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MARY & JOHN ELLIOT
Elliot Heritage Society
The Elliot Heritage Society recognizes and honors friends of Elliot Health System who inform us of their intention to invest in the future of Elliot through a planned or deferred gift arrangement.
The following list includes different types of planned or deferred gifts
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YouView may be about to finally go public with its would-be IPTV platform standard. It has scheduled an announcement next week and is today kicking off a in-home trial of the service. Next week's event looks set to reveal the timetable for YouView's launch, presumably timed to coincide with the summer's Olympics coverage. While …
Please be good
I can't get Sky or Virgin, so it's BT Vision for me at the moment which is decent enough but way behind the times. If BT upgrade the Vision box to a YouView box then I hope it will be good. At least give me Freeview HD, dammit.
Ideally I'd like LoveFilm integration, but I don't know if BT will hobble it so it won't compete with BT's on-demand service.
Hope it beats Topfield+Mystuff+WD live
So they might "launch" it before the Olympics but you can't buy one yet
Less than 3 years late if they get it out by December. It will be interesting to see it although I still don't think it stands much chance of becoming a significant size platform in its current form without BT pouring hundreds millions of pounds into subsidising hardware (which may yet happen but isn't going to do their balance sheet much good).
Is it Christmas? There's a strong smell of turkey around here.
I just checked the weather forecast for Hell next week - heavy frost with possible icing conditions - so it could be launching after-all!
Received my trial box this morning and don't remember seeing any NDA
NDA when you signed up for the trial
You may not remember the signing up process
Yes sign up had very onerous confidentiality conditions which I couldn't agree to so I didn't apply although I am quite curious about what they have been up to all this time.
If I remember rightly you couldn't even reveal that you are taking part or anything about the product to anyone who doesn't live in your house so I think you just breached it. Good job you are AC, hope they don't subpoena el Reg.
Icon for the legal gag.
This will be good if ...
... Humax provide it on the web-portal for their existing Freeview PVRs. I use iPlayer frequently and would definitely use it for other channels.
However if it means buying a new box then they can forget it.
Re: This will be good if ...
It means buying a new box
I'm with TalkTalk at the moment and have been looking forward to a replacement to it. Current box is a bit too susceptible to noise on the line and can crash at the drop of a hat. Hopefully with the new setup there will be more channels too.
Seems a bit pricy
£300 seems a bit steep, if I pay a bit more then I could get a SmartTV with this stuff built in
Re: Seems a bit pricy
Where did you get that price from?
"The platform was originally due to be launched in 2010, but technical difficulties and arguments between stakeholders ensured that and later deadlines were missed.......That makes YouView's 'one box, many services' rather less of a unique selling proposition than it once was"
And when it falls flat in the face, the "big wigs" know just whom to blame!
It was due in 2009
Actuall that is an error in the article. Canvas was originally supposed to launch for the Granada switchover and Freeview HD switch on at the end of 2009!
3 Christmases, one World Cup, almost all of Great Britain switched to digital, one Euro Cup and effectively an Olympics late (they don't have time to sell many boxes for the Olympics - trialists don't count in my book).
Ignorant about this...
...it's passed me by. Is the idea it's a single way for BBC, C4, ITV to deliver streaming video - in effect a new additional tool alongside iPlayer which supercedes it?
Given the massive difference in quality between iPlayer and 4OD, I'd be worried it won't be as good as iPlayer is to begin with (although iPlayer implementations on non-PC platforms tend to be pretty hit&miss).
Or did I misunderstand totally?
Re: Ignorant about this...
It gives you a sort-of common interface for them, as long you're watching recent things. Anything that's been shown on TV in the last 7 days and is available to watch OD can be played directly from the Programme Guide.
Anything else and you have to launch the broadcasters' own applications; so effectively iPlayer, 4OD, whatever shit it is ITV offer.
Unfortunately other than having the OD stuff in the Programme Guide it's pretty much a pointless product, filling a hole in the market that doesn't actually exist.
Only releasing boxes to 2000 trialists from today.
Got my Humax box this morning.
Got my box this morning seems like a standard set top box.The pair of homeplugs straight on ebay.
Re: Got my Humax box this morning.
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Every year is slightly different, which is why I call it a Yarnery.
My SEACOLORS ™ dye process is a low impact, solar derived heat source for prewash and rinse, setting the dyes, and even driving the hot air for the dying station. Using the greenest dyes of the day, I format the color agents with seawater instead of chemical salts or metals to make the colors fast. This process is greener, lower carbon footprint, has less waste, and is completely recyclable. The discharge is recovered and returned to the soil as an irrigation source for better forage production, and is even more environmentally friendly than natural dyes set with alum or copper.
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by Michael Bordash
on 2011-10-15 13:37:29
The BPM Festival Phase One Artist Line-Up: Art Department, Behrouz, Boris, Carlo Lio, Cedric Gervais, Damian Lazarus, Dan Ghenacia,Daniel Dubb, Danny Howells, Danny Tenaglia, Davide Squillace, Deniz Kurtel, Dirty South, DJ Sneak, Droog, Dubfire, Dyed Soundorom,Gaiser live, Guti live, Guy Gerber, Heidi, James Teej, Jamie Jones, Lee Burridge, Lee Foss, Leon, Loco Dice, Luca Bacchetti, Marco Carola, Martin Buttrich, Matthias Tanzmann, Marko Nastic, Nic Fanciulli, Nick Curly, Pleasurekraft, Richie Hawtin, Saeed Younan, Sean Miller, Simon Baker, Soul Clap, Stacy Pullen, Steve Angello, Steve Lawler, Tanner Ross, Thugfucker, tINI, Wolf + Lamb and many more to be announced.
For NYE 2012, The BPM Festival & Circo Loco present Grammy-nominated New York DJ legend Danny Tenaglia and Italy’s Hideout Music bossLuca Bacchetti to ring in the new year at Blue Parrot for an EPIC celebration on December 31, 2011.
About The BPM Festival
The BPM Festival is an annual world-class electronic music festival which takes place in idyllic Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, heralding in the new year. Originally designed as an elite dance music industry networking event, the festival has morphed into an international mélange of electronic music lovers, DJs, producers, revelers and partygoers. Named one of Mixmag’s 10 Best International Parties, the BPM Festival in 2011 hosted 120 of the best DJs and producers playing day & night for 10 sun-drenched days in the beautiful Mexican Caribbean featuring world class international DJs and producers, which in the past has included: Behrouz, Damian Lazarus, Dubfire, Guy Gerber, Jamie Jones, Laidback Luke, Lee Burridge, Loco Dice, Marco Carola, Richie Hawtin, Seth Troxler, Stacey Pullen, Steve Angello, Steve Lawler, and many more. BPM parties are hosted both day & night at multiple venues around the beautiful resort town, tucked into the coastline of the Mayan peninsula, warm turquoise Caribbean waters, white sand beaches, mysterious jungles and ancient ruins. With a variety of luxurious and affordable boutique hotels and endless number of places for dining, dancing, beach parties and clubbing, the BPM Festival is a perfect opportunity for music lovers and party-goers all around the world to escape winter and revel in the sun. | <urn:uuid:c5d1cfca-40db-4b1a-b060-ed28294a0ab9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://internetdj.com/article/bpm-festival-line-up-announced-1361 | 2013-05-22T07:33:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.831453 | 582 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Year 4 Maths Fair Video
Year 4 had a magnificent session at the Michael Faraday Maths Fair! Having worked on the theme of investigation in class, we were keen to put the theory to the test at the Maths Fair. A variety of stalls had been set up by Year 6 in the Drama Hall. Throughout the week, each year group had their own session spent learning at the Maths Fair.
We provided each pupil with their own moneybag, encouraging them to explore and budget which stalls they wanted to get involved with. Activities included money twister, play your cards right and even a supermarket sweep! You can watch a video featuring Year 4 having great fun at the Michael Faraday Maths Fair above. | <urn:uuid:82e1891f-5be9-4b70-b160-2155e6b2a3ef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://michaelfaradayschool.co.uk/2010/01/30/year-4-maths-fair-video-2/ | 2013-05-22T07:20:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975296 | 146 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
On the day after her sire joins her
dam in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Wine Princess will try
to enhance her family’s reputation by notching her first stakes race as well as
her first graded event.
The chestnut 3-year-old filly is a
daughter of Azeri, who was enshrined in 2010, and is by Ghostzapper, a member
of the 2012 class installed on Friday morning in Saratoga Springs, New York.
“She’s got the pedigree,” said
trainer Steve Margolis, who shipped her from Churchill Downs to compete in the
Grade 3 $100,000 Monmouth Oaks on Saturday. “And she looks the part. She has a
beautiful way of going.”
Azeri was arguably the most
brilliant female runner of her generation, winning the Eclipse Award as Older
Female in 2002, 2003 and 2004 along with Horse of the Year honors in 2004. That
same year, Ghostzapper beat her in the Breeders’ Cup Classic during an
undefeated campaign that saw him also take the Grade 3 Iselin Handicap at
Monmouth on the way to Horse of the Year honors.
Wine Princess, a $475,000 purchase
by Becky Winemiller at the 2010 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, could become
the first stakes winner produced by Azeri.
“I’ve had her from the beginning
and we’ve taken our time with her. This filly has been gradually improving with
each race,” said Margolis, who won the 2003 Breeders’ Cup Sprint with Cajun
Wine Princess, unraced as a 2-year-old,
has two wins and a second from four starts and comes into the Monmouth Oaks
after scoring in a non-winners of one other than at Churchill last time out on
June 29. In her last work in Kentucky,
she fired a bullet of 1:00 flat for five furlongs and the breeze was the
fastest of 30 horses at the same distance.
“She won on Oaks day (in a maiden
special weight) and then I ran her back on the turf,” said Margolis. “She
prefers the dirt. This will be her first time going two turns, but we’re
looking forward to this race.”
Wine Princess, who is certainly
bred to handle the distance, drew the rail and Proud Pearl, a full sister to
2008 3-year-old Filly Champion Proud Spell, will break just to her outside.
Defy Gravity, Final Escrow, Serena’s Song Stakes winner Morrow Cove, and the graded
stakes placed Jemima’s Pearl
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Just in case wireless companies such as Verizon and Sprint forgot they were supposed to help customers avoid bill shock for going over their monthly plans, the the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just gave them a big reminder.
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The FCC has launched a "Bill Shock" website that keeps consumers up to date with where each wireless carrier is in the process of instating a plan to alert customers when their nearing voice, data and text usage limits.
In October 2011, industry trade group CTIA – The Wireless Association proposed to the FCC that its member carriers would provide alerts to customers. Participating carriers -- which are made up of more than 97% of the country's wireless customers -- have agreed to start sending alerts to customers by October 2012.
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Although there's still time, some carriers have gotten a jump start on alerting subscribers. According to the FCC's new "bill shock" tracking page, T-Mobile has made the most progress in telling customers when they are nearing their coverage limits for voice, data and international roaming. AT&T is currently sending alerts to customers for data limits, while Sprint is doing the same for international roaming.
"As part of our effort to empower consumers by putting information online, the FCC is providing consumers the ability to learn when carriers begin to implement their voluntary commitments," wrote Bill Freedman, deputy chief of the FCC's Consumer Bureau, via a blog post. "Today, the Commission is launching a web portal that contains a table showing which carriers are providing which types of alerts."
He noted that the FCC will regularly update the table to reflect each carrier’s progress in providing the agreed-upon alerts.
What do you think of the carriers' efforts thus far? Let us know in the comments.
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About the Poems
by Amy King
These poems were designed to appeal to people with short attention spans at risk of distracting people with longer attention spans. To gauge the success of these poems, you must first determine the length of your attention span. Locate a form of measure such as a postage scale, pair of handcuffs, or video camera. Next, identify the expectations with which you will approach these poems.* After a first and second read, express the degree of delight experienced when your expectations were not met. If the amount of your delight exceeds or compounds any vertigo experienced, you may record these poems as “successful.” If you determine the opposite imbalance to be true, label these poems “sufficient” or “capable.” If none of the above applies, mark “nothing applies” and request a refund. Feel free to report your findings at www.amyking.org or to the manager at No Tell Motel.
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Surprisingly authentic tacos, guacamole and margaritas. Great brunch complete with Mexican bloody mary's. A photobooth outside of the co-ed bathroom seems like a great idea after many, many said authentic margaritas.
No matter when you walk buy, El Vez always seems packed. No wonder: It's a great spot for well crafted Mexican favorites, too much to drink, and some of the best guacamole in town.
Excellent food!. We loved the tacos, the tuna appetizer and the nachos (which were a huge portion, even for gluttons!).
Good Mexican Food. This place is almost identical to Distrito. The food is about the same as it is at Distrito. The place looks a little worn though.
I don't know what some of you were talking about - this place was great!. From the minute we walked in - we were greated with smiles. We sat in the middle of the room. It was a little dark, but enough light to read the menu and see the decor. The service was really good - Jack our waiter had the menu down to a science and was very happy to answer any and all questions. He paid just enough attention to us. Now the food - OMG - I was nervous about this place from reading some of the reviews. I ordered the taco sampler and was more than happy - beef, pork, sea bass, mahi mahi, etc. If a flower had a taste - this was it. Each one was better than the next. Kudos to the Chef and staff. Dessert -well - make sure you save room. Drinks were on the same level. This place is a class act. The price is on the higher end - but as they say you get what you pay for - this was worth it. I highly recommend it!! Enjoy.
hope you like salt. the menu is creative & perhaps mexican inspired- but it's a far cry from authentic mexican food. my husband is from new mexico & we've taken numerous trips to the southwest and mexico where i've had better food from roadside carts. i went with 2 friends & we ordered 6 items to share- each greasier and saltier than the next. stop in for the atmosphere, which is fun, grab a kitschy cocktail and then go to dinner someplace else. the only thing keeping me from giving this place one star was our server- who was gracious and prompt. with so many great restaurants in philly, i'm surprised this place is still open.
Good fun atmosphere but way too loud. El Vez is a good spot to go with a big group of people, but your experience can depend on where you are seated. Try to get a spot in one of the round booths, those are the most intimate and easy to hear everyone at the table. Last time we were there we sat at a table behind the bar (8 of us) and we literally could barely hear eachother speak. I had to text with my friend across the table because I couldn't hear a word she said. The music is way too loud, which makes the chatter almost unbearable.
Insect in the Sangria... the type of insect that inhabits dirty homes and restaurants. Upon arriving & being seated, drinks were ordered. Once we received our drinks, one of the guests began drinking her sangria when she noticed a "insect" which city search will not allow me to name, about 3/4 of an inch long, floating in her drink. When brought to the attention of our waitress, she gave a brief unconcerned apology ("i'm sorry"), took the drink to the kitchen & proceeded to show it to her coworkers. It wasn't until about 10 minutes later that she returned to our table, upon our request to see if we were ok. Furthermore, not one staff member or manager came to rectify the situation until two of our party members went to speak to the hostess. Finally, a manager came over (10 minutes later) offering appetizers as good measure. We left as the birthday girl was disgusted and unable to eat anything.
Good food & drinks; Really bad service & treatment.
I was looking forward to trying El Vez after hearing about their good guacamole & margaritas.
We arrived at 9:30 on a Thursday & the place was prob 1/2 to 3/4 full - with lots of people at the bar and less eating. We asked the hostess if we can get a table - as our plan was to get guac, appetizers and a pitcher of margarita. The hostess told us we'd need to order entrees in order sit at a table. I found this odd -having lived in nyc & other major cities I've never seen a respectable restaurant forcing you to order a certain # of entrees to sit down. A policy of ordering food at a table is totally understandable ? but forcing you to eat a certain quantity of food, to me, signifies a low-end establishment milking revenue.
We said ok, with no real plans to order entrees, and sat down. We figured a $65 meal with a margarita pitcher, guac, and appetizers would suffice.
We then received probably the worst treatment I've ever experienced. Our waitress was rude, sarcastic, pushy and made us extremely uncomfortable. When we ordered the pitcher & guac she asked us if there was anything else we wanted to order. We said we?ll order more, but not right now as we wanted to relax and order more as we went along.
About 3 minutes later she came back asking for our order. We said not yet. 2 minutes later our pitcher came. As did more ordering questions. 2 minutes later guac came - she then pretty much wasn't leaving until we ordered more food. So we ordered an appetizer & side dish ? at the same cost as an entree. She then looked straight at me and asked me ?what I wanted for my entree?. I said, "I don't want an entree". From there it got even worse - with her talking to other waitresses and pointing and gesturing at us, making sarcastic comments about us ?drinking up? and overall being plain rude. We tried to relay our frustrations to a manager but we left after 10 min of waiting at the front desk.
Bottom line: good food & good drinks ? but bad treatment ruined it.
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Amazing Mexican, with a modern twist. My friend and I really enjoyed dining here. It was a great vibe, really huge bar scene. We went around 10:00 and were seated promptly. The nachos mama's were amazing!!! A must try. They had a variety of food to choose from. I also got the enchilada's mixtas. It was delicious and HUGE. I recommend sharing this entree with two people. My friend got two different taco platters, he loved it! Overall great experience. They even had a black & white photo book that you can take pictures in. Really cute touch! Definitely give this place a try if you're in city center.
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On May 14, 2008 a seminar was arranged by the Cosmopolitan Women Club (of which I am the Hon. Secretary). My initial aim was to do the workshop for the club members only. They then decided to involve others.
Government agencies, NGO’s, Women Organizations, Schools, and multinational organizations, and a few banks were invited to attend. The venue was at the Air force officer’s mess at Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island. The hall had 250 sitting capacity, and we did not expect to fill all the seats. Surprisingly, the whole seating arrangement proved inadequate, and we had to bring in over a 100 more seats. Even then people were still standing outside, and in the hallways. It was so well attended that more organizations are now clamouring for a repeat of the workshop.
My office had prepared over 1000 Cookits, and Cone Cookers. The cone cookers I find best suit the need of the Nigerian women. Most people live in flats with balconies; the structure of the balconies will shade the CooKit and make a shadow. The Cone Cooker being placed on a stand has the advantage of elevation and the stand can be moved about without disturbing the cooking.
We also displayed the original Solar Cookers International (SCI) CooKits which were much smarter than our home made ones. Only one was sold because of the high cost.
Two banks (Stanbic IBTC, and Bank PHB) and one organization (Global Energy Company) supported us financially and we were able to provided packed lunch for the students in attendance and Cone Cookers to majority of the participants, at very reduced rates. The cone cooker each cost about Naira 4000.00 (£20.00) to construct using Mylar. One was sold for about £12.00. Each school was given 5 Cone Cookers, and 1 CooKit free of charge, and instructions on how to make sun cookers (copied from SCI pamphlets).
Our CooKits are this expensive because I decided to use Mylar as opposed to aluminum foil. Aluminum foil in the hands of rural folks will tear if care is not taken, but Mylar is durable and will not tear, unless torn. Again I had to cover the back of each cookit, or cone cooker with a water repelling plastic sheet to give the cookers longer shelf life, until people know how to handle it. I made cloth bags also into which to put the folded cooker, after use, and hang some place safe.
A practical demonstration was arranged in the compound with about 5 Cone cookers and 3 Cookits. Food items cooked were two different types of rice, beans, assorted meat stew, fresh fish stew, mixed vegetable soup, yam, and boiled eggs.
The use of tyre cookers was also demonstrated using inner tyre tubes. This was used only to boil water. It was not very successful as the pot was higher then the cooker. We could not dig under the tube because the floor was concrete. In any case the water was hot but did not boil.
Mention was made of using sun energy to generate electricity with solar panels and batteries, but since I already said my main aim was directed at women and cooking, I did not dwell much on this aspect. This will be for a later workshop for students and teachers only.
I am open to new ideas on how best to sensitize people, and how better to arrange the workshop. The Commissioner for Women Affairs of Lagos State Government wants me To arrange another 2 day workshop for all the Lagos State Local Government Areas. The 2nd day being for practical and training the trainers. | <urn:uuid:40c81ccd-7db0-416e-a1e9-90874ac07c5d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Margaret_Koshoni?direction=prev&oldid=49487 | 2013-05-22T07:26:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976137 | 760 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The Lodge Casino has five delicious restaurants.
- Seasons Buffet
- Jake's Deli
- White Buffalo Grille
- Pho Noodle Bar
Choose the dining that fits you. Tempt your taste buds with the many options at the all-you-can-eat Seasons Buffet! If you are in the mood for a quick bite, Jake's Deli is the place, and if you want fabulous fine dining, you can't beat the White Buffalo Grille. Plus, you can satisfy your sweet tooth with a tasty treat from Java-n-Créme or some Asian zing at the Pho Noodle bar. | <urn:uuid:5cd8c6bb-90a6-436b-a343-3fa13d569a13> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thelodgecasino.com/dining/ | 2013-05-22T07:19:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88319 | 132 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
I wont call this a fashion blog cause I don't claim to be an expert on fashion. I actually still don't quite understand it. I mean I love clothes and shopping and all that jazz. But just don't seem to understand how trends work.
I do know however that I love taking photos of people and having recently moved back to India I have this urge to record what I see on its streets.
When I was in New York, I loved the Sartorialist blog, this is sort of a tribute to that but let's see how it goes. :) Archive / Message / Subscribe / Theme | <urn:uuid:344d6a37-c497-4526-b6d6-c64a94944779> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thesareetorialist.tumblr.com/tagged/lehenga | 2013-05-22T07:40:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982219 | 124 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The Region 3 wrestling seeding meeting earlier this week was perhaps the smoothest in history.
"Everyone knew where wrestlers should [be listed] in the brackets," Walker Valley coach Alan Morris said. "In the past the Knoxville teams have stayed in the Knoxville area. This year there were more head-to-head [matches] and more common opponents."
They refine their seeding criteria each year and then adhere to it, but it could be that this year there was little to argue.
Cleveland enters the tournament as the landslide favorite, earning top-four seeds for all 14 of its wrestlers.
Derailing the Blue Raiders express seems highly doubtful.
"What's the old saying? 'If their bus breaks down and they miss weigh-ins?' The fight is for second place," Morris said, "and if we wrestle to our seeds or better, we can be in the thick of that race."
While the Region 3 tournament at William Blount in Maryville today and Saturday is all but in the barn, the same might not be so for the Region 4 tournament at Ooltewah.
Yes, Soddy-Daisy has seven top-seeded wrestlers, but other competitors remember well the 2009 tournament when Hixson slipped in the back door and won the event by a single point.
"If Soddy-Daisy had those three kids [that were dismissed from the team last week], there's no way anybody would touch them," Hixson coach Garrick Hall said. "As it is they have seven No. 1 seeds, but tournaments like this are unique, and if Soddy-Daisy doesn't come to wrestle there could be a new champion."
He pointed to East Ridge and his Wildcats as potential championship candidates.
"I'm hoping we'll make it interesting, and I think East Ridge has a shot just because of their horses up top," he said.
The Region 4 tournament begins at 5:30 p.m. at Ooltewah; the Region 3 event at William Blount starts at 6. The top four place-winners in each advance to next week's state tournament in Franklin.
Ward Gossett is an assistant sports editor and writer for the Times Free Press. Ward has a long history in Chattanooga journalism. He actually wrote a bylined story for the Chattanooga News-Free Press as a third-grader. He Began working part-time there in 1968 and was hired full time in 1970. Ward now covers high school athletics, primarily football, wrestling and baseball and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling. Over a 40-year career, he has covered ... | <urn:uuid:af31e56f-c1c7-4bff-89a9-9bd5d4aade80> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://timesfreepress.com/news/2013/feb/08/region-wrestling-events-this-weekend/ | 2013-05-22T07:35:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979728 | 543 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Walter took off all the wires which were on for four years. Then I rewired the thing again in one full day. Now it looks like it will be a hammer tree soon. it is not quite ready for exhibit, even after eleven years of development in my garden. It was collected in 1998 by Andy Smith in South Dakota. Last image as of 1999. | <urn:uuid:2e8f82f3-dbf2-4001-97da-d9130c2a1fe0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://walter-pall-bonsai.blogspot.com/2010/07/rockay-mountain-juniper-6.html | 2013-05-22T07:41:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.991963 | 74 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
European convergence activities: "As a support to the contribution of Higher education institutions to the regional development".
Throughout these activities our main aims are to promote the Canarian universities to reach a level of European convergence which allows them to be competitive within the European scene, and to establish actions with national and European agencies in order to contribute to the exchange of information about the European Higher Education Area and the OCDE of management and assessment.
The organization for the cooperation and economic development (OCED), in its program of institutional management in higher education, has proposed an activity called: “
As a support to the contribution of Higher education institutions to the regional development”. This survey has been carried out with the coordination of ACECAU between February 2005 and April 2006, as one of the parts of a general project of the OCED
where 24 regions of 12 countries took part. The main aim of this survey was to provide the higher education institutions and regional and national governments with a coherent corpus of politics and practices directed to encourage the dialogue between the universities and the regional agents to support the development of their respective regions.
The actions of this project have been used to promote the reflection about how the mechanisms of the connections among universities and regional agents could contribute to the improvement of competitiveness and the feasibility of both in a global context where the development is based on the generation of knowledge and innovation.
The report was evaluated by international experts .These experts, who visited the region to get information, were proposed by OCED.
The working group in charge of drafting the initial report was compounded by some authors
. It was brought out at the end of 2006, when the external assessors were visiting our region, from 17 to 21 April.
The group of assessors proposed by OCED was constituted by:
Dr Chris Duke, main assessor. Director of Higher Education for the NIACE and honorific teacher of Lifelong Learning in Leicester and Stirling, United Kingdom. Teacher of Regional Associations and Learning at the Royal Institute of Technology, Melbourne (Australia). President of the International Observatory Pascal for Regions of Learning.
Dr Walter Uegama: Consultant of some international organizations and Higher Education institutions. He has performed different academic and administrative posts in Higher Education institutions in Canada such as: vice-president associated of Continued Studies in the University of British Columbia, Dean of Adult Education in the Institute of Open Learning in British Columbia. Lately, he has been in charge of the post of Higher Consultant in the Commonwealth of Learning for the development of his master In Business studies and Public management.
José Ginés Mora Ruiz. Director of the center of Higher Education Management Studies in the University Politecnica de Valencia. President of the European Society of Higher Education and member of the committee of government of IMHE and OCED. He is also an associated editor of Tertiary Education and Management as well as member of the Publishing Committee of Politics and Management of Higher Education, and ex co-editor of the European Journal of Education.
Francisco Marmolejo Cervantes, coordinator of the committee. Director of the CONAHEC in the University of Arizona since 1995. He has also been a member of the American Council of Education in the University of Massachusetts-Amherst; vice-president of management and finances and vice-president of Academic Planning in the University of Las Americas, Mexico City.
RESULT OF THIS WORK:
Two documents are devoted to the analysis of the region of the Canary Islands.
A document where the experiences of the participants are gathered.
In April 22 at ten o’clock, In Hotel Escuela in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ACECAU presented the results of the project “Support to the development of the Canary Islands from its Higher Education Institutions”. The representatives of Canarian universities, cabildos of Gran Canaria and Tenerife, the Chamber of Commerce and the confederations of businessmen attended the act. The following manual shows a summary of the most outstanding proposals and conclusions to the Canaries. This document describes a specific moment in a situation of evaluation. This situation is particularly dynamic in the context of Spain due to the reason that there are important national expectations about the gradual harmonization of the Higher Education system towards the goals of Bologna. | <urn:uuid:4c39c7e7-f01c-437c-8b8c-2ab8a5e63a19> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.acecau.org/proyectoocde.html | 2013-05-22T07:19:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946438 | 879 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Shakira's mission of 'goodwill' in Israel set to upset Arab fans
Shakira is all set for a noble mission - The Colombian pop superstar is heading to Israel next week to highlight the importance of education for children across the world.
The UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador has been invited to attend the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, where she will be a featured speaker at the three-day Facing Tomorrow 2011 event, reports the Daily Star.
The 'Hips Don't Lie' hitmaker has been working to improve education and nutrition for kids from impoverished areas in Colombia, South Africa and Haiti via her Barefoot Foundation.
She will take part in the Conference's opening discussion, entitled My Recipe for a Better Tomorrow, on Tuesday (21Jun11), alongside a panel, which also includes Jewish comedienne Sarah Silverman. | <urn:uuid:11ada5b6-44e5-48db-acd0-806ea78bcd12> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.albawaba.com/shakiras-mission-goodwill-israel-set-upset-arab-fans-378900 | 2013-05-22T07:28:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921647 | 172 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Welcome To Sing Village
Head Chef : Mr Tommy Lee
Mobile : +84908489977.
35 Bis Le Thanh Ton District 1, Saigon Tourist Plaza, HCMC, Vietnam.
35 Bis - 45 Le Thanh Ton, P Ben Nghe, District 1, HCMC, Vietnam.
126 Hung Vuong Plaza, P 12, District 5, HCMC, Vietnam.
3 Nguyen Luong Bang, District 7, HCMC, Vietnam.
Sing Village is headed by Tommy Lee and is the first restaurant in Vietnam that offers authentic Singapore Food. Tommy started operation at Sol Chancery, District 1 in 1991 under the name Sol Chancery.
As time goes by, in 2003 more dishes were added and a restaurant was set up in 35 Bis Le Thanh Ton, District 1, Saigon Tourist Plaza, Ho Chi Minh City to serve customers with our selections of authentic Singapore’s Chicken Rice.
In 2008, Tommy went into food court, the 1st stall (Sing Village 1) at Parkson, District 5, selling Singapore Food - Laksa, Chicken Rice, Nasi Lemak, Fried Kway Teow and Frog Porridge.
One year later, he opened 2nd stall (Sing Village 2) in Parkson District 1, Saigon Tourist Plaza.
There after followed by District 7, Beef noddles and Hai Nam Curry Rice and Fish Head Curry. The new menu proved to be a hit with the locals and expats residing in the city. With dishes like BBQ Sambal Sting Ray, Sotong & Prawn, Mee Goreng, Chilli & Black Pepper Crabs and many more to complement our signature Frog Porridge, the restaurant was soon filled with capacity crowd nightly.
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Quick Games 1.0.1
the author of this app says:
This is a classic game box.
You can to play 3 classic games.
- Video Poker
What's New in version 1.0.1
- Requires iOS 3.1.2 or later
iPhone photo-sharing app Instagram was recently the big buzz when Facebook bought it for one billion dollars.
4 free card games for the iPhone that are Doc's faves.
Five free games to be thankful for this Thanksgiving
Jay Goldman highlights a couple of his current favorite iPhone games
Take flight with these iPhone flying games
This Week: Three, free Thanksgiving-themed games for your iPhone. | <urn:uuid:d5ca1d9c-e11c-4469-9880-7d43adbae8d5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.butterscotch.com/preview/672525/Quick-Games | 2013-05-22T07:47:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.885621 | 139 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Fee For Private Tutoring
For CGA students seeking individual tutoring from a course content specialist, the Association has established a roster of lecturers and markers who can provide tutoring services for a fee. While we cannot always guarantee the availability of a qualified tutor, it is likely that we can arrange tutor support for most courses and exam offerings.
Consider Your Options
Before choosing paid tutoring, the Association strongly urges you to investigate all other forms of student support currently available at no additional cost to you. These include the Online Course Director/Peer-to-Peer Discussion Forums and the Online Lectures and Exam Reviews, which are available in BlackBoard OLE along with many other study resources. You also have access to the national CGA Student Study Group centre – click here.
To Request Tutor Service
Should you choose paid tutoring, you may share the cost with one or more students, but please note that the more students involved, the less individual attention you will receive.
To arrange this service, please fill out the Request for Private Tutoring Form, including VISA/MasterCard payment. The cost for this service is $80 per hour. Your name and contact information will be given to the tutor. He or she will contact you, typically within 48 hours, to discuss your tutoring needs. Once your tutoring session is completed, your tutor will contact the administrator and advise us of the length of time of your tutoring session.
Preparing to Meet With Your Tutor
You determine the topics to be covered, the tutor determines how best to cover these topics, and how much time to allot to each topic. Following this initial discussion, the tutor will estimate the time it will take to prepare for the tutorial session. You and the tutor will then negotiate a mutually convenient time for the tutorial session. This may be in person, or by telephone. If you wish to meet your tutor in person, it is expected that you will travel to the tutor's chosen site.
Keep in Mind
- Your tutor cannot guarantee to meet all of your needs or that you will be successful in your examination. The tutor does guarantee to make every effort to aid you in understanding course materials and/or topics that you find unclear.
- While your tutor will be as flexible as possible in finding an appropriate time to meet with you, the two of you may have incompatible schedules. Please submit your request for tutorial assistance a minimum of two weeks prior to your deadline.
- The tutor may determine that not all of your chosen topics can be covered within the tutorial session. Be prepared to prioritize topics.
- It is understood that all students and tutors will conduct themselves in a courteous, professional and ethical manner. | <urn:uuid:b00c282e-0a7a-4230-a730-6d377f5beeb2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cga-bc.org/students.aspx?id=7332 | 2013-05-22T07:20:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917446 | 555 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Re: Dr. Paul on the Global Financial Summit
Ron Paul said we are all going to lose the privledge of creating money out of THIN AIR.
Who does he consider to be WE ALL?
I don't print money out of thin air.
If THEY'RE gonig to lose the priviledge of printing money out of thin air, is Ron Paul saying that the Federal Reserve is going to be abolished?
Anyone know what he is rambling on about?
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Parkland Memorial Hospital reached an $80,000 settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration involving a 2007 theft of controlled substances from the hospital’s pharmacies, the hospital announced Friday.
Last year, Parkland paid a $20,000 fine in state penalties for failing to prevent the theft. The Texas Board of Pharmacy noted that 370,000 pills were stolen from the hospital’s pharmacies over a one-year period.
The investigation indicated that the thefts could have been going on much longer.
Vivian Johnson, the hospital’s pharmacy director, said Friday the federal settlement marked the end of all investigations into Parkland’s pharmacy operations.
“We’ve just implemented some security enhancements and procedures to bring about more quality controls over controlled substances and other medication,” she said. “Other pharmacies do not have a system like this.”
James T. Jacks, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, praised Parkland for its assistance in the investigation.
“Parkland’s cooperation in determining how this activity occurred and implementing procedures and policies to prevent it from happening again was an important factor in resolving this case,” he said.
“Hopefully, the new policies and procedures will ensure that this type of activity never happens again at Parkland or any other public hospital.”
The theft came to light after a 2007 internal audit of the hospital’s pharmacies. It discovered that thousands of tablets of hydrocodone, a prescription painkiller, were missing from the outpatient community clinics. The drug has a street value of $1 to $4 a pill.
Working with the DEA, Dallas police and the hospital police force, five pharmacy technicians and two outsiders were found to be running a drug ring from the county hospital. The employees were fired and subsequently prosecuted, officials said.
Two of the workers, who pleaded guilty to theft and organized crime charges, cooperated in exchange for probation. A hospital pharmacist also was fired for interfering with the investigation.
As a result of the theft, the hospital said it has spent about $1.3 million upgrading the pharmacy, including conducting regular audits of its supply of narcotic and other prescription drugs.
Johnson said Parkland also implemented daily pill counts of controlled substances and subsequently helped to develop an electronic system to monitor the amount of medication being dispensed vs. the amount that was prescribed.
“If there’s a broken tablet,” she said, “We know about it.”
The hospital also hired a drug-diversion control officer, who had extensive experience tracking drug thefts in pharmacies across the state, Johnson noted.
“Parkland has gone beyond the obligations imposed by current laws to pioneer some groundbreaking, hospital-based practices,” she said.
The county hospital handles about 7,000 outpatient prescriptions daily and more than 7.6 million total medication orders annually throughout its system, the hospital said.
In a prepared statement released by the hospital, Dr. Ron Anderson, the hospital’s chief executive officer, said there was “heightened awareness” by the staff of the need to protect against such thefts, including special training for doctors who write the prescriptions. | <urn:uuid:ef0ef5ef-d534-4e49-8aa1-f5a1f6e52e5b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20110805-parkland-to-pay-80000-to-feds-for-2007-drug-thefts-from-the-hospitals-pharmacies.ece | 2013-05-22T07:16:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965034 | 678 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Sanchez Reflects on Hispanics' Role in the Military
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2004 To commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the U.S. military's highest-ranking Hispanic officer described Hispanics' role in the military as one of mutual benefit.
Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of the Army's 5th Corps in Germany, said the military can help Hispanics find their way out of poverty, and the military gets great dedication in return.
"I think what (Hispanic servicemembers) bring is tremendous loyalty, tremendous dedication to our country and to our democratic values," said Sanchez during a Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service interview Sept. 16. "We also bring the diversity to our services that is so powerful in making us the great military that we are."
In the past few years, Sanchez said, there has been an effort to increase the representation of minorities, Hispanics in particular, in the military.
Sanchez said that maintaining Hispanic representation in the military has been difficult and remains a challenge, particularly in the officer corps. "Part of that difficulty is that Hispanics are not graduating from high school and then not going on to college to get commissioned," he said.
In general, across American society, Hispanics are making contributions across all of society, said Sanchez, who formerly commanded Combined Joint Task Force 7 in Iraq.
"I think it is a well-known fact that the soldier, the servicemember, that leaves the military and reintegrates back into society in civilian life is a lot more disciplined, is a lot more mature, and has a perspective on our democratic principles and has perspective on world issues that is much greater than the average initial hire out in there in our society," he said.
In looking at the recent past, Sanchez said he sees an increased representation of Hispanics across all sectors of society. This is due, in part, to the increase in the Hispanic population, now the largest minority group in the United States, and an increased emphasis on education. "I think there is a very powerful base that can be garnered if we can, in fact, encourage continued education, encourage that segment of our culture," Sanchez said.
The general said opportunities exist for Hispanic servicemembers. Sanchez admitted his military service as a minority officer hasn't always been smooth sailing, but many people helped him along the way.
"There have been challenges as a minority officer within this institution," Sanchez said. "But when I look back and think about all the superiors that helped me succeed, you can't help but accept that this is probably one of the best institutions in our country for providing equal opportunity to all of its members. And our procedures and our systems are such that it does give every segment of our society the ability to be successful."
The system, he said, provides the opportunity for success based on potential and competence, allowing for true equality.
He noted that in his career he has met Hispanic soldiers who were not American citizens but were dedicated to the American way of life -- the freedoms and the opportunities.
With National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, Sanchez said it's important for the military to celebrate diversity in the armed forces. "When I look at our Army in the different theaters that I have served in, we have all of our ethnicities, all of our races represented, and this is a concept that a lot of societies have not been able to embrace," Sanchez said. "We're a country that provides equal opportunity based on our democratic principles."
He said the fact that all ethnicities are represented gives America its strength and makes the U.S. Army the best in the world.
As for the best way for commands to celebrate Hispanic heritage during the month, Sanchez said leaders must commit to ensuring that all minorities, not just Hispanics, understand the significance of their service.
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The Fall/Winter 2012 Mugler collection has to be my favorite collection since Nicola Formichetti took the role of Creative Director a few seasons back. I see these pieces as art, at the level of Alexander McQueen pieces. There are very few that can take it to the extreme and do it well.
There is something very new and appealing about this collection. The silhouettes are really great as well. I like that all the pieces were structured this season compared to the previous desert inspired collection where everything was very free. Although many of the looks were extreme, there were some wearable pieces. You can see the collection below.
A western inspired Fall/Winter 2012 Isabel Marant collection walked down the runways at Paris Fashion Week. There was suede, leather, eyelets, and floral embroidery to the max. There were also some studs here and there.
There is something about this collection that I find really appealing. It may be all the suede though. There was no article of clothing that was not made in the skin this season. She showed some jackets, shirts, pants, boots and all were made of the fabric. I hope this means more suede styles by the big name denim brands.
Isabel also brought back the return of her lace-up styles as well as pink jeans and featured some red waxed jeans. I can see these pieces on the many Marant lovers already. You can see the collection below.
Paris Fashion Week is the best Fashion Week of all of Fashion Month each season. The designers that show in the fashion capital are not scared to take risks, but take them in a chic way. You can always find something in each collection that will make you lust over it.
The new Fall/Winter 2012 collection by Dries Van Noten was not an exception. The prints were amazing, the color palette was perfection and the silhouettes are sure to be favored among many ladies. They were feminine and structured. I think those are the two key details that every woman looks for in their clothing. You can click through the collection below.
Can Balenciaga get any cooler? It probably can as it does each season. Balenciaga is another brand that I have to look at the detail first before the actual look. The cuts, the texture, and the inspiration is always unique.
For this season it was inspired by something that doesn’t actually exist, well sort of, Balenciaga Inc. Nicolas Ghesquière came up with the concept of Balenciaga being a company in the 80′s and these being their uniforms. I think if this company was actual life, this would definitely be uniforms. It has that same drama in the clothing that was very relevant in that era. I can see Christina Applegate’s character in Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead swooning over these pieces. You can see the collection below. | <urn:uuid:d9dfbefa-f5a2-461b-9f80-09cbfdeafcf4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.denimblog.com/category/fashion-week/page/7/ | 2013-05-22T07:27:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981856 | 605 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Eamonn McCann - Questions raised about incinerator plans for Derry
The Enagh Youth Forum issued a worrisome statement last week claiming that between 2008 and 2010, 575 people (roughly one in 188) died from cancer in Derry.
And between 2007 and 2009, according to the group, 2,212 (one in 50) Derry people were diagnosed with the illness.
“The statistics show that 108 people were diagnosed with cancer in the Enagh Ward between 2007 and 2009.
“Only in Culmore - directly across the River Foyle from the heavily industrialised Strathfoyle and Maydown area - was there a higher cancer rate, with 139 incidences.
“Twenty-nine people died in Culmore and 25 in Enagh during the 2008-2010 period.”
The EYF was calling for an inquiry into possible links between cancer rates and industrial pollution before final go-ahead is given to plans for an incineration/gasification plant in the area.
“If the proposed plant is as safe as its promoters claim, the EYF asks, why not put it in a more handy location closer to the city centre?
Indeed. If there’s no danger at all to people living nearby, why not a nicely landscaped incinerator at Fort George?
Friends of the Earth suggest that the type of incinerator which is planned will emit acid gases, dioxins and furans, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, particulates, cadmium, mercury, lead and hydrogen sulphide.
I confess I have only the vaguest of notion about some of these substances.
An inquiry, or at least the provision of more detailed information than has so far been made available, might calm the apprehensions of some of the families expected to live in the shadow of the planned new facility.
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Patent application title: SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING A TANK FILL LEVEL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT
Markus Ulrich (Rudersberg, DE)
Vlatko Babic (Koeln, DE)
Guenther Krenz (Ceske Budejovice, CZ)
Rainer Haeberer (Bretten, DE)
Wolf-Ingo Ratzel (Stuttgart, DE)
Bruno Hezel (Stuttgart, DE)
Michael Gerlach (Marbach A.n., DE)
Vaclav Straus (Ceske Budejovice, CZ)
IPC8 Class: AG01F2300FI
Class name: Liquid level or depth gauge with other measuring device thermometer
Publication date: 2011-01-20
Patent application number: 20110011178
The invention relates to a sensor arrangement for determining a tank fill
level of a liquid, especially a reducing agent for removing nitrogen from
the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, which liquid is
contained in a tank, at least two electrically conductive measuring
electrodes being at least partially embedded in a carrier that is
produced of an electrically non-conductive material. The sensor
arrangement includes a temperature sensor, especially a resistor with
negative temperature coefficient being used as a temperature sensor,
which is integrated into the carrier.
12. A sensor arrangement for determining a fill level of a liquid contained in a tank, in particular of a reducing agent for removing nitrogen oxide from exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, in which sensor arrangement at least two electrically conductive measuring electrodes are embedded at least partly in a support of electrically nonconductive material, and in which a temperature sensor, in particular an electrical resistor serving as a temperature sensor and having a negative temperature coefficient, is integrated with the support.
13. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 12, wherein the temperature sensor is disposed in an interior of the support.
14. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 13, wherein the temperature sensor is located in a tubular region of the support.
15. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 14, wherein the measuring electrodes are disposed essentially parallel to one another, and the tubular region extends parallel to the measuring electrodes.
16. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 12, wherein the measuring electrodes are sealed off from the influences of the liquid on one side by means of a covering region, in particular a spray-coated covering region hooked to the support.
17. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 13, wherein the measuring electrodes are sealed off from the influences of the liquid on one side by means of a covering region, in particular a spray-coated covering region hooked to the support.
18. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 14, wherein the measuring electrodes are sealed off from the influences of the liquid on one side by means of a covering region, in particular a spray-coated covering region hooked to the support.
19. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 15, wherein the measuring electrodes are sealed off from the influences of the liquid on one side by means of a covering region, in particular a spray-coated covering region hooked to the support.
20. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 16, wherein the tubular region is integrally joined to the covering region.
21. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 17, wherein the tubular region is integrally joined to the covering region.
22. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 18, wherein the tubular region is integrally joined to the covering region.
23. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 19, wherein the tubular region is integrally joined to the covering region.
24. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 16, wherein a separator plate is disposed between the covering region and the support, for covering sealing elements that seal off the measuring electrodes.
25. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 17, wherein a separator plate is disposed between the covering region and the support, for covering sealing elements that seal off the measuring electrodes.
26. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 20, wherein a separator plate is disposed between the covering region and the support, for covering sealing elements that seal off the measuring electrodes.
27. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 21, wherein a separator plate is disposed between the covering region and the support, for covering sealing elements that seal off the measuring electrodes.
28. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 12, wherein the temperature sensor is disposed on a side of the measuring electrodes that is intended for placement near a bottom of the tank.
29. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 12, wherein the support is made of plastic.
30. The sensor arrangement as defined by claim 12, wherein the support is produced by spray-coating the measuring electrodes with the electrically nonconductive material.
31. A method for producing a sensor arrangement as defined by claim 12, comprising the step of integrating a temperature sensor, in particular an electrical resistor serving as a temperature sensor and having a negative temperature coefficient, with the support.
The invention relates to a sensor arrangement and to a method for producing a sensor arrangement, as generically defined by the preamble to the independent claim.
In vehicles with an internal combustion engine, because of the increasingly stringent exhaust gas legislation expected in the next few years, the pollutant nitrogen oxide must among other things be reduced to an increased extent. A method that is used for this is the method of selective and catalytic reduction, in which the pollutant nitrogen oxide is reduced to nitrogen and water with the aid of a liquid reducing agent, such as an aqueous urea solution. In that method, the liquid reducing agent is stored in a tank and delivered from a tank to a metering point by means of a pump, via a line. A fill level sensor expediently indicates the fill level of the tank.
From German Patent Disclosure DE 101 62 269, a device for determining the fill level of a liquid is already known, which has measuring electrodes of various lengths injected into plastic.
From U.S. Pat. No. 6,063,350, it is also known to put a temperature sensor and a fill level sensor for a urea tank into contact via a common multiple-pin plug.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The sensor arrangement of the invention, and the method for producing such a sensor arrangement, having the definitive characteristics of the independent claim has the advantage over the prior art of furnishing compactly disposed means for sensing a plurality of measurement variables that are significant to the operation of a reducing agent tank in particular.
By the provisions recited in the dependent claims, advantageous refinements of and improvements to the sensor arrangement defined by the independent claim are possible. In this respect, it is especially advantageous to dispose the temperature sensor in the interior of the support, in particular inside a tubular region inside the support, because as a result, a protected disposition of the temperature sensor is made possible in a support that is necessary anyway for the measuring electrodes that serve to measure the fill level.
It is especially advantageous in this respect moreover to provide a spray-coated covering region on the contact side of the measuring electrodes for the fill level and to join it integrally to material that locks the temperature sensor with good thermal conductivity inside the support. As a result, in a simple two-stage production method with a primary spray coating and after that a secondary spray coating, a compact multisensor arrangement that is resistant to the chemical effects of the reducing agent and moreover can react quickly to temperature fluctuations in the tank, is furnished.
By means of the further provisions recited in the other dependent claims and in the specification, further advantages are attained.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Exemplary embodiment of the invention are shown in the drawings and described in further detail in the ensuing description. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 shows a tank with a fill level sensor;
FIG. 2 shows a second fill level sensor;
FIG. 3 shows a third fill level sensor;
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view of a sensor arrangement for determining a fill level; and
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a sensor arrangement with an integrated temperature sensor.
EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 shows a tank 5, with a fill level sensor 3 disposed inside the tank that extends, essentially parallel to the lateral tank wall 4, from the bottom 9 of the tank to the highest liquid level 7 attainable in the tank of an aqueous urea solution ("Ad Blue"). On the top side of the tank, on which a closable opening 6 of the tank is disposed, the fill level sensor 3 is held in a vertical position by means of a cb 18 joined to the top side of the tank. The fill level sensor 3 has a first measuring electrode 14, embodied as a metal pin, and a second measuring electrode 16, also embodied as a metal pin. Both measuring electrodes are embedded in a support 8, which surrounds them completely with the exception of one measurement window each. The first measuring electrode 14 can enter into electrical contact with the liquid located in the tank via an upper measurement window 12, which is formed by a suitable recess in the support 8, if the level 7 of this liquid exceeds a certain maximum value. The second measuring electrode 16, hereinafter also called the reference electrode, has a lower measurement window 10, which is disposed near the bottom of the tank. On the side toward the tank top side 11, the two measuring electrodes are joined by means of an electrical contact 20, and at this point, the measuring electrodes protrude out of the support 8, but, together with the part of the electrical contact 20 toward the measuring electrodes, they are surrounded by the covering region 18.
The fill level sensor 3 makes discontinuous fill level measurement possible. If both measuring electrodes are in electrical contact with the liquid located in the tank, then, because both measurement windows are plunging at least partway into the liquid, when electrical voltage is applied to the electrical contact 20 via the liquid and the measuring electrodes, an electric current can flow. A flowing electric current is the signal that the tank is full. If the liquid is located between the two measurement windows 12 and 10 of the two metal pins of equal length injected into the plastic housing, then the current circuit is interrupted; that is, no current flows, which means that the tank is not full. The same is true if the liquid level drops below the measurement window 10. The covering region 18, which protects the electrical contact from the effects of liquid and keeps the fill level sensor in its vertical position, is embodied here as secondary spray coating of plastic on the support 8 that is embodied as a primary spray coating; this ensures safe operation of the fill level sensor even when chemically aggressive materials, such as an aqueous urea solution, are employed.
FIG. 2 shows a variant 22 of a fill level sensor for radial mounting in the tank. Here, a support element 28 is integrated in liquid-tight fashion with a vertical tank wall 4. The support element keeps two measuring pins parallel to one another in a horizontal position. The first measuring pin 24 is disposed above the second measuring pin 26. An electrical contact 20 is extended out of the support element 28 for contacting the fill level sensor outside the tank.
Similarly to the disposition of FIG. 1, a current circuit between the two measuring pins 24 and 26 closes as soon as both measuring pins, because of a sufficiently high fill level in the tank, come into contact with the liquid located in the tank.
FIG. 3 shows a fill level sensor or sensor arrangement 30 for determining a fill level of Ad Blue in a reducing agent tank. It has a first measuring electrode 34 and a parallel, longer second measuring electrode 36, which are embodied as measuring pins, with the longer electrode acting as a reference electrode. The two measuring electrodes are retained by a support 32, which is produced by partial spray-coating of the electrodes with plastic. On the side hereinafter called the locking side 17, both measuring electrodes have a locking means, embodied as a circumferential groove 38, which is surrounded entirely by the (primary) plastic spray-coated region or support 32. In a similar way to the sensor of FIG. 1, the sensor arrangement 30 is arranged for being built into a tank or part of a tank in its interior, vertically parallel to a lateral tank wall. The locking side 17 of the measuring electrodes is then located near the top side 11 of the tank. The circumferential grooves 38 are located at approximately the same level, while the two measuring electrodes protrude to different depths into the tank; the longer, second measuring electrode 36 here serves as a reference electrode. The shorter measuring electrode 34 is held only on its half oriented toward the locking side 17 by the support 32, while the half facing away from the locking side 17 protrudes freely downward so that it can be wetted by liquid in this region over its entire circumference, given a suitable liquid level in the tank. The reference pin 36 is not only spray-coated with plastic in the vicinity of the locking means 38, but in addition is surrounded halfway in a middle region 40 by the primary plastic spray-coated region 32. On the side 19 of the reference electrode 36, facing away from the locking side 17, the support 32 has a retention means 42 for partial radial fixation of the reference electrode. This retention means is joined integrally to the support 32 and surrounds the reference electrode completely along its circumference in a manner similar to a shaft bearing. On the far side of the locking side 17, of the middle region 40, and of the retention means 42, the end of the reference electrode protrudes freely downward, similarly to the half of the first measuring electrode that faces away from the locking side. The region 43 of the support 32 forming the retention means 42 can be produced in one operation in the context of a suitably performed spray-coating of the measuring electrodes with plastic. The support 32 furthermore, as a component joined integrally to it, has a closure edge 46, onto which a secondary spray coating of plastic is applied as the covering region 48. This covering region 48, in a manner similar to that in the sensor arrangement of FIG. 1, serves the purpose of liquid-tight covering of the electrical contacts, not identified by reference numeral in FIG. 3, of the measuring electrodes on the top side of a tank. On the underside 47 of the sensor arrangement, which is disposed in the vicinity of the bottom of a tank, a temperature sensor 44 is selectively located, for measuring the temperature of the liquid located in the tank.
To avoid malfunctions and to avoid corrosion in the interior of the sensors for the fill level and the temperature, the measuring elements must be suitably sealed off from the chemically aggressive Ad Blue. In this connection, a primary spray coating 32 of the measuring electrodes, embodied as measuring pins, and an adjoining secondary spray coating 48, which forms the sensor head, are provided. This provision, that is, providing a primary and a secondary spray coating, is necessary since the inserted parts or measuring electrodes, or an electrical contact connected to them, cannot be injected in a free-floating fashion. Between the primary spray coating and the secondary spray coating, gaps can occur, which are reinforced to a greater extent upon a temperature change because of the differing coefficients of thermal expansion of the inserted parts of steel (the measuring electrodes) and the surrounding plastic. In continuous operation, gaps can also occur between the measuring pins and the spray-coated plastic housing 32. The measuring pins or measuring electrodes 34 and 36, produced for instance from special steel, have a considerably lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the plastic body 32. The construction principle of the sensor arrangement of FIG. 3 is directed to this situation. The measuring electrodes are fixed axially firmly in the plastic only in the upper region, that is, on the locking side 17, each by one circumferential groove 38, while the measuring pins in the middle, half-spray-coated region 40, or in the region of the retention means 42 or on the far side thereof, can move axially, especially since the pins on the face end, that is, on the side toward the underside 47 of the sensor arrangement, protrude out of the plastic. This construction ensures a different axial thermal expansion of the measuring pins relative to the plastic body 32.
Alternatively, the sensor arrangement may also have more than two measuring electrodes, which are likewise disposed relative to one another but which have graduated lengths between the length of the shortest electrode 34 and the length of the longest electrode 36, the latter used as the reference electrode. Thus on the basis of the electrical conductivity between the respective measuring pin and the reference electrode 36, it is possible to conclude whether more than one fill level position in the tank has been reached or not. Alternatively, the temperature sensor 44 may also be omitted. In a further alternative embodiment, the reference electrode 36 and the electrodes that are embedded halfway in the support 32 in a middle region 40 can also be covered, on their side toward the tank interior, by a thin plastic film that leaves the expansion behavior of the measuring pins essentially unaffected. Instead of being embodied as a secondary spray coating, the covering region 48 can be embodied as a housing, which is mounted on the closure edge 46 of the support 32.
FIG. 4 shows a fragmentary view 51 of a sensor arrangement for determining a fill level. What is shown is the region of the sensor head that does not plunge into the liquid and by way of which the measuring electrodes 34 and 36 are electrically contacted. Components that are the same or similar to those already described above are identified by the same reference numerals and will not be described in detail again. On the far side of the circumferential groove 38, on the side facing away from the tank interior, the measuring electrodes protrude past the support 32. There, they are each connected to a respective electrical contact 64, which, relative to one another, merges with an electrically insulated manner with a common round cable 68. This electric round cable 68 leads to an electric evaluation circuit or an electronic control unit, which may also be embodied as an engine control unit. On the upper end of the support, the measuring electrodes are sealed off by means of sealing elements 56 and 58, respectively, embodied as O-rings. On the side toward the tank interior, the sealing elements are bounded by the support 32, and on the side facing away from the tank interior, they are separated from the remaining structure of the sensor head by means of a separator plate 60 mounted on the support 32. The separator plate 60 has ribs 62, which engage the support 32 and serve the purpose of radial fixation of the separator plate during assembly. The measuring electrodes pass through the separator plate 60 so that they can be in contact, on the side facing away from the circumferential grooves 38, with the electrical contact 64. The separator plate 60 has a central hole 63, through which an electric double line 72, beginning at the electric round cable 68 and shown in simplified form, is extended in the direction of the tank bottom. This double line 72 serves the purpose of electrically contacting a temperature sensor, not identified by reference numeral. Here, the electric double line 72 is located in a tubular region 52, which is filled with the same material 43 that comprises the covering region 48 embodied as a secondary spray coating. The covering region 48 and the tubular region 53 are integrally joined to one another and can be produced in a single suitably designed spray-coating operation. The same material or the same plastic can be used as that comprising the support 32, or alternatively, a different material can be used that has a coefficient of thermal expansion similar to that of the material comprising the support 32. The electrical contacts 64 can be made by soldering, welding, or pressing; the electric round cable 68 is fixed by means of a cable mount 66 that is secured peripherally to the separator plate 60.
Before the secondary spray coating or the production of the covering region 48 is done, the aforementioned O-ring seals 56 and 58 are sealed off from the secondary spray coating by means of the separator plate or mounting plate 60 also already described. By being guided closely in the vicinity of the measuring pins and circumferentially, this mounting plate, caught in the support 32 via the ribs 62, prevents liquid plastic from entering the O-ring space in the production of the covering region 48. The fine ribs 62 reinforce an axial sealing off of the O-ring space. The cable mount 66 ensures that the cable is fixed in its position in the secondary spray coating. In the arrangement in FIG. 4, the closure edge 46 of the support 32 known from FIG. 3 is formed by an encompassing rib on the primary spray coating, and this rib furthermore has a melting edge embodied as a hook 54. The secondary spray coating flows from above over this rib or melting edge. As a result of the shrinkage of the secondary spray coating on cooling during the production process, the secondary spray coating is pressed tautly on the encompassing rib and will thus in terms of force relieve the melting edge, which during the injection operation, as a result of the melting, has created a partial sealing location: The finished primary spray coating is cold, while the secondary spray coating during the spray-coating is initially hot. On cooling down, the secondary spray coating shrinks, and particularly in the region between the hook 54 and the closure edge 46 of the support, it builds up pressure stresses on the primary spray coating. As a result, the melting edge that is responsible for the sealing is relieved in terms of force. The round cable 68, which protrudes out of the secondary spray coating 48, is sealed off via a mechanical seal by means of a sealing element 69 of an elastomer material and a tension element 70 fitted over it. The sealing element 69, for instance an O-ring, is a radial seal that is reinforced by an axial force component by means of the fitted-over tension element 70. The tension element 70, embodied for instance as a plastic sleeve, is joined to the secondary spray coating via a plastic weld.
FIG. 5 shows a partly schematic view of a fill level sensor with an integrated temperature sensor 74, embodied as an NTC resistor. Details of how the measuring electrodes required for fill level measurement and the electrical contacting of these measuring electrodes are not shown in detail in FIG. 5; it serves to explain the construction and integration of the temperature sensor with the sensor arrangement for determining a fill level. The electric double line 72 already schematically shown in FIG. 4 leads to the underside 47 of the sensor arrangement, where it electrically contacts the NTC resistor, that is, a resistor with a negative temperature coefficient. The tubular region 52 extends here from the covering region 48 to the underside 47 of the sensor arrangement and is essentially completely filled with the material comprising the secondary spray coating. Toward the underside, the tubular region is sealed off from the tank liquid by means of a closure 76, and the closure is joined to the support 32 via a circumferential welded region 78.
The combination of a fill level sensor and a temperature sensor, that is, the disposition of both measuring elements in one housing with a common cable exit, makes a compact construction that is resistant to chemically aggressive materials possible. The temperature should expediently be measured in the vicinity of the bottom of the tank, that is, near or at the level of the lowest still-detectable liquid level. Accordingly, the temperature sensor 74 is disposed approximately at the level of the contact region of the longest measuring electrode, which makes an electrical contact of this measuring electrode with liquid in the tank possible. To that end, the primary spray coating 32 of the fill level sensor contains at the center the tubular region 52 in which the NTC resistor can be placed. The separator plate 60 described above has a central hole 63, through which the cable of the temperature sensor is extended into the covering region. It is expedient for the temperature sensor, as described, to be injected; it can thus detect the direct temperature in the vicinity of the bottom of the tank quickly and correctly; if it were disposed in an only air-filled tube inside the support 32, on the one hand it would measure only the temperature in the air tube and on the other it would react only in very delayed fashion to temperature changes in the tank. Fast detection of the temperature in the tank, however, is desirable so that by suitable heating of the tank liquid, freezing can be prevented, or a heater can be switched off in good time to prevent premature aging of the liquid in the tank. Here, during the production process, the secondary spray coating passes through the opening of the mounting plate into the continuous tube 52 and thus surrounds the temperature sensor. Finally, this tube is closed by a welding operation with a capsule or closure 76. It is thus ensure that the temperature sensor can operate, fully sealed off from the Ad Blue, in the lower region of the fill level sensor.
Patent applications by Bruno Hezel, Stuttgart DE
Patent applications by Markus Ulrich, Rudersberg DE
Patent applications by Michael Gerlach, Marbach A.n. DE
Patent applications by Rainer Haeberer, Bretten DE
Patent applications by Vaclav Straus, Ceske Budejovice CZ
Patent applications by Wolf-Ingo Ratzel, Stuttgart DE
Patent applications in class Thermometer
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A dude programmed his wife's favorite game, Bejeweled on DS, to release an easter egg on her once she reached a certain score. That easter egg was a big engagement ring (pic above.) This is awesome for a lot of reasons, chiefly that he would not marry a woman until she could reach a certain score, something more gamers and programmers should look for in their significants.
The wedding happened over the weekend and it featured a console shaped cake and copies of Bejeweled for its distinguished guests.
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Daniel Sturridge will be assessed early next week to see whether he is able to represent Team GB at London 2012, manager Stuart Pearce has revealed.
The 22-year-old Chelsea forward fell ill last weekend with viral meningitis - typically considered to be a mild strain of the disease. Earlier this week Sturridge revealed he is confident of recovering in time for the Games, although Pearce will not be taking him on next week's pre-Games camp in Spain.
"Doctors had a look at him last week, visited him and basically he will stay here," Pearce told Press Association Sport.
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These two headphones are going to be my first major high end headphones if I were to buy one of them, I currently have a Superlux HD688B (Modded). Do you people think that the HE-400 price is right or get the less expensive HE-300. Buying the HE-400 is going to put a dent in my wallet but I have a $40 rebate lying around and I can also use the Bing $5 Amazon Gift Card even though that's going to take a long time to just drop the price down and I hope Amazon doesn't run out of HE-400 if I were to buy one when I finally lower the price down. I'm only 18 so money is going to play an important factor in this. I plan on buying a DAC or some sort when I have more money and I'm still new to this stuff and I don't want to rush into things.
I mostly use my Superlux at home and play PC games and listen to Flac music on Foobar and also I have a Xonar DG sound card. I've been looking into the Audio Technica ATH-AD900, AKG Q701, and the Beyerdynamic DT 990 & 800 Premium.
Express your opinion and if you got another recommendation for me then please tell me.
Also what I am looking for in a headphone
-Has a decent amount of bass but not in your face, just enough to feel and tell its there
-$200 - $400
-Good for gaming and listening to music
-Open back design
Sorry if this kind of thread has been done a thousands time from many other people. I'm just starting to take this headphone stuff serious since I use them more then before and I want whats best for me. I've read that the Audio Technica ATH-AD900 is a improved AD700 but I'm wondering about the bass because my older brother has one and I tried it but I find it boring to listen to and the bottom tips of my ear touches the drivers, are there earpads for the AD900 or mods so my ears don't touch. My second older brother has the Sennheiser HD598 + the FiiO e17 + the same sound card but I want something different then his setup.
I appreciate your time for reading this long post and I hope I can get some insight on which headphone to choose.
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Second Place Photography: "School House Blues"
by Keri Friedman ’98
Keri Friedman ’98 is a photographer living in Portland, Oregon. By day she works for Lensbaby, which she calls “one of the coolest photographic companies around.” All other times she is seeing and shooting with either her digital SLR, old film cameras, or camera phone.
"This one-room school house in rural Oregon has been abandoned for several decades," writes Keri. "I am drawn to abandoned structures out of a desire to capture the memory of a place before it is gone, along with the strange beauty that can come from neglect."
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Widespread Panic Release 2001 Red Rocks Run
Widespread Panic have released their entire 2001 run at Morrison, CO’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The shows have been issued as the 14th installment in the band’s two-track live series, Porch Songs. Panic headlined Red Rocks from June 22-24, 2001. All three shows have been made available on CD, MP3, and WAV at LiveWidespreadPanic.com.
As band archivist Horace Moore explains:
The pilgrimages to Red Rocks have certainly been life-changing for both Widespread Panic and their fans. As fans, we seem to be innately aware of our great fortune of being able to continually fuel our dreams with great music, old and new friends, and the fantastic scenery of an incredible venue. Those trips are never complete though without at least one pause during the run to check in on reality and discover that…Yes, I really am at Red Rocks…and so is my band. Again. And I still don’t ever, ever, ever want to leave!
As always, keep in mind that when listening to these Porch Song releases, what you’re really hearing is a recording of what came through the house speakers the night of the show…so there is no post-show engineering opportunity to dial in each instrument and vocal to perfection as there is with the Widespread Panic Multitrack Releases. So, what you’ll occasionally find on these Porch Song recordings is a bit of digital noise, static and maybe even a quick drop out resulting from the onstage recording process and/or the ravages of tape degradation. For this release, we’ve selected a show that’s once again pretty damn clean…except for the third night where we had to cut the Pleas opener and deal with a couple of random spots later on…but to get there…as always, we’ve preserved what we could, doctored up what we’ve been able to…and, in this ongoing process, have refused to let a minor blemish or two prevent the spreading of this amazing music. So, sit back, settle in and let Widespread Panic take you on another incredible journey.
The shows feature the debut of “Don’t Tell the Band,” sit-ins by Luther and Cody Dickinson and an appearance by Cecil Daniels. The run also featured the first “Action Man” with lyrics and the band’s only “Boogie Chillen.” Panic has sold out Red Rocks more than any other band. | <urn:uuid:eb29a6a5-c0ec-41e7-bd6d-0a85ee83f5c5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.jambands.com/news/2012/12/17/widespread-panic-release-2001-red-rocks-run | 2013-05-22T07:26:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950933 | 535 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Using Lexipedia you can visually map out words and concepts in a clean and friendly interface. No more thumbing through a dictionary, or fumbling through a single-word search; with Lexipedia you can see related words, synonyms, antonyms and fuzzynyms. And best of all, it's absolutely free!
express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with; "He never acknowledges his colleagues when they run into him in the hallway"; "She acknowledged his complement with a smile"; "it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing"
cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches" | <urn:uuid:54bda8a4-d24c-4a97-bc79-e458572c890a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.lexipedia.com/english/notice | 2013-05-22T07:14:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954755 | 175 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Tim Tebow is no longer a Denver Bronco.
Take a deep breath and let it sink deep into the skin.
I never thought I would feel this emotional from one players departure. In an era where players come and go faster than a tank of gas in a V10 truck I never thought one player would have such an impact on not only my life but many others in the world. My story is one of many but I needed to vent on this trade. Take this post as my closure in the Denver Broncos Tim Tebow era.
In the year of 2006 as a crazy young college kid going to Chico State University I like many out there wasn't a fan of Tim Tebow. Frankly I couldn't stand him. Mainly out of the media attention he was getting as a college kid a year older than me but more out of jealousy. Here was this athletic machine with talent and the looks that would make Brad Pitt say wow. He had everything I wanted. The great QB of a D1 school and the choice of any gorgeous women in Florida. What guy wouldn't want that? I know I did and I wasn't a fan of the kid.
When the team I bleed for the Denver Broncos drafted Tim I sorta jumped for joy out of pure shock. It was and awkward jump for joy and I still remember the moment and the feeling. I didn't know what to expect and nobody else did either. Then Tim got his chance to start after the McDaniels firing and that first series where he ran for a 40 yard TD and ran over a couple Raiders in the process. Right then and there my love for the kid began. Then in the same season the comeback victory against the Texans that gave a 3-11 team the best ending to the worst season of my Broncos fanhood. Little did we know Tebow Time was just beginning.
When Kyle Orton was awarded the starting job I was furious and so were many of my fellow Denver Broncos fans. We had seen what Kyle Orton had to offer and frankly we didn't like what we saw. Then the 1-3 start and I was just sitting there waiting for Tim to get his chance and finally he did almost bringing us back in the second half against the Chargers. What would happen after that no one would have expected. Its almost like a dream come true.
Tebow Time had begun. After the epic comeback against the Dolphins and the blowout loss to the Lions fans still were up in the air about Tebow. There was talk about Brady Quinn taking over in the second half against the Raiders if Tebow didn't improve. Then came the game in Oakland and the turning point of a 2-5 team with no hope what so ever of doing anything worth of note.
That game in Oakland would be a game I had the opportunity to attend thanks to my brothers roommates girlfriend. We sat at the 50 yard line of the nosebleeds with all the crazy ignorant drunk annoying Raider fans. But what else would I expect right? I will never t forget that game because not only was it the start of a 6 game win streak that would win the Broncos the AFC West or the fact they beat the team I hate most, But because it was and probably will be the only time I will ever see Tebow play live in a Broncos jersey. The Broncos won by a landslide and I will never forget that day. I will save the ticket til the day I die, even if it has a Raiders logo on it.
During that six game win streak and all the emotions and heart attacks that came with it. It was the most rewarding feeling I had ever had being a Broncos fan. See I was too young to really remember the way I felt for the back to back Super Bowls of Terrell Davis and Mr. Elway. Growing up in a family of Raiders fans its really hard to get them to even watch your games. But this special season I had the pleasure of watching games with my Grandfather whos the biggest Raiders fan I know. He as much as he probably hates the Broncos had became a believer and fan of Tebow. The Thursday night game in which Tebow had the game winning touchdown run my parents stayed up late just to watch the Tebow post game stuff. They would not have done this if it was any other player. That is the power of Tebow. It is something no one can explain. For all his mechanical flaws and the naysayers he captured a nation and probably the world in the year of 2011. Hate him or love him he is a figure that people cannot take there eyes off of.
In the games final moments against Pittsburgh in which the Broncos won in overtime I lost my mind. Frankly I blacked out. I had never gone that crazy for a sporting event. Last thing I remember was screaming at the top of my lungs taking off my Tebow jersey and running around my neighborhood making the neighbors think I was a out of my mind. It is a moment and feeling I will never forget.
Tim Tebow makes me want to better myself as a person. Become the man I was born to be. Never has someone inspired me to better myself like him. I envy him for this. He is a person that many disagree with especially his views on religion. Why I ask? We all have friends and family who take religion more serious than others so why does it matter with Tim? That I will never know. I am not a man big on faith but I am a Catholic. I don't want to bring religion into this but it is because of Tim that I have done something I never thought I could. Being a kid who parties and sucks down alcohol like water on the weekends I am currently not drinking for Lent. It has been tough but I am doing very well.
I bought a husky puppy in August and when I was thinking for names for him it became clear the only name to fit the pup should be Tebow. Even though you are no longer on my favorite team I am glad to have named my dog after you. Not just because of what you did for the Broncos in 2011 but for what you stand for and the person you are.
I will miss you Tim and I will be rooting for you in that ugly green Jets jersey or wherever you go. I hope you win a Super Bowl one day and frankly I think you will.
Thanks for one of the greatest seasons these two eyes have ever seen and Good Luck and God Bless on your new journey as a New York Jet. Thanks for being the player who inspired me to do better in my life. One thing is sure this Denver Broncos fan will miss you dearly.
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Recent experiments at ultra-cold temperatures have shown a phenomenon known as "neutron loss," in which we somehow lose track of these subatomic particles for short periods. This probably has a mundane explanation...but just for fun, here's an awesomely insane explanation.
The idea put forward by Zurab Berezhiani and Fabrizio Nesti, a pair of theoretical physicists at Italy's University of l'Aquila, is that these neutrons have mirror particle twins that exist in some sort of parallel world. Any neutron could theoretically transition from one world to the other, swapping places with its mirror particle twin - which would be invisible to us, explaining why we seem to "lose" the neutrons - and then returning in a period lasting anywhere from a few seconds to ten minutes.
It's definitely an out there hypothesis, but Berezhiani and Nesti point out that it can't be ruled out by what we currently know experimentally. Of course, that's a pretty weak argument in and of itself, but there do seem to be a few pieces of evidence that support their idea - and, even better, there might be a way to test the hypothesis experimentally.
Specifically, Anatoly Serebrov's research group at France's Institut Laue-Langevin found evidence that the loss rate of neutrons appeared to be dependent on the surrounding magnetic field, with the field's direction and strength both able to affect how the neutrons disappeared. According to Berezhiani and Nesti, we can't currently explain that apparent effect in terms of known physics - but their physics might just do the trick.
Basically, if Earth is surrounded by a "mirror" magnetic field with a flux density of about 0.1 Gauss, then it would be able to facilitate neutrons' oscillations between worlds in the way that Serebrov's research group observed. Earth could have built up such a mirror magnetic field by capturing stray mirror particles floating through the galaxy - and those particles might well be one of the components of the still mysterious dark matter.
It's an exotic explanation for what could very well a very mundane sort of problem, but still - any hypothesis that combines parallel worlds, mirror particles, and dark matter is always worth a look. You can check out the entire original paper right here at the European Physical Journal. | <urn:uuid:c68c3889-14af-48cd-be31-aeeb1bdb62ff> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.monstrous.com/Space/Neutrons_travel_between_parallel_dimensions.html | 2013-05-22T07:49:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957386 | 477 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
SCOTTISH HUNTERS APPEAL BAN ON HUNTING WITH HOUNDS
By: Patti Strand Date: 01/8/2012 Category: | Animal Legislation | Canine Issues |
The Scottish Parliament banned all hunting with hounds earlier this year, a ban upheld by a judge, so the Scottish Countryside Alliance will take its case to a higher court.
The alliance contends that the ban was imposed without evidence that it would improve conditions for animals, that it hampers management of nuisance animals while increasing the cost of control, and that it robs rural economies of jobs associated with hunting.
“This legislation will shatter livelihoods and businesses in rural Scotland yet the court appears to have merely rubber-stamped the act passed by the Scottish Parliament,” said Allan Murray, director of the Scottish Countryside Alliance. The decision “does not reflect the widespread concern over the quality or fairness of the legislation or the considerable damage it will do to the countryside,” he said.
Although the law and ruling are limited to Scotland, the rationale for opposition to the ban is the same as that articulated in England and Wales, namely that hunting with hounds is not more cruel than other methods of pest control and that a ban is detrimental to country life.
According to the British Countryside Alliance, “A legal activity, in which tens of thousands of law-abiding citizens participate, and on which many jobs depend, should not be banned unless the case has been made that the activity in question is against the public interest. No case has been made to justify banning hunting with dogs.”
The alliance contended that
- It is not contested that the quarry species need to be controlled. The key issue that needs to be addressed is: do alternative methods of control involve more or less suffering than hunting with hounds?
- The case for a ban is not supported by any independent inquiry.
- A ban on hunting would have adverse consequences on the welfare and overall management of foxes, deer and hares.
Last October a poll found that 63 percent of rural vets oppose a ban on hunting on welfare grounds.
Vets for Hunting – a group of 300 members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons – stated on its website that “As members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons we submit that hunting by hounds is the most natural and humane way of controlling the population of all four quarry species, fox, deer, hare and mink, in the countryside.”
The Burns Report, an independent study that examined the impact of hunting with hounds on the economy of the countryside, the enhancement of wildlife habitat, and the welfare of species that prey on farm animals and eat farm crops, noted that:
“No method of controlling nuisance wildlife is without problems, so a ban on hunting foxes with dogs will result in more foxes being shot and wounded.”
Hunting with hounds is done at the expense of the hunters, not the farmers or the public. If hunting with hounds is banned, farmers will be forced to bear the burden of control and of increased lamb losses.
Hunters help maintain and improve about 10 percent of the natural habitat in the countryside. If hunting with hounds is banned, the incentive to do so will disappear.
About 10,000-13,000 people derive income directly or indirectly from hunting, making a ban detrimental to the economic health of many villages.
Others who oppose bans on hunting with hounds include The Kennel Club, Britain’s equivalent of the American Kennel Club, The British Equestrian Trade Association, Farmers’ Union of Wales, the National Farmers’ Union, and NAIA and the Masters of Foxhounds Association in the US. For more information on the ban and on the Countryside Alliance, visit www.countryside-alliance.org.
The Countryside Alliance hosted a march in London on September 22 to bring economic and other issues to the steps of Parliament. Support for hunting with hounds was included in the group’s agenda.
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If you appreciate how important it is to nourish the imaginations of our future generations, and you cringe every time you hear about arts funding getting slashed from school budgets, here's a chance to make a little difference.
Local installation and performance artist Lindsey Bailey has dreamed up Deliciously Happy, a collaborative art project with three different age groups at three Nashville area schools: University School of Nashville, Bordeaux Elementary and Lead Academy. She's lead workshops to develop art projects for each school, and the students' work will be featured in a gallery show at Belmont in March. I could tell you a lot more about Deliciously Happy, but Lindsey's video above does a much better job than I could do.
Bailey has self-funded the project so far, but she needs help to bring it to fruition, so she's started a Kickstarter campaign. She's raised about $2,300 of her $4,000 goal so far, so she needs at least $1,700 more in pledges by 11 a.m. Central Time on Sunday, Nov. 27, to get Deliciously Happy funded. So you've got four days left to become a patron of the arts. Don't wait till it's too late! | <urn:uuid:45a61b02-0f63-4dcf-ad4d-b7be6439a18f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2011/11/22/deliciously-happy-a-collaborative-art-project-with-area-schools-needs-your-help | 2013-05-22T07:31:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96745 | 250 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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The Passionate Pilgrim
Act I, Scene 16
Sonnet to sundry notes of music
- Shakespeare. It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three,
That liked of her master as well as well might be,
Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see,
Her fancy fell a-turning.
- Shakespeare. Long was the combat doubtful that love with love did fight,
To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight:
To put in practise either, alas, it was a spite
Unto the silly damsel!
- Shakespeare. But one must be refused; more mickle was the pain
That nothing could be used to turn them both to gain,
For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain:
Alas, she could not help it!
- Shakespeare. Thus art with arms contending was victor of the day,
Which by a gift of learning did bear the maid away:
Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay;
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"Everyone is somewhere else," declares the 14-year-old narrator of Jo Ann Beard's In Zanesville (Little, Brown). She's not just talking about the goings-on in her hometown (which her best friend, Flea, calls Insanesville); she's talking emotional displacement, too, as she attempts to navigate the tenuous territory between the weight of her parents' generation and what are supposed to be the most exciting years of her life. It's the 1970s, and the world is changing; everything she once took for granted begins to fall apart. Seriously, who would've thought she'd find herself estranged from Flea and schmoozing with the cheerleaders? Despite the unsettling and intriguing nature of this turn of events, our nameless narrator finds solace in Shakespeare—"'Tis new to thee"—and resolves to look forward. Masterfully wrought, in such a way as to make an oft-told tale feel new, this novel is at times downright hilarious and often hold-your-breath-and-hope-for-the-best suspenseful. The restraint with which Beard deploys moments of tension and humor makes each page glimmer like the frozen cornfields at dusk in which the narrator wanders and thinks, "We're on the moon out here, except the moon is up there."
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(PRWEB) August 16, 2012
With the recent Google Panda, Penguin and relative page layout updates, the World Wide Web was filtered and sent thousands of low quality websites vanishing into thin air. The complex updating systems introduced by Google likewise sent hundreds of search engine optimisation providers into hiding. Those SEO’s who provided their clients with substandard quality web content were the first to go. Superior Marketing was not affected by the changes and updates as the SEO company continues to provide good search engine optimisation and support Google’s intent to revolutionise website rankings.
Aaron Clancy affirms, "SEO is not dead - just those companies who offered it who didn't really know what they are doing. There is still great value in ranking at the top of page one on Google."The SEO Wellington team has extensive knowledge in internet marketing and shall to continue to provide superior quality service to its growing clientele. The list includes new businesses who intend to maximize their online presence with the best SEO strategies only Superior Marketing can provide.
Search engine optimisation or SEO has long existed since the emergence of search engines. It is all about getting websites up to high page ranking by producing sites with quality web content and good links. Emphasis is given to quality on-page and off-page SEO factors, including great content and social sharing signals. While many SEO providers conduct ethical strategic methodology, some adversely operate the process by using dubious tricks and “black hat” techniques. Thus, Google saw the need to launch drastic measures to maintain its advocacy of providing quality web content to end users.
The Google Panda update affected over 700,000 poor quality websites and completely changed the web ranking structure. The Subsequent Penguin update targeted spam pages, blogs and websites. Websites (including many keyword friendly domains) with over-optimised page content, having high keyword density and unnatural links. Some Sites were de-indexed from the search engines while others were ranked lower. This game changing Google update highlighted that link development to build authority, quality content, and overall user experience are the key factors to get top rankings.
Aaron points out, "If you are currently using a search engine optimisation provider, make sure you and they are clear about what objectives you are trying to achieve. There’s no point trying to rank number 1 for a keyword no one types into the search engines." Superior Marketing sees this development as a vantage point to continue doing what it does best – giving a superior search engine optimisation service. Adding fresh content and building a healthy link profile by using the best link development practices are essential to get those top rankings for targeted keywords. If you want to be you want to be in the top 3 of Google on page one for your search terms, coupled with a great website for prospects to land on once they click on your name in the search engines, then stick with the leader.
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SEO Wellington continually help clients beat their competitors by getting them ranked in search engines for keywords related to their business. By understanding your industry and using tools and techniques to see how your market searches online, the team is able to analyse the keywords that will result in the quickest return on investment for your business.
Aaron Clancy is very passionate about empowering business owners to get them online to make more money for their business.
After setting up a successful property management company in Palmerston North at the end of 2008, he started to implement strategies to get the company ranked in Google for related keywords. Soon the rankings came, and Aaron was asked by other business owners (predominantly in the property management sector) to help their sites rank for related keyword phrases. Within 3 months, the property management company was ranking on page one of Google for targeted keywords, and two staff were working in the business. Aaron then went traveling around the world with his wife Kate, before landing in London and settling down. While in London his passion for internet marketing took hold, and his business started to boom as he tackled difficult markets for his wide range of clients that were coming to him for online marketing consulting, including website design, search engine optimisation and workshop training.
Aaron invests a lot of money into his education so he can continue to bring the latest tools and strategies to his clients to give them a competitive advantage over their competitors.
‘There are no excuses in the 21st century. We all have access to the required tools and resources, and it will be those businesses that take action with a burning desire to be the best in their industry that will succeed. Be proud of your business, work hard to make it the best and you will defeat your competition’ – Aaron Clancy at a speaking conference London 2011.
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All CSM courses are taught by Certified Scrum Trainers. Taking a CSM course, passing the CSM test, and accepting the license agreement designates you as a Certified ScrumMaster, which indicates that you have been introduced to and understand the basic concepts you need to perform as a ScrumMaster or team member on a Scrum team. This course also satisfies two elements of the CSD track: Scrum Introduction and Elective.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Class gives you all the tools and information you need to effectively apply Agile Scrum principles to your project. By the end of the training students can expect to understand the basics of Scrum including the roles, the rhythms and the artifacts that make up Scrum. They will understand the mechanism of empirical process control and how it works in Scrum. They will understand the function of the Scrum team and understand how Scrum harnesses the power of teams to complete work. They will understand what factors influence the acceptance of Scrum and ways that it can become dysfunctional. They will understand how Scrum is practically used on various kinds of projects.
They will learn how to:
- Manage Product Backlogs
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- Conduct Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews & Retrospective meetings
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Yep, I've been using patched uxtheme.dll in XP and Vista for a while too and never encountered any real
problems (apart from from the occasional incompatible shell32.dll's that use to break the OS in a big way
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But since windowblinds does cost $$$ and finding/creating custom themes sometimes can end up being time consuming (not to mention finding icons), it would be nice to just have a bit more 'out of the box' customizing options available for a change.
Different colours and boring wallpapers is a pretty poor substitute, especially since MS want the 'wow' factor returned to Windows.
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by keeping the average user from changing this look, microsoft ensures brand recognition.
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Verizon’s femtocell, the Network Extender, has been officially launched, and at first glance it’s a far better deal than Sprint’s rival AIRAVE. Although the two units themselves are basically identical – promising to create your own CDMA mini-network, by routing cellphone calls and data over your broadband connection when Verizon’s own network is insufficient – the difference comes in the pricing. The Verizon Wireless Network Extender is priced at $249.99, but after that there are no monthly fees.
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West Virginia is expected to sign two players Wednesday when the national letter-of-intent period begins. The time for high-school and junior-college recruits to sign with Division I teams ends May 18.
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We have seven teams coming off of strong performances on the menu for the Overtime FCIAC Team of the Week vote.
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The personal computer era has been around for a while, for those that have missed the memo, and during that time the consumers have had very little say in the direction this industry has headed. What I mean by that is that we, as consumers did not get a say as to when advancements were needed or even wanted. We would make our purchase and suddenly 6 months to a year later find out that we “needed” to buy again. The good news for consumers however, is that over the last couple of years that has changed. The technology has been forced to slow down by more clearly defined consumer demands and software jumping off the hardware bandwagon and working with consumers instead of hardware companies to figure out what the next product needs to have.
The good news is many of the tech companies out there have figure out this shift in the way business is done and have begun to adapt. They have changed the business model from telling consumers what they want to instead listing to what consumers want. However a few old die-hards have decided that they know best and we should listen to them, drink what they tell us as it were.
We can see some of this in todays offerings for consumer level computers. We could start with Apple and spend the entire article there, this is basically their business model and always has been. However I think we should instead focus on Microsoft. Windows 8 is an old story so I am not going to spend a lot of time talking about the OS itself. I have covered that pretty well I think and if you missed the three articles I did on it feel free to browse the archives and read them. However I will focus on their efforts to change the way we look at a computer.
Now let me explain this a bit before I make my point. You see Microsoft has always made an effort to help define the image of a what people see as a personal computer. It was after all in their best interest to exercise some level of control in this area. However up until recently that control has been a quiet guiding hand. To use the popular phrase, they led us to water but never forced us to drink. That however has begun to change.
Microsoft has launched a number of sites that are supposed to be designed to help the lay people, such as many of you, make a good choice when it comes to getting a new PC. On the surface this sounds like a great idea, something to help people see the choices they have and help them make solid decisions. We do this all the time on the show and people find it helpful. That would be good it did offer real choices. Every one of these setups I have looked at only offer laptops, tablets or all in one systems. Now this would not be bad except many of these recommendations are being listed as good for gaming. NONE of the recommendations I saw would make a good gaming PC for any but the most casual gamer. Also what about other form factors?
Thing this is just because of the move to Windows 8? You would be wrong, this started before that. Go back and look at the various Windows commercials were Microsoft talks about helping people buy a new PC. Every one of them were laptop and all in one models. You did not even seen an HTPC or tower configuration system in the videos.
One of the things I have always loved about the PC and the PC world is the freedom of choice. You can have a PC that is HUGE or tiny. One that is designed for pure hard core gaming or design for only light web browsing. Companies would offer us a range of choices, often to our dismay because we had so many but still we had choices. Over the years as the focus has shifted from hardware to software we have seen those choices diminish, not in a bad way. We have found that the budget system, at least the cost of it we used to pay, now buys us a more powerful machine. This has caused some overlap in the type of PC we buy but that is a natural progression. A natural change to the way we see PCs might not be something we like but I for one can accept it. However when we see companies that have traditionally let the market direct the path with them offering gentle nudges, switch to heavy handed tactics of forcing a direction, this is a problem to me.
Is our hobby moving to smaller form factors, well of course it is, I mean why do you think our build series is looking at ITX designs? However we can make this move in a way that does not limit our choices. Small Form factor of today is not the same as yesterday. Heck even yesterday was not that bad. Back in 2008 when enthusiasts said you needed a full tower to build a “real” gaming rig, I did a build we called the Itsy Bitsy Might Spider. This was a full powered gaming rig built in a micro ATX case. Now we see the move to even smaller, but the key here is that we can make this move without making a sacrifice. That is not the choice given to us today by some in the industry.
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The idea of an entertainment PC has been something we have looked at on this show before. We have built systems before based on this ide and are looking at doing so again but these are traditionally fairly large boxes. Sure you can get them down in size and even make them look like entertainment center components but in the end they are still not what you would call tiny.
Sapphire decided to take a stab at building a super small form factor PC, the idea however was to not be limited to just an HTPC role, they wanted a fully functional uber small form factor PC. The result of this effort is the Sapphire Edge HD3.
Now let me make clear this system is a fully functional PC. The computer has a dual core Fusion based processor and video, 4 gigs of DDR3 RAM and a 320 Gig HD. The system has dual USB2 ports in the back and dual USB3 ports in the front for connectivity as well as a wired network card and built in wireless. For video output the syst5em comes with the ability to connect via a standard VGA connector or HDMI and comes with an adapter to convert the HDMI to DVI if needed.
Sapphire actually lists this on their website as a Paperback PC and that description is not far off the mark. The computer is TINY, weighs next to nothing and takes up only a tiny amount of space. This small form factor makes this full PC able to fit into quite a few areas and not just the HTPC arena. The small size means this could fit well in a work place as it can hide behind monitors and other devices. It can also use this size to effect in a home or dorm room were space is at a premium.
With this small size however some tradeoffs had to be made. The HD3 is powered by a Fusion CPU, the E-450. This is a low cost Fusion processor designed for netbooks and low cost notebooks. This dual core processor has onboard graphics using the HD6320 and has a very small power signature. At no time during ANY level of testing did the power draw go above 40 watts, yes even under full load or a WoW session.
As a Family PC the idea would be for this to be a small form factor second PC and as use as a general family PC for people looking to basically browse the web and steam entertainment options. In this capacity I set this PC down for my family on our 46” Plasma and let flay. My family members found the wireless internet was more than up to the task of allow easy internet access and worked well for streaming video from YouTube, Hulu and Netflix as well as audio from Pandora. We also found that the wireless worked well for streaming audio and video from the wife’s machine, such as my large CD collection that has been put on the wife’s machine in WMA format.
As a small business workstation this PC again worked really well. The small form factor let it set pretty much anywhere there was open desk space. We fired up a full office suite and the Edge did not even blink an eye, easily handling the various documents we threw at the system ranging from simple Word files to complicated Publisher files and Excel spreadsheets of various sizes.
When we hit the Gamer we began to see some limitations to this mighty mite. I was able to load up WoW and play at 720 resolution with some pretty good detail level. While I was not getting blazing frame rates the game play was smooth enough to be playable. I tried to throw Champions online at the Edge and it just was not up to the task, at 720 resolutions the system just did not have the power. I fired up Reckoning and Skyrim and again the system lacked the horsepower to really make these games happen, however older titles faired better.
As I was about to finish testing the gamer side of this computer I had a thought, I was testing an online game streaming service, Onlive, I wondered how it would work. I quickly installed Onlive and fired away. Within minutes I was playing Arkham City at 720 resolutions on high detail butter smooth, something the system could not do if I installed the game directly.
As I looked back over our experiences with using the Edge I realized that this was a system built to use the Stream as it is beginning to grow on the internet. What I mean is this is a system built for making the most of streaming services. With this system not having an optical drive the ability to stream shows is how this will be most effective, even with a decent size HD in it. The same goes for music and thanks to streaming services like Onlive even gaming. These streaming services allow the PC to not need high powered hardware to enjoy high end entertainment and this is were the Edge excels. The small form factor means it will fit anywhere and the system might be not be a power house of processing power but it sips electricity even at full load. I mean seriously I played Arkham City for 2 hours non stop at good resolution and detail and only used about 75 watts power the whole time. My big PC uses that just sitting there.
Now this is not a simple plug and play PC, there is some work required. The system comes with no optical drive or OS. This means you will either need to buy and external optical drive or put your OS on a flash drive for install. Also this does not come with a keyboard and mouse, so these will need to be purchased as well.
The device design is very well thought out with the cooling handled by a small fan on the CPU and the use of natural thermal motion. The air intakes are at the bottom on the case and the exhaust at the top. Despite the readings showing a warm CPU temp of around 50C I can tell you the top of the box never got above anything but a little warm. The case is coated in a rubbery compound that feels very durable. The power the HD activity lights are actually very subdued and did not glare at me during use in a dark room.
The dual USB3 ports in the front of the computer are hidden behind a small panel. The panel in this case a small rubber cover that is held on by a rubber hinge. I can tell you I personally do not like this design as you have to hold it open to plug in USB devices. However it does hide well when it closed.
I cannot spend enough time talking about how small this PC is. In the picture here you see it next to a Wii, a very small game console. As you can see this thing is really small, this makes it easy to put it on any entertainment cent or PC cart in an office and not feel like you had to cram it into a space.
When you understand the design of this PC and what it is targeted at then this is actually a very attractive device. The small form factor, good solid basic PC function and a device that seems built to stream everything it can makes the Edge a really neat little PC.
If you are looking for a general family PC for someone that does a lot Facebook and net browsing then this is a great choice. If you need a small workstation to access internet application or do basic office work this is a great option. If you gaming is limited to older games, simple games, social games or the games you want to play can be found on a streaming service like Onlive then this is a solid buy.
This is not your ordinary PC and is not for everyone but in it’s nitch this PC has a definite Edge.
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Bear, Delaware St Petersburg, Florida Melbourne, Kentucky Hubbardston, Michigan Hicksville, New York Greensboro, North Carolina Seven Oaks, South Carolina Crossville, Tennessee Lakewood, Washington Member Notes:
Negative the1pony On Nov 2, 2009, the1pony from (Pony) Lakewood, WA
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I don't like these guys. They bite! No lasting effects from bites, but they sure hurt when they happen.
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I lived with these creatures for almost 40 years, in NY and never had a problem with them.
NEVER heard of them biting anyone.
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|Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide|
Part Number B10284-02
What Is NOT Supported
The following types of customizations are not supported:
1. Modifying a workflow object that has a protection level that is less than 100.
2. Altering a workflow object's protection level if its original protection level is less than 100.
3. Modifying your access level to an unauthorized level of less than 100 for the purpose of modifying workflow objects that are protected at levels less than 100.
4. Customizations that are explicitly documented as being UNSUPPORTED in the seeded workflow's product-specific User's Guide or documentation update notes. This includes modifying processes, attributes, function activities, event activities, notifications, lookup types, messages, events, or subscriptions that are specifically documented as not to be modified.
5. Manual modifications of Workflow tables with a prefix of WF_ or FND_ unless it is documented in the Oracle Workflow Guide or is required by Oracle Support Services.
6. Customizations to any predefined Oracle Workflow directory service view definitions, including any of the predefined implementations of the WF_USERS, WF_ROLES, and WF_USER_ROLES views, as well as the bulk synchronization views provided by originating systems within Oracle Applications.
7. Customizations to any predefined versions of the Oracle Workflow PL/SQL security package, WFA_SEC.
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While some people prefer regular people porn, I much prefer tomato porn, Hanover tomato porn to be exact, and I like mine drizzled in olive oil, splashed in cider vinegar and sprinkled with a little salt and pepper. Oh, and the cucumbers put on quite a show as well, so pull up a chair and enjoy this little summer peep show.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
|Tuna poke w/Hawaiian kettle chips for crunch|
|Tim starting 26.2 miles after 112 mile bike. He so crazy.|
Poke is a Hawaiian pupu (or appetizer) consisting of diced raw tuna, shoyu, fresh grated ginger, onions (Maui onions and green onions) and sesame oil. There are numerous variations to this basic theme including the addition of ogo (seaweed), furikake (a seaweed and dried fish combo), kukui nuts, wasabi, masago, mayo...the list goes on and on. Even better, poke can be found anywhere and everywhere, from grocery stores to gas stations, and this ain't half-ass road stop food. The poke we sampled as we drove all over the island was delightfully fresh with a creamy texture that only raw tuna can provide. It was positively addicting, especially when eaten with a bag of salty potato or taro chips.
Sam Choy's book simply titled Poke which is chock full of poke recipes, and not just tuna. Chef Choy includes an array of versions, from lobster poke to steak poke.
To really enjoy this Hawaiian delicacy, have yourself a poke party and throw in a couple of tuna maki, spicy tuna and avocado rolls for good measure. It's a light, fun-to-make, summery meal that gets everyone involved. Scroll down for a basic poke recipe and feel free to make it your own with the addition of nuts, seaweed, red chiles, avocado, even chopped Hanover tomato. It's totally up to you.
Classic Hawaiian Poke(Serves 2)
1/2 pound sushi-grade tuna, cubed
2 tablespoons soy sauce or shoyu
2 tablespoons green onion, minced
2 tablespoons sweet onion, diced
1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
1/2 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
Dash of garlic chile sauce
1 tablespoon toasted sesameHawaiian red sea salt*, to taste
Mix all ingredients except sea salt in a medium-sized bowl. Cover and refrigerate for two hours. Spoon poke into martini glasses with a sprinkle with sea salt. Garnish with Hawaiian kettle chips or taro chips.
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Smooth Ambler Spirits in Maxwelton, WV continues with an uber-refreshing recipe for a West Virginia Hound made with 100 Proof white whiskey, a little simple syrup, cilantro and cucumber. It's a great summer refresher and is quite potent if you're having a crappy day. Check out the recipe created by mixologist David Ortiz on Marcus Samuelsson's website Food Republic. Pin It Now! | <urn:uuid:bd42293e-0b86-4736-9442-b903d4194781> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://fatbackandfoiegras.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html | 2013-05-24T15:43:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915862 | 725 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Stony Brook University in New York has powered up the first Russian-built supercomputer ever deployed in the United States. Built by T-Platforms, the 2.5 Teraflop V-Class system will be used to develop new super-hard materials, with special electronic and optical properties, and materials for supercapacitors and batteries to store energy.
Western markets are of strategic importance to T-Platforms. Our German office is engaged in system and software research activities, with leading supercomputer centers including Leibnitz Rechenzentrum, Juelich Supercomputer Center, and CSC. Now, with the SBU deal in place, we have taken our first step in bringing Russian supercomputer technologies to the U.S. market,” says Vsevolod Opanasenko, CEO of T-Platforms.
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Math GRAD test changes in the worksby Tom Weber, Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota lawmakers are working on an issue they say could keep thousands of current high school juniors from graduating next year. Every high schooler in Minnesota must pass the GRAD test before getting a diploma. But this year, the GRAD math test will - for the first time - be given in the 11th grade. That has raise worries that there won't be enough time for make-ups for those who fail.
St. Paul, Minn. — Thomas Kilkelly thinks his team has as good a chance for a state title this year as any in Minnesota.
"We have a really good team," he said.
We're talking, of course, about the math team Kilkelly coaches at Wayzata High School. The Trojans have a nice lead this season after the four competitions.
But mathletes are mathletes because they do math when they don't have to. Kilkelly, who also teaches math, is concerned about those tests that everyone has to take.
"I get nervous when I think about the fact that I'm not going to get the results back here until July," Kilkelly said. "When we get the results, how do you plan for next year's schedule when you have this unknown as to how many number of students are going to be in this group that have to retest and be re-mediated so they can take this test again."
School leaders across the state have wondered how they'll be able to get students to focus next year on re-taking a test just as senioritis sets in. But Kilkelly also worries about those who aren't native English speakers. Consider, for a minute, this sample question:
A rabbit population grew in the following pattern...2,4,8,16...If all the rabbits live and the pattern continues, how many rabbits will be in the 8th generation? (Answer at bottom of page)
At some point it gets hard to know if some students who miss that question did so because they didn't know the math or was it because they didn't know the meaning of the word 'generation'?
State lawmakers have been looking into this issue for a few months. They're not interested in making the test easier so everyone passes -- that would just dilute the importance of a diploma, they say. But they have been looking for ways to let high schoolers still graduate, even if they fail this one test.
Their talks have evolved to finding two solutions - one short-term and one long-term. Sen. Chuck Wiger, DFL-Maplewood, introduced legislation Monday that would address the short-term.
His proposal would require those who fail to take some kind of remediation class and also re-take the GRAD at least twice. If they still fail, they can graduate if they've passed all other courses and gotten the required credits they'd otherwise need to graduate.
His measure is meant only to apply for a couple years while a more longer-term solution is implemented, Wiger said.
"The reality is, still, if they're going to go to college they ultimately will need to achieve a certain level of proficiency of math, and we're doing the best we can in working with higher ed," Wiger said. "But to hold back 10's of thousands of Minnesota students at this point in time doesn't make good sense."
Wiger thinks he has a nice base of general support for his short-term plan. Finding that long-term solution will be trickier.
One idea being discussed is to dump the GRAD and instead create so-called, 'end of course' exams. That means instead of needing to pass one test that measures everything you've learned since first grade, students would be tested at the end of certain courses, like Algebra II, on only that subject.
Education Commissioner Alice Seagren likes that idea because it's kind of like a final exam that also lets students know if they're also ready for college.
"We know that if a student does well in that course, Algebra II, their chances of being successful in college are much greater," Seagren said. "So, that's the kind of things we're looking at: What are the practical and door-opening opportunities, instead of a hammer that the GRAD had, whereas if you didn't pass you didn't graduate?"
But not everyone's quite on-board. Rep. Carlos Mariani, DFL-St.Paul, who chairs one of the education committees in the House, said some of the testimony he's heard suggests there isn't enough known about 'end of course' exams to know whether they're a good replacement.
"If we go in this direction, we're largely taking a leap of faith at this point," Mariani said. "It's not going to be informed by any data or research. I'm not seeing the rationale behind that, and I don't want to make a decision just to make a decision. I think we have to slow things down and explore things further."
The other problem with a new test is the money they cost to administer; money that most schools would argue they don't have. That's why any longer-term solution on this issue is likely to be tied into budget negotiations.
Those negotiations will probably take place later this spring some time after the Wayzata math team competes for that state title, but before students get the results of this year's GRAD test - results that will let them know whether they can spend their summer relaxing...or worrying.
(The answer is 256.)
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The elevation is 5,502 feet. Riley appears on the Riley U.S. Geological Survey Map. Socorro County is in the Mountain Time Zone (UTC -7 hours).
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From the early years of the federal income tax to the present, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has engaged in what might be termed "customary deviations" from the dictates of the Internal Revenue Code, always in a taxpayer-favorable direction. A prominent current example is the IRS's "don't ask, don't tell" policy with respect to employee-retained frequent flier miles; in a 2002 announcement (which, as of 2012, is still in force), the IRS indicated that such miles were technically within the scope of the statutory definition of gross income, but that the IRS had no intention of enforcing the law. This Essay describes and evaluates the phenomenon of administratively created customary deviations from the Code. After defining the concept of customary deviations and explaining why such deviations are sometimes attractive to tax administrators, the Essay offers a brief historical survey of customary deviations, paying particular attention to the pre-1984 treatment of a miscellany of fringe benefits of employment, and to a spate of recent announcements that the IRS would not enforce the Code's anti-loss-trafficking rules in certain contexts. The Essay also explains how the development of customary deviations has depended on the absence of third-party standing in tax litigation, and how the lack of any judicial check on unauthorized giveaways by tax administrators threatens rule-of-law values. It concludes with a proposal for legislation aimed at retaining the practical advantages of customary deviations while assuaging rule-oflaw concerns.
Custom and the Rule of Law in the Administration of the Income Tax,
62 Duke Law Journal
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Vintage Paas Color Kit
"Cold water FIZZ tablets give bright instant color!"
Although the vibrancy of the tablets still enclosed in the box may have faded, the box itself hasn't! This super colorful box will give some retro flair to your Easter decor this year, or can be altered into a unique craft. Trim this sweet little box with ribbons, buttons and glitter, or gently cut apart and create a very vintage book cover.
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Movie Review: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
In Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) often speeds down roadways like a bat out of hell. However, in this case, the idiom should be taken literally. Following a pact with Satan, this once renowned stunt motorcyclist becomes tormented by a demonic entity which, on a mission to punish and consume the souls of the wicked, occasionally transforms its host into a flaming skeleton and his bike into a fiery death machine. But whilst in the Balkans, escaping the consequences of his curse, Blaze is confronted by Moreau (Idris Elba), a warrior-priest promising an exorcism in exchange for saving a young boy, Danny (Fergus Riordan), from Roarke (Ciarán Hinds), the devil’s corporeal incarnate. For viewers and the titular antihero alike, the deal is sweetened when Nadya (Violante Placido), the boy’s hot mama, joins the adventure.
Usually it’s the superhero’s punch lines in a movie that are corny, but everything Johnny Blaze says is offensively moronic. This sequel to 2007′s “Ghost Rider” (which was directed and written by Mark Steven Johnson), is helmed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who’ve hired new scribes to translate the Marvel Comics franchise into theaters. Penned by Scott M. Gimple, Seth Hoffman, and David S. Goyer, the script tries too hard to be trashy fun — a format that could’ve worked had there been an inkling of substance within the bathroom humor and hyperbolic dialogue. What’s worse is that, during the long stretches without special effects, the they attempt to expand on the protagonist’s descent into madness — a metamorphosis soured by the film’s tone.
Direction-wise, Neveldine and Taylor use a lot of shaky camera and bleak gray-brown visuals. In conjunction, these stylistic choices work. The instability of the shots pumps adrenaline into the dull action sequences and hides spotty CG work. While one particular scene — a shootout that has Ghost Rider handling a giant crane-turned-hellish weapon — is impressive, the effects are mostly choppy. Even the title character, though given some extra detail, is awkwardly rendered. However, even cheap skeletons are easier to admire than Cage.
The actor’s handiwork is marked by whispering and screaming. In addition, I’ve noticed that the way he enunciates his lines makes for unintentional laughter. He’s also hilariously hyperactive. For someone who’s received high marks in “Raising Arizona” and “Adaptation.,” two stories of internal conflict, Cage is surprisingly hit-or-miss at portraying personal strife and often resorts to bulging out his eyeballs to make a point.
Except for Hinds, who rarely delivers a subpar performance, and Johnny Whitworth, the actor behind Ray Carrigan, a mercenary bestowed the power to decay objects (and people) at touch, the supporting cast doesn’t help. Elba puts on a bad French accent and Placido, while good-looking, remains flat. Lastly, Riordan is very irritating (probably why he and Cage appear so compatible on-screen).
While some of these shortcomings can be attributed to a 40% budget cut, much can be blamed on the filmmakers, who have carelessly constructed this sequel. Despite being a movie about a fiery demon that can turn its opponents to matchsticks, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance barely packs enough heat to roast a marshmallow. | <urn:uuid:71107ace-b246-4e2c-a6b0-6c5b3223e0ff> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thecriticalcritics.com/review/2012/02/18/movie_review-ghost_rider_spirit_of_vengeance.html | 2013-05-24T15:28:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931981 | 773 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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EX-CIA LAWYER: NO LEGAL BASIS FOR NSA SPYING
By JESSICA YELLIN, ABC News
Jan. 11, 2006 — Former CIA General Counsel Jeffrey Smith will testify in House hearings that there is no legal basis for President Bush's controversial National Security Agency domestic surveillance program, ABC News has learned.
ABC News has obtained a copy of a 14-page memo Smith wrote to the House Select Committee on Intelligence in which he argues that the wiretaps are illegal.
After the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Bush authorized the NSA to obtain wiretaps inside the United States, without obtaining a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court.
Since it came to light in recent weeks, Bush has insisted the program he authorized was legal and necessary to prevent terrorism, and only applied to a limited number of Americans with known ties to al Qaeda.
In his memo, however, Smith argues "it is not credible that the 2001 authorization to use force provides authority for the president to ignore the requirements of FISA."
He said that if the president's arguments for the wiretaps are sustained "it would be a dramatic expansion of presidential authority affecting the rights of our fellow citizens that undermines the checks and balances of our system, which lie at the very heart of the Constitution."
Smith is a Democrat who worked at the CIA in the Clinton years and as general counsel to the Senate Armed Services Committee under Sam Nunn, then a Democratic senator from Georgia.
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West Virginia University graduate student Vlad Basarab was recently featured in the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 2012 Projects Space.
His exhibition entitled “Cenzura Memoriei,” which is Romanian for the “censorship of memory,” was performed in Seattle.
“Cenzura Memoriei” consists of a constructed 9×19x10-foot space made out of lumber and burlap. Once constructed, Basarab coated individual pages of a book with kaolin slip and hung them on rows of strings stretched from one side of the space to the other. The space also housed a projector and desk where Basarab worked on the pages.
“Various political regimes have burned and destroyed many books, thus collective memories were lost while flooding people’s memories with propagandistic slogans and literature,” Basarab said. “The burning of books is intended to reproduce historical memory of censorship.”
Basarab, originally from Romania, is a graduate student at WVU studying in the School of Art & Design in the areas of multimedia, sculpture, performance and video. His research goals are to travel and conduct collaborative performance videographies. He works collaboratively with other artists in the production of artworks that either reflect or are tied to the local environment. He has won various awards and grants for his work. Basarab has also been a contractor for eight years and owns Artistic Homes in Anchorage, Alaska.
The council chooses from an international pool only three individual and two collaborative artists teams whose conceptual and material conversation takes them beyond the confines of their kiln.
Each artist was provided a stipend to present a live on-site specific installation or performance-based artwork that explores the 2012 Conference theme, “On the Edge.”
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Beyond the Mohawk Warrior: Reinterpreting Benjamin West's Evocations of American IndiansJulia A. Sienkewicz
Few narratives are as iconic to the field of American art as the description of Benjamin West’s (1738-1820) first encounter with ancient art, published in John Galt’s The Life and Studies of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy in London, Prior to his Arrival in England, Compiled from Materials Furnished by Himself (1816). 1 In the dramatic episode the young West, newly arrived in Rome from the British Colony of Pennsylvania, exclaimed upon encountering the Apollo Belvedere, ‘My God, how like it is to a young Mohawk warrior!’. 2 West’s evocative comparison of the ancient god to a contemporary American Indian warrior has captured the minds of readers since the nineteenth century and the narrative was calculated to have precisely this effect. As Susan Rather has demonstrated, Galt and West collaborated in the compilation of the book, in order to create a semi-autobiographical narrative that would re-fashion West’s identity and legacy within an international context. 3 Reflecting the intended transatlantic discourse of the work, the biography was published contemporaneously in London and Philadelphia and the result, according to Rather, was a ‘public relations effort of enormous consequence for the history of American and, arguably, also of British art.’ 4 Considering The Life of Benjamin West as a transatlantic ‘public relations effort’ necessitates examining how its narratives were constructed to produce specific reactions in readers in both Britain and America in 1816.
This article contributes to the ongoing task of unraveling the myths that surround West by staging a detailed critique of the two primary narratives in the biography that describe his encounters with, or evocations of, American Indians. Only through such critical dismantling can we hope to gain a more nuanced sense of British and ‘American’ art in this period. By doing so, this essay participates in a larger process of deconstructing the origin-myths of American art history: what Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw has termed its Ur-stories. Shaw calls for the field to deconstruct and re-examine its origins in order to remain relevant:
Reinterpreting Galt’s narrative through the lens of transatlantic theory allows for a constellated understanding of West’s life and counters the mythic and univocal narrative that has held sway for nearly two centuries.
If such fields as American art history, and the various hyphenated micro-fields that it contains, are to continue to expand and prosper in the twenty-first century, it will only be through the re-examination of the problematic myths that have been formed out of a necessity to assuage a misplaced sense of national, racial, or cultural inferiority. Art historians must turn their attention to finding the fragments that have been ignored and reconnect them. 5
Such a critical task has ramifications beyond concerns with West’s biography. In identifying ‘fragments’ of American Indian history within West’s narrative, and weaving these pieces together as a counter-current to West’s own legacy-building process, this article performs a small, but significant, act of deconstruction. It battles the national, racial and cultural foundations of the field by positioning the significance of the narratives within a transatlantic context. As recent scholarship has shown, the role of American Indians (both as historic figures and as abstract entities within cultural discourse) in both Britain and North America in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was culturally complex. This role transcends the familiar narratives of the Romantic savage so often applied to West’s paintings and to Galt’s biography. 6 Critical examination of these narratives allows for an understanding of the text within the context of American Indian history rather than solely within the biography of West. Furthermore, by questioning whether West actually did liken the Apollo Belvidere to a Mohawk warrior in 1760, and instead linking the narrative to concerns of audience and politics in 1816, this study attempts to remove the iconic narrative from the hazy lens of romanticism. This essay offers a multifaceted model for interpreting the narrative in which a British-Colonial citizen addressed the interests of an audience informed by political and social events on both sides of the Atlantic. Rather than the naïve exclamation of a provincial visitor to a European metropolis, West’s remark, at least as it was retold within Galt’s narrative, was the astute reflection of a cosmopolitan intellectual on matters of intercultural and transatlantic concern.
The Life of Benjamin West
In The Life of Benjamin West, Galt self-consciously crafted a mythic persona for West. The volume presents the young West as an untrained American artist who through innate genius rose to meteoric success in the upper echelons of the British art world. Rather has lucidly demonstrated that the volume strategically emphasized West’s American identity, in contrast to the Britishness on which he had previously insisted. The construction of West’s American persona as part of the biographical project of 1816 required the elderly artist to retell his biography, a process that likely consisted in the embellishment and repositioning of biographical details, memories of childhood and youthful events, or the wholesale invention of narratives. As Rather has reflected with regard to the Mohawk Warrior narrative in particular, ‘his response was overdetermined, plotted in advance, perhaps, and surely embellished later.’ 7
The accuracy of The Life of Benjamin West was questioned by West’s contemporaries, even as they were inspired by its mythologizing narrative. The poet Henry Pickering, for example, published the poem The Belvidere Apollo, which, while partially about the Apollo Belvidere, was also about the momentous encounter between painter and statue. Indeed, the final lines of Pickering’s verse reflect directly on West:
Perhaps because West wrote relatively little about himself, scholars have consistently relied on Galt’s problematic biography as the best source for the artist’s life, despite the obvious pitfalls of the text. 10 The difficulties of the volume are compounded by the fact that few archival sources corroborate, or contest, Galt’s claims. Indeed, though several monographs and many articles have been written about West, few read Galt’s narrative in a critically nuanced fashion, perhaps for fear that critical deconstruction would leave very little of the great artist.
Yet, it is necessary to recognize that both West and Galt were thoroughly aware of the constructed nature of this biographical project. West was a willing participant in the volume’s biographical manipulations, a claim that Rather has furthered by arguing that West hoped the book speak to audiences in both Britain and America. Its emphasis on West’s untutored and ‘natural art’ could convince ‘the British art world to read his American origins as closer to nature, a quality more valued in 1816 than academic credentials’. Furthermore, by reclaiming his ‘American’ origins after a lengthy absence, West could accentuate the legacy of his mentorship of numerous American students and recreate himself as the primogenitor figure for art in the United States. Galt, likewise, manipulated the narrative to correspond with his own personal concerns which, as Rather has noted, included highlighting that ‘West was a provincial unknown who became an international success; an observer in Mediterranean lands and an exotic curiosity to be observed; an American who, like the Scottish writer, could never be English’. 11 Arriving at a more accurate understanding of what these manipulations might have been may help us to arrive at a closer understanding of West.
The Stuff of Legends
American Indians play a particularly valuable role in Galt’s construction of West’s mythic identity. Most important are the two narratives that figure as ‘creation stories’ for West’s artistic career. The first results in West learning to grind and mix paint; in the second narrative, during which West enters the European scene as a public persona, West’s indigenous knowledge is invoked as part of a larger transatlantic discourse. Both of these narratives are constructed around conceptions of cultural interaction, as well as cultural mixing and the particularities of colonial knowledge. These narratives likely teach us little about the historical truth of the artist’s life. Instead, they offer rich illustrations of how American Indians could be invoked for an international audience in the early nineteenth century, in order to arrive at particular predictable outcomes.
In the first narrative West learns to mix colors from a traveling group of American Indians. Like the young Giotto in Vasari’s Lives of the Artists, West’s first inspiration to draw arose completely from instinct.12 Unlike Giotto, however, the next artistic step came only when the young child, who lived in a community completely devoid of artistic models, experienced an instance of intercultural education:
Galt likens this narrative to an ancient allegory, even while asserting the veracity of his tall tale. Galt even suggests that an aspiring artist could not dream up a story as pleasing. We must, however, imagine that the origin of the story was the elderly artist’s calculation of the most ‘picturesque’ story with which to explain his artistic origins. Two important themes emerge when the passage is interpreted as an allegory rather than historical truth: the artist as ‘instructed by Nature’ and that of the indigenous and feminized spheres supporting, but in opposition to, masculine ‘high art’.
A party of Indians came to pay their annual visit to Springfield, and being amused with the sketches of birds and flowers which Benjamin shewed them, they taught him to prepare the red and yellow colours with which they painted their ornaments. To these his mother added blue, by giving him a piece of indigo, so that he was thus put in possession of the three primary colours. The fancy is disposed to expatiate on this interesting fact; for the mythologies of an antiquity furnish no allegory more beautiful; and a Painter who would embody the metaphor of an Artist instructed by Nature, could scarcely imagine any thing more picturesque than the real incident of the Indians instructing West.13
This narrative connects West to the indigenous peoples of North America through the narrative of nature. Like the American Indians themselves, West learns from nature and is inspired by it, rather than by the classical tradition (of which he is ostensibly ignorant). The passage suggests that the subjects of West’s art – birds and flowers – are superior to the ‘ornaments’ produced by the indigenous population. In subsequent narratives within the biography, the American Indians also teach West to string a bow and hunt. He uses this skill to collect specimens for his art. The image of West mixing natural pigments and running through the forest shooting specimens recreates the artist as a noble savage who will rise from these origins due to his genius.
However, this narrative also draws clear cultural distinctions between the artist and the indigenous community. Galt constructs West as both different from, and intellectually superior to, his tutors. Without any attempt at cultural specificity, Galt’s narrative refers to ‘Indians’, relying on a reader’s willingness to accept this general category, and not to question how, on the eve of the Seven Years’ War, during a period of tense intercultural relationships on Colonial borderlands, a young British-Colonial boy could be allowed to have unsupervised interaction with American Indian men. Further, despite their technical knowledge, these American Indians are not ‘artists’. While the knowledge they supply is useful, it is incomplete. They can only offer two primary colors, and it is only through the assistance of his mother that West attains blue paint. West’s mother, though, produces tints for utilitarian dyes rather than for use on canvases. Only West is inspired to mix these three colors with one another, such that art is created through the creative genius of the white, male child. This passage validates the European imperial project by linking the Native American community with conceptions of transient wilderness, and with artisanal knowledge long-since made passé by European artistic and intellectual traditions.
In the second passage engaging with American Indian identity, West encounters the Apollo Belvedere. The young artist is given the privilege of visiting the Vatican’s renowned ancient art collection, accompanied by Cardinal Albani, an esteemed Italian connoisseur. 14 Curious about the North American artist’s reaction, the Italians create the greatest possible spectacle for West’s first sight of ancient art:
Rather than a vague reference to an ‘Indian’, here the young West speaks specifically of a ‘Mohawk warrior’, laying claim to extensive personal knowledge about the Mohawk. While West may have interacted with American Indians when living in Pennsylvania, no evidence exists that he had any contact with the Mohawk until a decade after visiting Rome. Even then, he interacted with several Mohawk men in London rather than Pennsylvania. It is possible that West may have had isolated interactions with a ‘Mohawk warrior’ or two prior to his departure for Italy, but surely the easy familiarity suggested in this passage is literary posturing, not biographical fact.
When the keeper threw open the doors, the Artist felt himself surprised with a sudden recollection altogether different from the gratification he had expected; and without being aware of the force of what he said, exclaimed, ‘My God, how like it is to a young Mohawk warrior!’ The Italians, observing his surprise, and hearing the exclamation, requested Mr. Robinson to translate to them what he said; and they were excessively mortified to find that the god of their idolatry was compared to a savage. Mr. Robinson mentioned to West their chagrin, and asked him to give some more distinct explanation, by informing him what sort of people the Mohawk Indians were. He described to him their education; their dexterity with the bow and arrow; the admirable elasticity of their limbs; and how much their active life expands the chest, while the quick breathing of their speed in the chace, dilates the nostrils with that apparent consciousness of vigour which is so nobly depicted in the Apollo. ‘I have seen them often,’ added he, ‘standing in that very attitude, and pursuing, with an intense eye, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.’ This descriptive explanation did not lose by Mr. Robinson’s translation. The Italians were delighted, and allowed that a better criticism had rarely been pronounced on the merits of the statue.15
Mr. Robinson, a British gentleman and antiquarian who joined the party as a translator, is also noteworthy since he takes on the role of cultural mediator. 16 Robinson mediates between the naïve colonial artist’s reaction to the statue, and the Italian audience’s blind admiration for the classical tradition. The passage suggests that Robinson understands why West might invoke the Mohawk specifically, rather than some vague romanticized Indian, and he presses West to explain this point. The implication is that the British audience would know a great deal about the Mohawk, while the Italians would know little to nothing.
This narrative implies that readers will be able to call to mind an image of the Apollo Belvedere and that they will have a simultaneous conception of a ‘Mohawk Warrior’. For most readers, whether in the United States or in Britain, knowledge of both the Apollo Belvedere and the Mohawk Warrior would involve information gathered only from textual references. As Kevin Mueller has argued, with the prominent role of the Mohawk in the Seven Years’ War, European leaders became arguably more familiar with them than with any other North American indigenous group. 17 The young West would also have had personal exposure to the literary discourses surrounding the Mohawk through his instructor and mentor William Smith. Smith, who was Provost of the College of Philadelphia, educated the young artist in Classical History. 18 Not coincidentally, Smith was also the author of two books on North American colonial and military history in which the Mohawk were featured. 19 These books, available to both European and American markets, would have created a shared knowledge of the Mohawk in an international sphere. It is perhaps worth noting that this knowledge would not have been as immediately culturally relevant to an Italian as to a British audience, further evidence that Galt’s passage was more likely doctored for a readership in the British Atlantic world, rather than spontaneously offered by West to an Italian audience.
This narrative presents West as offering a new sphere of knowledge to the European art community. Though they are initially skeptical of his remark, the Italians soon learn to understand West’s comment as both perceptive and integral to creating an increased understanding of Classical art. Through Colonial exploration and encounters with ‘savage’ peoples, Europeans can learn more about their own past and artistic traditions. Such knowledge is less about the truths of the culture of the ‘other’ and more about the reification of European ideologies. Thus, West refers specifically to a Mohawk warrior, rather than, say, a Pequot warrior, because the Mohawk as an ally of the British could be used in a benign allegorical role. Such cultural specificity is only necessary to elicit a certain response in Galt’s readership, for the narrative then focuses on cultural stereotypes about the indigenous group rather than on historically accurate information about the Mohawks, as Muller has so decisively demonstrated. 20 Finally, the ultimate significance of the vignette in the context of West’s career is its ability to connect Classical art ideals with modern figures, history and concerns, a project that parallels the artist’s own revolutionary shifts in history painting. However, West did not develop, or even approach, such a theoretical and practical artistic platform until a decade later, with the completion of The Death of General Wolfe in 1771, a point that West emphasized in his own attempt at an autobiography, written in 1805. 21
Both passages suggest that the use of American Indians in the biography is strategic. At one level, West’s familiarity with American Indians is used to accentuate his Americanness, a point that supports Rather’s argument and that needs little further elaboration. These passages also contribute to two other important projects. First, by drawing on concepts of American Indians that were au courant in 1816, the biography uses these indigenous figures to help build certain aspects of West’s intercultural and transatlantic identity, as framed by Galt and West. The generic ‘Indian’ of West’s origin myth compliments the predilection in the United States for a conception of American Indians as aligned with nature, without physical roots on the continent. This romanticized Indian is a benign figure of the past. West’s later reference to a Mohawk warrior, by contrast, alludes to a specific tribe with powerful contemporary associations, which would be particularly sympathetic to a British audience. Second, the use of the American Indian in both passages supports West’s interest in arguing that his work was innovative for its emphasis on nature and historical accuracy, rather than the blind adoption of classical form. At all levels, these interpretations of West’s biographical vignettes make more sense in the social and historical context of 1816 than they do in the eighteenth-century moments to which Galt attributes the stories.
West and the American (Indian) Dream
If West once likened the Apollo Belvedere to a Mohawk Warrior, he also once imagined himself as an Aztec artist. Writing from London in 1772 to his cousin Peter Thomson in Pennsylvania, West lamented:
In this passage West self-identifies with the Aztec, suggesting that he might be a misfit in European (or even Euro-American) society. While West clearly does not believe himself to be Aztec, and does not even remove himself from a colonial viewpoint in this statement (note how he writes ‘we find the natives of the country’), he does demonstrate an interest in, and personal association with, American Indian society. Written twelve years after his departure from America, but nearly forty years before the publication of Galt’s biography, West’s comment demonstrates that he was thinking about American Indians, and also identifying with them. Written from London, the center of the British Empire, to a relative in Pennsylvania, in the tense years before the American Revolution, this reflection on American Indian civilization may also have allowed West to contemplate his own displaced position between Britain and America. Indeed, West alludes to the distance that separates Britain, his new home, from North America where his cousin resides. West is conscious that his words will fail to accurately represent the world in which he now finds himself. The distance that separates such words and images from lived experience is, literally, a vast ocean and much will certainly be lost in transit. Only by alluding to the South American Indian does West hope to create a metaphor powerful enough to capture the degree of his cultural misfit within this transatlantic situation.
The truth [is] that I don’t like writeing – it is as deficulty to me as painting would be to you – every man in his way, I could as soon paint you a description of things on this side the water as write –I belive I should have made a Figure in South America in the time of that conquest when we find the natives of that country communicated with each other by Painting the Images of their amaginations and not in writing charectors to describe them. 22
By the time that West penned this letter to his cousin, he had been living in Europe for more than a decade, beginning with three years in Italy, a brief study tour of France and then eight years in London. Stephanie Pratt has characterized these years between 1761 and 1772 as West’s ‘Indian decade’, because the artist completed six paintings and engravings containing Native American figures during those years. 23 West’s first representation of a Native American, Savage Warrior Taking Leave of His Family was completed while in Italy, ca. 1761, as West’s contribution to a piece representing the four regions of the globe. 24 Yet, as Pratt has argued, these American Indian figures were all variants of a type. Rather than representing specific tribes or individuals, they were ‘generic Indians’, such that ‘a plucked scalp and topknot of hair decorated with feathers, a beaded pouch, a blanket or animal skin, and body paint appear […] as the markers of the figure’s identity and […] reappear on other figures of Indian males in subsequent design.’ 25 This generic Indian type lacks the specificity of the artist’s excited comparison of the Apollo Belvedere and the Mohawk Warrior, despite the fact that Galt’s narrative dates West’s exclamation to 1760 prior to the execution of these paintings. 26 Indeed, West’s generalized Indians support the suspicion that the ‘Mohawk Warrior’ was manipulated at a later point in West’s life rather than exclaimed on his Roman tour.
Upon arrival in London in 1763, West would have encountered a country deeply interested in the transatlantic dynamics of interaction with American Indians, though always seen through an imperial lens. 27 Furthermore, the Mohawk were exceptionally powerful in the international sphere in the years preceding and spanning the American Revolution. Since, as Troy Bickam has argued, ‘American Indians’ power, not their exoticism, placed them at the front of the British imagination’ between 1754 and 1783, it would have been natural for the Mohawk to become of interest to West in London. 28 It was during the 1770s that West acquired a collection of Native American objects, which he used to give material authenticity to his paintings. 29 Furthermore, it was in 1776 that West met representatives from a Mohawk delegation to Britain and painted his resulting Portrait of Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill). 30 During the American Revolution, the Mohawk were powerful allies of the British. After the war, much of their land was ceded to the United States and many Mohawk followed Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) to new territory in Canada. Brant returned to Britain in 1786 in an attempt to regain Mohawk land and power through diplomacy. Despite these efforts, after the Revolutionary War, Mohawk prominence was significantly reduced, and their international cachet would be revived only with their military support of the British during the War of 1812 which had recently come to a close when The Life of Benjamin West was published. 31
Situated within the context of this history, West’s likening of the Apollo Belvedere to a Mohawk Warrior gains a multivalent and transatlantic meaning. Rather than a vague allusion to a ‘savage warrior’ or an ‘Indian’, West’s comparison belongs most properly to the complex cultural dynamic of the final decades of the eighteenth century and first decades of the nineteenth. West’s evocation of the Mohawk, rather than the Cherokee or the Creek, adapts his comparison to the predilections of a British audience amply familiar with sympathetic Mohawk figures, like Joseph Brant. In likening the Apollo Belvedere to a Mohawk Warrior, West’s words called to mind contemporary Native American figures of importance in the international sphere with whom West was personally familiar.
Indeed, it was only after his contact with the Mohawk delegates of 1776 that there is evidence for West circulating stories about his association of the Apollo Belvedere with a Mohawk Warrior. Perhaps the first reference to West communicating a similar story by word of mouth was made in Richard Payne Knight’s The Landscape: A Didactic Poem in Three Books (1794). In a footnote supporting his description of the ‘grace’ and ‘natural beauty’ that characterizes ‘savage’ bodies whose movements remain free because of their ‘unfettered mind’, Knight cited personal conversation in which West had averred that ‘when he first saw the Apollo Belvidere, he was extremely struck with its resemblance to some of the Mohawk warriors whom he had seen in America.’ 32 Published well after the American Revolution and, consequently, the visit of the Mohawk delegates to London, Knight’s reference offers evidence that West was beginning to circulate versions of the Mohawk Warrior narrative in this period.
West’s ‘Mohawk Warrior’ remark was calculated to respond to a complex inter-cultural milieu, wherein it could romanticize the American Indian while at the same time allude to specific individuals and a precise set of intercultural relations. The nuances of this interpretation can help to uncover the fragments of multicultural art history within the larger Ur Stories of the field. In her analysis of West’s Portrait of Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye, Leslie Reinhardt highlighted the stakes and pitfalls of such a project, remarking that:
In approaching Galt’s narratives, scholars have seen the text through the sort of monocular vision that Reinhardt describes. Just as the artist’s paintings have been flattened by interpretations that see ‘noble savages’ or ethnocentrism, so the rich intercultural context of this text has been lost. In recognizing the complexities of the transatlantic world in which West participated, we can explore the cross-cultural posturing of West, the displaced colonist, relocated to the British Metropole. Likewise, such monocular vision neglects the historically contingent relationships at play in this dynamic period. Employing an historical lens that privileges the ‘winner’ in subsequent struggles for cultural authority fails to acknowledge the specific nature of relationships between American Indian groups and Europeans, which were of paramount importance to the culture of the Atlantic world in which West participated. West’s likening of the Apollo Belvedere to a Mohawk warrior was not a vague or casual evocation of a romantic savage type, but rather was a comment calculated to create a sensation in a particular transatlantic culture. This analysis does not negate the imperial lens through which West viewed American Indians. 34 It suggests, instead, that these narratives were culturally mutable and intended to appeal to the differing cultural milieu of Britain and the United States in 1816. Perhaps most importantly, it offers the opportunity of using this quotation to approach the complex dynamics of imperialism, colonialism and Native American history in the transatlantic culture of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Rather than settling for invisible Indians, it suggests that West’s words may actually be understood through the real interaction between the British Colonial artist and Mohawk diplomats in London.
Despite our best intentions, Indians in pictures remain invisible to us. Traditional historians of European or American art look at an American Indian image from the viewpoint of the artist and his culture, yet often with too narrow a focus. For instance, many art historians tirelessly apply to images the notion that artists equated Indians with Rousseau’s ‘noble savages.’ Accordingly they see pictured Indians as a panoply of types deriving from the classical canon: Apollo Belvederes in Indian dress. This monocular vision blinds us to variation between depictions and flattens images individually. When applied indiscriminately, it nullifies the image. More radical art history, although it criticizes the artist for cultural bias, nonetheless arrives at an outcome curiously similar to more traditional approaches. In an attempt to view images of Indians from a broader cultural perspective, it condemns the ‘noble savage’ depiction as ethnocentrism. However, it still buys the premise that artists portrayed Indians only as types. Despite the best of culturally sensitive intentions, pictures of Indians are seen to vary only between the stereotype chosen- either the noble or the ignoble savage. 33
This more nuanced and historically contingent interpretation of Galt’s narrative underlines that scholars have been too ready to accept such compellingly grandiose origins for the field of American art history. It suggests, instead, that we must approach even such a familiar and accessible primary text, as engaged with a culture ‘other’ than our own. In such a critical re-reading of Galt’s biography of West, the life and accomplishments of the artist himself can only take a secondary position to the questions of social and cultural ideology present in its narratives. Realizing that West’s comparison of the Apollo Belvedere to a Mohawk Warrior was consciously reconstructed many years after the alleged date of the event, and that this remark carries with it complex levels of social and cultural baggage, is one small step toward revising the narratives of early American Art History. By removing the mythic aura of this statement, perhaps we can open the route to a reconsideration of West and his successors through lenses that acknowledge their historical and cultural contingency. In doing so, perhaps we can likewise arrive at a reconsideration of the presence of American Indians in the art of Anglo-American artists, not as figures constantly subject to European ideologies, but as independent historical entities, acting in a cross-cultural and even a cosmopolitan sphere.
- I would like to offer special thanks to Janet C. Berlo for her comments on an early version of this paper, and to David O’Brien for his comments on another related project, which have helped to inform this essay. I am also grateful to the anonymous reader whose astute response helped to strengthen this article. While working on this article, I have been funded by an ACLS/Henry Luce Predoctoral Fellowship in American art, a McNeil Dissertation Fellowship at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estates, and a Graduate Fellowship from the Graduate College at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I thank these institutions for the support that made this research possible. Finally, I would like to thank my mother, Anne W. Sienkewicz, for her careful editing and critique, my father Thomas J. Sienkewicz for his wise suggestions, and my husband Víctor M. Martínez for his constant intellectual companionship. John Galt, The Life of Benjamin West ed. by Nathalia Wright, (Gainesville, Florida: Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints, 1960). The ‘Mohawk warrior’ narrative has become iconic in subsequent scholarship on the artist, and is frequently retold with little critical commentary. The passage has been so frequently cited that it would be impossible to cite the entire range of literature. Certain essays have devoted particular attention to discussing the passage, and I list those here: Vivien Green Fryd, ‘Rereading the Indian in Benjamin West’s Death of General Wolfe’, American Art 9:1 (1995), 73-86; Kevin R. Muller, ‘Pelts and Power, Mohawks and Myth: Benjamin West’s Portrait of Guy Johnson’, Winterthur Portfolio 40:1 (2005), 47-75 (pp. 62-63); Jules Prown, ‘Benjamin West and the Use of Antiquity’, American Art 10:2 (1996), 28-49. Back to context...
- Galt, p. 105. Back to context...
- Susan Rather, ‘Benjamin West, John Galt, and the Biography of 1816’, The Art Bulletin, LXXXVI, 2 (June 2002), 324-345 (p. 345). Back to context...
- Rather, p. 341. Back to context...
- Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw, Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006), p. 29. Back to context...
- I was first introduced to the study of American Indians as cosmopolitan figures in the transatlantic context in a seminar offered by Janet Berlo at the University of Illinois in 2006. Many of my ideas on the topic were formed during classroom conversations with Janet, and I owe her a great intellectual debt for in the shaping of this essay. A wide range of literature dealing with transatlantic perception of Native Americans has been of particular use for this study: Atlantic Lives: a Comparative Approach to Early America, ed. by Timothy J. Shannon (New York: Pearson, 2004); Janet C. Berlo, Arthur Amiotte, Collages, 1988-2006 (Santa Fe, NM: The Wheelwright Museum of Art, 2006); Empire and Others: British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples, 1600-1850 ed. by Martin Daunton and Rick Halpern (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999); Kate Flint, The Transatlantic Indian, 1776-1930 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009); Jack D. Forbes, The American Discovery of Europe (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2007); Harry Liebersohn, Aristocratic Encounters: European Travelers and North American Indians (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998); Ruth B. Phillips, Trading Identities: the Souvenir in Native North American Art from the Northeast, 1700-1900 (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1998); Ruth B. Phillips and Christopher B. Steiner, Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999); Leslie Reinhardt, ‘British and Indian Identities in a Picture by Benjamin West’, Eighteenth-Century Studies 31:3 (1998), 283-305; Alden T. Vaughan, Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in Britain, 1500-1776 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006). Back to context...
- Rather, p. 325. Back to context...
- Henry Pickering, The Ruins of Paestum and other compositions in verse (Salem, MA: Cushing and Appleton, 1822), p. 8. Back to context...
- Pickering, p. 121. Back to context...
- This tradition of re-telling Galt’s narrative can be traced into the nineteenth-century. James Thomas Flexner in America’s Old Masters (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1967) canonized what would become the standard, Galt-influenced history of West’s life. Scholars such as Robert C. Alverts in Benjamin West: A Biography (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978), Grose Evans in Benjamin West and the Taste of His Times (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1959), Helmut Von Erffa and Allen Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986) produced similar narratives. Ann Abrams offered a studied first critique of Galt’s narrative in her book, Valiant Hero: Benjamin West and Grand-Style History Painting (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985). Despite this lengthy historiography, only with Susan Rather’s article has the fundamental veracity of Galt’s narrative been called into question. Back to context...
- Rather, p. 335. Back to context...
- Giorgio Vasari, Stories of the Italian Artists from Vasari , trans. by Emma Louis Seeley, (London: Chatto & Windus, 1908). Cimabue’s discovery of the young artistic genius Giotto is a famed origin-myth of Renaissance art: ‘One day Cimabue, going on business from Florence to Vespignano, found Giotto while his sheep were feeding, drawing a sheep from nature upon a smooth and solid rock with a pointed stone, having never learnt from any one but nature’: pp. 6-7. Back to context...
- Galt, p. 18. Back to context...
- For further information on Cardinal Albani and general context for West’s years in Italy see, E. P. Richardson, ‘West’s Voyage to Italy, 1760, and William Allen’, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1978), 3-27. Back to context...
- Galt, pp. 105-106. Back to context...
- Thomas Robinson, a young British aristocrat, became a close acquaintance and his first guide around Rome. For further information on Robinson see Richardson. Back to context...
- Muller, pp. 47-75. For recent discussion of the Seven Years’ War with regard to Native American history, and European interaction with the Mohawk specifically, see also Fintan O’Toole, White Savage: William Johnson and the invention of America (London: Faber, 2005). For texts considering the impact and reception of the Seven Years War in Europe see Matt Schumann and Karl Schweizer, The Seven Years War: a Transatlantic History (London/New York: Routledge, 2008), and Franz Szabo, Seven Years War in Europe, 1756-1763 (New York: Pearson/Longman, 2008). Back to context...
- For more on the relationship between West and Smith see The Life of Benjamin West, especially Ch. 2, Sections XI-XII and Ch. 3 Section I. See also Muller, p. 63. Back to context...
- William Smith, The History of the Province of New York, from the first discovery to the year MDCCXXXII (London: 1757) and A Review of the Military Operations in North America from the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia in 1753 (London: 1757). Back to context...
- Muller, pp. 72-73. Back to context...
- Benjamin West, Autobiographical fragment, Charles Allen Munn Collection Relating to Charles Willson Peale, John Trumbull, and Benjamin West 1788-1917 from the collection of Fordham University Library, Archives of American Art, Microfilm Reel N68-20. Back to context...
- The numerous spelling errors in this citation have been left untouched to give a clear sense of West’s challenged grasp of spelling and grammar. Letter, February 23, 1772, from Benjamin West to Peter Thomson, from the collection of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collection, Archives of American Art, Microfilm Reel P23. Back to context...
- Stephanie Pratt, American Indians in British Art, 1700-1840 (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005), p. 75. Back to context...
- For further information about West’s The Indian Family see Pratt. See also Derrick Cartwright, Benjamin West: Allegiance and Allegory (Timken Museum of Art, 2005) and Hugh Honour, ‘Benjamin West’s Indian Family’, Burlington Magazine 125 (1983), 726-33. Back to context...
- Pratt, p. 84. Back to context...
- Pratt’s otherwise astute argument positions West’s ‘Mohawk Warrior’ comment as the spark for this ‘Indian decade’. Back to context...
- See Troy Bickham, Savages within the Empire: Representations of American Indians in Eighteenth-Century Britain (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005). Back to context...
- Bickham, p. 16. Back to context...
- For a discussion of West’s Indian artifacts see Arthur Einhorn and Thomas S. Alber, ‘Bonnets, Plumes, and Headbands in West’s Painting of Penn’s Treaty’, American Indian Art Magazine 21:3 (1996), 44-53 and J. C. H. King, ‘Woodland Artifacts from the Studio of Benjamin West 1738-1820’, American Indian Art Magazine 17 (1991), 34-42. Back to context...
- For detailed discussion of the Mohawk delegation of 1762 see Alden T. Vaughan, Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in Britain 1500-1776 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006). For analyses of West’s dual portrait see Muller; and Reinhardt, ‘British and Indian Identities in a Picture by Benjamin West’, Eighteenth-Century Studies 31:3 (1998), 283-305. Back to context...
- For the Mohawk role in the War of 1812 see, Carl Benn, The Iroquois in the War of 1812 (Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 1998). Back to context...
- Richard Payne Knight, The Landscape: A Didactic Poem in Three Books (London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Company, 1794), Book 1:3. Back to context...
- Reinhardt, p. 283. Back to context...
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is there is any one to talk with ?
I don’t know why nobody’s talking,
but I’m here ;)
me too :-D
don’t you have sleep ?
hahahaha its 0:48 merjan jan. hanoz sare shau as ;)
I knowwwi was just asking,
How was your day?
good good and yours? what did u do?
i am sleep here no wanna speakl
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Tarleton State University
Founded in 1899 as John Tarleton College, the institution became a member of The Texas A&M University System in 1917. Tarleton gained status as a university in 1973 and has experienced considerable growth in the past decade. Tarleton continues to break new ground in many academic arenas, including water quality and other environmental science topics. Students come from more than 220 Texas counties, as well as 45 states and 17 foreign countries. Tarleton offers an MBA program at Fort Hood and a Clinical Laboratory Science Program in Fort Worth.
Located near the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Tarleton is a growing institution, known for its internationally recognized horse production program and innovative teacher education programs. The university has one of the largest and oldest public school improvement partnerships in the United States that benefits more than 50 area school districts.
Tarleton has five academic colleges: Liberal and Fine Arts, Business Administration, Agriculture and Human Sciences, Science and Technology, and Education. In addition, the College of Graduate Studies offers both teaching and research-based master's degrees. The university offers a bachelor of science in hydrology, one of only four in the country, and an internationally recognized horse production program. Tarleton also is known for its innovative teacher education programs. Bachelor's degrees in nursing, dietetics, psychology, international agriculture and interdisciplinary business, as well as a master's degree in environmental sciences, recently have been added to the curriculum. Tarleton also is offering an innovative horticulture/landscaping program in golf course management. Tareleton recently added a doctoral degree in educational administration to its curriculum through a collaborative partnership with Texas A&M University-commerce.
The Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research on the Tarleton campus plays a national leadership role in environmental issues related to water quality. This program provides the university, the dairy and beef industries, environmental control agencies and governmental policy groups with water pollution data for the 230,000 acre (930 km²) Upper North Bosque River watershed.
Tarleton is located 65 miles (100 km) southwest of Fort Worth, Texas in Stephenville, the county seat of Erath County. With a population of 16,000, Stephenville provides a combination of small-town security and proximity to Dallas/Fort Worth. Most university activities take place on Tarleton's centrally located, 173 acre (700,000 m²) main campus. A 600 acre (2.4 km²) university farm and the 1,200 acre (4.8 km²) Hunewell Ranch provide additional educational facilities. Recently, Tarleton also began offering programs at its new Granbury location, the Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational Center.
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GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Petitioner
MELE MEREDITH. Respondent
High Court ofAmerican Samoa
Civil Jurisdiction, Trial Division
[Land: "Laloifi" in Fagatogo]
December 15, 1902
U. SEBREE, Captain, U.S.Navy, President of the High Court
Under Regulation No. 20-1900, enabling the Government to acquire lands for Public Purposes.
THIS CAUSE having been commenced at the instance of the Government of the United States of America against the above named Respondent for the purpose of ascertaining the sum to be paid by the said Government in respect of the lands and premises hereinafter described, said lands being required for Public Purposes, AND the Registrar of Titles for the United States Naval Station, Tutuila, under the provisions contained in the Ordinance No. 20-1900, to regulate the acquisition of land by the Government of the United States for Public Uses having given due and proper notice to the Respondent herein, and proceedings before said Registrar having been regularly taken in the Premises, whereupon the Registrar of Titles, at the request of parties hereto, did satisfactorily adjust the acceptances and tenders of said parties, and did, on the 15th day of December in the year 1902, A.D., report to this Court, which said Report is now on file, recommending the Government be declared the PROPRIETOR of said lands and Premises upon payment [1ASR92] of the sum of $100.00, with interest and costs, IT IS NOW THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows; to wit:
1. That the Government of the United States of America shall pay to the Respondent, Mele Meredith, the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100), together with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent (8%) per annum from the 7th day of March, 1901 to the l0th day of December, 1902, amounting to $14.22, and shall pay costs of Attorney, Arbitration, Registrar's and High Court costs, amounting to $38.00, said sums making a total of $152.22, in consideration of the release of all claims and demand of the said respondent to said lands and premises.
2. That in consideration of the payment of the said sum of $152.22, as aforesaid, the Government of the United States of America be, and the same is hereby declared the PROPRIETOR of ALL THAT PIECE or parcel of land situate in Fagatogo, in the United States Naval Station, and called or known as "Laloifi", STARTING on the boundary line of land agreed to be surrendered and sold by the Samoan landowners of Fagatogo to the Government of the United States, at a point thereon being the southeastern corner of land called also "Laloifi", property of the said Government acquired from Taamu, and running along the eastern boundary of said Taamu-Laloifi land bearing 52 degrees 17 minutes, distance 25.5 feet, thence bearing 63 degrees 47 minutes, distance 36 feet, to land "Lelotoa", property of the said Government; thence following the boundary of said land "Lelotoa ", in a southeasterly direction, bearing 345 degrees, distance 10 feet to said agreed boundary line; thence following said boundary line in a westerly direction, bearing 301 degrees 41 minutes, distance 89 feet, to the point of Starting. [1ASR93]
The Registrar of Titles is hereby directed to issue a Certificate of Title to said land in favor of said Government in accordance with said Order and Judgment.
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There is an Orange company out there that does just that. And trust me, you are paying for it, big time. Most of the time your neighbors’ house is very similar to yours, so it might be a good idea to ask your neighbor who they used and how much they paid for their roof replacement. And of course, as the ultimate question “How were they?”… Don’t ever get just one estimate. Get a few of them and find out from companies how long that roofing company has been around (in business) as a roofing contractor. Did I forget that part? Yes, only hire a roofing contractor! Don’t hire the guy that also built your deck last year. You always want to hire the right guy for the right job. Have you ever heard about the plumber that replaced a roof? I sure hope not!This is how you should do it. You look in the YELLOW PAGES for a roofing contractor. Ask him to come over and give you an estimate. Rule #1 if he can come over right away and won’t take no for an answer until you agree he can come over immediately, hang up and say “next!”. Why? You may ask. Well, just how busy do you think he is that he can come right over? In short, I meet other contractors all the time that are not busy at all and have very little work. But then, why am I so busy and in the same geographic area? Hmm, what do ya think why he doesn’t have any work???
Let’s get back to our well dressed estimator…. Oh, and by the way, would you believe this guy is making 10% on the cost of your roof? Who do you think is paying him? Yup you are!
Step 1: The roofing contractor SHOULD measure your roof and figure out just how much it will cost. Now for what ever reason, although I still haven’t figured this one out, but why do we ask for an “estimate” when we are looking for the actual Cost? An Estimate means just that – an estimate doesn’t it? What you are really looking for is a cost – 100% accuracy that the price is not going to change. So make sure you make that very clear, right up front.
However, when I give my estimates, with roofs you do have one factor that can change. This is the sheeting, the plywood. Again, any good roofing contractor will go up into your attic to inspect the plywood for rot and leaks. From the attic, you can get a good idea if you’ll need any and about just how much new plywood will be needed. If you don’t have access to the attic that’s one thing. But if you do, and they don’t go into the attic for any reason, just say that four letter word again “Next!” Why? It’s easy, because once he has your roof off of your house and he comes and knocks on the door and says “Umm hey, you need plywood and the costs are going up.” Think about this, your roof is off at this point. Just how much would you pay now to have the job finished? Yeah, I know, so what ever price he gives you would be okay, right? So, its very important to get this price per sheet in your so-called estimate right up front.
Also have it stated in your contract that all the debris will be removed and your plants and grounds protected and cleaned as if the roofers were never there. This is very important. You only intend to hire him, not a landscaper as well.
This one cracks me up! Insurance has to be the biggest scam of all time! With contractors insurance, there are two types and each one is as important as the other. One is just a general liability coverage. This type of coverage would cover things like if his ladder goes through your window or lands on your car. Stuff like that. However, the big monster here is the Workers Comp coverage. This is the big dollar one! This one protects everyone. Most importantly, it protects you the homeowner. This happens all the time, a roofer falls off the roof and gets hurt and can’t work. Think of this, just how hurt do you think he got? Chances are they died, and yes it does happen. Well if that contractor didn’t have Workers Comp coverage, guess who is paying those fees? Yup, you guessed it, you are! With the internet and computers these days, anyone can make an insurance form to give to a homeowner. So, it is most important for you to follow up with the insurance companies and just make sure that they do indeed have the right coverages and that they are active. Workers Comp is needed if the contractor has ANY EMPLOYEES. And trust me on this one, the coverage is not cheap.
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Volunteers sought for research into post-exercise recovery
01 October 2012
Researchers from the Department for Health are looking for volunteers to examine the effects of different types of nutrition following exercise and their impact on recovery and repeated exercise performance.
The research project aims to explore the physiological and metabolic responses to different nutritional supplements containing carbohydrates with, or without, protein.
The aim of the study is to help understand how the body recovers after fatigue and ways to allow it to exercise for longer.
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Cranberry Turtle Bars for Amy’s Virtual Baby Shower
Do you guys remember Amy from Sing for Your Supper? She made these tasty looking Lemon Blueberry Buttermilk Scones for Friday Favs back in April. Well today, I’m excited to say that I am participating in her Virtual Baby Shower!
When Kelsey from Apple A Day emailed a group of bloggers about participating, I was excited to join in! I love the idea of virtual showers. It’s so much fun to be a part of a party online for someone who you’ve never actually met.
These bars are actually from Apple A Day. I didn’t plan it that way, but I guess I’m just having some weird deja-vu situations going on this week. I wanted to make something sweet since Amy is having a sweet baby girl. And I wanted something festive since I can’t get enough of the fall flavors.
I love making homemade caramel and just don’t do it often enough. These bars were really unique and delicious. Hubby took them to work and they got rave reviews. The combination of caramel, cranberries, pecans, chocolate, and shortbread is pretty freaking amazing. You should think about making these for the next holiday dinner, potluck, or shower that you’re invited to! Check out Kelsey’s blog for the recap of what everyone else made.
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Two Years Ago: Apple Cranberry Cake-Pie
Three Years Ago: Pie Crust
Cranberry Turtle Bars
Yield: 30 bars
For the base
2 cups flour
1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup or 12 Tbsp) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
For the topping
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1 (12 oz) bag frozen cranberries (not thawed)
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups pecans, toasted and chopped
2 oz bittersweet chocolate
First, chop the pecans and toast on the stovetop or in the oven. Set aside and allow to cool.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving a two-inch overhang on all sides. Butter or spray the sides (but not the bottom) of the foil with baking spray.
To make the base, blend flour, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor, then add butter and pulse until mixture forms pea-sized lumps. Pour into prepared pan, then press down firmly all over with a metal spatula to form an even layer.
Bake in middle of oven until golden and firm to the touch, 15 to 17 minutes, then cool in pan on a rack.
While base is cooling, melt butter in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat and stir in sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Boil over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until caramel registers 245 degrees Farenheit on a candy thermometer, about eight minutes.
Carefully stir in cranberries. At this point the caramel will seize. Allow the caramel to melt back down, stirring, as necessary, to prevent burning. Boil until caramel returns to 245 degrees Farenheit.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, then stir in pecans until well coated.
Working quickly, spread caramel topping over base, using a fork to distribute nuts and berries evenly. Cool completely.
Lift bars in foil from pan and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into six vertical strips, then five horizontal strips to form 30 bars.
Melt chocolate in top of a double boiler, stirring until smooth. Alternately, melt in the microwave, stopping to stir every 20 seconds.
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Vitamins Baby® Baby Girls' Black 2-pc. Peace and Love Tutu and Leggings Set
Perfect for your little ballerina, this Vitamins Baby set features a tutu detail and the words "Peace, Love & Dancing."
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Welcome to the Burrows Laboratory!
We are a group of nucleic acid chemists with a focus on chemical modifications to DNA and RNA bases. In DNA, such modifications are typically deleterious leading to mutations and genetic diseases and cancer; however, altered bases in RNA are of interest to help explain the role of RNA in the origin and evolution of life, specifically primitive metabolic processes on early Earth. These studies also help us understand how to modify nucleic acids to alter the function of DNA or RNA in the cell, or to analyze nucleic acids extracted from cells. Members of the lab include organic, biological, analytical and inorganic chemists. | <urn:uuid:29f094f8-fc8b-461e-881f-b8e66551d34c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.chem.utah.edu/faculty/burrows/ | 2013-05-24T15:55:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94813 | 131 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
5 June 2012
Msgr. John Kozar completes morning exercises with students of Atse Tekle Ghiorgis School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (photo: CNEWA)
Back in April, CNEWA President Msgr. John Kozar visited Ethiopia and had the opportunity to meet some of the people involved with CNEWA’s mission and spend time with those whose lives CNEWA has touched. In Addis Ababa, he visited Tekle Ghiorgis School and shared a moment of fun with the students there while learning about the history of the school:
Today, we returned to Addis Ababa. It was a very intense day of visiting, very poignant and emotionally very moving. Our first visit was to an impoverished area of this sprawling city, where we visited Atse Tekle Ghiorgis School. Talk about serving the poorest of the poor: this is it. These children, about 750 of them, come from the most abject of poverty and receive a completely subsidized education, plus a meal to sustain them. The school is situated on a precipice and the sisters there have creatively built classrooms from old shipping containers. Sister Bedainesh is the current director and does a superb job of making all these children feel so special. Her smile is infectious and radiates with all the beautiful children.
How about this for the background of this CNEWA-supported school: Forty years ago, the children of lepers lived in the local cemetery, as no one would let them live near to them. Two lay people decided to confront this gross injustice and actually began this school. They sought the help of a professional educator, a nun from Australia, who would assist them in establishing this marvelous outreach to the despised poor children. Today, it is a jewel and we at CNEWA are blessed to be sponsors of the children here. I did my best to share the love of all of you for these precious little ones. “Let the children come to me.”
Check out all of Msgr. Kozar’s blog posts from his visit to Ethiopia in his blog series, “An Ethiopian Odyssey ”.
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Arguing that Aaron Burr's legacy was thoroughly tarred by his political enemies, the author of Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America here paints a portrait of a man who truly deserves to be reinstated as a Founding Father. Nancy Isenberg dismantles the biased public accounts that other historians have relied upon and holds up private descriptions of Burr as cultured, progressive, and well-liked. The Burr we meet here has his flaws, but he is a man of his time—a patriot, a feminist, and an Enlightenment figure on par with Jefferson.
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Bush Visits Military Hurricane-Relief Hub at U.S. Northern Command
By Petty Officer 3rd Class John R. Guardiano, USN
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2005 President Bush today visited U.S. Northern Command to see military personnel in action as they dealt with humanitarian issues surrounding the landfall of Hurricane Rita.
"I've come here to watch NORTHCOM in action -- to see firsthand the capacity of our military to plan, organize and move equipment to help the people in the affected areas, in this case, Louisiana and Texas," Bush said.
The U.S. Northern Command has deployed military assets and equipment to the Gulf Coast to assist with ongoing hurricane-relief efforts there, officials said.
"I want to thank all the folks who work here in NORTHCOM for doing their duty, which is to organize and rally the assets of the federal government to help our fellow citizens who are in need," Bush said.
U.S. Northern Command has coordinated deployment to the Gulf region of the following assets:
- Five Mortuary Affairs teams redirected from New Orleans to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Another five teams will be placed on alert to support task forces Rita and Katrina.
- More than 50 helicopters, a P-3 Orion and two C-130 fixed-wing aircraft available for damage assessment, search and rescue, movement of critical supplies and medevac.
- Sensor-equipped aircraft to provide high definition electro-optical, infrared, radar, and full-motion video, available for damage assessment and search and rescue.
- Several communications teams providing extensive capabilities for rescue and relief workers.
- 800 Marines from 1ST Battalion, 8th Marines, onboard USS Iwo Jima to assist in humanitarian assistance.
- USS Grapple to provide maritime-salvage and debris-clearing capability.
- Four critical air transport teams to support movement of patients from the Beaumont-Houston, Texas, area.
- More than 300 medical personnel to be ready to man 10 Department of Health and Human Services field medical shelters throughout the affected region.
- Camp Bullis, Texas, designated as an operational staging area. Ellington Field, in Houston, is designated as a primary helicopter hub.
- Temporary bridging capability from mainland Texas to Galveston Island.
- Capacity to feed 500,000 meals per day over 15 locations.
- Air traffic control crews.
- Twenty-five distribution centers for food, water, ice and other basic necessities to be operated by the military. Forty-five truckloads of ice and water, and 25 truckloads of military rations.
- Mosquito control as necessary to prevent the spread of disease.
NORTHCOM's Joint Operations Center continues 24-hour operations in Colorado Springs, Colo., to monitor the storm's progress and to facilitate subsequent requests for assistance that may come from FEMA representatives, officials said.
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NTW 104-13 - New York City Regional Adult Education Network
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
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The chefs at the Farm Stand use whole-wheat pastry flour and rolled oats in lieu of refined white flour whenever possible in our recipes. Creating a delicious-tasting, light and workable pastry crust was a challenge, but we think the result is spectacular.
This pie dough is extremely easy to make, and as an added bonus, it’s also very easy to handle. The result is a light, flaky crust with a pronounced nutty, buttery flavor.
The recipe can be doubled and the dough refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen for up to 3 months. Let the frozen dough thaw overnight in the refrigerator before rolling it out. — Myra Goodman
Use organic ingredients whenever possible.
Makes enough for 2 single-crust pies or 1 double-crust pie, 8 to 9 inches in diameter
1¼ cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling out the dough
½ cup whole-wheat pastry flour
½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats (see sidebar, page **)
1 tablespoon sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces
2 tablespoons ice water, or more as needed
1. Place the white and whole-wheat flours, rolled oats, sugar, and salt in a food processor and process until the mixture is combined and the oats have been pulverized to a flour-like meal. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture looks like coarse meal.
2. With the machine running, add the ice water and process just until the dough holds together loosely in a ball, 5 to 8 seconds. Do not allow the dough to form a solid mass or it will be overworked. Test the dough by pinching a small amount between your fingers. If the dough sticks together, it is ready. If the dough is not moist enough to form a cohesive mass, add an additional ½ tablespoon ice water, process briefly, and test again.
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So some big companies are using technology to improve their services – big deal. Or at least that seems to be the balance of opinion around these parts on the news that while you're reading your favourite ebook, your favourite ebook is reading you. Of course it's not strictly speaking news to those of you who follow the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or indeed the Wall Street Journal, but for those of us who don't spend our lives cogitating on the details of every End User License Agreement we sign up to, it still comes of something of a shock to realise that – sotto voce – your electronic device is keeping up running commentary on your reading habits.
Maybe you've already followed dickcheeseman's advice and sprung your Kindle out of Amazon's embrace or maybe, as R042 suggests, you've cut your e-reader off from its natural habitat and foresworn WiFi, but even if like Commontata you "couldn't care less" what any business has on you, the default collection of user data is another signal that electronic devices shift reading into something a little more commercial.
Jeff Bezos's vision for the Kindle was always that it should let readers concentrate only on the text, that it should "disappear" – a vision which he explained in terms of a reading experience which matched the ability of paper, ink and stitching to dissolve as you read them, leaving only "the author's world". But as the device fades into the background, there alongside the text is a bookshop. A bookshop already primed for payment and ready to go. That ability for an electronic device to disappear makes book-buying a seamless part of reading. After all, Bezos says, the "coolest feature is that you can think of a book and have it a minute later". And we do. According to Market Watch, Kindle users typically spend 56% more a month than regular Amazon customers.
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Today’s agreement may help India battle this year’s more- than 16 percent decline in the rupee as Europe’s sovereign-debt turmoil prompts investors to reduce Asian investments on concern global growth will slow. Japan gains another avenue of using its $1.2 trillion of currency reserves as it seeks to bolster its presence in international finance and foster a closer trade relationship with Asia’s third-largest economy.
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Japan has pursued currency-swap accords with other nations, including one with South Korea that it expanded to $70 billion in October to stabilise Asia’s financial market. Japan also has bilateral swap deals with Indonesia, the Philippines and China.
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Chris Martin gives his son Moses, 6, a shoulder ride while leaving the Brentwood Country Mart on Saturday afternoon (March 30) in Santa Monica, Calif.
The 36-year-old Coldplay singer was also joined by his adorable daughter Apple, 8, to have some ice cream with friends.
Gwyneth Paltrow recently shared how she gets Apple and Moses to stay on their gluten-free diets.
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Mindfulness and designing digital calm
A recent New York Times article looks at "Designing Calm," a graduate course at Stanford's Institute of Design that focuses on embedding mindfulness into digital devices that pervade our everyday lives.
Want your iPhone to monitor your breathing?
There's a course for that.
Designing Calm is a graduate course at Stanford's Institute of Design that aims to allieviate some of the stresses of contemporary life by introducing mindfulness practices into our technological devices.
For instance, one Ph.D student created a sensory belt that detects the heart rate. If the heart rate changes due to, say, email overload, a breathing exercise is promptly sent to the user's iPhone to restore optimal breathing.
To read the New York Times article, click here.
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Rebecca, NTC, NY November 6, 2012
“Contently LOVES the Dried Mixed Fruit! We Blog all about it :)”
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Peggy, Indianapolis, IN April 13, 2013
“Love, love, love the mixed fruit, tropical fruit salad and the dried strawberries. I got these to eat as an alternative to candy. They are delicious and really satisfy my sweet tooth.Thanks so much for the wonderful products!!!!”
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- Last Updated: 10:55 AM, November 14, 2012
- Posted: 10:54 AM, November 14, 2012
Not a good week for Biebs. Fresh off the news of his split with Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber and his unidentified male friend were pulled over by the police last night while Bieber was driving his slick, white Ferrari in LA.
Apparently the teeny bopper was driving through West Hollywood at about 6:30 p.m., when a LA County Sheriff’s deputy pulled him over. TMZ has photos of at least three cop cars with their lights flashing on the site.
Authorities reportedly checked the singer’s documentation and the car and Bieber was compliant. A law enforcement source told TMZ that he was ticketed but it is unclear what law he allegedly broke.
Bieber even took to Instagram to document his brush with the law, posting an apparent shot of the cops pulling him over while inside his Ferrari. We wonder if Selena will be as impressed with this pic as she was with the shot of him and Victoria’s Secret model Barbara Palvin.Follow @PageSix | <urn:uuid:87fa9b6f-707c-4dad-aa68-47d82779e8aa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/justin_bieber_pulled_over_by_cops_edF9WpnZTtYoK9wS8MIllK | 2013-05-24T16:04:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986071 | 230 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
|Case for Solar Energy Investments (World Bank, 1996)|
Solar energy technologies - photovoltaics, solar-thermal, wind, and biomass - are being used successfully in small-scale applications on a commercial basis and for some larger-scale power generation projects. For developing countries in particular, solar energy is an abundant and environmentally attractive resource, with enormous economic promise. Some solar projects, mainly for small-scale applications, have already been financed in developing countries - some-times with the support of bilateral and multilateral development agencies and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in its pilot phase, and often through independent public and private initiatives. In the last 10 years in particular, the industrial countries have gained significant operational experience with solar technologies that is relevant for developing countries.
Following a brief discussion of the extent of the solar resource and the costs and performance of the technologies, this paper outlines a two-part initiative to accelerate the commercialization of solar energy technologies in developing countries.
The first part of the initiative involves the development of a "pipeline" of projects suitable for finance for commercial and near-commercial applications using conventional and GEF resources. This would require the efforts of several parties, most of all the energy community in developing countries, to survey the solar resource; identify potential applications and market opportunities; perform technical, economic, and financial feasibility studies; and, more generally, undertake project preparation such that good projects - capable of meeting the investment criteria of the GEF and conventional finance, depending on the financial resource being applied for - can be financed. So that existing technologies are not "frozen" through such programs, some research, developmental, and demonstration projects using advanced solar energy concepts should be included in the pipeline.
The second part of the initiative concerns the need for scaling up of investment in R&D and demonstration projects in both industrial and developing countries to promote advances in solar energy concepts for large- and small-scale commercial applications. Inevitably, some R&D will be associated with the "pipeline" of projects noted above, but for a successful program, national and international R&D programs merit expansion. It may appear that solar technologies have attained a momentum of their own: many new approaches are being developed and tested; unit costs have declined and technical performance improved impressively; the lead times for R&D are short relative to those in most other energy sectors, as are the lead times for operating investments, such that there is prompt feedback of results and experience and learning-by-doing is facilitated; private manufacturers and financial institutions have shown much interest in the solar resource; and the field is fertile for R&D. Yet commercial applications of the technologies are barely a decade old, and solar R&D is now approaching a crisis, as public support in the majority of OECD countries has waned precisely when the technologies are emerging on the scene. On both environmental and commercial grounds, then, there is an excellent case for strengthening national R&D programs and - bearing in mind the promising applications in developing countries - for fostering international collaboration.
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Divya Samaj Ka Nirman Course – Pune
DSN – ” Don’t Say No ”
DSN, Divya Samaj Ka Nirman Course, a Divine instrument challenges you to capture the fundamentals of success like Commitment, Discipline, Excellence, Mental Toughness, Habits, Faith, Passion, Teamwork, Results, Truth and embody the Art of Living, discover your potential and be the change you wish to see. Through DSN course, tapping your inner wisdom, you become a model of inner strength, joy and caring, fulfilling work of personal growth and service for the society, and a new world.
Human are like sticks of dynamite; the power’s on the inside but nothing happens until the fuse gets lit. There will be many “a-ho moments” to light your fuse, and keep it lit, through good times and bad. So, never forget that you are only one choice away from changing your life. Do you have the courage to make it?
A great opportunity to change your “NO” consciousness to “YES” .
For those who have done DSN before, a wonderful opportunity awaits you to sharpen your saw of mind once again and an opportunity for you to “Be an Engine” and not remain as a “bogey”. So, Hurry up !!! And register yourself with your dear one too !!!
Eligibility: Should have done Art of living Part- 1 (Basic or YES+) Course
Reporting: 4- 7 pm Thursday 10th May, 2012
Duration: 10th May till 13th May, 2011.
This is a NON- Residential course. However accommodation can be arranged for out station participants.
Divya Samaj Ka Nirmaan with world renowned teacher- Anand Rajendran ji, who is in Pune this May and he is one of the most prolific AOL teachers, had been responsible for transforming fates of many chapters.
Anand ji, is known as ’Lion making Machine” in Art of Living. Anandji says – You put a Lamb (not so confident participants) on 19th January and take out a Lion (dynamic participants) on 22nd January. Isn’t it great!! So don’t miss this rare opportunity for transforming your life…your personality!!!
Register now for DSN With Anand Rajendran ji! , to register call : Amruta – 8007480686, Neepa – 9860381634, The registration fee is Rs. 3000.
The creation of a divine society through a rigorous and transformational course. Generally, we under estimate ourselves a lot, and in life’s challenges… you need to be dynamic with a ’all- time- winning- attitude’ . Unlock your hidden potential with DSN.
Event Date: From 10th May to 13th May, 2012.
Event Timing: 4 pm. onwards.
Event Venue: Vardhman Hall.
Event Address: SB Road, Pune- 411004, Near Audi Showroom.
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Contact Number: 8007480686.
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PISTONHEADS AT THE NURBURGRING
Four PHers, three supercharged Jaguars, one rather special day
Last month, Jaguar approached PistonHeads with a competition which, to say the least, caught the attention of many PHers. On offer was an all expenses paid trip to Jaguar's Nurburgring Test Center (their spelling) to see first hand how they use this infamous track in the development of its road car range.
That rather dry description doesn’t really do it justice though, does it? Because as well as a trip around their development HQ the trip also included a chance to sample some 'Ring rituals'. That meant steak on a stone and war stories in the Pistenklause the night before a day spent on a near-empty track hammering around in Jaguar’s fastest production models: the XFR, the XJ Supersports (in lwb form) and their most powerful ever production car, the astonishing XKR-S.
With editor Dan off sick, it fell to me to accompany our PHers on the trip. As a bloke who spends his days wrestling with spreadsheets rather than the wheel of the latest press car, this was to be my first trip to the ‘Ring. Whilst I’m fully aware of the obsession with the place of many of my journalist colleagues, I’d always been a bit 'meh', a bit overtaken by manufacturer PR point scoring, and frankly a bit terrified by YouTube videos of big offs.
With all this furkling in the background I attempted to affect an air of detached nonchalance at the airport, and in the VIP lounge at Frankfurt, and in the fleet of XJ-Ls which ferried us down to Nurburg. I’m not sure I was managing to pull it off all that well, but when we spotted a superb 964RS on the outskirts of Nurburg (East German plates, mega cooling pipes, dour 50-something German bloke at the wheel) my guard dropped and my inner 7 year old was released. We’re going to the 'Ring. And we’re going to be driving really really fast Jags. Other people’s really really fast Jags...
First, a chance to chat to some of Jaguar’s Nurburg team. Good banter abounded with Phil Talboys, manager of Jaguar’s test programmes. He alternates between Nurburg and their winter facility up at Arjeplog in Sweden. Joining him were Vehicle Dynamics engineer James Matthews (steering feel specialist, top bloke and Shed fanatic - he owns an X308 XJR) and Klaus Panchryz - one of our racing driver instructors for the following day, ‘Ring veteran, Schumacher contemporary and 80s German hairstyle fan.
In conversation with Phil, Klaus and James it soon became clear just how useful this place is to Jaguar. Before our arrival they had completed two weeks of capability and durability testing as part of their manufacturer pool time. In essence this means setting a benchmark time around the circuit (the capability bit) and then repeating it over and over again (durability). For the XKR-S that means a time of “around 8 minutes” (they wouldn’t be drawn on the exact time) and then repeating that 390 times, always within 20 seconds of the benchmark time. That’s just over 5000 miles at full chat, in the interests of ensuring your car won’t boil its brakes after 5 laps at Bedford Autodrome.
What also became clear over dinner is the enthusiasm and optimism at Jaguar under Tata ownership. There’s a refreshing sense of optimism about the future of the business, excitement about the coming product range (particularly just a few days ahead of the F Type’s Paris reveal) and a sense of a confident and well-funded business with a real desire to take advantage of the opportunities ahead.
The following day was our appointment with the Green Hell. After breakfast and a briefing, we were soon on track. An immediate surprise for all was the format - alone in a car with an instructor at the front of a group of 4, with turn-by-turn instructions by radio, and two laps per stint before a return to the Jaguar test centre for coffee and war stories. With three cars to drive, that meant 3 stints on track, with an adrenalin-dissipation break between.
We had plenty of track time, but it was very much in at the deep end. Trying to stay with the lead car, remember the instructions for the corner and keep an eye out for faster cars was quite a sensory overload. Finally the instructors took us out for flying laps in Jag’s XJ Ring Taxi (from where the video is taken) and in the XKR-S.
This isn’t a review piece on any of the cars, since we only had a limited time in each and I’m far less qualified than many colleagues to appraise a car’s handling characteristics. Still, I was left with some surprising impressions after my first time at the Nordschleife.
The XKR-S is as quick and as competent as you’d expect, but the XJ-L was surprisingly nimble for something so long. I felt far more at home and “together” in this car by comparison to the XFR, which felt heavy and with far more interruptive ESP.
The biggest impression by far though was not made by the cars, but by the place itself. I now absolutely get what the fuss is about. I want to do a better job of my approach into Brunnchen. I want to be faster. I want to go back. Immediately. In an XJ Supersports please. Black on black on black, with extra black.
Before you watch the onboard footage from one of our Ring Taxi laps at the end of the day, here's what our lucky competition winners thought of their day at the ‘Ring.
"From the moment Dan confirmed it was real and not someone on the internet wanting mysort code and account number, I was as excited as I was when I was nine and knew I was getting a Grifter for Christmas.
"I’ve driven the circuit previously in my S1 Elise, so from the minute I knew I was going back, I was constantly checking the weather and hoping for dry conditions.
"Meeting fellow PHers is always good, and our group was no disappointment. I’ve never been a VIP before so the Obama style XJ-L convoy from Frankfurt to Nurburg (and back) was awesome. It was also fantastic to spend time with people from the engineering side, so a big thanks is due to James and Phil for explaining what they do so well.
"Standout moments for me were many. The XKR-S was a complete weapon, and the XJ-L inexplicably good. The trip in the Ring Taxi defied logic (we overtook a GT3...) and Tom’s driving was incredible.
"However the passenger ride in the XKR-S challenged my understanding of what a road car can do. Klaus drove with his finger tips at corner speeds that made my eyes pop out. I think we lapped in about 8:30 but I was rendered mute for double that after the lap as I struggled to understand what had just happened. I texted my wife with the message "all laps done, I'm still here, I can't wait to tell you what I’ve been through" - the last part of that sentence indicating I felt like I had just survived some major trauma!
"All the drivers were great and very engaging. Klaus made me laugh after our lap when I offered him a Marlboro Light. He smiled and said “thank you, but I only smoke full strength”. Of course you do I thought, you're a proper hairy-chested racing driver and I am a mere mortal."
"I thought I had a rough idea as to what the Nurburgring would be like, but I didn’t thinkthat the reality would be so far removed. You expect it to feel much longer in time and distance, but after the first lap I remember thinking “have I done a lap already?!”
"First up was the XJ-L Supersport. I didn’t anticipate an almost 2 tonne car handling so well, it was very planted and gave bags of confidence.
"Next was the XKR-S, which caused me to utter an expletive as I really gave it the beans for the first time. Great pace accompanied by an amazing soundtrack. Last was the XFR which I started out loving but, after a slight 'moment' at Breidscheid just didn’t connect with again.
"My passenger fast lap in the XKR-S was with Klaus Panchyrz who has had an interesting motorsport career. This was the highlight for me, as was an 8:43.6 in the ‘Ring Taxi.
"The hospitality Jaguar laid on was wonderful and it was great to learn so much about the development of Jaguars and the how the ‘Ring plays such a part in what we drive on the road."
"I had masses of anticipation of what was ahead, but nothing could really prepare me forthe 13 miles of track that was in front of me. I can understand the deservedly fearsome reputation of the place, with blind crests and narrow long sweeping bends and only the Armco to collect me. The words “don’t be the first to bin it, please don’t be the first to bin it” certainly went through my head as I first entered the track.
"My car of choice would be the XKR-S. An addictive V8 sound track and nimble sports handling was a combination that I could’ve spent all day exploring.
"The XF was the biggest handful. You could feel the weight of the car as it was thrown into the bends with its traction control system trying hard to stop the car running off the track. I think a lot more effort was needed to keep the weight evenly balanced to get the most out of the car.
"The shock car of the day had to be the XJ-L. I don’t understand how a car that can be compared to the size of a small yacht can be so balanced and agile. No matter how hard I threw it into bends, it always felt stable, completely balanced through the bend and off like a shot as the power went down.
"The one thing about all the cars that will keep a smile on my face for a long time is the astonishing power delivery - I saw 220kph on several occasions.
"The Nordschleife is a driving Mecca and I could very easily see myself being addicted to it. I’m sold on it and want to go back and conquer it."
Kai Chung Lo
"Reflecting on the Jaguar/Nurburging experience, I’m actually feeling a little disappointed. I'm disappointed that the experience of my life has ended so quickly. Driving at the Nurburgring is special in its own, but doing it in three different Supercharged Jags and then riding with the ‘Ring Specialists was just Heaven. On top of that, from the moment we landed in Germany, the VIP treatment from Jaguar was amazing. And now it's all memories.
"I've totally fallen for the XJ Supersport, for me it was the Car of the experience, the breadth of its abilities is just totally amazing. Forget the M5 and E63, I want an XJ Supersport.
"Thank you Jaguar and thank you Pistonheads for this dream day!"
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06-25-2004, 01:34 PM
Just wanted to ask a few questions b/c I'm new here and new to riding Street Bike. I have been riding Harleys and Choppers from before it became a Fad to own one. But since I'm only 21 all my buddies have street bikes so I decided to sell my HD (money reason too) and buy a 2000 R6. The bike is in great condition with a Vance and Hines full exhaust system and Jet kitted. Also has some apperance mods such as flush mounts, HID kit, and I'm waiting on a undertail.
I kinda in the dark on a lot of the lingo and other stuff so I just wanted some calrification on some stuff?
Chicken Strips- Defintion?
Feel free to let me know any other words I might need to be brought up to speed on.
Also do you just ride with gear or no gear? Helmet, Jacket, leathers? I have been riding HD's w/o a helmet for so long it kills me to put one on. :jump :jump :jump
06-25-2004, 01:42 PM
WELL A SQUID IS A NEW RIDER THAT MAKES A DUMBASS OF THEIRSELF AND CHICKEN STRIPS AS FAR AS I KNOW REFER TO THE SIDES OF YOUR MOTORCYCLE TIRE AND HOW MUCH YOU HAVE USED THEM. IF THEIR IS UNUSED TREAD ON THE SIDES OF YOUR TIRE THOSE ARE REFERRED AS YOUR CHICKEN STRIPS CUZ YOU ARE TO CHICKEN TO USE THAT STRIP OF THE TIRE.
HERE IS ONE THAT I LEARNED TODAY.....NSFW MEANS NOT SAFE FOR WORK..........REFER TO THE RECENT THREAD. (VERY MISLEADING....HEHE)
CONGRATS ON THE BIKE.........I HAVE A 00 AS WELL.
06-25-2004, 01:50 PM
Helmet, leather jacket, cloves and good jeans at the least bro. Riding the sportsbikes is a different beast than the HD's. Its usually faster more competitive and cagers pay less attention to us because they can't here us most of the time. Please don't take the chance of not wearing your gear. There is a thread in here about a guy who was riding like 4miles with out his gear and some ass hole in a nissan clipped him and ended up grippling the guys hands, body and his life ect. Granted any of us would go down if some dipshit in a cage clipped us but the difference between gear can be life or death in a wreck. Ride safe bro always. It sucks hearing about fellow riders passing simply because they forgot there gear.
06-25-2004, 01:55 PM
i wear a helmet any time i am going more than a few blocks down the street. if you are going to ride hard and have some real fun you will more than likely lay your bike over sooner than later. i layed my bike over in a parking lot doing some hard turns and i wasnt going but about 20mph and it ripped the knee out of my jeans and i still have scabs. i had a jacket on and all that happened up top was some scratches to my jacket no pain or lost flesh to the upper body which i consider a plus. i made me realize how helpful protection can be. i still have scars from a 40mph lay down 5 yrs ago with no gear. you make the call :idea:
06-25-2004, 02:00 PM
YES, I DID FORGET ABOUT THE GEAR................ALWAYS WEAR YOUR HEKMET AT THE VERY LEAST. THE HARLEY S ARE LOUDER SO THEY ARE MORE EASILY RECOGNIZED BUT WHEN YOU ARE ZIPPIN ALONG AND THE CAGED (ANOTHER NEW TERM I JUST LEARNED....NICE) DRIVERS DONT HEAR YA AND DONT SEE YA CUZ YOU SMALL AND MAYBE JUST A BLUR AND YOU ZIP BY=============NO GOOD. MAYBE A GUY CAN LIVE WITH SOME MISSING SKIN BUT BRAIN DAMAGE IS PERMANENT. I USUALLY RIDE WITH HELMET, GLOVES, PANTS AND A LONG SLEEVE SHIRT.........THE JACKET IS OPTIONAL FOR IN TOWN DRIVING BUT A MUST FOR THE HIGHWAY ON LONG TRIPS.
RIDING WITHOUT A HELMET ON A R6 WITH OUT A WINDSHIELD LIKE YOU ARE PROBABLY USED TO ISNT ALL THE FUN EITHER WHEN YOU HAVE BUGS EXPLODE ON YOUR FACE OR GET SAND BLASTED BY PASSING SEMI'S. TO EACH HIS OWN........I HAVE A FRIEND WHO THINKS HE IS TOO GOOD FOR A HELMENT AND I STILL RIDE WITH ONE ON EVEN THO HE GIVES ME SHIT................YOU GOTTA THINK OF NUMBER ONE...........THAT IS MY VIEW BUT OPINIONS ARE LIKE ASSHOLES.......EVERYONE HAS ONE............C YA
06-25-2004, 02:51 PM
Thanx for all the replies! I have to get a lid soon b/c here in New Orleans they are making it a law you mus have one again. When I got the bike it came from a guy with a small head so I gave that helmet to my G/F, any places to buy helemets cheap online? Any brand thats the best? I see a lot of guys using Icon, and Shoei helemets but those I heard are kind pricy.
06-25-2004, 02:52 PM
DMTAONLINE.COM, DENNISKIRK.COM, ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT I CAN REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT SOMEWHERE ON THIS FORUM THEY HAVE A WHOLE LIST. SEARCH SOME OF THE PAST THREADS TOPICS.....
06-25-2004, 03:05 PM
always wear your gear. skin and pavement don't mix real well. and a bucket cuz, well, you only have one brain and we can't damage the few remaining brain cells we have in an accident. its far more fun to detroy them with intoxicants so save them for that!
I got my lid here..... http://www.helmetcity.com/
I have the HJC AC-11 Zeek. Love it. Fits me nicer than all the others and its was alot cheaper than most. There are some sweet Arai and shoei replica helmets but they are cash. But if I had that cash, i would get one in an instant.
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Revolution play-by-play announcer Brad Feldman and color analyst Jeff Causey break down the Revs' performance vs. FC Dallas on Saturday.
So it looks like we'll be recording on Tuesdays for the next few months (as most of your have already figured out) - but here's this week's podcast. Lots of bickering this week, don't say I didn't warn you!
Brad Feldman and Jeff Causey break down the Revs' 0-0 draw against Sporting KC.
Revolution Strength and Conditioning Coach Nick Downing has contributed a great piece to Boston.com's "Get Moving" blog in which he covers the benefits of not overdoing it in your workouts.
"Many people have aerobic bases that are not built up enough to do high-impact workouts without serious risk of injury. And even for the very fit – like the soccer pros I work with on the Revolution – the risks of intense aerobic/anaerobic workouts often outweigh the rewards."
"Try lower-intensity aerobic training. The beauty of this kind of aerobic work is that it’s not super intense, and it puts you at a far lower risk for injury, burn-out and over-exertion."
So if this winter ever ends (which it will, of course) - get out there and get moving! I know I will be. Read the full article here.
Brad Feldman and Jeff Causey wrap up the Revs' 1-0 loss in Philadelphia on Saturday evening in this CSNNE.com piece.
Twice last season we visited the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park. And twice I made the walk from our hotel at Penn’s Landing down a few blocks to the Liberty Bell with the intention of seeing the iconic piece of American history. And twice I was deterred by an incredibly long line.
But with a bit more time at our disposal on Saturday morning, Digital Content Assistant Jeff Wroblewski (JWro to listeners of the Far Post Podcast) and I made a promise to ourselves that we’d finally see the Liberty Bell this time around. After all, this was our only scheduled visit to Philly this year.
So we strolled over toward Independence Mall around 11 a.m., fully prepared to stand in line for however long it took to see the Liberty Bell. But we caught a bit of a break because of the weather (it was bitingly cold and it snowed/rained/sleeted off and on through most of the day) so we only ended up waiting in line for 10 minutes or so.
It was a bit of an odd experience actually approaching the bell itself. There’s a long corridor filled with historical artifacts and informational posters, and at the end sits the Liberty Bell. You simply walk right up and wait for an opening so you can take your picture next to it unobstructed. Of course, both JWro and I made sure our Revs jackets were proudly displayed in our pictures.
Upon exiting the glass pavilion where the bell is housed, we wandered around Independence Mall for a brief time, stopping to take some pictures of Independence Hall (where both the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were drafted and signed). On another trip I’d love to take a tour. I’ve never been a huge history buff, but I find visiting historical landmarks fascinating.
Down half a block from Independence Hall was this statue of “The Signer.” But he kind of looks like he’s holding a microphone and singing, right? Just rocking out. So my initial thought was, “Oh no, they spelled ‘The Singer’ wrong!” Sometimes it takes me a while.
As lunchtime approached, I suggested we indulge in Philadelphia’s most coveted food spot. You’re probably thinking cheesesteak, but you’re wrong. I’m talking about Wawa.
Many a Pennsylvanian has raved about Wawa, which is essentially a convenience store chain. But the subs (which you order fully customized through a touch screen) are delicious and the coffee is award-winning (although I wouldn’t know since I don’t drink coffee). For those of you who’ve been, I was the idiot who didn’t realize you had to pay for the sub in advance and get your receipt stamped before they’ll actually give you the sub. Nothing like making it obvious you’re a tourist.
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