizens remain divided on issues, including gun control, immigration and national security. Host Hari Sreenivasan (PBS NewsHour) looks at compelling political sessions at the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival from citizenship led by writer Eric Liu to the Republican Party with Karl Rove to the 2008 and 2012 elections with Nate Silver and Katie Couric. D
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For Immediate Release | Greg Rivara, Media contact: (312) 793-9635 PDF version
CHICAGO - January local unemployment rates increased in seven of 12 metro areas, decreased in three, and were unchanged in two compared to last year, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). Not seasonally adjusted data compares January 2013 to January 2012. Largest increases were in: Decatur MSA (+2.9 points to 14.0 percent), the Danville MSA (+0.9 point to 11.8 percent), and the Peoria MSA (+0.9 point to 10.0 percent). The Chicago-Joliet-Naperville Metropolitan Division rate was +0.4 point to 9.9 percent.
Jobs were added in six metro areas, declined in four and were unchanged in two. The largest increases were in: Champaign-Urbana (+2.6 percent, +2,600), Rockford (+2.0 percent, +2,800) and Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (+1.6 percent, +56,700). Industry sectors increasing in the most metro areas were Educational and Health Services (10 of 12), Financial Activities (eight of 12), Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities (seven of 12), and Leisure and Hospitality (seven of 12).
"Increases in the unemployment rate and newly created jobs are expected each January. The new year encourages employers to hire and workers to re-energize their work search," IDES Director Jay Rowell said. "We now need to better understand how the federal budget reductions through sequestration will pressure the economy, especially consumer confidence and hiring efforts."
Not seasonally adjusted data compares the current month to the same month of the previous year. The January 2013 not seasonally adjusted Illinois rate was 10.1 percent and 12.2 percent at its peak in this economic cycle in January 2010. Nationally, the unemployment rate was 8.5 percent in January and 10.6 percent in January 2010 at its peak. The unemployment rate identifies those who are out of work and looking for work and is not tied to collecting unemployment insurance benefits.
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OCEANSIDE -- The family of deceased NFL star Junior Seau has decided to allow researchers to study his brain for evidence of damage as the result of concussions, San Diego Chargers chaplain Shawn Mitchell said.
"The family was considering this almost from the beginning, but they didn't want to make any emotional decisions," Mitchell told The Times on Thursday night. "And when they came to a joint decision that absolutely this was the best thing, it was a natural occurrence for the Seau family to go forward."
Seau died Wednesday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest. He was found by his live-in girlfriend in their Oceanside home. He did not leave a suicide note.
Mitchell said the family came to the decision to allow Seau's brain to be studied "to help other individuals down the road."


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We recently spent a night in Norcia (Umbria) a land famous for it's pork, butchers, wild boar and truffles. (Not so different from our neck of the woods in Le Marche.) Just over two hours from Rome (and about two hour from our farmhouse) time seems to stand still, it is the perfect place to unwind and loosen your belt because you are about to eat pork for every meal!
We stayed at the gorgeous Palazzo Seneca in the center of town. (The family seems to own a bit of everything in Norcia.) It was nice being the guest instead of the host! The hotel was luxurious yet comfortable with a cozy fireplace & chess room, library, spa and restaurant. The breakfast was irresistible with hand sliced prosciutto di norcia and a half dozen homemade cakes and pastries (Jason kept sending me back for more)!
|Breakfast at Palazzo Seneca
After a stroll through town to get our bearings (and making reservations for dinner) we decided it was time to eat! We hoped in the car and headed to scenic Scheggino (a tini tiny Venice) for a lunch of grilled trout that was out of this world and worth the drive. (We knew that dinner would be pork-heavy and we had already stopped at a few butchers to sample the goods so fish sounded good for lunch!) In a restaurant perched on the river we ordered the mixed antipasti and was blow away by the black truffle crostini (better than either of us had ever had.) The trout was moist and flavorful sourced locally and the veggies done up perfectly. (The total bill for two including antipasti, wine, secondo & veggies = 40,00 Euro)
|Scheggino & the Italian flags
|mini Vencie - Scheggino
Strolling around Norcia signs for butchers and stuffed boar heads are everywhere. The prosciutto from this village is famous, Prosciutto di Norcia is sweeter than salty and melts in your mouth when cut by hand paper thin. Even if you don't speak a lick of Italian you will know at least one word before you leave this town, "norcino" a pork butcher. Visit Ansuini, the oldest butchery family in the area. But make sure you visit the shop outside of town in the 'zona industriale' the other shop in the center of town (with the same name) bought them out years ago and it's not the same quality, price or family history. (I had read so many articles about the area, where to eat, what to do & of course I came across this name "Ansuini" a dozen times, all with the photo of the original shop in the center of town. But it wasn't until we meet with the owners did we discover the real story and how they were bought out.)
|in the center of town - beware of imposters
|the real deal - Ansuini Family!
Before dinner, if you get a chance visit the crypt in San Benedetto to hear the monks chanting, it is spine tingling hearing their haunting voices echo off the cold stone. (I grew up Catholic so it could be just the rush of memories from weekly mass growing up.) As the snow began to lightly fall we made our way across the empty cobblestone streets and enjoyed one of the most memorable meals I've eaten!
Directly across the street from the hotel is the best restaurant in the area (and one of the oldest), Granaro del Monte. We settled in for a full meal. (Jason jokes that I ordered the entire right side of the menu - so what if I did!) The area is famous not only for it's pork products but lentils as well (from Castelluccio in the Sibillini Mountains) so I started with the lentil soup.
Then came my second primo (most people only order 1), the fluffiest, melt in your mouth, truffle topped gnocchi. I died and went to fatty heaven! Red potatoes are used for their creamy consistency. I was hooked - this dinner was amazing! After I licked my plate clean, the secondo arrived - pork tenderloin with truffles, pecorino, potatoes & tomatoes, dry fried chicory and a poached pear in red wine. (Basically all five flavors balanced on one plate). Jason didn't order nearly as well as I did opting for fish which ended up to be a vehicle for prosciutto & cheese. (Lesson learned: never order fish in a pork town). In fact, I ordered so well they brought me out a commemorative plate to take home! We waddled across the street stuffed like a ...pig and fell into bed as the snow continued to blanket the hills.
Twenty-four hours in Norcia was the perfect weekend getaway! (We'll visit again the spring when the lentil fields are in bloom in Castelluccio...)
Where to STAY:
Palazzo Seneca
Via C. Battisti 12 Norcia (PG)
Where to EAT:
Granaro del Monte
Via Alfieri 6 Norcia (PG)
Del Ponte
Via del Borgoo II Scheggino (PG)
Ansuini (Butcher)
Zona Industriale Norcia (PG)
For more photos of our trip to Norcia & Scheggino visit our Facebook Page!


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It's easy to see Google Fiber's burgeoning gigabit Internet service as a harbinger of a new era in the US. Certainly, with average speeds of 7.2Mbps, 1Gbps is in a completely different league. But Japan doesn't waste any time in reminding the world just how much better they have it. Nuro, a service backed by Sony, has announced the availability of 2Gbps Internet down, with 1Gbps up. This would allow you to download pictures of cats in a fraction of time so small there's likely no word for it.
And how much are the Japanese to pay for this otherworldly service? A price so high only the rich can afford? You know it's cheap: "Nuro charges ¥4,980 (US$51) a month on a two-year contract, but there's a steep ¥52,500 (US$535) installation fee that is currently waived for those who apply online."


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Ian Heys
Format: PAL
Duration: 90 minutes
First Pasture Price: £9.95
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In the 19th century Midhurst in Sussex became one of the frontier posts between the London & South Western Railway and the London Brighton & South Coast Railway. It was the focal point for three separate branch lines, none of which served the town well since there was no direct link to London. The three branch lines each had an individual character, which is explored in detail.
Although passenger services were withdrawn between Chichester and Midhurst in 1935 and from Pulborough to Petersfield in 1955, the film has a wealth of excellent black and white archive cine film from the Southern Railway era and early 1950s depicting the steam operated push and pull rail motor services. Goods trains continued from Pulborough to Midhurst into the 1960s and these are also shown in detail. Colour film shows a brake van ride behind steam and includes scenes of shunting at Midhurst, Petworth and Selham. Also included is a trip working to the aggregate terminal at Lavant on the Chichester line, as well as scenes showing a number of special excursion trains run to Midhurst after passenger services had ceased.
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There Came an Echo Coming to Xbox One
Wesley Crusher helms this indie, voice-controlled, real-time strategy title coming out on Xbox One.
The Official Xbox Magazine reports that the indie developer Iridium is now a part of the ID@Xbox program. Iridium was the team responsible for the rhythm and role-playing game Sequence on Xbox Live Indie Games. Iridium's first title for the Xbox One will be the squadron-based RTS, There Came an Echo. Echo includes a group of soldiers (which includes actor Wil Wheaton), that must navigate through levels where you use over 500 voice commands in order to get the job done.
Iridium estimates that the game is only about 20% complete, estimating that June would be around the time they'd reach 50% completion of the game's development. Without any delays, this would mean we can expect this RTS on our Xbox One systems sometime in the fall or late 2014.


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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Surf's up—EDM #209 Draw a shadow
Quick watercolor sketch from a photo of a warm 85° day in Bali. I remember following this young dude wandering along the beach path with his board, waving and chatting it up with the locals. It was 13° here in Portland when I finally wandered back into my studio, feeling a little better and wanting to get back to sketching again.
5 comments:
- Arty Velarde said...
glad you are better! Nice juicy shadows.
- February 10, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- andrea joseph's sketchblog said...
Oh, this is brilliant. How do you capture that movement? I just don't know.
- February 10, 2009 at 4:22 PM
- Margaret Ann said...
- February 11, 2009 at 2:42 AM
- Sharon said...
The colors melded together beautifully in this.
- February 12, 2009 at 10:26 AM
- Terry Banderas said...
Your art is absolutely fantastic. This sketch of a surfer is loose, colorful and beautiful.
- March 20, 2009 at 12:07 PM
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May 18,2007
Retire? Not just yet, more and more say
by Dean Calbreath
Daimler's fire sale price of $7.4 billion for Chrysler - it bought the company for $36 billion in 1998 - speaks volumes about the challenges facing the North American automotive industry, as well as its direction for the future. In reality, after a series of payments and loans between the two companies, Daimler will pay Cerberus, a private equity firm, about $650 million to get rid of Chrysler. Daimler can't afford to keep Chrysler because of its $18 billion in health care and pension liabilities. And, like its Detroit rivals, Chrysler has too many dealers and is drowning under labor contracts that make it unprofitable to build cars and trucks in the United States.
While we'd all like to know what will become of Chrysler, the transactions in this sale have so many moving parts that it will take time for an informed assessment.
DaimlerChrysler AG is walking away from a majority share in Chrysler nine years after the "merger of equals" was to form an international automotive juggernaut. Cerberus, a New York firm, has some automotive holdings, but none as significant as a major auto producer.
Cerberus, like the two other officially recognized bidders for the Auburn Hills automaker, sees some value in Chrysler. Whether it is as a unified American car company or in pieces, however, will be realized later.
Of primary importance to the company's retirees and workers is the maintenance of the contracts and promises that have been made. They should be honored. At the same time, United Auto Workers members heading into this fall's critical contract negotiations must realize that many of the benefits and work rules they've stubbornly held on to helped put the company on such uncertain footing. The contract negotiations will be contentious unless UAW members recognize that the market no longer warrants the same deals they have enjoyed for decades. If Chrysler Holdings LLC is to survive as a long-term entity, which Cerberus management says is its goal, the UAW must change significantly, too.
The concern that Cerberus will divide Chrysler in pieces and keep - or sell - only those units or brands (Jeep, for example, or the financing division of the company, which it can combine with its majority stake in GMAC), is real, but not inevitable.
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger has given his initial approval to the deal, but his counterpart in Canada, Buzz Hargrove, is already insisting on no layoff guarantees or the company "will have a problem" with the Canadian Auto Workers union.
Gettelfinger may follow suit to appease UAW members who are worried about their jobs, but his initial response is more encouraging and will go further toward seeing that this sale benefits Chrysler, Cerberus and its workers more than saber-rattling tactics.


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A TASTE OF POLO to Benefit the Nova's Ark Project at the finals of the Southampton Polo Cup Sponsored by Bentley Long Island and Hennessy Cognac
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More power crews coming to Greenwich
Officials confer with utility, say town will see more CL&P line crews starting Friday
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There will be a dramatic upswing in CL&P crews working in Greenwich Friday, when an additional 39 two-person line crews will be on scene to speed the power restoration in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the utility has promised town officials.
The pledge came during a meeting Thursday afternoon between town officials and CL&P brass, including President and Chief Operating Officer William Herdegen III.
First Selectman Peter Tesei welcomed the meeting and the commitment, but remains cautiously optimistic.
"We certainly appreciate the time they spent meeting with us, but seeing is believing," Tesei said. "Until we actually see boots on the ground and the application of the resources, we will remain vigilant."
Utility officials declined to comment before and after the meeting, which was held at the public safety complex.
In an interview later Thursday, Mitch Gross, a spokesman for the utility, said CL&P was prepared for the hurricane and continues to bring in additional crews to restore power in Greenwich and throughout the state.
The town has criticized CL&P for not having more crews in place earlier to deal with storm restoration.
"The only way we are going to get more progress is if they allocate more bodies," Tesei said.
The additional crews will join the 14 two-man crews already in Greenwich, Tesei said.
Fourteen more were scheduled to arrive Thursday night, followed Friday by an additional 50 crews, half of which Greenwich will receive, while Stamford will get the other 25.
Tesei said CL&P did not give the town a specific schedule when power will be restored in Greenwich other than to say the utility is sticking to its prediction of 95 percent restoration by Monday or Tuesday.
Selectman Drew Marzullo continued his criticism of CL&P's response.
"The crews they are promising us tomorrow and thereafter should have been here (Wednesday) and the day before," he said.
Both Tesei and Marzullo said residents are becoming increasingly frustrated with CL&P.
Tom Giglio couldn't contain his anger and disbelief as he looked at the scene outside of his Milbank Avenue home Thursday.
A utility pole has been sitting on power lines since Sandy blew through Monday night, and wires snake around the street, a main artery in central Greenwich.
On Tuesday morning, a CL&P crew put up two new poles to replace the one that fell, but residents say no one from the utility has returned since. The road is blocked off on either side, leaving residents to drive underneath yellow caution tape, or wait for police to let them through.
"I'm just so surprised that they can leave this road blocked off for this long of a time," said Giglio, 58. "We're not talking John Street on the New York border. This is central Greenwich."
Then there's the power situation. Siri Kent, who also lives in the house at 168 Milbank Ave., said her father is 96 and bedridden, and the house is getting colder.
The residents of the street, made up mostly of antique houses and new condominiums, are not alone among the ranks of residents growing increasingly frustrated with the utility.
Karen Feeney, who lives on Rockmere Avenue in Old Greenwich, said she wishes more information was available about when power would be restored to different sections of town.
"I understand a lot of people are in worse straits," she said. "You just want to know how long it's going to be. Not knowing ... it's the hard thing."
Feeney said she has not seen any utility crews on Rockmere Avenue since the storm.
Multiple wires came down during Sandy's heavy winds, and a rotted tree also toppled, taking down wires and blocking the street, she said.
The Feeneys have been using a small generator lent to them by a friend to provide limited power to their home. They have to refuel it every 2 1/2 hours.
John Ginter, who moved to a condo on Milbank three years ago from Khakum Wood Road in backcountry to be closer to town, also is not happy with the utility's lack of communication about the issue.
"There's no communication from CL&P, no representative from CL&P even coming here to say anything," said Ginter, 66. "They just put on power on East Elm. These wires have just been sitting."
CL&P spokesman Frank Poirot explained that there is one crew that installs new poles and another that set up the wires. He did not have information on the situation on Milbank Avenue.
Roy Grossman, who lives on Chieftains Road, said he has not seen any CL&P crews working anywhere in town.
"One would think by (Wednesday), and certainly (Thursday), you'd be seeing trucks everywhere," Grossman said.
Residents said that even with all the talk of hurricane preparedness, the utilities seem anything but prepared.
"I thought they were going to be so prepared," Giglio said. "This is three, four days already. They've already started getting power in Manhattan."
Also announced by the town Thursday, officials have asked the state for prepared meals, called meals ready to eat (MRE), and water. Emergency Management Director Daniel Warzoha said the supplies would be dedicated to Banksville and Old Greenwich residents. Distribution details will be worked on Friday.
Warzoha said the town is also looking at providing areas where people can pick up water to flush their toilets.
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It's been weeks in the waiting but it looks like Amazon.com has officially received stock of the all black Nokia wireless charging cover (CC-3066) for the Lumia 1020. In fact, according to users in our forums the item has started shipping already, so a few of you will have this handy accessory in the coming days (even faster if you have Prime).
The wireless charging cover will run you a not-so-cheap $39.99, plus you'll need a wireless charging plate (if you already don't have one). That extra accessory can be ordered from AT&T right now for $25, giving you a $65 bump in costs to not have to plug in any wires. While that may sound trivial (the plugging in part), you'll be hard pressed to find anyone on this site lamenting wireless charging as a gimmick.
Unfortunately, the yellow cover is MIA. Amazon did have it listed earlier but not even Microsoft Stores have that rare bird in stock. Perhaps Nokia has run out of yellow (gasp!) but for whatever reason, yellow covers and yellow camera grips are hard to come by. So for now, you'll have to settle for black and only black.
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According to the National Diabetes Education Program, about 215,000 people younger than 20 have diabetes. Most of them have type 1 diabetes. However, type 2 diabetes, a disease that used to be seen primarily in adults ages 45 and older, is becoming more common in young people, primarily due to increasing rates of obesity in children and adolescents.
Although the teenage years can be a challenge for any child as he or she goes through sexual and emotional changes, it can be especially trying for adolescents with diabetes. Adolescents inherently want to "fit in." Being different in any way from his or her peers can be emotionally stressful, especially for the teenager.
The teen who previously complied very well with his or her diabetes management plan may now become rebellious and refuse to comply. He or she may also experience denial of the disease, or display increasingly aggressive behavior in reaction to the stress of managing diabetes, during a time in life that is challenging enough already.
One aspect of diabetes management, blood sugar control, is especially hard during adolescence. Researchers believe the growth hormone produced during adolescence to stimulate bone and muscle growth may also act as an anti-insulin agent. Blood sugar levels become harder to control, resulting in blood sugar levels that swing from too low to too high. This lack of control over blood sugar levels can be very frustrating for your teenager.
Helping your teenager cope
Open communication between you and your teenager with diabetes is important during these years. You should recognize that your teenager wants to be treated as an adult, even if that means letting him or her take charge of his/her own diabetes management plan. Parents should also recognize that teenagers need:
Spontaneity. Adolescence is a time of spontaneity, such as stopping for pizza after school. However, the teenager with diabetes also needs to realize that managing his or her diabetes successfully will give him or her the flexibility that is craved.
Control. Teenagers want to be in charge of their own lives, and create their own identities. To achieve this control, the teenager will test limits. However, a teenager with diabetes can learn that to exert control over his or her diabetes, means learning to gain control over other parts of life.


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Author Notes: The first time I made this was when I had an overabundance of apples from an apple picking trip. I was determined to make something with more apples and less bread. This is also excellent with brandy or calvados instead of rum. This comes out wonderfully crumbly and tender, although make sure to allow enough cooling time otherwise the cake may fall apart to much to slice. Serving this with a your favorite ice cream, gelato or whipped cream is essential! —colombedujour
Food52 Review: When we tasted colombedujour's apple cake, our first thought was: this is an apple cake for grownups. Rich and buttery, delightfully boozy and chock full of tender apple pieces, this cake is a sophisticated ending to a fall meal. The recipe calls for ground almonds instead of flour (we tried regular and blanched almonds, and both were good). Maple sugar, which has the same molasses tones as brown sugar, is drier and helps keep the cake from being soggy. Folding whipped egg whites into the batter (a technique that reminded us of making French macaroons) keeps it from being too dense. We used both an 8-inch and a 9-inch springform and found we liked the results with the 9-inch better. If you do use an 8-inch pan, you may want to cook the cake for a bit longer than suggested so that the fruit is tender throughout. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 8
Granny Smith apples
tablespoons lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
cup maple sugar (you may substitute cane sugar or muscovado is great)
ounces butter
organic eggs
1 1/3
cups ground almonds
teaspoon baking powder
tablespoons Rum, Brandy or Calvados
cup powdered sugar, for dusting
- Preheat the oven to 300° F. Butter an 8-inch spring form cake pan with a removable base.
- Peel, quarter, and core the apples. Cut 2 of the quarters into thin slices, toss in a bowl with a splash of lemon juice and set aside.
- Slice the remaining apple quarters more thickly into cubes. In another bowl, toss with a splash of lemon juice. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon maple sugar and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Cream the butter and remaining sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks and then incorporate the ground almonds and baking powder, working the mixture as little as possible to keep it light. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl.
- In another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold half into the cake mixture and then fold in the remainder. Add the rum, and any juice given out by the thicker chunks of apple. Gently fold the chunks into the mixture. Transfer to the prepared cake pan and smooth the surface.
- Drain the reserved finely sliced apple and arrange on top of the cake, fanning out the apple slices in a circle. Bake in the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
- Run a knife around the edge of the cake and leave it to cool for several hours before serving. If you'd like to serve it warm you may reheat it. It keeps well in a covered container and can be reheated to serve warm later. Dust the cake with confectioner's sugar and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
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Catch Some Horse Sense In Brookings for Draft Horse Show
Big horses pulling heavy loads used to be a way of life. Feel free to be nostalgic at the Kiwanis Dakota Royal Charity Draft Horse Show this weekend in Brookings.
The Sioux Falls Kiwanis West Club along with their counterparts in Brookings are teaming together to host the exhibition Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29 at the Swiftel Center in Brookings. Start time each day is at 1pm with admission to the event $10 for ages 13 and up with 12 and under free.
One of the organizers of the event, Brandon Kinney says these magnificent animals will put on quite a show. "We are featuring ten six-horse hitches of Belgians, Percherons, Clydesdales and Shires. The hitches are coming from as far as near the Canadian border in North Dakota and from Oklahoma." During the competition, the horses will be judged on how well these 2000 pound animals pull together, ability of the driver, cleanliness of the harness and how they stand at attention during inspection.
The breeds of horses that will be featured may be massive in size, but Kinney says their disposition is gentle. "A lot of those draft horses are very easy-going with their genetics and the way they're bred." Kinney has first-hand experience in training the two Percherons he owns. "They just know what they're supposed to do. I spent maybe a week with them doing some small stuff and pretty soon I hooked them to the wagon and away they went."


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April Is Oral Cancer Screening Month
Should you be tested for oral cancer?
Check out this link at the Mayo Clinic to see how simple it is!
Definition-By Mayo Clinic Staff
Oral cancer screening is an examination performed by a dentist or doctor to look for signs of cancer or precancerous conditions in your mouth.
The goal of oral cancer screening is to identify mouth cancer early, when there is a greater chance for a cure.
Most dentists perform an examination of your mouth during a routine dental visit to screen for oral cancer. Some dentists may use additional tests to aid in identifying areas of abnormal cells in your mouth.
Medical organizations disagree on whether healthy people without risk factors for mouth cancer need oral cancer screening. No single oral exam or oral cancer screening test is proved to reduce the risk of dying of oral cancer. Still, you and your dentist may decide that an oral exam or a special test is right for you based on your risk factors.
Why it's done-By Mayo Clinic Staff
The goal of oral cancer screening is to detect mouth cancer or precancerous lesions that may lead to mouth cancer at an early stage — when cancer or lesions are easiest to remove and most likely to be cured.
But no studies have proved that oral cancer screening saves lives, so not all organizations agree about the benefits of an oral exam for oral cancer screening. Some groups recommend screening, while others don't.
People with a high risk of oral cancer may be more likely to benefit from oral cancer screening, though studies haven't clearly proved that. Factors that can increase the risk of oral cancer include:
- Tobacco use of any kind, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco and snuff, among others
- Heavy alcohol use
- Previous oral cancer diagnosis
- History of significant sun exposure, which increases the risk of lip cancer
Ask your dentist whether oral cancer screening is appropriate for you. Also ask about ways you can reduce your risk of oral cancer, such as quitting smoking and not drinking alcohol.
Risks-By Mayo Clinic Staff
Oral exams for oral cancer screening have some limitations, such as:
- Oral cancer screening could lead to additional tests. Many people have sores in their mouths, with the great majority being noncancerous. An oral exam can't determine which sores are cancerous and which are not.
If your dentist finds an unusual sore, you may go through further testing to determine its cause. The only way to definitively determine whether you have oral cancer is to remove some abnormal cells and test them for cancer by a procedure called a biopsy.
- Oral cancer screening can't detect all mouth cancers. It can be difficult to detect areas of abnormal cells just by looking at your mouth, so it's possible that a small cancer or precancerous lesion could go undetected.
- Oral cancer screening hasn't been proved to save lives.There's no evidence that routine oral examinations to look for signs of oral cancer can reduce the number of deaths caused by oral cancer. However, screening for oral cancer may help find cancers early — when cure is more likely.
How you prepare-By Mayo Clinic Staff
Oral cancer screening doesn't require any special preparation. Oral cancer screening is typically performed during a routine dental appointment.
What you can expect-By Mayo Clinic Staff
During an oral cancer screening exam, your dentist looks over the inside of your mouth to check for red or white patches or mouth sores. Using gloved hands, your dentist also feels the tissues in your mouth to check for lumps or other abnormalities.
If you wear complete or partial dentures that are removable, your dentist or doctor will ask you to remove them so that the tissue underneath can be examined.
Additional tests for oral cancer screening
Some dentists use special tests in addition to the oral exam to screen for oral cancer. It's not clear if these tests offer any additional benefit over the oral exam. Special oral cancer screening tests may involve:
- Rinsing your mouth with a special blue dye before an exam. Abnormal cells in your mouth may take up the dye and appear blue.
- Shining a light in your mouth during an exam. The light makes healthy tissue appear dark and makes abnormal tissue appear white.
Results-By Mayo Clinic Staff
If your dentist discovers any signs of mouth cancer or precancerous lesions, he or she may recommend:
- A follow-up visit in a few weeks to see if the abnormal area is still present and note whether it has grown or changed over time.
- A biopsy procedure to remove a sample of cells for laboratory testing to determine whether cancer cells are present. Your dentist may perform the biopsy, or you may be referred to a doctor who specializes in oral cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Courtesy Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/oral-cancer-screening/basics/definition/prc-20110761h
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I would venture that people think there's something unique about their state that may not really be that unique. "We have THE WORST or THE MOST AGGRESSIVE drivers here." Or the one I want to talk about today: "Our weather is THE MOST unpredictable — it's sunny in the morning and snowing at night!"
I lived in Michigan for 28.75 of my 29 years. I thought the weather in Michigan was very odd. People blamed it on being surrounded by lakes. It would be 30 degrees and 80 degrees in the same day with sun, clouds, rain and snow at almost the same time. I thought that was a claim to fame for Michigan. When I traveled, I would exclaim, "You don't know anything! Michigan weather is craAaAAzy!!" But I'm not so sure anymore.
Colorado weather is as unpredictable as Michigan's. I've experienced it go from mild and sunny to freezing and snowing in an hour. It's windy and cold when you get home and then sunny and sweaty hot when you go back out a few minutes later with a jacket on. Wednesday it was 83 degrees. Wednesday night it got down to the 30s and snowed by morning. The high on Thursday was 43 degrees.
It's just as crazy as Michigan. I can't imagine Colorado and Michigan are unique. Are there just a few areas that have unpredictable weather? Or do all states claim they do and think it's unique to them?
Update: The "Michigan Left"! There's another thing that I'm sure doesn't happen in just Michigan. It's where you have to turn right and then U-turn to make a left turn.


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Stationary machinery within automated, industrial manufacturing and fabrication processes typically operates in very repetitive, measured, predictable cycles. In these environments, total lost energy over the course of a given time period, say, a day, can be measured or calculated rather easily due to regular, predictable motion cycles.
When it comes to mobile equipment, the cycles are not as regular or predictable, even though they operate "sort of repetitively." Significant variations occur in each cycle, making lost-power calculation somewhat more challenging.
Vexing variables
Consider the operation of a backhoe excavating a small area, such as a graveyard plot. Variables quickly emerge even in such a confined dig, such as the depth as the project progresses; the reach; and the lift and swing as the dirt piles up. In addition, the operator may not handle the controls in exactly the same manner from cycle to cycle, or the operator may change on another similar project. The number of functions that an operator can manage simultaneously is limited to some degree by the manual dexterity of the operator.
Further variations include soil conditions as the vehicle moves from site to site, and the amount of moisture in the soil, which affects the weight of a bucketful as well as digging resistance. There are doubtless others, but the point is that often widely varying operating conditions make the excavator manufacturer's job of tuning a machine to "optimal" conditions much more difficult.
The discussion here, though, is hydrostatic transmissions, not excavators. Envisage one used in the drive train of a front-end loader. Its cycle also varies over the course of a day for reasons similar to those already mentioned, as well as others that are particular to front-end loaders. One such example is the amount of travel distance between the load pickup point and the load dump point.
The point is that regular, predictable parts — along with random variations — exist within cyclic operation. Handling these random effects requires statistical methods. For hydrostatic transmission (HSTs), the approach is to use a histogram of the "probability of finding a speed versus the speed" itself, Figure 1.
Generating the histogram
This discussion is not intended to be a treatise on the generalities of statistics or the theory of histograms and their development. Nonetheless, for the statistically challenged reader, it's helpful to review the steps involved in histogram creation.
First, it's important to note that the histograms contained herein are not the result of actual measurements on mobile machinery. Instead, they were developed totally through what the Germans call a gedankenexperiment, that is, by theoretical (mental) estimates. However, the following discussion should explain that the values presented are reasonable for a wheel-driven front-end loader and the histogram creation process as described. The lack of actual histogram data does not in any way affect the procedure or the manner in which conclusions are reached.
To start the explanation, one must interpret the data provided in Figure 1. It consists of a series of 35 bars, each being 100 rpm wide. The vertical axis is simply "Number of occurrences." A total of 73,980 sampleswent into the chart. The sample counts were put into a series of 100-rpm-wide data buckets; each data bucket is a bar on the graph.
Referring to Figure 1, the height of the bar (a data bucket) with a peak value that's centered at 2850 rpm, which covers the interval from 2800 to 2900 rpm, represents the number of samples found in that interval. That is, of the 73,980 rpm samples — about 4460 of them — lay between the 2800 and 2900 data bucket. Or, in other words, of the 73,980 speed samples, 4460 of them were in the interval from 2800 to 2900, where the notation 2900 means any tiny amount less than 2900 rpm.
To be useful, the histogram must be converted into one that indicates the "probability of occurring," expressed as a percentage. This task simply requires dividing each bar amplitude by the total number of samples. In the 2800 to 2900 interval, with its 4460 samples, the result is 4460 ÷ 73,980, about 6.03%.
Thus, the modified histogram turns into a probability curve, Figure 2. Therefore, if the machine is operated in a statistically similar manner to that used to generate the histogram data, it will run between 2800 and 2900 rpm about 6% of the time. It will also run, say, between 900 and 1000 rpm about 3.5% of the time.
Collecting histogram data
To collect raw histogram data in a real vehicle in a real working environment, an automated data acquisition system has to be temporarily installed on the vehicle. For the speed histograms of Figures 1 and 2, a speed sensor also must be attached to the output shaft of the HST. Once everything is in place, the data-acquisition system then will read and log the speed data over a predetermined amount of time.
This method, called a sampling process, takes speed samples at precisely regular intervals (samples are also called observationsin data-acquisition jargon). The regular interval may be one second. The exact sampling time interval isn't important at this time. However, suffice to say, more samples are better than fewer.
At each second of the machine's operation, the speed is sampled and stored in the data-acquisition/computer memory for later retrieval. During this stage, a statistician can help with the selection of a proper sample interval, the correct number of data buckets, and the total time of sampling. Details regarding those processes are beyond the scope of this brief analytical study.
The example vehicle data (which are not real statistical data) had 73,980 samples. If a 1-sec sampling interval was used, this would cover an operating period of just under 21 hr, which is usually expected in three eight-hour work shifts.
Provided that future vehicle operation resembles its operation during the 21-hr sampling period, expectations are that a new histogram would be similar to that during the sampling period. In other words, the transmission output shaft speed should be between, for example, 2800 and 2900 rpm about 6% of the time, Figure 2.
You could go a step further and combine this data with a Power Lost curve, Figure 3. It can be seen that the transmission power loss is almost 44 hp at the interval midpoint of 2850 rpm.
Continuing, consider the interval centered at 1250 rpm. Lost power is about 28 hp; Figure 2 indicates that the machine operates within that speed interval about 2.4% of the time. It should be obvious that lost energy depends not only on the lost power characteristics, but also the amount of time that the machine spends at any chosen operating condition.
The next step is to establish a total time interval for determining the amount of energy that goes into lost power. Perhaps the task is to determine the total energy lost in a typical 8-hr shift, and the machine is in actual operation for 7.5 hr. The total energy lost while operating between 2800 and 2900 rpm is simply the product of the histogram amplitude in that interval (about 6%) times the power lost when operating at that speed (roughly 42 hp) times the total time of operation (7.5 hr). The result is approximately18.9 hp-hr.
Now let's look at the speed interval centered on 1250 rpm, Figure 3. The lost power in that interval is about 28 hp. Referring to the histogram of Figure 2, the transmission spends about 2.4% of the time at speeds between 1200 and 1300 rpm, so the total energy lost while operating in that speed range over the 7.5 hr is:
7.5 hr ×0.024 ×28 hp = 5.04 hp-hr
The energy lost while operating in the 1250-rpm interval and the 2850-rpm interval is the sum of the two — about 24.84 hp-hr. So, total lost energy is simply the sum of:
(time) ×(probability) ×(lost power)
Summing up the summing up
It should be apparent that calculating the total power lost during the 7.5-hr operating period merely involves multiplying the probability of a speed occurring at each of the 35 histogram intervals, times the power that's lost at the center point of that interval, times the total operational time of interest. Then all 35 values are added together.
It's important to note that all of the bar amplitude percentages in the probability histogram, when added together, will equal 100%. This is a requirement of such a histogram. At this point, it's safe to assume that the probability of finding a speed between 0 and 3500 rpm is 100% for the hydrostatic transmission used in this study. The formula for determining the total energy lost during an arbitrary period of time is:
T= the total time interval for evaluating the lost energy (units of time are arbitrary)
Pi= the probability of a speed occurring in the ith probability histogram interval (numeric)
WLi= the power lost when operating at the midpoint speed of the ith probability histogram interval (hp)
KN= the total number of speed intervals in the probability histogram (numeric)
ELT= the total energy lost during the time interval of T(units depend on those used for T)
Overall, the process is relatively simple if there's a realistic and typical histogram, and the starting point is the power loss diagram for the transmission. It yields information that relates directly to fuel costs and, ultimately, money down the drain. Such information is not available from the efficiency data.
Part two of this article delves deeper into histogram statistical analysis, concentrating on the low-speed, high-torque region of transmission operation.


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The Police Take a Final Bow in New York City...
As the final notes of 'Next To You' filled the Madison Square Garden air in New York tonight, Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting held hands and took one final bow as the Police. Someone dressed as an obese opera singer took the stage behind them, and the fat lady literally sang as the Looney Tunes music began playing. As Sting did a goofy dance, Porky Pig spoke: 'Obley, obley, obley... That's all folks.' Sting strode up to the mike as his bandmates began walking offstage. 'Madison Square Garden!' he yelled. 'Center of the city, center of the world! Goodnight!' Thus marked the end of the 150th and final gig of the Police's 15-month reunion/farewell tour in which they played to 3.7 million people - and made nearly $386 million.
The night didn't begin so smoothly. As opposed to the standard opener of 'Message In A Bottle', the band began with a dreadful cover of Cream's 'Sunshine of Your Love'. It was nice to pay homage to another famously embattled trio who also ended a series of recent reunion gigs at Madison Square Garden, but classic rock covers clearly aren't their forte. Things picked up quickly when the New York City Police Marching Band took the stage and pounded away 'Tusk'-style on 'Message In A Bottle'. From here their massive catalog of hits started pouring out fast and furiously: 'Walking On The Moon', 'Invisible Sun', 'Can't Stand Losing You' and so on. Sting's daughters danced near their father during 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'. Barely pausing between numbers, the band ran through the show oddly quickly. The whole thing was a hair under two hours.
Before playing the naughty schoolgirl anthem 'Don't Stand So Close To Me', Sting looked back at his pre-Policeman days. 'Before I took this job I worked as a teacher at a convent in England,' he said. 'I was the only man. I had a pension, a mortgage... What the fuck happened to me?' What happened was he met an American drummer named Stewart Copeland and started what became one of the most massive bands in history. They broke up at their stadium-packing peak in 1984 and Sting insisted for decades they'd never reform. Throughout the night Sting looked happy he changed his mind, or maybe he was just happy the whole thing was nearly over.
After the main set, a backstage camera showed an extremely bearded Sting laying back in a barber chair. Two blonde women began furiously shaving his beard with an electric razor, while men shined his shoes and gave him a manicure. When the hair was short enough they coated his face with shaving cream and used a disposable razor to finish the job ('C'mon, use a straight razor!' yelled a guy near me.) Midway through Stewart Copeland gave him a kiss on the lips. Do they really actually like each other, or is it all an act? It's impossible to know for sure. 'It's been a huge honor to get back with my old friends,' Sting said earlier in the night. 'The triumph of this tour is that we haven't strangled each other - not to say it hasn't crossed my mind.' Farewell tours are a longtime joke in rock & roll (the Who are about to launch their seventh post-'farewell tour' tour), but it seems likely this is really it for the Police. In many ways, they went out on top.
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Going over a few things in my mind, including yesterday's Sheffield post.
* I don't see how anyone could think bringing back Gary Sheffield for next year is a good idea. With the complaints this year of the Mets being old and not athletic, Sheffield in 2010 does nothing to make that happen. The Mets look listless now, and Sheffield only adds to that appearance when you see him in the outfield. Sheffield has always been a me-first guy, and he'll complain about playing time for sure. At 40, he's not getting any younger and is already showing break-down signs. If he would had 25 homers in the bank I'd consider it, but he's got 10. That might be decent coming off the bench, but this guy wants to play full time. Bad move.
* We'll know this afternoon whether Livan Hernandez will stay in the rotation. Jerry Manuel talks about his respect for Hernandez, but he's let him twist in the wind since his last start. Do the Mets really have any other viable options? Probably not. Like with Sheffield, I would be willing to see what I could get for Hernandez in a waiver deal considering we probably won't see him next season.
* David Wright's knee has been examined and we'll find out the results later today. With the team going nowhere, there's not point running him into the ground.
* In the "It's About Time," category, fans will notice photos of notable Mets and moments in club history around Citi Field at tonight's game against the Giants. Why this wasn't done from the outset, along with a Mets' Hall of Fame, is beyond me. The Mets don't have the glorious history of the Yankees or Dodgers, but they have an compelling history nonetheless. It should have been honored and on display all along. The Jackie Robinson Rotunda is a meaningful exhibit, but it isn't about the Mets. Honor your own history before someone else's.
* I've said this numerous times, so once more shouldn't hurt. The competitive aspect of the season is over. Shut down Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran to let them fully heal. Unless there are serious concerns about their health that need to be answered as to prepare for the off-season – and this doesn't seem to be the case – there's no benefit in dragging them out there again this year. It could only make matters worse.
* Billy Wagner is expected to be activated Sunday, and he's somebody the Mets might be able to swing a waiver deal for to pick up a prospect. Left relievers are valuable in a pennant race and if Wagner is close to being 100 percent he could net something in return. They certainly aren't going to offer him arbitration they might as well see what is out there.
* For the most part, I've held my tongue on Gannett. Not now. On a sad note, my former newspaper, The Journal News, is forcing employees to re-apply for their jobs. Even so, at least 70 people will get cut. Some good people will lose their jobs. Management said only current employees are eligible to apply, but apparently these Gannett openings are on the public job boards. Nice lie. Just a different lie than the one they told me.
Gannett still makes a profit, but apparently not enough. This used to be an aggressive newspaper with quality people putting out a quality product. It is but a shell of its former self as Corporate gut the product, presumably to write-off its self-inflicted losses. It's a sleazy company that deserves its demise. Unfortunately, a lot of innocent people get hurt.
I guess, all you need to know about the small thinking that goes on at my former place is every afternoon they cut off the air conditioning for an hour to presumably save a few pennies.
Stay classy Gannett, stay classy.


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COG accepts plan to expand transit, water-supply roles
Norwich - The region's council of governments voted Wednesday to accept two legislative proposals that would give the agency greater authority over transit and water supplies in southeastern Connecticut.
The provisions, which would put the council in charge of approving the annual Southeast Area Transit budget and give it the responsibilities of the Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority Representative Advisory Board, met with some resistance from officials from both SEAT and the water authority.
Legislation scheduled to go before the state's General Assembly would put the changes in place. Chief elected or appointed officials from 20 towns make up the council - formally known as the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments. The council's mission is to work cooperatively on regional projects.
Several COG members said Wednesday the proposals were designed to strengthen council and town involvement in SEAT and the water authority, both of which would be improved.
SEAT provides transit services to nine towns in the region and the water authority supplies water to about 10,000 people in parts of Ledyard, Montville, North Stonington and Stonington.
Paul Altman, the chairman of SEAT's board of directors, said he was notified of the proposed changes Tuesday and since then has been unable to confer with his board.
The proposed legislation would give COG power over SEAT by adding three members to the transit district's board. COG also would have the authority to approve the appointment of the SEAT general manger, would ratify any contract in excess of $100,000 and would select a certified public accountant to conduct an annual audit, according to the proposal.
"Rather than trying to shove it down our throats, they should have let us respond to it," said Altman, who would not comment specifically on the plan before bringing it to the board. "This was a surprise. It was unfortunate."
SEAT General Manager Ella Bowman also said Wednesday that she was notified of the proposed changes on Tuesday, at a meeting of the COG executive committee to which she was called on short notice. She asked the council Wednesday to delay a vote so that SEAT's board of directors could review the proposed changes. The council declined to do so by voting on the proposals.
In the case of water authority, the council would have the power to approve the appointment of the chief executive officer and any contract for professional services in excess of $100,000. It also would review the authority's financial condition on a quarterly basis.
James Fogarty, the chairman of the water authority board, expressed concerns with the proposal at the meeting Wednesday. He said he was concerned that the proposed changes would affect the bonding power of the water authority and would allow the council to set usage rates for its customers. But Preston First Selectman Robert Congdon, a member of COG's executive committee, said both would remain intact.
Congdon said the water authority advisory board - with representatives from more than 10 towns - has poor attendance at its meetings.
"(The proposed changes are) trying to create a direct link to the chief elected officials," Congdon said.
Norwich City Manager Alan Bergren reminded fellow COG members that the proposed legislation affecting SEAT is more than just a simple vote. Rather, he said it is a commitment to spend money to further regionalize the transit district.
Bergren said Norwich pays about $146,000 for SEAT, the most of any town.
"If we're going to really have mass transit in this region, everyone is going to have to buy in," Bergren said. "It doesn't mean just votes, it's financial commitments. If we're moving forward with legislation, we're not just putting our votes here, we're putting our money here."
State. Sen. Andrew Maynard, D-Stonington, a co-chairman of the General Assembly's Transportation Committee, said he has agreed to take the COG proposal on SEAT to his committee. State Rep. Betsy Ritter, D-Waterford, has a copy of the water authority proposal, COG executive director James S. Butler said.
Maynard said there would be a public hearing on the SEAT proposal scheduled for either next month or March. He said he understood Altman's concerns, but ultimately, he believes the council is sincere in its attempt to improve both SEAT and the water authority.
"I'm not deaf to the concerns that the SEAT board has," Maynard said. "I would want them to have every opportunity to express that in the public hearing."
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