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# TACO’S N CO. COUPONS AND DEALS
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Earlier I mentioned looking at the Zalman HD135 and HD160 cases for the new media computer I’m going to build
this summer. I was at Frys earlier today and had a chance to check them both out in person. The HD135 looked much
nicer than the HD160. The HD160 doesn’t use thumbscrews to get the case off- you have to remove 5 normal screws
to open the case. Now, hopefully you aren’t doing that often, but it sounds like a major pain when you do. The HD135
seems to have plenty of room for everything, tons of drives, and its a bit smaller height (although slightly deeper but
that should be ok).
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Via Engadget Seagate has introduced a 2.5” drive, the EE25.2 that packs 80GB and is good to 16,000 feet. This
might be a solution for a drive to use in unpressurized aircraft, although frankly 16,000 feet is a bit low- 25,000 would
cover the territory much better since I doubt there are many folks going above 25,000’ without pressuraization. Then
again, they brag about the previous generation being used on Mt Everest where base-camp is 17,000 (and the peak is
29,000ft). so they are pretty much advocating using it beyond-spec.
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I suspect a SSD will still be a better solution for us pilots although there is no word on the pricing yet.
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Axway VA Suite protects mission-critical infrastructures by ensuring that revoked or invalid credentials cannot be used
for secure email, smart card login, network access (including wireless) or other sensitive electronic transactions. With
support for caching and replication of revocation data regardless of format, VA Suite enables cost-effective scalability
across a wide range of operational environments, including hardware-software appliances and Java-based solutions for
distributed or hosted environments.
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Banks, businesses, governments and defence organisations around the world use Axway VA Suite for real-time vali-
dation of digital certificates within PKI environments.
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Using protocols like OCSP and CRLs can help identify revoked entities, but knowing whose credentials are defective
is just the tip of the information iceberg.
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Validation is constantly evolving, and Server-based Certificate Validation Protocol (SCVP) is the emerging new stan-
dard. While OCSP-based certificate validation provides revocation status of digital certificates in a highly performant
and scalable manner, VA Suite’s SCVP technologies take access validation to the next level, enabling applications to
delegate both revocation checking and path validation to a trusted server in a single request.
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SCVP enables the harvesting of an entity’s credential for the full range of its access rights, cross-validated across
multiple certificate chains by highly accredited certification issuers. In real-world terms, this means that not only do
you know John Doe’s credential status, you can also:
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• Enforce which applications and/or network locations John is authorised to access;
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• Enforce John’s level of email access and which company policies apply to his account, whether he be an IT
administrator or an HR director;
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• Federate John’s physical access rights across multiple buildings and/or geographic locations;
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• Provide visibility into the what, where and when of each and every instance of physical and logical access.
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VA Suite consists of several products that provide a flexible and robust certificate validation solution, for both standard
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• Validation Authority Server, a high-performance multi-platform server that processes client digital certificate
status queries using a variety of protocols, including OCSP, SCVP, CMP, Compact CRL and VACRL.
• Server Validator, a flexible client application for validating digital certificates from the most widely used
secure Web servers and Web application servers.
• Desktop Validator, a flexible client application that enables Microsoft Windows-based desktop and server
applications to validate digital certificates via the Microsoft Cryptographic API (CAPI).
• Validator Toolkit, a complete set of certificate validation functions, source code examples, and reference
manuals that enables certificate validation integration into commercial or bespoke applications developed in
C/C++ or Java.
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These components may either be used together or integrated with existing solutions using OCSP or SCVP (RFC 5055),
by means of open standards.
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VA Suite is CA-neutral and supports all widely adopted international security standards and open technologies:
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• Certified to meet Common Criteria (EAL 3), FIPS 201, NIST PDVAL, FIPS 140-2, and DoD JITC standards
• SCVP compliant (RFC 5055)
• Entrust-ready and IdenTrust-compliant
• Part of the IdenTrust, SWIFT Trust Act, BACS and Global Trust Authority financial trust infrastructures
• Interoperable with leading cryptographic hardware, including products certified to FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and 4,
as well as smart cards such as the DoD Common Access Card and the Federal Personal Identity Verification
Card or national eID-card.
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Corn is one of the staples of Mexican cuisine, used to make both tortillas and Cornyo, a carbonated beverage made of
carbonation and mashed corn kernels. Eat a culinary cornerstone with this Groupon. $12 for $25 Worth of Mexican
Cuisine Dishes include the burrito gordo, which holds half a pound of meat along with cheese, guacamole, salsa,
rice, and beans ($5.99), the fish burrito ($6.99), the customizable torta with al pastor, chicken, steak, or slow-cooked
carnitas ($5.89), and guacamole with chips ($3.99).
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It’s been said that things fall apart – mostly in reference to your attempts at homemade tacos. Keep it together with
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## Supporting Alfred State
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• President’s Society
• Ways of Giving
• Giving Opportunities
• Accentuate Alfred State Campaign
• Alfred Alumni Plaza and Wellsville Campus Courtyard
• Alumni Concert Choir
• Annual Fund
• Athletic Pioneer Pride Society
• Capital Construction Fund
• Construction Workforce Development Center
• Corporate Sponsorship
• Gift-in-Kind Donations
• Institute for Sustainability/COSA
• Library Anniversary Book Fund
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• Pioneer Parent Fund
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• Planned Giving
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• Student Initiatives
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• Study Abroad Program
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• Naming Opportunities
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• Giving Opportunities
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• Development Fund Board
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• Frequent Questions
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• Contact Institutional Advancement
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## Advertise at Western New York’s Newest Sports Facility
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Alfred State has constructed a home stadium for its football and other outdoor athletic programs! This $3.2M project
includes an expansion of the existing track to allow for national competitions, an artificial turf playing surface, bleach-
ers, lighting, concession stand, and restrooms.
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The new facility allows Alfred State to host events such as:
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• Regional and national track and field
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• Football - our football team can now truly play at “home”
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• Men’s soccer
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• Women’s soccer
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• College-wide celebrations
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• Large scale activities
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## The facility we have needed for years is finally a reality!
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• Constant access/visibility to the more than 3,200 current students and their parents and 450 faculty and staff
at Alfred State
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• Access/visibility to the more than 25,000 residents in the Hornell/Wellsville region
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• Over 60,000 individual exposures to potential customers in a one-year period
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• As a banner sponsor, you will become a member of the President’s Society and receive special benefits and
recognition from the College. Membership includes an invitation to the annual President’s Society dinner
where you will be thanked and recognized once again for your generous support.
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• Along with your banner placed at our athletic complex, your company name will be listed in our athletic
program, which is given out at sporting events.
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• As a major donor, you will receive the President’s Network Newsletter which provides prime college infor-
mation first-hand.
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## Costs and Terms
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• Signs will be mounted on the chain-link fence which surrounds the Pioneer Stadium.
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• Signs cost $1,000 and will remain on display for 12 months.
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• Sponsor provides the artwork – we do the rest!
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The College does not accept sponsorships from manufacturers and producers of goods and services that are not per-
mitted at NJCAA events: firearms, alcohol, and tobacco products. Establishments that sell such products, such as a
restaurant that sells alcohol or a sporting goods store that sells firearms, are permitted to sponsor signs, although these
products may not appear on the signs either in words or images. The College does not accept sponsorships from any
organization whose primary business is the sale of sexually-related goods or services, or from religious organizations.
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## Danielle White, MBA
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## Director of Annual Giving
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## Phone: (607) 587-3931
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## San Jose Super Toy & Comic Show Hosts actors Butch Patrick & Ken Sagoes
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## Saturday August 13, 2011
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## Early Bird admission: 9 -11 am, $15
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## General Admission: 11 am – 4 pm, $5
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## The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
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344 Tully Rd.
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## San Jose, CA 95111
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Toy & Comic Book collectors are invited to the San Jose Super Toy, Comic Book & Collectible Show on Saturday,
August 13, 2011! Come see 250 tables filled with every variety of Vintage to Modern Collectibles, including Toys,
Comic Books, Magazines, Vinyl Records, Posters, GI Joes, Robots, Disneyana, Legos, Sports, TV, Music, and Movie
Memorabilia, and lots more! We are Northern California’s Largest vintage Toy and Collectible show, growing in size
and attendance since 1995.
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Butch played Eddie Munster in the cult 1960?s TV series The MUNSTERS .
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He also played Mark on the popular Sid & Marty Krofft 1970’s Saturday morning show LIDSVILLE.
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Ken Sagoes played Kincaid in Nightmare on Elm Street parts 3: Dream Warriors and part 4: The Dream Master.
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He fought Freddy Krueger in Part 3 and survived.
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He was the first Black actor to survive a Major Horror film and return in the sequel.
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Ken runs the non profit charity:
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GBC-Giving Back Corporation. A 501 (c) 3 Organization.
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GBC gives assistance to the community, including senior citizens.
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## It pays for students’ books and supplies while in college, as well
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as helping families during Thanksgiving and toys for children
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Butch & Ken will all be signing photos and taking snapshots with attendees for a nominal fee.
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All guests are subject to cancellation due to professional commitments.
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## John Carpenter Heading to Orlando, FL
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Orlando, FL – They’ve done it again! Spooky Empire has taken what was already an amazing celebrity guest lineup
and made it even more impressive with the addition of some of the best guests the horror world has to offer. This year’s
event returns to the Wyndham Orlando Resort on October 8-10, 2010. Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Horror Weekend is
fast becoming one of the most popular horror events in U.S. with fans coming from all over the world to attend. Last
years show was monstrous, with the most fans in attendance so far, reaching record breaking numbers.
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In addition to the first guest announcements, (including a Nightmare on Elm Street reunion featuring the gloved one
himself, Robert Englund “Freddy Krueger”, John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, and Amanda Wyss), will be the Master
of Horror, Legendary Director John Carpenter – best known for his many horror/sci-fi films including “Halloween”,
“Christine”, “The Fog”, and “Escape From New York” and The Mistress of the Dark herself – Elvira.
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Other guests just announced are Tom Towles, best known for his role as “George Wydell” in “House of 1,000 Corpses”,
Ken Sagoes who played “Roland Kincaid” in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3:Dream Warriors” and “A Nightmare
on Elm Street 4:The Dream Master”, Nivek Ogre, original member of the band Skinny Puppy who most recently
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played the part of “Pavi Largo” in the rock-opera “Repo:The Genetic Opera”. Some returning guests are Kane Hodder
“Friday the 13th VII & VIII”, Mike Christopher a/ka/ Hare Krishna Zombie from “Dawn of the Dead”, and paranormal
favorites Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango from GhostHunters and GhostHunters Academy. They will all be joining
some already established guests including horror’s favorite mother Betsy Palmer “Mrs. Vorhees” and Adrienne King
from “Friday the 13th”, Danny Trejo of films such as “The Devil’s Rejects” “From Dusk Til Dawn”and the soon
to be released “Predators”. It’s a family affair with father and son duo Jake Busey “The Frighteners” and “Starship
Troopers” who is making a return appearance, and his dad the legendary Gary Busey star of over a hundred films
including “Point Break” and “Silver Bullet”. The master of special FX, Tom Savini “Dawn of the Dead” will be there
as well, plus more to be announced over the next few months!
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Advance tickets for this ultimate event are available now! $50 gets you in for the whole weekend, that’s all three days
of horror mayhem! One day passes are just $30 and $35. Visit the website www.spookyempire.com. VIP packages are
available for $199 and include advance entry for each day of the show, a fast pass for the autograph lines, an exclusive
VIP party on Saturday night, and a limited edition T-Shirt.
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Make sure you reserve your rooms early this year. Last year sold out quickly and you don’t want to pass up the
opportunity to stay on the premises, you don’t want to miss a thing. Rooms at the Wyndham are just $99 a night,
if you mention “Spooky Empire” when you call for reservations. The Wyndham reservation line is 1-800-421-8001.
You can also reserve your room via the website www.spookyempire.com
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Join the legions of Spooky Empire fans on their Forum at www.spookyempire.com. Meet other fans, get answers to
your questions, and find out the most recent updates on the show. You can also find and keep up with Spooky Empire
on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.
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For more information visit the website at www.spookyempire.com or call the Spooky Empire Hotline 954-258-7852.
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## Applying the Lath and Base Coat
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To provide a mechanical bond between the polymer base coat and the deck, we then cover the deck with 2.5-pound
galvanized expanded metal lath, which is fastened to the plywood with one-inch crown staples. Adjoining sheets of
lath should overlap one another by 1 to 2 inches, with at least a 2-inch overlap between the lath and the horizontal legs
of any flashing. We use staples a minimum of 5/8 inch in length, spacing them about an inch apart at lath edges and
making sure to use at least 24 staples per square foot in the field. It’s important to avoid spanning sheathing joints with
staples, because if the plywood moves, the fastener will flex and heave or crack the coating.
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Bring on the mud. At this point, we’re ready for the first layer of base coat. Poly Base — as the Desert Brand base-coat
material is called — is a blend of polymer, cement, and sand. We mix the Poly Base with water in a 5-gallon plastic
bucket. Although the manufacturer recommends using one gallon of water for each 50-pound bag of the product, we
may increase that to as much as 1 1/4 gallons to retard setting in hot weather. Once we’ve mixed the mud, we pour it
onto the deck and screed and trowel it into the lath. Each bag covers about 50 square feet of deck at a thickness of 1/8
inch.
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The coating must be thick enough to completely cover the lath. If there are any low spots or lath showing through, we
apply a second layer of Poly Base to those areas. When the base coat is dry, we use a mason’s stone to grind off any
rough spots and then sweep or blow the surface clean.
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## Waterproof Membrane and Top Coat
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The middle layer of the three-coat system provides the actual waterproofing. It consists of a layer of 3/4-ounce chopped
mat fiberglass — which is a loose nonwoven fabric — saturated with acrylic resin. The material comes in 4-foot-wide
rolls and can be cut with scissors or a utility knife. As with fiberglass batts, it’s a good idea to wear long sleeves,
gloves, and a dust mask. We lay the fiberglass on the deck and use a paintbrush and standard 3/8-inch paint roller to
coat it with Bonder 480 resin. We ordinarily start at the drip edge and work back toward the door.
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Spreading the resin. Whether the mat is rolled out from side to side or front to back doesn’t matter, but it’s important
to fray the edges where they overlap so there are no hard seams to telegraph through the finish. The mat need not turn
up at the flashing — it laps over its horizontal leg and terminates within a half-inch of the bend — but we carefully
brush the resin an inch or more onto the vertical leg. The resin soaks through the fiberglass, bonds it to the substrate,
and cures to form a waterproof membrane that also functions as an anti-crack membrane.
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This part of the project goes quickly. It generally takes us less than half an hour to place the mat and spread resin on a
deck the size of the one shown here.
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# REGIONAL FOCUS: BIRMINGHAM
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23 October 2007
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Thanks to its convenient geography, excellent transport
links and competitive size, Birmingham is arguably one
of the UK’s most important legal centres outside London.
More to the point, the city has shrugged of its industrial
image and become a vibrant playground for young pro-
fessionals who want a good alternative to working in the
capital.
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Just like the city’s landscape the Birmingham legal mar-
ket has also changed beyond recognition during the past
decade. In the late-1990s, Birmingham was dominated by
the so-called ’big four’ Edge & Ellison, Eversheds, Pin-
sent Curtis Biddle and Wragge & Co. But if you fast for-
ward 10 years, thanks to a spate of mergers, the picture is
very different.
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## Total lawyers: 300
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## Birmingham trainees: 12
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## Birmingham salaries: first year - 23,000; second year
- 24,000; newly qualified - 37,000
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## Total lawyers: 1,992
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## Birmingham trainees: 24
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## Birmingham salaries: first year - 25,000; second year
- 28,000; newly qualified - 36,500
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## Total lawyers: 1,356
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## Birmingham trainees: 31
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## Birmingham salaries: first year - 24,500; second year
- 26,500; newly qualified - 39,000
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## Total lawyers: 606
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## Birmingham trainees: 18
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## Birmingham salaries: first year - 25,000; second year
- 27,000; newly qualified - 40,000
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## HBJ Gateley Wareing
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## Total lawyers: 182
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## Birmingham trainees: 11
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## Birmingham salaries: first year - 24,000; second year
- 25,000; newly qualified - 38,000
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## Total lawyers: 103
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## Birmingham trainees: 20
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## Birmingham salaries: first year - 21,000; second year
- 22,500; newly qualified - 38,000
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## Mills & Reeve
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## Total lawyers: 287
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## Birmingham trainees: 13
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## Birmingham salaries: first year - 23,000; second year
- 24,000; newly qualified - 38,000
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## Total lawyers: 796
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Regional Focus: Birmingham
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the merger between legacy firms Hammonds Suddards
and Edge Ellison (previously Edge & Ellison). The deal
gave Hammonds and Edge Ellison, which despite being
one of the oldest firms in the City was losing ground to
Dibb Lupton Alsop (now DLA Piper), a much-needed leg-
up.
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The post-merger celebrations were,however, short-lived.
Its marriage with Edge Ellison saddled Hammonds with
a level of debt it was still wrestling with five years later.
Thankfully, under the leadership of managing partner Pe-
ter Crossley, Hammonds is gradually putting its financial
woes behind it. A sign of a tangible recovery came in the
last financial year, when average profit per equity partner
(PEP) rose by 23 per cent, from 328,000 to 404,000.
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But Hammonds still has some way to go before it can
completely consign its recent troubles to history. The firm
is still embroiled in a dispute with a number of former
partners, who are claiming it owes them money for over-
drawings on anticipated profit during 2003-04 and 2004-
05. As first reported by The Lawyer (20 August).
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Hammonds has settled with at least four of the former
partners, but claims are still outstanding with 14 others.
Pinsents and construction outfit Masons merged in De-
cember 2004. Thetie-up resulted in the firms’ joint PEP
rocketing by 70 per cent to 400,000, compared with the
previous year’s 234,000. But the merged Pinsent Masons
failed to sustain its astonishing 2005-06 growth last year,
managing just a steady climb in both revenue and profit.
Revenue is relatively evenly split between the firm’s main
practice areas, with growth last year coming across the
board. Employment, pensions and tax grossed 30m; UK
and international projects business turned over some 30m
(a figure which also includes some support areas;with
pure projects earning around 22m); while the outsourcing
and technology practice made 21m, just beating its record
year in 2006.
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The consolidation continued into2006 when the Birming-
ham legal market witnessed thetransformational merger
between Midlands-based Gateley Wareing and Scottish
outfit Henderson Boyd Jackson to create HBJ Gateley
Wareing. The marriage was a triumph, with the merged
entity celebrating a whopping 40 per cent jump in PEP
from 200,000 to 284,000.
But thanks to further rapid
expansion, which saw the Anglo-Scottish firm take over
Boyds Solicitors and London-based Shaw &Croft, its PEP
remained static during 2006-07. Although HBJ has seen
growth in its employment, shipping and transport groups,
the firm’s largest group is still corporate, with 24 lawyers
generating 33 per cent of revenue. This is followed by
property with 24 per cent.
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A national firm with its roots in Yorkshire, Dibb Lupton
Broomhead, arrived in Birmingham in December 1993
when it acquired Needham & James, a second-tier firm
that had been slipping further and further behind the big
four. In 1996 Dibb Lupton merged with Alsop Wilkin-
son, which had offices in Manchester and London, to be-
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come Dibb Lupton Alsop. The firm’s hunger for mergers
and its aggressive growth strategy continued well into the
new millennium, but the emphasis quickly shifted to the
overseas legal market. Known today as DLA Piper, the
firm is one of the largest in the world, boasting a firmwide
turnover of 446m.
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Wragges and Eversheds are the only firms out of the
big four that have not been sucked in by the merger
bug.Wragges, which has the most sizeable presence in the
Midlands, was historically famed for its one-office pol-
icy. But five years ago, Wragges ditched this strategy,
announcing the launch of a London arm.The office ini-
tially focused on private equity, but has since expanded
to include banking and finance, employment, intellectual
property, pensions and real estate. Wragges also has a
presence in Brussels and Hong Kong as well as an asso-
ciation with Germany’s Graf von Westphalen. Ranked 25
in The Lawyer 200 Annual Report 2007, Wragges had
another okay year during 2006-07, with turnover jumping
by a reasonable 11 per cent to 112.6m. Real estate, the
largest single practice in the firm, accounted for nearly
34m, or 30.2 per cent of turnover. Historically the prac-
tice has been developer-led, but the increasing structural
sophistication of that market has provided some interest-
ing spin-off corporate and financial work. And much of
that business is not tied geographically to clients day-to-
day legal management of leases, for example, gets fun-
nelled to Birmingham, where costs are lower. Litigation
remains a large plank of Wragges’ business, generating
16.4 per cent of revenue, or 18.47m.
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Eversheds, meanwhile, has done little to write home about
in Birmingham, concentrating instead on its London arm
and international coverage.
For instance, last month
(September) the firm, which is ranked number eight in
The Lawyer’s UK 200, announced it has ramped up its
Central and Eastern Europe capabilities by sealing an as-
sociation with Czech law firm Balcar Polansky & Spol.
The deal added two more countries, Slovakia and the
Czech Republic, to Eversheds’ existing network of 32 in-
ternational offices.
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Eversheds’ focus on increasing revenue from corporate
and finance in the past 12 months has paid off, with the
combined team now usurping real estate as the firm’s
highest-earning practice group.
Corporate and finance
now accounts for 30 per cent of total revenue, compared
with real estate’s 24 per cent. The latter group continues
to bring in more revenue per partner, however, with the
team numbering just 79 partners, against corporate and
finance’s combined 115 partners.
While boosting cor-
porate,however, Eversheds’ strategic plan also includes
putting a significant emphasis on downturn-proof depart-
ments, such as public sector accounting.
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Birmingham has also seen a explosion of mid-market
competition in recent years, with Bristol-based Bevan
Brittan, Beachcroft and Clarke Willmott, Nottingham-
based Browne Jacobson, Leicester-based Harvey Ingram,
Norwich-based Mills & Reeve and Northampton firm
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Regional Focus: Birmingham
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Shoosmiths having all announced, or demonstrated, their
intentions for major growth there.
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New challengers in the area include Harvey Ingram,
which launched a Birmingham office in April last year,
newly merged Putsmans and Shakespeares now a 20m
player and Cheltenham-based BPE Solicitors, which
moved into new Birmingham offices last November.
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Meanwhile, Nottingham’s Freeth Cartwright is to open an
office in Birmingham by the end of the year, and will of-
fer a full service with a particular focus on real estate. It
will be the firm’s fourth office in the Midlands, but Birm-
ingham is widely seen as being the most competitive legal
market in the region.
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## Additional reporting by Kylie Williams
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## Outstanding service as standard. What customers can
expect from Volvo, across the network
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## Our Commitment to you
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Getting your car serviced couldn’t be easier. At Volvo
we are committed to delivering a first-class, honest ser-
vice, but how do you know what to expect? This page
details what you can look forward to from any Volvo
Service Centre, so you can see exactly what to expect –
without surprises. Service is our guarantee of quality for
your Volvo. It means expertly trained technicians using
the most up-to-date equipment installing only Volvo Gen-
uine Parts – keeping your Volvo a Volvo. What’s more,
with our Driver’s Pledge, if you suspect there’s anything
wrong with your Volvo, you can simply take it to your lo-
cal dealer for a free consultation. No obligation, no pres-
sure – just call in.
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It all adds up to a set of standards designed to give you a
level of service that’s never less than outstanding.
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## Appointments & Estimates
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• If you like, you can take advantage of our while-
you-wait service for routine maintenance and re-
pairs – just ask when you book.
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• We will make sure we’ve got the parts, staff, ca-
pacity and alternative transport before confirm-
ing your appointment.
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• Our service and repair times are standardised
across all Volvo Service Centres.
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• We will check Volvo central systems and ensure
any recalls or upgrades are carried out.
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• We will ask you if any other items need our at-
tention. If they do, we will seek your approval
and schedule these in at your convenience.
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• If, for any reason, any of the maintenance we
offer differs from the manufacturer’s service
schedule, we’ll let you know before the work is
carried out.
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• If required, we will give you a detailed estimate
of any work needed before we start.
• We will offer you a range of alternative conve-
nience options including:
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## Advance Key Drop
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## Collection and Delivery
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• When you arrive, we will confirm the work that
has already been agreed.
• Where required, we will put your car through a
detailed diagnosis before starting work to ensure
we get the repairs right first time.
• If you like, we will provide a qualified member
of staff to test drive the car with you.
• The agreed pick-up time will be noted on the re-
pair order.
• We will take you through the process for autho-
risation for any additional work, and agree any
authorisation limits with you.
• If booked (and after discussing and agreeing
your insurance requirements) we will provide
you with a courtesy vehicle in a clean and tidy
condition.
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## While the work is being carried out
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• All Volvo Service Centres use the latest service
schedules for regular maintenance work – a copy
will be left for your records.
• We never allow work to be done by technicians
unless they’re fully qualified for the repair being
carried out.
• If for any reason we are unable to complete the
work by the time agreed, we will let you know
and arrange any changes to your mobility re-
quirements (e.g. courtesy cars) if required.
• We perform quality audits on a sample of fin-
ished vehicles to maintain standards.
• You’ll receive a detailed explanation of work car-
ried out, the invoice and any variations from the
initial estimate.
• We will report any additional items found.
• All invoices will display the manufacturers’
brand name of all parts used.
• You can inspect any parts that are replaced
(please let us know if you want to do this when
you book).
• We actively participate in Volvo’s customer satis-
faction measurement processes and other associ-
ated recognition programmes, including regular
mystery shops.
• We have a customer complaint policy in place
should you experience any problems.
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Regional Focus: Birmingham
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• We comply with all recall legislation and manu-
facturers’ obligations.
• All customer complaints are logged on receipt,
acknowledged and dealt with.
• If you find you are not satisfied that your com-
plaint has been resolved, please contact Cus-
tomer Services on 08457 564 636.
• You’re free to enjoy a range of refreshments in
our comfortable waiting area – while your chil-
dren can enjoy the play area.
• Access and facilities for disabled customers are
provided.
• Our workshops carry the latest diagnostic and re-
pair tools (including specialist Volvo equipment)
to make repairs efficient and thorough.
• Our workshop team are fully aware of our envi-
ronmental commitments and will be happy to an-
swer any questions you may have, or direct you
to someone who can.
• All personnel (where relevant) are trained in
minimising local environmental impact (e.g.
noise, energy use, water use and proper waste
management).
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Call 0800 400 430 for more information or click here to
find your nearest Volvo Dealer.
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09-17-2006, 08:45 PM
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I think I’m hooked on the hype for Rainbows. I have a
2000 f150 supercab with an Alpine 9847 with no amp. I
have Memphis Mclass 5x7’s and they are way too harsh.
My ears are ringing after listening to them. I didn’t no-
tice it at first but after a few months it just sort sounds
like fingernails on a chalk board. I have ordered Boston
SL80’s to replace them. I have previously had Bostons.
Need opinions on The SLC238 (5x7 comp),SLC230 (5.25
comp)or the SL 5x7 (coaxial). I would actually prefer the
coaxials for simplicity of install. I’m not a huge audio nut
but I do ilke my music (mellow Chili Peppers to Hendrix
to alt country) to have clean SQ. Eventually I want to get
an amp but that is a ways down the road.
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As one of the oldest members of Dtoid, (I’m already over
the big 4-0) I’ve been gaming since the Atari 2600 was a
brand new item, and thousands of my teenage hours were
dedicated to gaming on the Commodore 64 and messing
around with the new 300-baud modems. (That’s .00003
of a megabit per second, for those of you who only know
broadband.)
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I’m proud to say that I’m a member of the first-generation
of gamers, and I still use my PC and each of the three
current-gen consoles regularly – and not for ”casual”
games. Bring on the hard-core FPS and 3PS! I want to
shoot something!
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So, I give a big PHUCK YOU!!! to anyone who thinks
that video games are for kids! As far as I’m concerned,
they haven’t been for kids for over 20 years.
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UPDATE – Thanks to everyone who has responded to
this; however, while Topher has made it clear that he’s
very appreciative for the effort, he requests that we don’t
keep going with this. Because that is clearly his wish, I’m
going to honor his request and stop the ”Get Topher A
Wii” campain.
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At least some good has come out of this for him. This got
enough publicity that someone is sending a game from
play-asia.com that Topher was hoping to get. :)
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I am incredibly proud of how the Destructoid community
has come together so quickly with this and other such ef-
forts, and I’m very happy to be part of that global family.
But this particular quest needs to be abandoned.
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## Thanks, everyone! Game on!
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I was listening to Podtoid #143 when Topher mentioned
that he doesn’t have a Wii, and I know that in previous
Podtoid’s he’s mentioned that he has ... well ... employ-
ment difficulties right now.
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This seems like a damned shame, especially for someone
who has lamented that he doesn’t have a Wii and would
also (probably more so) have a lot of fun with the Virtual
Console. So, I thought about what could be done to get
Topher a Wii and I made a semi-serious comment about a
”Get Topher A Wii” fund. I thought about it some more
and figured ”Well, why the hell not?”
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# PHYSICIANS+ ”THE SPIRIT” = FATAL
MISUNDERSTANDING
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When two cultures clash, the result can be fatal. But it
doesn’t have to be. Some extra legwork and a little under-
standing can go a long way in preventing a tragedy.
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That was the basic message of a lecture given to first-
year students at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School this winter. It was sponsored by the school’s De-
partment of Family Medicine.
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”The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Medicine” was pre-
sented by Anne Fadiman, a renowned journalist and au-
thor of the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall
Down. The book is the true story of a severely epileptic
Hmong child, Lia Lee, and her family, who migrated from
the hills of Laos to California. It was the basis of her talk.
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Lia was three months old when she had her first seizure
and her parents carried her in their arms to a Merced
County emergency room three blocks from their apart-
ment. By the time they arrived, however, the seizure had
stopped. Unable to communicate with the Lees, doctors
couldn’t make a diagnosis, and Lia was sent home. This
happened several more times, until the Lees arrived at the
ER with an English-speaking relative and with Lia still
convulsing. She was finally diagnosed correctly and put
on an anticonvulsant medication.
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Meantime, the Lees believed that a dab, or spirit, had
caught Lia and made her fall down.
The cure, they
thought, lay in animal sacrifices – particularly chickens
and pigs – that would persuade the spirit to give Lia her
soul back.
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Completely unaware of what was taking place in the Lee
home, doctors insisted on a complicated regimen of drugs
for Lia. Some pills had to be cut in half, some given only
with meals and still others at bedtime.
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The Lees didn’t understand the sophisticated directions
and couldn’t read the prescription labels; some bottles
simply stated, ”Take as directed.” With every new drug,
Lia’s personality and energy level changed, sometimes
drastically. They began losing confidence in the doctors
and balked at giving her medication.
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The physicians saw this noncompliance as child abuse.
Feeling they had no other choice, they had Lia placed in
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foster care. She was terrified and miserable. After a tor-
turous year, Lia returned home. But a few months later at
the age of four, she suffered a massive seizure that virtu-
ally destroyed her brain. Now 16, Lia remains in a coma.
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”Lia”s chart weighed 13 pounds and 5 ounces, but was
filled with only one language,” Fadiman told the students.
”The doctors spent a huge amount of time learning all they
could about epilepsy, but no time at all learning about the
Hmong language or culture.” She advised the students to
take the extra time to find an interpreter who understands
not only the language of a country but the culture as well.
Among the Hmongs, she pointed out, there are clan lead-
ers who are well educated and can communicate. One
hospital in San Francisco maintains a list of Hmong clan
leaders in their emergency room.
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”Try to see the illness from the patient’s point of view.
This is vital to good care,” she explained. ”Ask the patient
what he thinks is wrong. What does he call the condition?
What caused it, and how long does he think it will last?
What is he doing for it? Just these few simple questions
can save everyone a lot of heartache.”
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”Form an alliance,” Fadiman said. ”You don’t have to be-
lieve in a foreign method of treatment, just respect it. You
can’t practice good medicine without practicing culturally
competent medicine.”
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## The magazine of the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey
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Then I ran across this site Wintersown.org. I laid aside the
laptop and dug my bootbox full of seeds out of the cup-
board. I have about 40 different kinds of seeds, mostly
veggies and herbs, but some flowers too, like the Califor-
nia poppie and sweet William seeds given to me by SM a
number of years ago when we lived in the OC.
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The premise at Wintersown is that you can sow seeds in
plastic containers with clear lids and put them outside to
emerge in their own time. No grow lights, fancy flats or
pampering. The seeds come up with more vigor than ones
grown under lights in the warm, dry air in the house. The
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in half with then the top slid back down over the bottom
planted section. She encourages you to use your initiative
and make use of what you have. I’m thinking the plastic
cartons I buy baby salad greens in would be excellent!
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I’ve nothing to lose but the price of a bag of growing
medium, and if I get a dozen plants to set out once the
raised beds are built it will have been worth the price of
the medium. I have lots of seed that I am not certain is
viable, some are several years old, as I often planted half
a package, or less. I might not even take the chance of
planting these seeds directly into the garden, as I question
the viability.
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This will obviously not work with the beans, squash or
melon seeds *yet*, as they don’t like cold temps, but I
have loads of broccoli, spinach, Asian veggies, greens,
onions, chives, peas, etc. which would be quite happy
to go into the ground now. I’m thinking, plant them and
nestle them down in the mulch where they will have some
protection from the sub-freezing temps we are still having
at night.
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## Oh the excitement!
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Comments on this page are closed. To find the current
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## March 13, 2012
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## Florida gives Miami free pass on paying Marlins
garage taxes
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Looks like the city of Miami won’t have to pay property
taxes on Marlins parking garages after all, as threatened
a few months back. The county tax assessor had previ-
ously noted that because the garages are reserved for Mar-
lins fans during Marlins games — pretty much the only
time you’d want to park there — they should be subject to
taxes, and the city agreed to pay all taxes on the garages
in their lease with the team. However, the state legislature
approved a bill yesterday exempting the city from prop-
erty taxes, and the county said it won’t challenge the rul-
ing.
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What this basically means is that the city won’t have to
suddenly pay the county $1.2 million a year as a result of
the stadium deal — whether you consider that a good or a
bad thing depends largely on whether you’re concerned
about the city or county budget. It’s still possible that
someone could file a lawsuit challenging the law — as
the Miami Herald notes, the Florida supreme court ruled
in 2001 that ”regular, for-profit use of a government build-
ing by a private entity essentially disqualifies the building
from receiving a tax break” — but for now, it looks like
Miami is off the hook for this cost, at least.
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It seems like the only way for virtual mobile opera-
tors (MVNOs) to get any news today is by shutting
down. Amp’d, the high-flying mobile operator, is pow-
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ering down on July 24. Or to be more accurate, they are
“potentially suspending US operations on July 24th.” I
guess TechCrunch could be suspending U.S. operations
on July 24, too, but we wouldn’t be posting that unless we
thought it was pretty certain to be happening. The com-
pany has been going through bankruptcy but it was not
certain they would be shutting down until now.
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Meanwhile competitor Helio, which entered the market
at about the same time as Amp’d, keeps on surging.
Last week they announced that they reached 100,000 cus-
tomers and have ARPU (average revenue per user) of
$100 – way above the average for mobile startups.
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A lot of Helio’s success can be attributed to their new
Ocean, a killer dual-slider phone. I actually considered
using the Ocean over the iPhone because it has a keyboard
and great instant messaging support, but it doesn’t sync
with Macs.
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A couple of weeks ago I had an engagement shoot at
Olvera St. in Los Angeles. Like I mentioned in that blog,
I’ve been to Olvera St. a million times but never like this,
never specifically to take pictures here. I saw the place
in a whole new light. The vibrant colors and vintage feel
of the place made for such a great ambiance for pictures.
If you’re from the L.A. area and have never been, you
should definitely visit and maybe do a photo walk. You’ll
be impressed with all the great little places to take pic-
tures. Click here to see more.
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The Intergroup discussed the benefits and challenges of
regionalism yesterday with members hearing from Mr
Karl-Heinz Lambertz, Minister President for the German-
speaking Community of Belgium.
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Mr Lambertz described the situation of the German com-
munity, numbering 75,000 people, and how their auton-
omy came about after the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. Sub-
sequently Belgium became a federal state, the territory
was divided on linguistic lines, and today the “process
of federalisation” continues. It led to the German com-
munity having “big competences for a small territory,” - a
challenge in itself.
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One new idea for Belgium is that it is divided into four
entities with Brussels having its own autonomy, while the
German community gains extra powers. Some may point
to the small size of the region but Mr Lambertz under-
lined that they have no alternative, “either we progress of
we will disappear”. Their autonomy and their language
are of a high priority for the Belgian Germans, “and it is
highly important that they are able to use their language
on a normal everyday basis”, he said.
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Despite lack of size and resources Mr Lambertz pointed
to three unique selling points of the German community.
First, there is an advantage in being a national minority;
second, being a small region with legislative powers al-
lowed for creativity in government; thirdly, the situation
as frontier region between two German Lander, Luxem-
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bourg, Limburg, Wallonia and Flanders, and with four
‘big’ languages being spoken, led to many opportunities
for cooperation.
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He continued that the situation of minorities in Europe is
an important test for the EU over its commitment to diver-
sity. Actual diversity can be witnessed the most clearly in
border regions, he said. It meant that they are “a labo-
ratory to see what is best practice in both human rights
and economic exchange ... that its important for people to
see the minority issue not as a defence against something
and a problem, but for national minorities to be seen as an
asset.”
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He concluded by referring to a recent quote from Inter-
group Co-Chair Kinga Gal MEP which, in looking to the
future, describes the co-existence of traditional commu-
nities, especially majority and traditional national minori-
ties as “an art of living together rather than just next to
each other”.
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Mrs Elvira Kovacs, a PACE member from Vojvodina, Ser-
bia, was unable to attend. But her statement to the Inter-
group highlighted the benefits of autonomy for the Hun-
garian community where they are responsible for educa-
tion and minority language teaching, plus they have var-
ious economic competences. However, she outlined con-
tinuing problems with lack of funds for the territory and
the need for a law on public property and property rights.
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Jozsef Komlossy, from the NGO SENCE, pointed out that
a majority of national minorities live in rural areas and that
by protecting their language and culture, and giving such
territories autonomy, states also protect the environment
by helping to keep young people in these areas. He re-
ferred to the Swiss canton of Bern where the people in the
countryside voted to set up their own canton of Jura, using
the example to emphasise that communities should have
the right to decide the borders and demarcations of their
territories.
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MEPs contributed many comments on the presentations.
Bernd Posselt (EPP) underlined the success of autonomies
such as that of German community, how this meant that
there was no need to change borders, and, importantly,
how it showed other States that autonomy is a good thing.
Mr Grosch (EPP) supported Mr Lambertz describing how
he preferred not to be treated as minority member adding
that it was important “not to change borders but to change
mentalities.”
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Mr Lambertz commented on a question from Edit Bauer
(EPP) on how Brussels had become a symbol of Bel-
gium’s problem and how that symbol had to disappear be-
fore the problem can be resolved.
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When companies go shopping for a unified communica-
tions (UC) solution, they typically have focused primarily
on phone systems. Then, they might spend a little time
evaluating features such as HD videoconferencing and in-
stant messaging.
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Things are about to change.
Now, whether they are
searching for a new UC supplier or considering upgrades
to their current systems, companies must make mobility a
major part of the buying decision.
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The intent of mobility is to connect remote workers to
the enterprise’s IP-PBX over the Wi-Fi and cellular data
networks.
This eliminates cellular voice long distance
charges. Plus, it makes remote workers more available
to co-workers and customers, no matter their location. As
a company’s mobility tools develop over time, users will
be able to use their corporate software on smartphones
and tablets – anytime and anywhere. This can enhance
customer service, improve productivity, and even enhance
quality of life.
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But companies need to understand what their mobility so-
lution may look like at the end, so they can begin making
important strategic decisions as they build a mobility in-
frastructure. Here are a few questions to consider:
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• Where will your users get their devices? An in-
creasing number of remote and enterprise work-
ers prefer to use their personal iPhone, Android
smartphone or tablet as their only communica-
tions device. They simply don’t want to juggle
two phones – one business and one personal. At
the same time, UC suppliers such as Cisco and
Avaya are already developing their own endpoint
devices. They will encourage clients to adopt
these tablets and mobile phones for the entire
workforce. Which route will your company wish
to take?
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• What are your policies?
Every organization
needs a mobility policy – right now.
The IT
department should establish policies and proce-
dures regarding the use of personal mobile de-
vices. Decide when and how these may connect
with the enterprise IP-PBX and LAN. If your or-
ganization wishes to keep personal devices off
the network, be prepared with an alternate strat-
egy that will work for your mobile employees.
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• Are desk phones necessary?
Many mobility
users may prefer a mobile device, making an in-
vestment on a desk phone just a wasted expense.
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• Will video be part of your strategy? In the near
future, companies will increasingly rely on enter-
prise video communications. If mobile workers
don’t have access to video on employer-provided
devices, they will again default to their personal
smartphones and tablets.
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A novel approach to wireless access points has gained ac-
claim for Aerohive Networks, creators of the cooperative
control wireless LAN (WLAN) architecture. Garnter, Inc.
has positioned Aerohive and its cutting-edge technology
in the coveted “Visionaries” area of the 2011 Magic Quad-
rant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure.
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The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a
marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts
Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against
criteria for that marketplace.
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According to Gartner, a “vendor in the Visionaries quad-
rant demonstrates an ability to increase features in its of-
fering to provide a unique and differentiated approach to
the market. A visionary will have contributed innovations
in one or more of the key areas of WLAN technologies
(e.g., convergence, security, management or operational
efficiency).” Innovation is weighted highly by Gartner in
evaluating a vendor’s completeness of vision.
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Aerohive’s Cooperative Control Enterprise Wireless LAN
Architecture is based on the same architectural premise
already proven in the Internet and corporate WAN, which
both rely on dynamic routing protocols.
According to
Aerohive, this structure eliminates controllers by increas-
ing the functionality of access points, bringing control
closer to the edge of the network.
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“The look and feel of controllers continues to change,”
the Gartner report notes.
“Since the introduction of
controller-based architectures, most vendors use a sepa-
rate appliance; however, the hardware has slowly been
transformed (subsumed into blades or appliances), or, in
some cases, has vanished.
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“Although the structured network functionality still exists,
the physical controller has disappeared into the cloud, vir-
tualized into an upstream server or integrated into one or
more access points. In addition to lower-priced access
points, these new solutions continue to reduce the total
cost of ownership (TCO) for WLAN connectivity at the
edge of the network.”
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Aerohive’s cooperative control WLAN access points
(dubbed HiveAPs) require no network controllers or over-
lay networks. Instead, software in the HiveAPs enables
them to self-organize into groups called Hives. Coopera-
tive control eliminates the controller as a single point of
failure, making enterprise wi-fi more reliable. It also in-
creases performance by eliminating the data bottleneck
that controllers create - especially in 802.11n networks
where increased bandwidth can cause choke points at the
controller.
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“Being positioned in the ’Visionaries’ quadrant of the
Magic Quadrant is affirmation of our controller-less
WLAN architecture, and is an indicator of the future
of WLANs,” said David Flynn, chief executive offi-
cer for Aerohive.
“Aerohive’s pioneering architecture
eliminates the need for WLAN controllers and facili-
tates cloud-enabled networking to provide customers with
high-performance, highly-reliable, scalable, secure, and
cost-effective wireless solutions.”
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Aerohive’s architecture also seizes on the latest trend for
both hardware and software developers, who see the cloud
as the most effective place to manage computing infras-
tructure. In fact, by managing the network in the cloud,
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Aerohive says it can save money and provide customers
with application performance that is up to 10 times better
than traditional networks.
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“For many enterprises that are deploying access points,
wireless connectivity is mission-critical,” Gartner said in
its report. “This means that site planning and support play
critical roles in ensuring that WLANs are installed prop-
erly to address business issues, from capacity to transac-
tion density, upfront, rather than waiting for a problem to
occur. Overlapping coverage, dual-homed access points
and mesh networking capabilities are providing multi-
ple paths for robust communication at the edge. Proac-
tive tools, such as network management knowledgebases,
spectrum analysis and client health monitoring, are play-
ing a larger role to ensure that the WLAN continues to
perform to its optimum level once it’s installed.”
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As seen on Best in UC.
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Imagine opening up your company’s next mobile phone
bill. Now, imagine that the cellular charges on that bill
dropped by 80 percent, and that you can expect similar
savings every month to come.
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For years, the unified communications (UC) industry has
struggled to create a complex handoff that can save users
thousands on their phone bills. Now, ShoreTel has suc-
cessfully implemented this technology in its new ShoreTel
Mobility solution.
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# GEORGE MACK - #11
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—Mock Home Page — Mock Archives — Barbara Dittig — Webmaster—
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## Mock Family Historian Working Chart for George Mack ”Soldier George”
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*John George Mack and Magdalena Mack (possible parents of Johann George - not documented)
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I - (Johann) George Mack b. 7 Nov 1749 York Co., PA, Bapt. 26 Nov 1749, (Sponsors George Kuehns and wife Mary
Elizabeth); d. 2 Apr 1810 Woodberry Twp, Bedford Co., PA (now Freedom Twp., Blair Co., PA); Will written 8 Jan
1810 Bedford Co., PA, proven 2 Apr 1810; m. Eva Amelia ”Eve”
. Re: York Co., PA 1772-90, Franklin Co. (?)&
Bedford Co., PA 1794-1816. Served in the Revolutionary War. Church aff. - German Baptist (Brethren - Dunkard)
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1.1 - Jacob Mack b. 18 Oct 1772 York Co., PA, Bapt. 25 Oct 1772, (Sponsors Jacob Smyser and wife.) To Tuscarawas
Co. OH 1815 (Nothing further on this Jacob)
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1.2 - Magdalena Mock b. 26 Dec 1774 York Co, PA, bapt. 12 Mar 1775. (Sponsors George Beck and wife); m.
Tuscarawas Co., OH Andrew Shelly/Sheline; living in Jefferson twp, Kosciusko Co., IN in 1879. (?) [verify this info]
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1.3 - George Mack Jr. ”Bolivar George” b. 26 Feb 1778/79 Little York, PA, Bapt. 8 Mar 1778, (Sponsors, Jacob
Smyser and wife); d. 28 Jul 1858 (24 Nov 1858 VF), Kosciusko Co., IN bur. Geo. Mock Cemetery; m. Jane
;
b. ca 1777 MD; d. 12 Jan 1855
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1.3.6 - Sally (Sarah?) Mock b. ca 1807 Bedford Co., PA; 1880 living with Samuel and Margaret Striebly Wyland;
unmarried.
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1.3.7 - Margaret Mock b. 15 July 1809 Tuscarawas Co., OH; d.10 Apr 1871 Turkey Cr., Kosciusko Co., IN; m.(1st)
(?)Unknown; m.(2nd) 13 Jan 1835 Tuscarawas Co., OH Cornelius Cable b. PA; (son of Benjamin and Margaret
McGuire Cable); d. 23 Mar 1880
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## Margaret was a member of the Brethern Church
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## Children by Cornelius Cable
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1.3.8 - Jane Mock b. ca 1813; d. 17 Aug 1859 Kosciusko Co., IN, bur. Geo. Mock Cemetery; m. 25 June 1833
Tuscarawas Co., OH Cornelius Francill
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Editors Note: There is a possibility that Jacob b. 1817 OH fits in this family (see Chart #113)
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1.3.9 - John Mock b. ca 1823 Tuscarawas Co., OH; d. ca 1853; m. 12 Jan 1847 Warsaw, Kosciusko Co., IN Nancy
Nine b. ca 1829
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1.4 - John Mack b. 3 Nov 1778/9 Little York, PA, Bapt. 30 Apr 1780, (Sponsors George Burk and wife); d. 14 Oct
1865 home of son, David, Koscuisko Co., IN, bur. John Mock Cemetery; m. ca 1805 PA Elizabeth Smith b. PA Sep
1783, (dau. of Jacob Smith); d. 2 Mar 1855. Family moved from Greenfield (Freedom Twp.) Bedford Co., PA to
Tuscarawas Co., OH in 1817, to Kosciusko Co., IN between 1838 and 1848. affil. German Baptist Brethren - Dunkard
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1.4.2 - Jacob ”Joky” Mock b. 17 Sep 1807 PA (near Hagerstown MD); d. 22/24 Feb 1892 Kosciusko Co., IN, bur.
Geo. Mock Cemetery; m. 28 Aug 1828 Bolivar, Tuscarawas Co., OH Nancy Mock (dau. of George and Jane Mock -
1st cousins)
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1.4.3 - Susanna Mock b. 5 Apr 1809 Conemaugh, Bedford Co., PA; d. 22 Aug 1906 N. Webster, IN, bur. John Mock
Cem.; m. 27 Dec 1825 Bolivar, OH John Kuhn b. 1802 Germany | |
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GEORGE MACK - #11
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1.4.4 - Catherine ”Katie” Mock b. 21 Aug 1811 Bedford Co., OH; d. 7 Dec 1900 N. Webster, IN, bur. John Mock
Cemetery; m. 13 Mar 1831 Bolivar, OH Jacob Fashbaugh, (son of John Fashbaugh) [Ruth Reed’s chart for children]
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1.4.5 - Barbara Ann Mock b. 21 July 1814 Bedford Co.,PA; d. 10 Apr 1899 N. Webster, IN, bur. John Mock Cemetery;
m. 2 Feb 1832 Bolivar, OH Jacob Garber
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1.4.6 - John Mock Jr. b. 11 Sep 1816 Bedford Co., PA; d. 20 Aug 1881 N. Webster, IN, bur. John Mock Cem.; m. 5
Nov 1837 Bolivar OH (1st) Lydia Ann Sechrist, m(2nd) Elizabeth Hartsell
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m.(2nd) 1876 Sarah Myers d. 1886. 1 child stillborn 13 Mar 1883
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1.4.7 - George Mock b. 13 July 1819 near Bolivar, Tuscarawas Co., OH; d. 20/22 Feb 1892 N. Webster, IN, bur. John
Mock Cemetery; m.(1st) 11 Jul 1841 Bolivar, OH 11 Jul 1841 Julia Ann Beghtel b. 22 Jul 1823 Stark Co., OH; d. 24
Dec 1888, Julia bur. Mock Cem.; m.(2nd) ca 1889 Sarah C. Brower widow of Isaac Brower.
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1.4.8 - Sarah ”Sallie” Mock b. 18 Dec 1820 Bolivar, OH; d. Bolivar, Tuscarawas Co., OH; m. 27 Mar 1842 Henry
Bender b. PA
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1.4.9 - Julia Mock b. 5 Jun 1822 near Bolivar, OH; m.(1st) 15 Oct 1843 Bolivar, OH Asa B. Teeple, m.(2nd) James
Durham
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1.4.0 - David Mock b. 18 Feb 1824 near Bolivar, OH; d. 25 Mar 1906 N. Webster, IN, bur. John Mock Cemetery,
m.(1st) 5 Nov 1843 Bolivar OH, Catherine Gibler, m.(2nd) Hermena Nemetz Papenfuss, widow
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1.4.A - child died in infancy
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1.4.B - child died in infancy
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1.5 - Michael Mock b. 27 May 1782 Little York, York Co., PA, Bapt. 2 Jun 1782, (Sponsor Catharine Jacoby); d. Nov
1838 Elkhart Co., IN; m. Rachel
(Gene Mock research); m. Catherine Bixley (M. Means)
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126.96.36.199 - Mary A. Mock b. 9 Mar 1839 Kosciusko Co., IN; d. 11 May 1914 near Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN; m.
21 Jan 1859 John Fuller
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188.8.131.52 - Eliza Jane Mock b. 8 Jan 1841 Elkhart Co., IN; d. (12) 24 Mar 1871 Kosciusko Co., IN; m. 19 May
1861 Samuel Weaver
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184.108.40.206 - Lewis T. Mock b. 18 Mar 1843 IN; d. 24 Feb 1881 IN (Civil War)
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220.127.116.11 - Amanda Mock b. 28 dec 1845 IN; m. 23 Mar 1867 Nathaniel Stifler
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18.104.22.168 - Chancey Mock b. 13 Oct 1848 Elkhart Co. IN; d. 10 Feb 1880 Howard House, Baltimore, MD, bur.
Ada, OH (newspaper obituary)
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22.214.171.124 - Commodore P. Mock b. 19 Dec 1851 IN; d. 11 Sep 1878 IN
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126.96.36.199 - William E. Mock b. 12 Aug 1854 IN
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188.8.131.52 - John N. Mock b. 22 Feb 1859 Kosciusko Co., IN; d. aft. 1923 (History of Kosc. Co 1887)
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1.5.2 - Mary (Polly) Mock b. 12 Dec 1805 PA; m. Henry Wogomon/Wogoman
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1.5.3 - Nancy Mock b.ca 1806 PA; m. 14 Jun 1827 Montgomery Co., William McBee
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1.5.4 - George Mock b. ca 1808 PA
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1.5.5 - Lydia Mock b. ca 1810 PA; d. 1842 Elkhart Co., IN; m. 22 Sep 1829 Montgomery Co., OH David Replogle
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1.5.6 - John Mock b. ca 1814 PA; d. Oct 1889 Elkhart Co., IN; m. 29 Sep 1835 Preble Co., OH Mary A. Kettring
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1.5.7 - Eve Mock b. ca 1815 PA; d. 1853 Elkhart Co, IN; m. 23 Aug 1835 Elkhart Co, IN John W. Manning
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1.5.8 - Rachel Mock b. ca 1816 OH; d. ca 1851 Elkhart Co., IN; m. 3 Feb 1842 Elkhart Co., IN Charles Mitchell
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1.5.9 - Michael Mock b. ca 1817 OH; d. 1874 Gentry Co, MO; m. 31 Aug 1843 Elkhart Co, IN Mary Hart d. 1872
Gentry Co, MO.
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184.108.40.206.- Andrew Mock b. Jun 1856 Polk Co,IA
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220.127.116.11.- Joseph Mock b. Mar 1860 Polk Co, IA; d. 15 Jan 19441 Ness, KS; single
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18.104.22.168 - Mary Elizabeth Mock b. 30 Jun 1864 Polk Co, IA; d. 25 Apr 1953 Houston, TX; m. 19 May 1881
Panora, Guthrie Co., IO Louis Bottorff
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GEORGE MACK - #11
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1.5.0 - Daniel Mock b. 20 Jun 1819 Clermont Co OH; d. 15 Jun 1907 Des Moines, Polk Co. IA; m. 4 Nov 1848
Elkhart Co., IN Catherine Hart b. 12 Oct 1830 Montgomery Co., OH (dau. of Joshua & Elizabeth Brumbaugh Hart);
d. 21 Dec 1914 Des Moines, IA
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1.6 - Mary Magdalen Mack b. 30 May 1789, Bapt. 9 Nov 1789, (Sponsor Magdalen Schrist (Sechrist?)) m. Andrew
Sheline ??
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1.7 - Catherine Mock b. 1793 Little York, PA; d. 13 May 1854 Kosc. Co., IN, bur. Tamarack Cemetery; m. Bedford
Co., PA Greenfield Twp. John Engel
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Note: Only 2 daughters mentioned in father’s will - Polly and Catherine. Not sure where M. Magdalen (1.6) info came
from.
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## Gene Andert - 3001 Covington Manor Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46804 - George > George > Elizabeth
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Dixie Barringer - 40 Ems Ln. B25A, Pierceton, IN 46562 - George > Michael > Jacob > Joseph K.
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Evelyn DuVal - (former member)
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## Venita Foster - 7906 Oak Knoll Ln, Palos Heights, IL 60463 - George > John > Susanna
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## Florence Galassini - 4925 N. Normandy, Chicago IL 60656-4001 - George > John > Susanna
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James Hartline - 4157 Augustine Dr. Sterling Heights, MI 48310 - George > John > Catherine (former member)
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## Arlene Lamborn McCabe - 211 Kerry Lynn, Andover, KS 67002 - George > George > John > Sarah Jane
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Margaret Means - 1309 Thomas Drive Festus, Mo. 63028 - E-mail firstname.lastname@example.org - George >
George Jr > Margaret
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Eugene Mock - 16708 Bainbury St., Canyon Country, CA 91351 - George > Michael > Michael Jr. > James R.
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## Ruth Reed - 34 Huckleberry Ct., Apt. 1, Ft. Mitchell, KY 41017 - George > John > Catherine
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## Jackie Wonso - 221 N. Penn. St., Hobart, IN - George >
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## Revolutionary War Record - George
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## Will for George Mock - Bedford Co., PA Wills, Book 1, pg 282 - dated 8 Jan 1810
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Children of George confirmed in Will are #’s 1.1 thru 1.6 Were there 3 daus.? - only 2 mentioned in will.
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## Baptism Records from Christ Lutheran Church from York Co., PA Historical Society
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## Bedford Co., PA Births (George 1779, Jacob 1772, John 1781) - microfiche
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## Climb With Me, My Family Tree by Venita Foster
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History of Tuscarawas Co., OH - Warner, Beers & Co. 1884 (Writeup on Daniel Tomer, son of John & Nancy Mack
Tomer)
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## Arlene McCabe has Marriage License for John Mock and Nancy Nine - 12 Jan 1847 Koscuisko Co., IN -
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Note: According to research done by Venita Foster and Jackie Wonso, parents of John George, b. 1749 could be John
Mack, b. ca 1698 who arrived on the Ship Pleasant 11 Oct 1732. He was married to Magdalena (Kuehns?) dau. of
George and Mary Elizabeth Kuehns. To date there is no documented proof for this theory.
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From Ruth Reed - Re: John Mock/Elizabeth Smith family. ”When I was a child, I remember going with my dad
(Victor Hartline 1880-1946) to visit Windham Mauk, the local blacksmith. His nickname was ”Windy” and he was
considered somewhat of a character. As we were leaving, dad shook his head and said ”We are related to him” Since
then I have traced him back to a George Mauk, son of Jacob Mauk, who was in the Civil War (have pension records).
Have found no clue to the relationship except a copy of an LDS record of the Family of George Mock who died in
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GEORGE MACK - #11
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Bedford, PA ca 1811. This record has the children b. in Bedford Co., PA rather than York Co., but does give the wife
of George as Eva Mauk or Mauck, a different spelling than George’s.
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# OSWALT NOT QUITE HIMSELF IN PHILLIES DEBUT
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WASHINGTON – Philadelphia Phillies starter Roy Halla-
day answers to ”Roy” for four straight days, then morphs
into ”Doc” when it’s his turn to pitch. According to short-
stop Jimmy Rollins, Kyle Kendrick goes by ”LeRoy,”
even though his middle name is Rodney.Just for the sake
of minimizing confusion, the Phillies might want to think
up a new and more distinctive moniker for Roy Oswalt,
the latest addition to their starting rotation. Based on the
events of Friday night, it might be wise to hold off on
”Savior.” Or ”Lucky.”
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“”He was throwing 92-94 [mph], but it didn’t look like he
had much deception, and he didn’t have a strikeout pitch.
He had to throw a lot of breaking balls because he lacked
fastball command, and he didn’t have a swing-and-miss
breaking ball.” It was that kind of night all around. In
the third inning, Oswalt hit an opposite-field line drive for
an apparent base hit. But Nationals right fielder Roger
Bernadina, playing shallow, came up throwing and nailed
him at first base by a step. Once Oswalt’s new teammates
get to know him better, they might subject him to some
ribbing for being on the wrong end of a 9-3 putout. ”It’s
not fair when a pitcher gets penalized for a good single,”
Phillies closer Brad Lidge joked. ”Roy’s a pretty good
hitter. He’s going to have to start turning on balls and
back-legging some home runs.” Of course, this isn’t the
Roy Oswalt who posted a 143-82 record and made three
All-Star Games as an Astro, and the Phillies are happy to
give him a mulligan. Lidge knows Oswalt from their six
seasons together in Houston, and Rollins and Shane Vic-
torino played with him on Team USA in the World Base-
ball Classic. Starting Saturday, Oswalt can exhale, and
his fellow Phillies will do their best to welcome him to
the fraternity and ease his comfort level. ”Nobody wanted
to talk to him today, obviously,” Cole Hamels said, ”so
we’ll get to know him tomorrow. Things can get back to
normal. I’ve heard great things about him. He’s a qual-
ity person on and off the field.” On the subject of nick-
names, how long will it take until some enterprising head-
line writer refers to the Halladay-Hamels-Oswalt combi-
nation as H2O? While Oswalt adapts to this new chapter
in Philadelphia, he’s seeing his baseball career flash be-
fore his eyes. On Thursday, he said goodbye to the only
franchise he had ever known. On Friday, he learned that
Lance Berkman – the face of the Houston organization
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since Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio left town – was on the
verge of becoming a New York Yankee. The two are suffi-
ciently close that Berkman was the first person that Oswalt
called when he learned he had been traded to Philadelphia.
”I think it’ll be good for Lance,” Oswalt said. ”Sometimes
you get into a rut doing the same thing over and over, and
I think it will be great for him to get back into a pennant
race and feel the excitement of it.” Oswalt could just as
easily have been referring to a certain 6-foot, 190-pound
right-hander who now pitches for the Phillies. He’s al-
ready feeling the excitement over his new baseball home.
All he has to do now is give the Phillies a glimpse of the
real Roy Oswalt.
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I didn’t see the kind of stuff you expect to see from Roy
Oswalt. I always remember him having a lot of move-
ment, and tonight his ball didn’t have much tail or sink to
it. There just wasn’t much life on his pitches.” – A scout
at Friday’s game
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## MORE MLB HEADLINES
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• Moore improves to 8-0 as Rays sweep O’s
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• Rangers place Kinsler on DL, bring up Profar
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• Cardinals beat former teammate Lohse again
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• Masterson K’s 11 as Indians pound Felix, M’s
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23rd May 2012
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## The Old And The New
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With obvious signs of improved activity in the commer-
cial property sector Loveitts have significantly strength-
ened their commercial team at Coventry with the key ap-
pointment of a number of surveyors to the ranks. ‘vet-
eran’ Chartered Surveyor but still sprightly Mike Cot-
ton with over 60 years experience in the property mar-
ket in and around Coventry and Warwickshire has now
joined Loveitts as a Consultant along with newcomers
Steve Evans, Chartered Surveyor and also Stuart Hortop,
Graduate who himself has already accumulated a number
of years experience in the commercial property sector.
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Mike, Steve and Stuart, along with David Robinson and
John Pugh, Commercial Director, are ably supported by | |
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Oswalt not quite himself in Phillies debut
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Michelle Broadbent on commercial reception, and all
available to deal with all your commercial property re-
quirements, be they agency or investment related, in re-
spect of rent review and lease renewal work, rating, or in
undertaking valuations for all purposes.
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John Pugh commented ‘These are very exciting times
for us at Loveitts. With the recent opening of our new
Nuneaton office which is already generating great busi-
ness for us, and now with the appointment of three new
surveyors to the commercial team Loveitts continue to
show its confidence in an improving market going for-
ward.
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## Back to Latest News
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## CONTACT: Sebastian D’Elia, 908-527-4419
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## Tom Plante, 908-527-4746
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## Summer Fun at Trailside Nature & Science Center
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Mountainside, NJ – Summer Fun with Trailside! – Park
naturalist Cheryl Gerrity works with campers to catch,
identify and release sea robins, silver sides, hermit crabs,
whelk and other ocean creatures at Sandy Hook in the
Ocean Wonders camp for children entering the 5th and 6th
grades. Limited space remains in camps for children en-
tering the 3rd-4th grades, 7th -9th grades, and the Ocean
Wonders camp as well as several other camps for chil-
dren entering the 5th-6th grades. Please call Trailside at
908-789-3670 for space availability and fee information
or visit us online at www.ucnj.org/trailside for a complete
listing of camps and family programs offered this summer.
Trailside Nature and Science Center is located at 452 New
Providence Road in Mountainside and is a service of the
Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
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MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ – Union County’s Trailside Na-
ture and Science Center has space remaining in its sum-
mer camp programs for children entering the 5th and 6th
grades. Pre-registration is required for all camps.
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“The Watchung Reservation is the perfect location for
a child to become immersed in nature,” said Freeholder
Deborah Scanlon. “It’s extraordinary to watch a child’s
imagination and love for nature bloom through hikes,
crafts, games and other activities.”
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New this year is “Kids for Conversation” where students
explore the ways we depend on nature every day and
find out ways for living a greener lifestyle that will keep
the Earth healthy for generations to come. Through fun-
filled activities and crafts, children will learn how climate
changes are affecting our environment and experiment
with solutions on how to clean up our waterways. Make
paper, tie-dye a t-shirt, participate in a planting project,
search for frogs and fish in Lake Surprise and much more!
Sessions are open for the weeks of June 29 – July 3 from
1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and August 10 – 14 from 9:00 a.m. to
12 noon.
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“Backwoods Lore,” offered during July 13 – 17 and Au-
gust 10 – 14 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., or August 3 – 7 from
9:00 a.m. to 12 noon, will take students back in time to
find out what it was like to live as an American pioneer.
Participants in this camp will learn how to build an emer-
gency shelter in the woods, track local mammals, identify
wild plants that are safe to eat and find out how to follow
a course using only a map and compass.
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Children will delight to explore the mysteries of the deep
in “Ocean Wonders,” offered during the weeks of July 6
– 10 and July 20 – 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Learn
all about the brightly colored animals of a coral reef and
investigate the creatures of the deep, dark ocean depths.
The weekly sessions culminate with a Friday field trip (9
a.m. – 3 p.m.) to Sandy Hook to catch, identify and re-
lease local marine mammals. Identify shells found on the
beach and have fun seining in the ocean for minnows, pipe
fish and more.
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Participants in “Herptile Hunters” will take an in-depth
look at the extraordinary world of reptiles and amphib-
ians. Each day campers will investigate a different area of
the reservation in search of local frogs, toads, turtles, sala-
manders and snakes. Learn how to properly catch, handle
and identify these unique creatures. Throughout the week,
participants will help Trailside naturalists care for the res-
ident herptiles kept onsite at the Center. Sessions are open
on June 29 – July 3 and July 13 – 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 12
noon, and August 3 – 7 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
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Limited space remains in camps for children entering the
3rd and 4th grades and for children entering the 7th – 9th
grades. Please call Trailside for information on specific
topics, dates, times and fees for these programs.
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The fee for a single session of Trailside summer camp (9
a.m.-12 p.m. or 1-4 p.m.) is $120 for residents of Union
County and $150 for out-of-county participants. Morning
and afternoon sessions may be combined for a full-day 9
a.m. – 4 p.m. camp which includes a one-hour supervised
lunch and Trailside t-shirt. The fee for a full-day combi-
nation camp is $280 for residents of Union County and
$350 for out-of-county campers.
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Van field trips are a part of some camps and an additional
trip fee will be added to the session rate for these camps.
Please call Trailside for a list of camps that offer van field
trips.
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For information on trip fees or for additional information
about summer camp openings or for upcoming events at
Trailside, please call 908-789-3670 or visit us on the web
at www.ucnj.org/trailside. Trailside Nature and Science
Center is located at 452 New Providence Road in Moun-
tainside and is a service of the Union County Board of
Chosen Freeholders.
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1 glass of Savoie white wine per person
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200gr of cheese per person (half emmental, half beaufort)
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1 clove of garlic
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Oswalt not quite himself in Phillies debut
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1 teaspoon of potato flour
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1 glass of Kirsch liqueur
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Cut the cheese into strips. Mix the potato flour into the
kirsch. Rub the inside of the caquelon (special fondue
saucepan) with the peeled garlic clove. Heat the wine:
as soon as it starts to bubble add the cut cheese, stirring
all the time with a wooden spoon. Add pepper. When
the cheese has all melted, add the potato flour and kirsch
mixture, mixing all the time. Your fondue is now ready!
Put your piece of bread on the end of a long fork and dip
it in. Not forgetting to stir all the time. If anyone loses
their bread in the fondue then traditionally they must buy
a bottle of wine.
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200gr of raclette cheese per person
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potatos (small or new)
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small pickled gherkins, and cocktail onions
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a selection of ham and dried meats
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Boil the potatos with their skins on. Let the cheese melt
in front of the heat source, then scrape it off and pour it
over the potatos.
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Eaten with the accompanying pickles and meats.
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NB For this a special raclette grill is needed. These come
in numerous shapes and sizes, from large ones that cook
half a round cheese, to small ones that cook just the precut
slices.
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## La Tartiflette, for 4 people
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1 reblochon (cheese)
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1 kg of potatos
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250 gr bacon bits
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salt and pepper
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Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the bacon bits, add
the onions, chopped finely, fry with the potatoes. When
the potatoes are nearly cooked, put them in a low oven
proof dish with the bacon bits and onions then cover with
the grated reblochon. Cook this in a very hot oven, until
the cheese has melted and browned.
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Serve with a green salad and a little Savoie dry white
wine.
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La Tarte aux Myrtilles (Bilberry tart)
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500gr of flour
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100gr of butter
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1/2 glass of water
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a pinch of salt
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Make a hole in the center of the flour and pour in the water.
Add the salt and butter. Mix the pastry with the end of
your fingers, then your palms, role it out and place in a
flan dish, pricking it with a fork . Cook the pastry until
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golden about 20 minutes. Lay the prepoached bilberries
on the pastry, a bit of jelly can be added to give a shine to
it.
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Comcast’s long, bitter struggle with the NFL Network
ended last year, but that was only the beginning of the
cable giant’s waffling over whether or not to charge cus-
tomers extra for the channel.
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I subscribe to Comcast’s Digital Starter package and
was flabbergasted last season as Comcast gave and took
the channel away every few weeks without explanation.
William is in the same boat and was unable to access the
channel for the weekend’s slate of preseason games, while
I had access to the channel. He writes:
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So I woke this morning looking forward to a day full of
football. I thought I would start by turning over to the
NFL network, which for the last year, has been included
in my Digital Starter subscription. To my horror, I got a
message on the screen telling me to call to order. This
couldn’t be right, I thought, so I went to the comcast web-
site to double checked the lineup for Memphis,TN. To my
aboslute disgust, I found that the NFL Network has been
moved to something called the Sports Package, which is
extra.
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I absolutely plan on switching to DirecTV immediately.
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## Comcast Digital Starter subscribers, do you have the
channel these days? Did you get it last year?
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On the strength of a BMCR review, I spent the last few
days reading Laura Salah Nasrallah’s Christian Responses
to Roman Art and Architecture. (Cambridge 2010). The
book juxtaposes the works of several 2nd c. Christian
“apologists” (Tatian, Justin, Athenagoras, and Clement of
Alexandria) and the space of the Roman empire. To do
this, she parallels the texts with specific places within the
Roman world (e.g. the Sebasteion at Aphrodisias or the
Trajans forum) or specific works of art (e.g. statues of
Commodus as Herakles or the Aphrodite of Knidos). Both
the texts, the space, and the works of art themselves fall
significantly outside my area of expertise. The approach,
on the other hand, which assumes that texts are no more
or nor less products of the same culture that produced un-
derstandable spaces and statues within the Roman world
represents a significant interest to me.
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In particular, I was intrigued by how Nasrallah used these
texts as evidence for Christian response to the built envi-
ronment of the Roman world. Of course, this response
was, to a certain extent, constructed by the author’s deci-
sion to juxtapose particular texts with particular environ-
ments (see the BMCR review for this observation), but, at
the same time, the move to compare texts and monuments
in a way that shed light on critical readings of built space
was, to me at least, novel. The alienated (or at least con-
flicted) posture of figures like Tatian when positioned op-
posite the imperial rhetoric of the Sebasteion is particular
striking and reminds me of John Clarke’s more specula-
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Oswalt not quite himself in Phillies debut
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tive approach to the reading of Trajan’s column in his Art
in the lives of Ordinary Romans (Berkeley 2003) or some
of the essays in J. Elsner’s Roman Eyes (Princeton 2007).
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My impression is that Nasrallah’s use of texts was a con-
venient concession to traditional practices in art and archi-
tectural history and archaeology of the Classical World
that continues to imagine texts as the point of departure
for rigorous analysis of meaning and space. When pushed
a step further to deal exclusively with built environments
in places uninformed by robust textual sources, the as-
sumption that spaces can accommodate a wide range of
viewers (including those bent on resisting, subverting, or
even co-opting “intended messages”) becomes decidedly
more foggy. As the BMCR review noted, even Nasrallah
moves cautiously in many cases when she enters into re-
lationship between the act of reading a text and the act of
reading a space or monument; the author is more willing
to leave the texts juxtaposed than to bring out opportuni-
ties for mutual critique.
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In my recent work on the monumental spaces of Justini-
anic Corinth (it is, on my blog, all about me, of course),
I’ve had to confront a similar tension not between texts,
but between monuments. I shared Nasrallah’s assumption
that it is possible to recover the resistance and critique of
the built environment through juxtaposing different types
of texts; for Corinth, however, these texts are not the liter-
ary (or even really epigraphical kind), but other roughly
contemporary monuments. Like Nasrallah and her au-
thors, I have done what I can to understand the act of
building as a response to particular (and maybe recov-
erable) activities within the physical environment. But
this reading of the relationship between buildings captures
only one response within a monumentalized discourse in
the landscape. The ongoing dialog between experiences
across the landscape continuously reinscribed monumen-
tal places with meanings and presented opportunities for
resistance. The decision whether to resist, to critique, or
to accept the meanings produced through the productive
juxtaposition of places in the landscape returns agency to
the viewer and undermines the power traditionally located
in imperialist policies.
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## Layman’s Take on Nokia 500–Why to buy and why not to? The review
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So, while you have seen that how Nokia 500 looks like and what’s the content inside via the unboxing video, its time
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Like I said in last post, low price phones like Nokia C5, Nokia E5, Nokia 5800, Nokia 5233, Nokia 7230 etc always
had a special place for me and I gave them a due whenever got a chance, so when you hear about a phone with
1GHz processor under 10k, then its kind of natural to get excited about it. Nokia 500 been the first of 1GHz Symbian
Smartphone lineup from Nokia and while its obviously not going to be make big buzz on big tech sites you read, this
is sure something that mean business in Asian countries.
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## Nokia 500: The naming scheme
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It’s been a lot of confusing lately with names like C6-00, C6-01, X2-00, X2-03 etc... but finally Nokia taken the
suggestions and went back to the old naming conventions like we knew Nokia sometimes back in era or Nokia 1100,
6600 etc...
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Pure numeric names for the consumer models and special names for the flagships.
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Sure the convention here actually has some different meaning than this, but that’s the way normal consumer may
understand it better. So, a good news to see the names like Nokia 500, 600, 700, 701 etc.
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I am not sure that many would remember that this is not the first Nokia 500 model. Yeah! it might come as a surprise
to you that there was already a product named Nokia 500 Auto Navigation , which was a car navigation device with a
4.3” resistive touch screen with 480272 pixels resolution supporting 65k colors. More interestingly, this device from
2008 had Samsung’s 400 Mhz CPU. Did you knew it?
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While no reviewers seem to be pointing over this, but I find it a bit strange that why Nokia thought to make use of this
name? Anyway, as that TomTom competitor is ancient now, so I don’t think anyone will bother when the name Nokia
500 sits tight with the names of other devices in the same range (Nokia 600, Nokia 700, Nokia 701).
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Though still we heard of two more product in the old confusing naming, but we should say kudos to Nokia for listening
their community and changing the naming scheme finally.
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## Let’s see what I seen and thought of Nokia 500 ...
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## Nokia 500: The Box and the contents
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I wasn’t expecting something heavy inside the box at this price (like we seen in case of Nokia 5800 long back). Sure,
there is no TV Out cable (no TV Out capability too), no premium microphones (but it is a Stereo headset) like Nokia
5800, but you didn’t seen these things with Nokia C7-00 likes too, no?
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## So, here goes the Nokia 500 Box Contents targeting mass users ...
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You can notice that the content of box is almost the same as it has been with Nokia C7-00 except the super compact
charger Nokia AC-5E in place of AC-15E (Not sure if I ever seen such a compact charger around). Also the addition
of two swappable battery cover is might be a popular trick to engage youngsters and also keep their different league
as Nokia brand due to premium material used in construction.
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Complaining about “smallest USB cable in the world” is old days story, so not talking about that, but want to tell
the readers that unlike rest of Symbianˆ3 lineup, like an odd man out, Nokia 500 doesn’t have USB OTG, just like
it doesn’t have Bluetooth 3.0 (it has Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR). But its still doesn’t go as deal breaker as expect Nokia
Symbianˆ3 lineup, none of other brands have any of these, leave the low price handsets.
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## Nokia 500: The design
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Do you know what was my first expression, when I seen this device in front of me? I was like holy cow... this thing is
so good looking for a low price handset. Same been the words of others, whoever seen it. If you would have seen the
designs of Nokia 5800, Nokia 5233 etc or the other brands in this segment, then I am sure that these looks will please
you for the price on offer (current best price is 8.5k INR around).
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## Just take a look at this thing ...
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Nokia took the same design forward to present their first 1Ghz phone, which arrived with their first capacitive smart-
phone Nokia X6.
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If you thought that Nokia 500 looks fantastic from the front only and plastic (rubber actually I think) on the back might
be spoiling the looks, then look at this...
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Now, think that from which side you wanna show off this nice little beauty.
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The bottom part of the device front contains in-surface touch buttons for Menu, Call, Call End button and an unusually
placed Microphone, if you would have noticed left part of the screen.
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While in switched off state, Call and Call End buttons look while, Nokia didn’t missed to put Green LED behind Call
button and Red LED for the switched on state. And by the way, did I tell you that Call End serves as Power Button as
well in case pressed enough long.
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Not a big surprise for people keeping track of devices in this price range, but consumers should have been much
happier if this phone was sporting a front camera. I mean, isn’t it disappointing a bit to see a device with HSDPA
Cat10 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA Cat6 5.76 Mbps but not usable as a video calling device? But again.. why to expect big
things from a budget device that is already doing great for its price?
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So apart from the ear piece, what else you see on the top of device front is Ambient Light Sensor and a proximity
sensor.
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Like I always said, if there is no good implementation to cover it, then it’s a lot better to leave the USB slot open, like
Nokia been doing with N82, N8 likes and Nokia 500 fall back in the same line. If you look closer then the USB slot
is different than other Symbianˆ3 devices, to ensure that someone may not accidently put a USB OTG cable inside the
slot. Also I should personally thank Nokia for managing to keep the USB charging feature retained with Nokia 500.
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Rest of the top place is taken by 3.5mm Audio jack on a side and 2mm Charging port on other side. Thank God, we
have dual charging options here, which may serve a great purpose of being a reliable modem for our PCs/Laptops.
Remember we have HSDPA Cat10 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA Cat6 5.76 Mbps here.
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While right side or bottom side of device has no buttons or any ports, we find a lock button and volume buttons on
the left side of the device. The Lock button is not slider here, which might be serving better for a plastic body in long
term.
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While many might miss this point, but you must notice the fact that the camera on back uses the glass here, no plastic
lens on the back cover. My experience with Nokia 5233 likes says that we should praise this device whole heartedly.
Adds another dimension into durability of this device.
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The speaker on the back isn’t anything big to be talked about. Its nothing like those almighty speakers on Nokia 5800,
Nokia N8-00 etc but still does fairer than other brands around (quality wise).
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Not sure, what to say about it, but Nokia 500 carries a 1110 mAh battery in place of usual 1200 mAh that been kind
of standard to Nokia nowadays. Though sure, I don’t have a big complaint on a battery life till its above 7 hours per
charge.
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The placement of SIM or MicroSD card under battery makes both of them non-hot swappable, but slot open mechanism
used here again makes both of a very durable design over some pull out mechanism.
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The above is the back cover of the device, which is not that easy to pull it off. I mean not very much tough but still
not as easy as it been case of Nokia N82 or Nokia 5310 likes to me. But once you are used to it, the good news is, you
can swap the covers without switching off device. I know many for which it would be handy.
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## Nokia 500: The Interiors
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As written on the box, the prominent feature about Nokia 500 is 1GHz ARM processor. Rest usual goodies like 5MP
Full Focus Camera, HSDPA Cat10 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA Cat6 5.76 Mbps, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM, 2Gb mass
memory, 32 Gb MicroSD support, WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, Accelerometer Sensor, Ambient
Light Sensor and Compass (Magnetometer Sensor) fall in place with Nokia 500.
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Neither of 14.1 mm thickness or 3.2” LCD (non AMOLED or non CBD) is something big to talk about nor you expect
some superb viewing angles from a plain LCD Display of sub 10k device, but the display is bright enough and pixel
density should be considered as above average at 229 ppi (184 ppi of X7-00, 210 ppi of N8-00). Definitely fits enough
juice for a sub 10k device.
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While we have read that what we got here, let’s take a look at, what we are missing here.
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## No Front camera
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No LED Flash with back 5MP Full Focus Camera (100 cm to Infinity)
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No 720p recording anymore (just 640 x 480 pixels with 15 fps only)
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## No Gorilla Glass
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## No Bluetooth 3.0
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## No USB OTG
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## No TV Out support
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## No HDMI obviously
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Only 2D Graphics HW Accelerator with OpenVG 1.1 support, not the usual 2D/3D Graphics HW Accelerator with
OpenVG1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0 support (Its big one, if you ask me).
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## Nokia 500: The Software Experience
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Once you open and go through the Symbian Anna on Nokia 500, you definitely find it lighter than its own physical
weight. 1 Ghz is so happening with Symbian’s way of utilizing resources so well though lack of 3D HW acceleration
sure makes you want more (and Nokia 600, 700, 701 are just around the corner on a little bit more price).
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Never found it lagging anywhere, no matter how many apps I am running, but that’s also a fact that not many apps to
run there, thanks to no 3D acceleration. But sure its not that big deal as developers will easily adopt with this particular
device in a matter of very short time (next Gravity going to cover it for sure, I guess).
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Yes, we call it Symbian Anna and it looks like Symbian Anna, but I am sure that developers behind it would have done
a great job mapping a 3D HW accelerated UI into a non-3D accelerated UI. I am not a developer but I think that the
version number 010.029, we see here should be something different than usual Symbian Anna.
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We don’t get to run Angry Bird, I Must Run! like popular games here and Gravity facing noticeable flickering issues ..
kind of shows that the software still need some work. Though other apps like fMobi, Nokia Store, 4squick, LinkedIn
etc works great.
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Rest all Symbian Anna goodies are right there, split input, Qt apps, Video Editor and Photo Editor etc. and I must say
it’s the most you get from a sub 10k device out of the box. Otherwise, you either miss 3G or miss camera or miss
resolution or missing anything like that.
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So, keeping the long story short, this is Nokia 500, what I seen of it. What you think about it? Tell me.. I am all ears
on @nkumar or on firstname.lastname@example.org
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee/NEW YORK, New York—Three senior hotel executives have launched what is believed to
be the first hotel investment fund formed specifically to acquire hotels since the recent credit and equity market up-
heaval. Fairwood Hospitality Investors, LLC is capitalized with $150 million in equity contributed by the principals
of Fairwood Capital LLC, a newly formed private equity fund, and two institutional investors.
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Fairwood Capital’s principals are hospitality and real estate veterans, including:
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• Robert Solmson, the founder, former chairman and CEO of Memphis-based RFS Hotel Investors, Inc., a
publicly held real estate investment trust (REIT), listed on the NYSE. The company was the first hotel REIT
formed in 1993 and was acquired by CNL Properties for approximately $700 million in 2003;
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• Ed Ansbro, former senior vice-president of Equity Inns, Inc., a Memphis-based REIT, listed on the NYSE.
The company and its portfolio of 130 hotels was acquired in 2007 by Whitehall Street Global Real Estate
Limited Partnership for $2.2 billion; and
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• Richard Reiss is chairman of New York-based Georgica Advisors and a number of other private investment
entities. Reiss was previously a RFS board member.
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”We believe the turmoil in the credit markets, together with the prospect of a recession, the depth and duration of which
is unknown, will create compelling opportunities to acquire hotels at historically attractive prices,” Solmson said.
“Assuming moderate leverage of approximately 50 percent, we will have up to $300 million in buying power and plan
to invest this sum over the next few years. We intend to acquire an institutional grade portfolio of premium-branded
select-service and full-service hotels that will be diversified by brand, geography and market segment. Initially, we
will focus on Marriott, Starwood (including Sheraton and Westin) and Hilton-branded products.”
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Solmson noted that the company has flexibility in structuring transactions. “We intend to be entrepreneurial in our
approach and creative in structuring transactions, and we have the ability to move quickly. We will work directly with
owners, developers, brokers and management companies to source transactions. It is anticipated that all of the hotels
will be operated by third-party management companies.”
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The company will have offices in Memphis and New York City.
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# CONTENTS OF WOLFGANG ERNST, DIGITAL MEMORY AND THE
ARCHIVE
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I read with curiosity PAS’ stand on Hindraf and its skewed
understanding of Islam’s role within the constitution. It
says, among other things, ”We must secure national unity
beyond the interests of narrow racial politics.” Should this
not also include religious politics? Should it not be that
politics, which is really a secular activity, be free of racial
and religious bias altogether?
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What is defined as racial politics? Does it mean that race-
based political parties such as Umno, MCA, MIC and eth-
nic organisations are not ”upholding the basic principles
of our constitution?” What role then do ethnic organi-
sations play if they have a role at all according to PAS?
When is it valid for an ethnic group to fight for its rights?
Is it racial politics if the Orang Asli fight for their na-
tive forests? Does a Chinese group protecting its mother
tongue constitute racial politics? Are a group of Malays
fighting for its religion racist?
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Surely there must be a situation where it is legitimate for
people of the same race, who are common victims of dis-
crimination, to fight for a common cause or for their rights
without having to justify their stand or be unfairly accused
as racist. We must be careful not to confuse racial dis-
crimination with racial identification. Affinity groups of-
ten have a common denominator and race is the obvious
one.
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Some are wary of Hindraf’s race-based demands and
question if they should be more inclusive. That would be
an idealism, one more appropriate in a situation where In-
dians have the resources to do that. It seems like a tough
task. Since Malaysian affairs are often conducted along
racial lines, it is natural for every ethnic and religious
group to look after its own interests. There is a place for
it.
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It is not ideal but Malaysian politics is far from perfect.
Looking after the interests of your own house first is being
pragmatic. It only becomes unconstitutional and immoral
when you deny others the same rights. This is why we
criticise Umno for its double standards.
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I don’t know what Hindraf’s ultimate goals are. Many
people support its moves to redress the Indian poverty trap
but not necessarily its broader religious aims, which has
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put the government on notice in a peculiar and oblique but
clever way. No matter what the critics say, Indians have a
right to plead their case without unfair accusations of be-
ing racist. What Hindraf will do beyond that is uncertain.
It is left to be seen if its leaders are not unceremoniously
and unfairly locked away. This will only harden the re-
solve of the Indians and their friends.
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If PAS is genuinely concerned for national unity then it
should drop its demands for an Islamic state and abide
by the spirit of the constitution which it advocates. This
spirit is definitely not Islam as PAS asserts. Its clamour for
an Islamic state is the reason why many Malaysians are
wary of PAS and what it will do if it gets into power. PAS
needs to clearly spell out its manifesto, the rights of non-
Muslims under a PAS government and how significantly
different they are from Umno.
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The spirit of the constitution is an equitable, secular state
with Islam as the official religion. This is its historical
position which is a world of difference from PAS’ claim
that ”Islam is the pillar and the spiritual force in our Fed-
eral Constitution.” Such an interpretation itself would be
guilty of insensitivity that ”hurt other people’s feelings”
as the writer warns against.
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In the context that framed the original constitution, Is-
lam being declared the official religion has a vastly dif-
ferent meaning from an Islam that pervades every space
of civil society. The latter Islamisation process should not
be confused with the original intent Islam’s role in a sec-
ular state. If we remain true to history, it was meant to be
more ceremonial in nature, not unlike the role of Chris-
tianity in England.
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If PAS wants to be taken seriously as a just and inclusive
party, it should come clean and drop its Islamic state am-
bition. It is the stumbling block to both opposition unity
and national unity. Malaysia, Islamic state or not, is al-
ready functioning as if it is one. Perhaps someday Mus-
lims may realise that true religion is not about form but
substance, as former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad
has publicly said. Being fair is more important than being
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Islamic state or not, the country’s shortcomings are all
too glaring and an embarrassment to Islam which does
not condone corruption, injustice, lying, slander and all
manner of immoral conduct. Yet we know those in power
who preach religion would do the opposite of what Islam
teaches. Today the country is morally wrecked by corrup-
tion rendering worthless the credibility of a government
that has declared war on corruption.
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In a constitution so clearly defined and successfully im-
plemented during the nation’s first decade of inception, it
would be wrong for subsequent Islamic agenda to alter the
true meaning of the role of Islam in a secular state. It is
one thing to revise a constitution and another to wrongly
state its original intent. It seems to me that the problem
stems from the fear of confusing secular for irreligious
which I know to be untrue in secular states. In secular
states, religion is often practised truer to its teachings than
the “form over substance” variety found in so-called reli-
gious states.
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We know for a fact that it is only in the West where
democracy thrives that the religious are able to practise
their beliefs without hindrance.
It is there that bigots
are not allowed to cause trouble and where the different
strains of a religion (including Islam) can co-exist. The
fact that more Muslims emigrate to Western countries (not
only for economic purposes) speaks for the failure of the
“form over substance” religious states.
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We are told that Islam preaches justice and yet we know
that most of the failed states are Islamic states.
Even
Malaysia has tried to distance itself from other Islamic
states with its version of Islam Hadhari. Incidentally, the
recent arrests of Bersih, Hindraf and Bar Council leaders
provides proof of Abdullah’s Islam Hadhari sanctions and
the police state Mahathir described.
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PAS’ insistence on an Islamic state has become its polit-
ical Achilles’ heel. Umno is laughing all the way to the
ballot box on the backs of a secular state, one which func-
tions like a de facto Islamic state. Perhaps PAS should
worry less about Hindraf and more about making the
country’s politics free of race and religion if it wants to
play a broader role in Malaysian politics.
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It is not to say that religion has no role to play but religion
and state don’t always guarantee good governance. In the
long run, it is the people’s commitment to higher common
values that would be more pragmatic and workable.
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Good news for the start of 2013: the volume of Wolfgang
Ernst writings Digital Memory and the Archive is out!
The book is soon available in bookstores. The collection
that I edited is the first to introduce this very important
German media theorist whose style of media archaeology
is highly exciting and provocative. Ernst is one of the
significant names in the German media studies landscape,
and represents one of the directions where theory is going
in the post-Friedrich Kittler world.
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Ernst’s interest in media archaeology is very material, and
insists on the agency of the machine. His theories are in-
terested in material epistemologies and the operationality
of old media devices. Media devices govern our ways
of seeing and hearing, but also our modes of knowledge.
Hence, Ernst’s media theory is a way to understand the
change in our archival logic in software culture. But it’s
not only about the digital and not only about archives.
Indeed, his writings on the sonic and in general media
arts are important insights into a meticulous material me-
dia theory that represents a unique way to understand the
persistence of history and time. Ernst writes his theory
through mediatic paths: from television to internet cul-
tures, media arts to archival institutions, Hertzian discov-
eries to sound.
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The collection has a longer introduction by me, as well
as the section introductions that I wrote. Ernst was kind
enough to write his own preface to this English edition
of his writings where he pitches the idea of cross-Atlantic
influences and meditation on what is happening in media
studies at the moment. An inspiring read. Or in Wendy
Chun’s words, quoting her endorsement:
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“Digital Memory and the Archive offers the most com-
pelling and insightful account published to date of how
and why objects matter. Moving beyond textual analy-
sis, its careful, theoretically rigorous engagement with the
relic—the physicality of the archive—promises to change
the direction of the digital humanities.
Thanks to this
book, we will all now be addressing the microtemporal-
ity of archives and the mechanics of remaining. Finally, a
definitive collection in English of one of the most brilliant
and influential media archaeologists.”
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Below you will find the short blurb from the publisher
University of Minnesota Press website as well as the table
of contents.
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In the popular imagination, archives are remote, largely
obsolete institutions: either antiquated, inevitably dusty
libraries or sinister repositories of personal secrets main-
tained by police states. Yet the archive is now a ubiquitous
feature of digital life. Rather than being deleted, e-mails
and other computer files are archived. Media software and
cloud storage allow for the instantaneous cataloging and
preservation of data, from music, photographs, and videos
to personal information gathered by social media sites.
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In this digital landscape, the archival-oriented media the-
ories of Wolfgang Ernst are particularly relevant. Digital
Memory and the Archive, the first English-language col-
lection of the German media theorist’s work, brings to-
gether essays that present Ernst’s controversial materialist
approach to media theory and history. His insights are
central to the emerging field of media archaeology, which
uncovers the role of specific technologies and mecha-
nisms, rather than content, in shaping contemporary cul-
ture and society.
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Ernst’s interrelated ideas on the archive, machine time and
microtemporality, and the new regimes of memory offer
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a new perspective on both current digital culture and the
infrastructure of media historical knowledge. For Ernst,
different forms of media systems—from library catalogs
to sound recordings—have influenced the content and un-
derstanding of the archive and other institutions of mem-
ory. At the same time, digital archiving has become a con-
tested site that is highly resistant to curation, thus compli-
cating the creation and preservation of cultural memory
and history.
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## Archival Media Theory: An Introduction to Wolfgang
Ernst’s Media Archaeology , by Jussi Parikka
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## Media Archaeology as a Trans-Atlantic Bridge,
Wolfgang Ernst
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## Part I. The Media Archaeological Method
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1. . Let There Be Irony: Cultural History and Me-
dia Archaeology in Parallel Lines
2. . Media Archaeography: Method and Machine
versus History and Narrative of Media
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## Part II. From Temporality to the Multimedial Archive
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1. .
Underway to the Dual System:
Classical
Archives and Digital Memory
2. . Archives in Transition: Dynamic Media Mem-
ories
3. . Between Real Time and Memory on Demand:
Reflections on Television
4. .
Discontinuities: Does the Archive Become
Metaphorical in Multi-Media Space?
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## Part III. Microtemporal Media
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1. .
Telling
versus
Counting:
A
Media-
Archaeological Point of View
2. . Distory: 100 Years of Electron Tubes, Media-
Archaeologically Interpreted vis-a-vis 100 Years
of Radio
3. . Towards a Media Archaeology of Sonic Artic-
ulations
4. 0. Experimenting MediaTemporality: Pythago-
ras, Hertz, Turing
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## Appendix. Archive Rumblings: An Interview with
Wolfgang Ernst , by Geert Lovink
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What is Media Archaeology? gives no direct answer to the
question that it poses. Instead, it gives a map – a cartogra-
phy of how to see the field of media archaeology defined
by various theories and directions, that help us to go to
places – and think things. However, I remember trying to
think through definitions of media archaeology – a useful
task to bring clarity. I originally doodled something like
this for my working blog for that WiMA book, but let’s re-
turn to that now. This thinking aloud was partly triggered
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by my soon to be new colleague Sunil Manghani’s ques-
tion...so how does media archaeology differ from media
history.
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Here is one attempt to give definition type of coordi-
nates...although this does not exhaust the richness of MA
and its various traditions.
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Media archaeology can be understood as a heterogeneous
set of theories and methods that investigate media history
through its alternative roots, forgotten paths, neglected
ideas and machines. It explicitly challenges the supposed
newness of digital culture. Media archaeology gives new
ideas to understand media cultural temporality. The def-
initions have ranged from emphasising the recurring na-
ture of media cultural discourses (Huhtamo) to media ar-
chaeology as an-archaeology, or variantology (Zielinski)
which in its excavation of the deep time layers of our
means of seeing tries to find an alternative route to dis-
mantle the fallacy of linear development.
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Furthermore, I see media archaeology as a history-theory
enterprise in which temporal excavation of media func-
tions as a theoretical force as well; a reading of old media
and new media in parallel lines. Media archaeology is de-
cisively non-linear, and rigorously theoretical in its media
historical interest of knowledge. In a Benjaminian vein,
it abandons historicism when by it is meant the idea that
the past is given and out there waiting for us to find it;
instead, it believes in the radical assembling of history,
and histories in the plural, but so that it is not only a sub-
set of cultural historical writing. Instead, media archae-
ology needs to insist both on the material nature of its
enterprise – that media are always articulated in material,
also in non-narrative frameworks whether technical media
such as photography, or algorithmic media features such
as databases and software networks – and that the work
of assembling temporal mediations takes place in an in-
creasingly varied and distributed network of institutions,
practices and technological platforms.
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Indeed, what media archaeology investigates are also the
practical rewirings of time, as is done in media artistic and
creative practice work, through archives digital and tradi-
tional, as well as DIY and circuit bending which recycle,
and remix obsolete technology as much as they investigate
aesthetic and political economic conditions of technical
media.
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Media archaeology takes place in artistic labs, laborato-
ries where hardware and software are hacked and opened,
but also in in conceptual labs for experimenting with con-
cepts and ideas.
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So as you can see, it moves into certain material charac-
teristics that I want to keep close to media archaeology. It
does not mean that this it the only to approach MA. For
instance, here is what Huhtamo wrote.
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It’s out, and gradually in book stores — What is Media
Archaeology? (Polity),
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my new book about media archaeology (what a surprise)!
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Contents of Wolfgang Ernst, Digital Memory and the Archive
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It picks up where the edited volume Media Archaeol-
ogy: Approaches, Applications, and Implications (Huh-
tamo and Parikka) left off; this means the implications bit,
and how media archaeology relates to other recent discus-
sions in art, cultural and media theory: software studies,
new materialism, archives, and more. In other words, it
complements the earlier collection.
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So in short,
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1. ) What IS media archaeology?
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2. depends who you ask. If you ask Erkki Huhtamo
or Siegfried Zielinski, you might get a different
answer than from asking me. For Huhtamo, it
is the recurring topoi/topics of media culture; for
Zielinski, a poetic exploration of deep times and
variantology; and so forth. For me, it is an ex-
citing theoretical opening to think about material
media cultures in a historical perspective. How-
ever, it expands into an experimental set of ques-
tioning about time, obsolescence, and alternative
histories as well. In one way, it is about analyz-
ing the conditions of existence of media cultural
objects, processes and phenomena. It picks up
on some strands of “German media theory”, but
connects that to other debates in cultural theory
too.I like what Bernhard Siegert has said about
the early ethos of media archaeology being that
of Nietzschean gay science — experimental, ex-
ploratory, radical. Perhaps in this vein, media
archaeology is one answer to the need to think
transdiscplinary questions of art, science, philos-
ophy and technology.
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3. ) Isn’t it just media history that tries to rebrand
itself?
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4. No, not really. A lot of the media archaeologi-
cal work expands to strong theoretical arguments
as well as quite different sorts of historical in-
quiry than one recognizes in media historical
work. Having said that, perhaps this is where the
interesting connections are emerging; how me-
dia archaeology can contribute to media histori-
cal inquiry as well as to thinking about archives
and cultural memory. There is one chapter on
archives in this new book. A lot of media ar-
chaeology owes to earlier new cultural histories
and new historicism, so the link is there.
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5. ) Isn’t media archaeology only a footnote to Kit-
tler’s work?
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6. That would be unfair towards a bunch of other
theorists, German and non-German. Kittler him-
self denied being a media archaeologist, even if
a lot of the stuff has taken much inspiration from
him and the idea of looking at “conditions of ex-
istence” of cultural formations through (techni-
cal) media.
Even Germany is filled with me-
dia archaeological work, since 1980s, and a lot
of that expands to such new directions as Cul-
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tural Techniques (Siegert, Krajewski, Vissman,
and others) as well as other media archaeologists
— not least Wolfgang Ernst.
In addition, the
book offers an insight to other media archaeo-
logical theories, such as Huhtamo’s, Zielinski’s,
new film history (Elsaesser et al) as well as the
links to emerging media studies fields such as
digital humanities (eg Kirschenbaum’s work).
7. ) Sounds like the book is all theory, huh?
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There is more than just media theory — although I admit,
that because of the nature of the book, was not able to
work too much of new empirical material there. However,
one key thing that pops up in the book is the use of me-
dia archaeology as an artistic method. There is a whole
chapter dedicated to that. I think one of the most exciting
directions is to see how these methodologies can be used
in design, arts and other fields of creative practice that
anyway are interested in themes of obsolescence, media
and technological affordance, the environment and ecol-
ogy, remix and for instance hardware (even analogue!).
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1. ) What next?
2. No more media archaeology for me. Well, I have
jokingly promised that I won’t use the term any-
more, even if I am interested in seeing where this
term might take us. I will come up with a dis-
guise, a theoretical disguise.
3. ) your chance to ask me a question!
4. and I will answer, if I can.
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Meanwhile, here is the info about the book:
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(From the Publisher’s catalogue and website):
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This cutting-edge text offers an introduction to the emerg-
ing field of media archaeology and analyses the innova-
tive theoretical and artistic methodology used to excavate
current media through its past.
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Written with a steampunk attitude, What is Media Ar-
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contextualizes media archaeology in relation to other key
media studies debates including software studies, German
media theory, imaginary media research, new materialism
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What is Media Archaeology? advances an innovative the-
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accessible overview for students of media, film and cul-
tural studies. It will be essential reading for anyone inter-
ested in the interdisciplinary ties between art, technology
and media.
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# COLLINS SAID THIS INDICATES A ”CULTURE PROBLEM.”
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The swelling scandal over the alleged sexual indiscretions of nearly two dozen Secret Service agents and military
personnel in Colombia has raised questions about the ”secret” culture at the nation’s elite protection agency – and few
are feeling the heat more intensely than its director, Mark Sullivan.
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So far, officials on both sides of the aisle are largely defending Sullivan’s leadership. President Obama ”has confi-
dence” in the director, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the
House Homeland Security Committee, and other lawmakers have vouched for Sullivan and praised his swift response
to allegations of misconduct in Colombia last week.
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But at the same time, lawmakers have questioned what the incident reveals about the ”culture” at the Secret Service.
Some doubt this is the first time, and warn that the agents’ alleged actions could have put the U.S. at risk.
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At least one lawmaker, Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., says Sullivan should be replaced. ”In baseball, you get three strikes
and you’re out. I don’t know how many strikes you get in national security, but the strikes are mounting up,” Forbes,
a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told Fox News on Wednesday. ”Now they can’t even control the
fact that their agents are busing in loads of prostitutes. I think it’s about time that we say they’re out.”
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And Ronald Kessler, the author who broke the story on the prostitution scandal in coordination with The Washington
Post, said repeatedly in interviews this week that Sullivan must go.
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”The answer is not congressional hearings and a lot of hot air out of Congress. The answer is replacing Mark Sullivan,”
Kessler told Fox News, accusing him of presiding over an agency marred by ”corner-cutting” and ”laxness.” He cited,
among other complaints, the 2009 incident in which aspiring reality-show couple the Salahis crashed a White House
dinner.
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Sullivan, while pursuing an internal investigation, has requested an independent review from the agency’s inspector
general.
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For these steps, lawmakers have applauded him. The highly regarded director – a Bush administration appointee
retained by Obama – is practically a lifelong Secret Service agent, having served nearly three decades at the agency.
He started his career in the Detroit office in 1983, moving his way steadily up the ranks – through the presidential
protective division in the 1990s and ultimately to the position of director in 2006.
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But the alleged misconduct in Colombia is a stain on the agency he runs. Some lawmakers are dubious the incident is
isolated, and warn that the security risks are far higher than is being portrayed.
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”It is hard for me to believe that this is the one and only time this has happened because there were so many Secret
Service members involved,” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told Fox News. After speaking with Sullivan, Collins
claimed Monday he revealed up to 21 women were brought to the hotel where the agents were staying. The Department
of Homeland Security later disputed that figure. Eleven Secret Service agents have nevertheless been implicated, along
with 10 military members, according to sources.
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”If it had been one or two, then you would think that it’s just one bad apple. But for 11 or 12 to be involved is really
alarming,” Collins said.
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She added: ”Who knows who (the women) were working for? So they may have been sent to lure these agents into a
trap to kidnap them, to disable their guns, to plant eavesdropping devices. The implications are mind boggling.”
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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has raised similar
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Collins said this indicates a ”culture problem.”
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But Dave Wilkinson, a retired agent who served for years with Sullivan, rejected the idea of a ”culture” problem at the
Service as well as Kessler’s comments.
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”It’s really just those few agents and/or military folks that made this bad decision,” he said. ”It certainly doesn’t
suggest that the culture of the Secret Service is in any way a part of this.”
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He said reports of so-called ”wheels-up” parties – where agents would supposedly kick back upon the conclusion of
an assignment – have been misconstrued. He said the term typically refers to formal receptions held by host embassies
and ambassadors after a delegation visit.
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In an interview with FoxNews.com, Wilkinson stood by Sullivan and said the incident should not cost him his job.
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”We came up through the Secret Service together,” he said, recalling their time together during the Clinton adminis-
tration. ”You will not find a more dedicated, more conscientious, level-headed leader for the Secret Service.”
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King earlier told Fox News that Sullivan took a ”bad rap” for the Salahi incident. He blamed that breach on the White
House social secretary, who later resigned, rather than the Service.
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”I have a great regard for Director Sullivan,” King said. ”This could not have been (investigated) more efficiently.”
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As director, Sullivan is responsible for an agency with more than 150 offices around the world. The Service not only
protects the president and his family, but also is tasked with protecting foreign delegations and other top U.S. officials
as well as conducting criminal investigations.
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On Tuesday, Carney said Sullivan ”acted swiftly in response to this incident.” Obama earlier said he would be ”angry”
if the allegations against the agents turn out to be true, but voiced confidence in the Service itself.
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FoxNews.com’s Judson Berger and Fox News’ Catherine Herridge contributed to this report.
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## Ip Man’s Wing Chun
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## Straight Punch Section
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There is a saying in kung fu that “it is hard for a student to find a good sifu, but it is even more difficult for a sifu to find
a good student” It is also said that there are systems of kung fu that have been lost over the passage of time because
the masters could find no worthy student to whom to pass the traditions and heritage.
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This could well have been the case for Wing Chun, had Leung Bik, son of the famous Wing Chun Master Leung
Jan, not met Ip Man, his only student. Ip Man proved not only to be a great student, but a genius in fulfilling the
responsibility of passing the art on to the future generations of masters.
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It was due to Ip Man’s innovations that Wing Chun was able to spread from a little city in Southern China to become
one of the most popular and sought after systems of Martial Arts in the world.
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Ip Man was born in Foshan, China, at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Foshan was situated in the most prosperous region
of the Zheyleng Delta of Guangdong province. Wong Fai hung, Cheung Hung-shing, Leung Jan, Leung Siu-Ching,
etc., came from Foshan. So Ip Man, grew up hearing the stories of the exploits of these great kung fu men. It’s not
surprising that he would develop into one of the greats himself.
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Ip Man’s education in Wing Chun began as a youth when he became a student of Chan Wah Shun, who was a student
of the famous Leung Jan. Chan Wah Shun accepted Ip Man as a student towards the end of his teaching career, when
he was quite old. Master Chan was a big man by Chinese standards. So his Kung fu was powerful. Ip Man learned
from Master Chan until the masters, death, and continued his training with one of his senior Kung Fu brothers (si-hing)
until Ip Man left Foshan for Hong Kong.
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p Man moved to Hong Kong to attend school. Here, he had a chance meeting with an old gentleman who was a martial
artist. This old man crossed hands with Ip Man and beat him soundly. This disturbed Ip Man very much, as he had
developed his kung fu to a high level and considered himself to be quite proficient. As it turned out, the old gentleman
was Leung Bik, the son of Master Chan Wah Shun’s teacher, the famous, Leung Jan.
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Master Leung Bik’s Wing Chun was much more refined than what Ip Man had leaned from Master Chan. While Chan
Wah Shun had been a big man, Leung Bik was much smaller. There also was a pretty wide gap in the education level
between the two masters. Chan Wah Shun was nor very well educated, while Leung Bik’s father was a well-educated
doctor of Chinese medicine. This education was passed to his son. Thus, Leung Bik was better able to understand the
underlying principles of the Wing Chun system. This knowledge was passed to Ip Man.
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Upon learning all that Leung Bik had to teach him, Ip Man went on to explore ways to simplify Wing Chun, making
it easier to understand. In addition to his education in Wing Chun, Ip Man received an advanced formal education in
his youth. He learnt the theories and principles of modem science and could therefore make use of modem techno-
logical knowledge, such as mechanical and mathematical theories, to expand the principles of Wing Chun. Ip Man
even changed terminology, such as the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams (Ba Gua) that were commonly used in
metaphysics. This helped to demystify Wing Chun, thus making it easier for the common student to understand and
apply the system.
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It is thanks to Master Ip Man that the modern Wing Chun system is so popular. Among the kung fu systems, Wing
Chun is considered one of the simplest to learn and understand. The system is known to be direct, simple, economical
in application, and highly effective in combat. Master Ip Man’s contributions to the evolution of Wing Chun can be
credited for building the systems reputation. These innovations demonstrated the intelligence of Ip Man.
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## Jazz Bands in Scotland
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## See and hear the jazz bands in Scotland on our this web site of quartets and other music groups
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## Use the drop down box to select Scotland Jazz Bands
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Here’s a few of our jazz bands across the UK. To find the jazz bands in Scotland by select your county from the drop
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## What has been said about Jazz Bands in Scotland
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## Much has been written about jazz and jazz bands. Here are some quotations:-
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Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and
feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music. George Gershwin
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Jeanette James and her Synco Jazzers; John Williams’ and his Memphis Stompers; Leona Williams and her Dixie
Band; Ralph Williams and his Rainbo Orchestra; Te Roy Williams and his Orchestra; Williamson’s Beale Street Frolic
Orchestra; Jelly James and his Fewsicians; Frankie ”Half Pint” Jaxon and his Hot Shots; Frankie ”Half Pint” Jaxon
accompanied by the Harlem Hamfats; Frankie ”Half Pint” Jaxon accompanied by Punches Delegates of Pleasure;
Jazzazza Jazz Band; Jazz Artists; Jazz Band Kapelle, Karellmeister Bernard Ette; Edith Wilson and her Original Jazz
Hounds; Lena Wilson accompanied by her Jazz Hounds; Lena Wilson accompanied by Johnny Dunn’s Jazz Hounds;
Lena Wilson accompanied by the Jazz Masters; Lena Wilson accompanied by Conaway’s Rag-Pickers; Jazzbo’s Car-
olina Serenaders; Jazz-O-Harmonists; The Jim-Dandies; Jimmie’s Blue Melody Boys; Arnold Johnson Orchestra; Bill
Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band; Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Orchestra; Lena Wilson accompanied by Perry Bradford’s
Jazz Phools; Lena Wilson accompanied by Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra; Lena Wilson accompanied by the Nubian
Five; Windy City Jazzers; Winegar’s Pennsylvania Boys; Eddie Johnson’s Crackerjacks; J.C. Johnson and his Five Hot
Sparks; James P. Johnson’s Harmony Eight; Jimmy Johnson and his Band; Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra; Jimmy
Johnson’s Jazz Boys; Johnson’s Jazzers; Wolverine Orchestra; Sam Wooding and his Orchestra; Wynn’s Creole Jazz
Band
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string quartets in scotland wedding quartets in scotland barn dance bands in scotland ceilidh bands in scotland scottish
folk bands in scotland english folk dance bands scotland jazz pianists in scotland
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## Defining “Degenerate Music” in Nazi Germany
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## By Pamela Potter
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During the twelve years of the Third Reich’s existence, there was no shortage of hyperbole in the representation of
art’s role and artists’ obligations within the new state. Anyone who approaches the subject will be familiar with Leni
Riefenstahl’s brilliant piece of film propaganda, Triumph of the Will, with the sleek and imposing neoclassicism of
the Olympic stadium and Reich Chancellery, with their muscle bound statuary and with Paul Ludwig Troost’s House
of German Art. Digging deeper, one discovers that Hitler laid the cornerstone for this art museum amidst a pompous
procession of the history of “German” art that borrowed shamelessly from ancient Greece, and that the museum’s
grand opening in 1937 featured not only a hand-selected collection of works considered truly German but also an
accompanying exhibit of illegally seized modernist art displayed, mockingly, as the “degenerate” work of charlatans,
racial inferiors and the mentally deranged.
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One year later it was music’s turn with the creation of the Reich Music Days, which assembled music organizations
from around the country and which Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels opened with a speech on the “ten com-
mandments” for German music. A parallel exhibit on “degenerate music” vilified jazz, modernism and the alleged
Bolshevik and Jewish domination of German musical taste under the Weimar Republic.
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Yet, tempting though it may be to take the Degenerate Music exhibit at face value and to regard it as a global statement
of Nazi Germany’s repression of musical freedom, some important questions must be asked in order to arrive at an
understanding of the event and its impact. Could an exhibit about music successfully convey a clear delineation
between ideals of “good” and “bad” creative work as effectively as an exhibit of visual arts? Did this exhibit truly
represent the state of German musical life at the time or merely the wishful thinking of rabid ideologues? The images
and vitriolic language of this event are abhorrent to our twenty-first-century sensibilities, but how might such visual
and verbal rhetoric have resonated in 1938?
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Although the events of the Reich Music Days— which spanned more than a week and included performances by the
Berlin Philharmonic and conducting appearances by Richard Strauss as well as concerts at local factories - aimed to
highlight the superior features of German music, even the glib Goebbels was strikingly vague in his keynote speech.
He circuitously suggested that “the nature of music lies in melody” rather than in theoretical constructs; “all music is
not suited to everyone”; music is rooted in the folk, requires empathy rather than reason, deeply affects the spirit of
man, and is the most glorious art of the German heritage; and musicians of the past must be respected. 1 Goebbels
was not alone in his inability to put his finger on what made music German, for the elusiveness of music in general,
and German music in particular, had plagued experts on both musical and political fronts for decades, if not centuries.
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But what about the task of defining “un-German” or “anti-German” music? The Degenerate Music exhibit, a focal
point of the Reich Music Days, should have been able to teach Germans how to recognize destructive musical influ-
ences and drive them out of the new state. Instead, it offered only a confusing mixture of all music that was construed
as alienating, overly intellectual, sarcastic, erotic, socialistic, capitalistic or American. Furthermore, its heavy reliance
on the imagery and devices of the art exhibit upon which it was modeled only highlighted the difficulties inherent in
pinning labels on music, and the listening booths for sampling the “witches- sabbath” of cacophony may have been
the most popular feature for those attendees who actually enjoyed listening to the music that was under fire. 3
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Collins said this indicates a ”culture problem.”
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Like Goebbels, Hans Severus Ziegler, the exhibit’s curator, was not a musician, and he clearly felt uncomfortable
delving into musical issues. In the catalogue, he stated outright that he did not intend to “write prescriptions or outline
laws for the new formation of German musical life,” but rather to educate the country’s youth. 4 Ziegler indulges in
polemics against democracy, Bolshevism and Jews but pays more attention to Jewish literary figures than to musicians.
One notable exception was Arnold Schoenberg, who was explicitly attacked as the inventor of atonality and the would-
be underminer of the “German” triad.5
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The fact that the organizers were heavily influenced by the success of the 1937 art exhibit is made even clearer thanks
to the abundance of music-related images similar to those used as examples of degenerate art. The art exhibit had
heightened its attack on modern artworks by arranging them in a crowded and chaotic fashion on walls strewn with
graffiti-like commentary, and the music exhibit was set up in a similar manner. 6 Furthermore, the music exhibit’s
catalogue exploited the shock value of some modern art by linking it to music wherever possible. It featured a sketch
of a stage design for a Schoenberg opera by Oskar Schlemmer, one of the defamed Bauhaus artists; reproduced
caricatures of Jewish musicians that were drawn by Jewish artists;7 and showed two abstract paintings with musical
subjects by the “degenerates” Paul Klee and Carl Hofer, with the inscription, “degenerate art and degenerate music
hand in hand.”8
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# THIS ARTICLE ACCOMPANIES THE FABLE
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## Oz is China
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## The Wonderful Wizard of Oz banned from the nation’s libraries?
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L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz used to be one of the Great American Novels, right up there with
Huckleberry Finn and Moby Dick. Not among the literati, of course, but among nearly everybody else. Indeed it
was clear-eyed librarians in the Thirties, Fifties and Sixties who recognized the novel for what it was, a dangerous
and subversive satire on American imperialism – and they had the Oz books banned from the libraries of America in
the 1930s, and then again from 1957 until the mid-1960s. They were, in the immortal words of one expert, “poorly
written, untrue to life, sensational, foolishly sentimental and consequently unwholesome...” It seems equally likely
that the decapitation of wildcats and the portrayal of witches made the librarians uncomfortable, just as J.K. Rowling’s
Harry Potter series makes some people uncomfortable today. The librarians have come around in their thinking, even
if the literati haven’t. One notable exception was Ray Bradbury who always loved the Oz books and celebrated them
on several occasions. His short story “The Exiles” and his subsequent novel about book-burning, Fahrenheit 451, were
partially inspired by the fate of Baum’s Oz books.
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## Little Spokane River Natural Area
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The Little Spokane River Natural Area is a local hotspot for birders and naturalists alike. Situated in the southeastern
corner of the Okanogan ecoregion, just outside Spokane city limits, this protected site offers several miles of undis-
turbed river, six miles of riverside trails, and ancient rock paintings done by Native Americans. Ponderosa pine forest,
with many cliffside snags, and riparian habitat dominate the area and make for good birding year round, but especially
May through September.
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The Little Spokane River is an especially important area for riparian breeding species. Birds to be found along the
3.6 mile Painted Rocks trail are: Hooded Merganser, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Red-naped Sap-
sucker, Downy, Hairy, and Pileated Woodpeckers, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow and Western Flycatchers, Eastern
and Western Kingbirds, Red-eyed, Cassin’s, and Warbling Vireos, a variety of swallow species, Canyon, Rock, Be-
wick’s, House, and Winter (moist thickets in the winter months) Wrens, Veery, and Swainson’s Thrush, a scattering of
warblers including Yellow-breasted Chat and American Redstart, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock’s Oriole, Cassin’s
Finch, and Red Crossbill. There is a Great Blue Heron rookery about one mile down the trail. A Tennessee Warbler
was banded along the river in August 2002.
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To get to the Little Spokane River Natural Area, leave I-90 at Exit # 281 and head north on Division Street (US-2/US-
395) 4.4 miles to the intersection with Francis Avenue (Route 291). Turn left (west) here and in 2.2 miles turn right
onto Indian Trail Road. In 4.8 miles, you will reach Rutter Parkway. Bear right onto Rutter and drive 0.9 miles to
a parking lot on the left called Painted Rocks, just past a bridge over the Little Spokane River. The Painted Rocks
parking lot is controlled by a gate, which is open from 6:30AM to dusk. Parking here costs $5 for the day. The only
restroom in the area is found near the parking lot. A trail on the other side of the Little Spokane River bridge offers
similar bird possibilities. This section of the river is an important area for the Little Spokane’s MAPS (Monitoring
Avian Productivity and Survivorship) bird-banding project.
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## Hunting, Fishing, Cars and Travels!
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A lot of people just want to have a sense of happiness. For example, a runner enjoys his running world. He talked
about a wonderful spring morning. He said that he not at all thought that the avenue is so beautiful. The street is so
light and there are no pedestrians at all. The New York Public Library has been cleaned newly. The great cathedral
stands in the morning light looking like a great man in March. This is not only a kind of great and big story, and it is
one of the high tides in his visit as well. He feels physical happy in jogging. A young runner has the same feeling with
the others. She told us that jogging is not dull at all, and it is a kind of easy and funny event. During jogging, we can
imagine that we are in the mountains range, trees and in the brush encirclement canyon. Jogging in the snow weather
is a wonderful thing. You can jog in different fields. There has fresh air and easy traffic. It is impossible to feel bored
in this kind of situation. Jogging in the sunshine is a mysterious thing. While the sun shines forth with all its strength,
you will feel warm and happy. You returned to the normal breathing again, and the whole body has felt comfortable.
That is really a great thing. One day I met a jogger and I made a research about him. I wanted to know if he didn’t start
running. He realized that there was a world-shaking revolution. He made a conclusion about his running life. Due to
jogging, he has a fun and happy life. The first bird in the spring, the singing cardinals in the snow and the fragrance
in the early morning are beautiful and enjoyable. If there is no running sport, he learned much about the life and the
nature.
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On account of running, the life has become so rich and varied. Jogging is a good way to obtain nice things.
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If we want to run we have to sink in greater things. We know the meaning of jogging in a well-known book. It told
us that the charming of religion and the mass of movements rest with the oblivion skills. During jogging we could
see things in our own view and make a great contribution to the world in our way. Running is a tension movement
in mental aspect. Therefore, we should throw out self-consciousness and pay more attention to running. A famous
mental doctor did a study about the inherently beneficial effects of jogging at the University of Chicago. He made a
conclusion that whenever we participate in such movement, we have a sense of floating. Due to the definition of this
term, it is regarded as the heaven sports. In the running, we effusive submerged in the things we do. People lost his
own sense of himself and time. And running enhances the consciousness of the movements he engaged in. The people
who stay in the floating condition will find some changes in his body and mind. Firstly, the degree of concentration
has increased greatly. And then his reaction ability improved largely. This kind of floating situation is a ordinary thing
in the running experienced. Thus, in running we can find many interesting and magical things. We can make our life
become more good-looking by our own hands.
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• Via Bella Sugar – Among Karl Lagerfeld’s interests, fashion being key, books seem to be inching towards the
top. Lagerfeld, along with publisher Steidl, will be introducing a new perfume like based and inspired by the
smell of books. The perfume called Paper Passion will be sold in hollowed out hardcover books.
• Via Martha Stewart – First comes marriage (check) then comes the baby carriage (unchecked). When it is
time to check the mommy box, I’ll be sure to implement Martha Stewart’s book-themed baby shower.
• Via Chicago Sun-Times - A beautiful entry, Does Anyone Want to be “Well-Read”, written by Roger Ebert
about the difference between books read and unread, and just how limitless the universe of print really is. In
a way, this makes keeping track of all the books I read some of futile. The unread list is infinite, while my
read list is dismally low in the ranks in comparison.
• Via SF Gate – In the same vein, SF Gate writer Stephen K. Tollefson, write a wonderful piece about how the
light we read with effects how we read. I prefer to read in a fully lit room, with the dim noise of TV in the
background. I can’t read in pure silence, its too distracting.
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• Piles of books were burned in the Colorado City, Az, the polygamous community that borders Utah. These
books were meant for a new library, and instead found themselves turned to ash.
• Three Cups of Fraud – Author Greg Mortensen is facing accusations of making up most of his highly ac-
claimed memoir, Three Cups of Tea. Watch the 60 minute segment with the author as he tries to defend
himself against the allegations.
• What could be the missing element of my life...the happiest and most wonderful book I ever stumbled upon...
Bear With Me by John Pollack, the 1995 O. Henry Pun-off World Championship Winner.
• My best friend since high school was one of my bridesmaids at my wedding this past weekend. She has
always been a great support system for me, as well as my primary source for new and interesting authors
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to read. She is the one who introduced me to Neil Gaiman, and I felt it was only fitting that she read Neil
Gaiman’s Wedding Poem during the ceremony. Here is a print of the poem that Mr. Gaiman wrote on the fly
in the guest book of his friend’s wedding.
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This for you, for both of you,
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a small poem of happiness
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filled with small glories and little triumphs
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a fragile, short cheerful song
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filled with hope and all sorts of futures
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## Because at weddings we imagine the future
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## Because it’s all about “what happened next?”
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all the work and negotiation and building and talk
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that makes even the tiniest happily ever after
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something to be proud of for a wee forever
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## This is a small thought for both of you
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like a feather or a prayer,
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a wish of trust and love and hope
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and fine brave hearts and true.
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## Like a tower, or a house made all of bones and dreams
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Librarians fresh out of college, or not so fresh out of college (2008 graduation for me) are learning that the best way
to climb the ropes of the library ladder is to improve technology skills and know-how. As more and more children are
growing up in front of computers and with cell-phones clutched in their palms, librarians need to learn how to promote
literacy through new means. An ebook, is still a book. Whether you are reading from a screen or from a paper page,
you are still reading.
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This post is to highlight some of my favorite library websites & blogs that focus on the growing trends in the field,
as well as news from around the nation and around the world. These sites are key in helping bridge the gap between
technology and literacy.
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Library Stuff – http://www.librarystuff.net/
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LIS News – http://lisnews.org/
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Library Juice – http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/
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Lore Librarian – http://lorelibrarian.wordpress.com/
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Librarian in Black – http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/
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Mel’s Desk – http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/
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Speak Quietly – http://www.speakquietly.blogspot.com/
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Abby the Librarian – http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/
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## Swiss Army Librarian – www.swissarmylibrarian.net
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A Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette – http://libetiquette.blogspot.com/
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Awful Library Books – http://awfullibrarybooks.net
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## Unshelved Comic Strip – www.unshelved.com
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Google Librarian Central – http://librariancentral.blogspot.com/
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iLibrarian – http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/
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Infopeople – http://infopeople.org/
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## Spread the word
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## Spread the word
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Its National Library Week! Everybody celebrate by going to your local library and checking out the maximum number
of items humanely possible to show your support.
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This is a fantastic article on CNN about how libraries and librarians are the most awesome elements of education,
information and pop culture ever. Read it, believe it, and acccept it. Librarians are cool.
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• What does your favorite childhood book say about you now? via Flavorwire Some of my favorite predictions:
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## The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
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Every house you live in must be outfitted with a walk in closet. Just in case.
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## The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
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No matter what, you’re always the only one at the office at 9am on the dot. Then you annoy everyone all day with all
your clever puns.
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## Goosebumps by R.L. Stine
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You’re the guy who finds a way to ruin every party.
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• What I consider to be a “Well, Duh” op-ed article via NPR’s Monkey See blog, in which writer Linda Holmes
walks into a library and finds out that its a really cool place to be. What did Linda ever imagine a library to
be if she’s so amused and amazed at what libraries offer today?
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• The Geek Alphabet via Geeks Are Sexy
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M is for MMORPGs, it’s a magical place (i eated a cookie)
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N is for NASA, and the beauty of space (nasa1fan)
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O is for Occipital Lobe, we love using our brains (illuminaut)
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## A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
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## Genre: Historical Fiction
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I normally try to write my own synopsis of the books I review, but the back cover summary is pretty much the most
concise version of what I would want to say about this book.
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He placed a notice in a Chicago paper, an advertisement for a “reliable wife.” She responded, saying that she was “a
simple, honest woman.” She was, of course, anything but honest, and the only simple thing about her was her single-
minded determination to marry this man and then kill him, slowly and carefully, leaving herself a wealthy widow.
What Catherine Land did not realize was that the enigmatic and lonely Ralph Truitt had a plan of his own.
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What I enjoyed about this book was the heavy set atmosphere of mistrust, paranoia, and isolation set in the early
1900s Chicago. The weather, the city and the environment directly reflects the moods of the characters as well as their
developments throughout the story. I felt that the primary characters; Ralph and Catherine, were well developed. Each
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went on a personal journey of self discovery although the journey wasn’t easy being paved with regrets and misfortune.
Catherine’s journey and transformation was particularly very subtle, simple and honest.
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What bothered me about the book was the crazed, hyper libidos and obsession with sex that filled needless pages of
the book. The characters seemed more driven by their physical needs than emotional all the time. It really set a strange
mood to the novel. I also found Catherine’s involvement with Antonio to be annoying, particularly her dependence on
his approval. Antonio himself is a character that stayed stagnant throughout the entire novel and I really could have
done without being introduced to a character such as his.
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It took me a while to get into the book (the beginning really reminded me of the movie Original Sin with Angelina
Jolie & Antonio Banderas). In the movie, Antonio brings a woman to his city to be his wife, your basic mail-order
bride situation, based on a series of correspondence with a stranger. Upon Angelina’s arrival, he figures out that the
woman in the photo is not the woman getting off the ship...there are a few more similarities between the storylines,
more in character personalities than in plot.
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A Reliable Wife is a good rainy day book, and is a relatively quick read.
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## A Reliable Wife
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## Algonquin Books, 2009
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## Book 16 of 2011
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## Find this book at your local library
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• A wonderful and insightful segment about the discussion of e-books and their effect on libraries by NPR in
the wake of the controversial HarperCollins 26 check-out limit on e-books for libraries.
• Agree or disagree? Tom Keane of The Boston Globe discusses how the book is dead and bookstores are a
dying enterprise in his op-ed The Last Chapter.
• In this week’s things that are cute and small:
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Send letters in envelopes that are no larger than the width and length of your thumb! (via Chronicle Books, release
date April 27th, 2011) The kit is based on the World’s Smallest Postal Service project by Lea Redmond, who offers a
tiny transcription service through her roaming “post offices” in the Bay Area. You can pre-order now @ the Chronicle
Books site and get 30% off your order.
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• This masterpiece, a copy of UVL, is created by a University of Virginia law student, built entirely out of law
firm rejection letters.
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# ME30W 2-CHANEL PROFESSIONAL MICROPHONE KIT
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The ME30W 2-Chanel Professional Microphone Kit from Olympus is ideal for capturing audio from conferences to
concerts with your Olympus digital stereo recorder. This kit includes two ME30 electret condenser microphones that
each come with 8’ of cable for stereo recording up to 16’ apart. The ME30 microphone has wide frequency response
(20-20,000Hz) and use plug-in power instead of batteries. Two folding TR1 mini tripods are included for quick setup
and break down. This kit is compatible with the Olympus PC Transcription Kit for transcription purposes as well.
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## ME30 Microphones with 8’ cable
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## I’m gonna get a halter on Glory Bee any day now! Really!
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Glory Bee, on the driveway, on the other side of the house from her mother.
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Soon as I chase her down.....the driveway..... Seriously, she’s killin’ me. We’re working on a secret plot to foil her
forever. Stay tuned.
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And now! For those of you joining me in the cheese challenge, I want to go over a few of the basic supplies and
equipment you’ll want to gather now, if you don’t already have them. The good news is that many of the things you
need to make cheese are probably in your kitchen right now, such as colanders and measuring spoons, etc. Normal
kitchen stuff. There are a few specific things, though, and if you’re like me, when you try something new, you don’t
want to spend a big wad of money. (What big wad of money?) Luckily, it doesn’t take a big wad of money to gather
up the few things you need to get started making cheese.
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For one, you need a large pot (stainless steel, glass, or unchipped enamel) and either a perforated ladle or large slotted
spoon. (Stainless steel is best.) Hard cheese recipes usually call for two gallons of milk. You need a big mama pot. I
found my big stainless steel pot at Wal-Mart for about $40. You may have a huge pot already. If you don’t, go looking
for a “stock” pot–they make excellent cheese pots. And you can also use them as....stock pots! (I just used mine to
blanch a ton of tomatoes all at once. A giant pot–you need one anyway!)
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You also need a dairy thermometer, or any cooking thermometer that registers temperatures in the correct range. (Many
candy thermometers, for example, don’t register low enough.) For dairy purposes, the thermometer needs to register
below 100 degrees F and up to 220 F. I have a couple of different thermometers I use for cheese. One is a “real”
dairy thermometer that is nice and tall and clips to the side of the pot, which is handy. The other is actually a meat
thermometer but it’s digital and registers in the lower temps needed for cheesemaking. You only absolutely need one
thermometer, and you can use any thermometer as long as it registers in the right range, so check the ones you already
have.
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You also need cheesecloth–and be careful about cheesecloth from hardware or grocery stores. It’s often not of the
quality needed for cheese. The weave may be looser, which can cause you to lose your curds, and it also won’t hold
up to washing for repeat use. (Be frugal. Re-use your cheesecloth.) It’s best to buy cheesecloth for cheese from a
cheesemaking supply house–the quality will hold up to repeat use, which makes it cheaper in the longrun. For many
hard cheeses, you also need cheese wax and a wax brush. (Cheese wax keeps the cheese from drying out during the
aging process.) Or you can dip your cheese in wax instead of brushing it on, and after some hassles with the cheese
brush during my cheddar-palooza, I’m now moving to dipping. I use an old crock pot to melt the wax, and when I’m
done, I just put the lid on to keep the wax clean and handy for the next time I’m waxing cheese.
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For aging cheeses, you need a “cheese cave” and that can just be an old fridge, large or mini. My cheese cave is an
old fridge on my back porch. (It was free!) In a pinch, you can even use your regular refrigerator to age cheese, but
it’s not ideal because the temperature required to keep normal refrigerated food is lower than what is optimal for most
cheeses. Most cheeses age in the 45 to 55 F range. I keep my cheese cave fridge at 50 degrees. | |
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ME30W 2-Chanel Professional Microphone Kit
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A good way to monitor your cheese cave temperature is to keep a thermometer in a glass of water in the fridge. When
you open the door, the temperature of the air changes, but the water will maintain temperature better and make a better
spot-check on the real temperature your fridge is holding.
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You’ll also need a cheese press. You can see how I made my homemade press here. I’ve made a few changes since
I wrote the post about my press based on my experience using it. Overall, it works great. I love it. I did have some
problems with the mold and the follower. For one thing, the mold didn’t have drainage holes in the sides, and PVC is
a bit thick to punch holes in. Also, unless you have special woodworking tools, it’s difficult to make a follower that
exactly fits your mold, which results in ridges around the edges of the cheese where the follower didn’t press it. Yeah,
I know, that’s so cosmetic! But, as with any craft, the more you get into it, the more you want your result to be pretty.
I also had trouble with the drip tray–I was using an upturned salad plate at first. Similar problem as with the ill-fitting
follower–it left an impression on the bottom of the cheese. It wasn’t pretty.
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## I can’t take it!
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## I NEED MY CHEESE TO BE PRETTY!
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And properly drained.
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As an inexpensive upgrade, I now use a professionally-made cheese mold in my homemade press. I think this is a
great compromise between homemade and, well, pretty. I love, love, love this cheese mold. (It was only $15.95.) It
came with a follower that FIT. It also has nice, neat drainage holes on the sides. (I got it here and it fits just right in
my homemade press.)
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You can go with this inexpensive compromise between a homemade press and professional equipment, or you can go
with your own homemade mold. You can make a mold out of just about anything–just be sure to use a food grade
plastic material and punch holes in the sides.
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To solve my drip tray problem, by the way, I now use the bottom out of a springform pan. It’s flat, so it doesn’t make
an unwelcome impression on the bottom of my cheese. I off-balance the press just slightly with a cutting board tucked
under one side so that it’s a little lopsided to promote drainage. (This is a yet unperfected area of my homemade cheese
pressing. But it works. And leaves my cheese pretty!)
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Ingredients such as rennet, starters, cheese salt, and so on vary per recipe. The first cheese challenge recipe (post date:
November 15!) will be Monterey Jack. For Monterey Jack, you will need mesophilic starter, rennet, a small amount of
cheese salt, and cheese wax. (These are inexpensive supplies, similar to buying lids and pectin, etc, if you’re canning.)
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## The only other big piece of equipment you need is–
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I’m just kidding. Don’t be scared. You can use milk from the store. You’ll just miss out on all the ornery calf fun.
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I get all my supplies from New England Cheesemaking Supply Company and to help you join me in this challenge,
they are letting me give away one Basic Cheese Making Kit here today! Go here to see everything that’s included in
the kit.
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To be in the draw, just tell me you want it! Eligible entry closes at midnight Eastern tonight, October 19. One winner
will be drawn by random comment number no later than 9 a.m. tomorrow, October 20. Good luck! Let’s make cheese!
(And I’ll be giving away another Basic Cheese Making Kit soon, too!)
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UPDATE 10/20/10: The winning comment number, drawn by random.org, is #172, Pam from Ohio. Email me at
CITRgiveaways(at)yahoo.com with your full name and address for shipping!
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THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED.
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## TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
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## ETHICS ADVISORY OPINION NO. 85
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## November 5, 1992
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Whether unpaid volunteers who help produce a newsletter must register as lobbyists if they receive reimbursement for
production expenses. (AOR-90)
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The Texas Ethics Commission has been asked whether unpaid volunteers who help produce a newsletter must register
as lobbyists. The volunteers in question are members of an organization that produces the newsletter. Under chapter
305 of the Government Code a person must register as a lobbyist if that person:
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receives compensation or reimbursement, not including reimbursement for the person’s own travel, food, or lodging
expenses . . . of [more than $200] in a calendar quarter from another person to communicate directly with a member
of the legislative or executive branch to influence legislation or administrative action.
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Gov’t Code 305.003(a)(2) (emphasis added); Tex. Ethics Comm’n, 17 Tex. Reg. 4444 (1992) (to be codified at
title 1, section 40.3(a)(2), of the Texas Administrative Code). The volunteers receive no compensation, but they do
receive reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with producing the newsletter. Although the volunteers
in question receive reimbursement for things other than travel, food, and lodging, we do not think that the situation
described involves reimbursement for expenditures made to communicate directly with a member of the legislative or
executive branch.
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The newsletter, which is published weekly during regular sessions of the legislature, provides information about legis-
lation. The request letter states that the newsletter ”contains news of bills filed . . . , committee actions, issues updates,
tips on implementing . . . issues, and action alerts for the critical times when priority issues are to be voted upon.”
The purpose of the newsletter, the request letter states, is to provide information to members and others with similar
concerns and also to motivate subscribers to support or oppose proposed legislation. The newsletter is sent to local
chapters of the organization, and copies may be sold to other organizations to send to their members. Although it is
possible that members of the legislative branch will obtain the newsletter, the newsletter is not directed to members of
the legislative branch. See Gov’t Code 305.002(7) (defining ”member of the legislative branch”).
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The critical issue here is whether the volunteers received reimbursement for expenditures made to communicate di-
rectly with members of the legislative branch. Direct communication, for purposes of the lobby statute, means ”contact
in person or by telephone, telegraph, or letter.” Id. 305.002(2). The newsletter does address legislative matters. Con-
sequently, it is not unlikely that members of the legislative branch will receive the newsletter in question. Members of
the legislative branch are not, however, the target audience for the newsletter. In these circumstances, we do not think
that volunteers’ receipt of reimbursement for expenses connected to production of the newsletter require the volunteers
to register as lobbyists.
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In the circumstances described, volunteers who are reimbursed for expenses connected to production of the newsletter
are not required to register as lobbyists.
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Krisstina Wise owns a residential real estate brokerage in Austin, Texas called The GoodLife Team. Her company is a
nationally-recognized thought leader for their approach to using technology and social media in running their business.
See how Krisstina and her team of 26 employees use Evernote for everything from sharing client notes to moving a
sale forward.
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## Get Evernote Business for Realtors
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## I use Evernote, Everywhere
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## I use Evernote for...
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Evernote has completely changed my life. I used to carry a notebook and pen with me everywhere I went, but have
now completely transitioned to having my entire life in Evernote. It’s one of the 5 core tools that I use to operate my
life and my business. At The GoodLife Team, every employee uses Evernote across a number of different devices.
It’s been about six months since all of our agents started using Evernote and it has already become an invaluable and
fundamental tool.
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Above: a buyer’s notebook and snapshot of client tour with attached audio interview, imported PDF of MLS records
of the property tour and client notes.
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Here are a few ways that Evernote can be every realtor’s power tool.
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• Create a notebook for every single customer. All of our agents have a notebook for every single customer
they work with. With Evernote, it’s easy to store all types of information including notes on maps, recorded
seller interviews (captured with Evernote’s audio feature), photos of houses, and PDF MLS sheets of houses
that customers like. Agents can send everything to customers right out of Evernote.
• Start the buying process before getting back to the office. Once a buyer has chosen a house to purchase,
the agent can move their file to the admin staff before stepping foot back into the office. Using Shared
Notebooks, agents can communicate with admin staff, sharing all of their documentation so that multiple
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people can work on one client file at the same time and move it along in the buying process faster than ever.
[Learn about sharing from Evernote]
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• Make a habit of saving everything to Evernote. Making a habit of saving everything to Evernote is the first
step to knowing exactly where you’ll be able to find information at a moment’s notice. Our agents save all of
their house photos, client interviews, PDFs, and notes to Evernote. As a paperless company, we use Evernote
to manage our customer files and easily capture, access and share information on the go. [Learn how to go
paperless from Paperless Lifestyle Ambassador Jamie Rubin]
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• Make use of mobile devices and Trunk integrations. On the sales side, everyone on our team works on com-
puters and iPads, so it’s easy to get work done at the office and on site. When you’re in a mobile profession,
it’s vital to have tools that can help you be productive, even when you’re not at your desk. In addition to
utilizing mobile devices, we use Evernote-integrated Trunk apps to help us get more done. [Evernote Tip:
Apps like RightSignature allow you to capture a digital signature and save it back into Evernote for easy
access and for customer records.]
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• Train your staff. We do training with our agents every Thursday. We sit down with our entire team and
take them through a step-by-step program of how to maximize Evernote. Evernote is a really flexible tool,
so we’re able to show team members some best practices and then allow them to create their own workflow
version that fits their work style.
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• Share with multiple team members. Whether you’re a buyer or seller-side agent, you can use Evernote to
communicate with colleagues and customers. Share individual notes by emailing them straight from your
Evernote account or create a Shared Notebook and grant access to select individuals. Premium Evernote
users can modify Shared Notebooks, making edits to documents and saving them back into Evernote, adding
additional info (like house photos or signatures), and making sure everyone is in lock step throughout the
buying and selling process. [Learn about sharing from Evernote]
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## Evernote as my personal productivity tool
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In addition to using Evernote in every aspect of my work, I find it to be an extremely valuable personal tool. I have
a professional and personal notebook with multiple Notebook Stacks underneath. My personal notebook helps me
manage all of my activities in one place.
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• I create checklists on all different things, ranging from work to-dos to grocery lists. [Learn how to create a
checklist]
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• I clip everything into Evernote using the Evernote Web Clipper. We were recently interviewing some folks,
so I asked interviewees to send their resumes to my Evernote account so that I could review them all in one
place and refer back to them prior to and during the interviews.
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• I save documents and share lots of files with my team members. [Learn how to attach files to a note]
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• I have a wireless keyboard, which, together with Evernote on my iPhone, allows me to type notes even if I’m
in a meeting at Starbucks. When I’m back at my computer, they’re all there for me in my Evernote account.
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• My personal notebook includes recipes, my training program for my workouts, my kids’ activities and check-
lists. My husband and I also share notebooks to manage household things. For example, if I start a grocery
list, he can finish it and we both have it on our iPhones if one of us goes to the store. [8 Great Ways Couples
Can Use Shared Notebooks]
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Frankly, I don’t know how I kept it all together before Evernote. I know that everything that is important to me is in
Evernote, so I know exactly where to find it. This practice of saving everything to Evernote saves me so much time
that I used to spend wondering where something is.
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Join Krisstina in the Real Estate discussion forum.
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Are you a realtor using Evernote? Share your tips in the comments below.
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## The Evernote Ambassador Program
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Evernote Ambassadors are amazing individuals that are here to teach, share and help you get more out of Evernote.
Learn more about Ambassadors and consider submitting your story.
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Join the conversation happening in our Lifestyle Forum to connect with Ambassadors and other Evernote users.
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## Join the conversation
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## Download Ambassador Guides
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Drap and drop them into a New Note or attach them to a note so you can access them from any computer or mobile
device where you have Evernote installed!
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Joshua Zerkel’s Productivity Tips (PDF)
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# BY THE NUMBERS
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This time of year I begin to feel like a racehorse approach-
ing Kentucky Derby time. BookExpo America has cer-
tainly changed over the years and many say it’s changed
too much. But I’m a cockeyed optimist when it comes to
the book business and the BookExpo still holds so much
hope and excitement for me. Who will I meet? Will I find
new business? Will I sell one of our projects? Will my
feet hold out for the three-day marathon in Javits Center?
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BEA has come up with the coolest tool ever this year. It’s
an online listing of all exhibitors and their booth spaces
which enables you to track them down and plan your
convention meetings accordingly. Thank you BookExpo!
This is really making pre-show planning so much easier.
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We will be visiting as many out-of-the-city publishers as
possible, along with old friends and new contacts in New
York houses. Jon will be pitching several of his projects
including Breeder’s Choice, a cozy mystery featuring a
traveling veterinarian and his ebullient sidekick, a raven
named Mrs. Pine. I’m hoping to interest some new edi-
tors in Below Par, a humorous novel about a slacker who
rises to a unique challenge. At the heart of it lurks the
very thought that keeps amateur golfers buying new clubs
every year: ”If only I didn’t have a job and family, I could
practice all the time and be as good as those pros I see on
TV.”
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We both have several other projects we’ll be pitching
when appropriate, but much of our work will be to sim-
ply identify and introduce ourselves to editors we’d like
to know better. My situation is unusual in that part of my
time will be devoted to the publicity side of our business,
so my work is truly cut out for me.
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In general, BookExpo is the time to greet old friends, de-
velop new business, enhance relationships with ongoing
clients, check out the competition, recharge your batteries
and recommit yourself to another year of books and au-
thors. Facebook, Twitter, and blogging have revolution-
ized our business, but the old ”meet and greet” still has a
huge impact on everyone.
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Publishing Jobs: HarperCollins, St. Martin’s - This week,
HarperCollins is hiring a senior manager of integrated
marketing, while St. Martin’s Press needs a digital edi-
tor. Oxford University Press is ...
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Norfolk State quarterback Malik Stokes (5) throws the
ball under pressure from Rutgers linebacker Jamal Mer-
rell (37) during the first half of an NCAA college football
game in Piscataway, N.J., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. (AP
Photo/Mel Evans) / AP
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BEST PLAY: Any inkling that Norfolk St. would claw
back into the game were erased on its first second half
drive as Jamal Merrell picked off Spartans quarterback
Marcell Stokes at the Spartans’ 30-yard line. The result
was a 6-play, 30-yard drive, culminating with a Savon
Huggins 1-yard touchdown run and a 28-0 lead following
the Kyle Federico extra point.
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WORST PLAY: Rutgers was up 21-0 without Nova being
asked to do much through the air. On second-and-9 from
his own 45, he was picked off by junior linebacker Mar-
cell Coke, who returned the ball to the 36. The intercep-
tion was the only glaring mistake in an otherwise vanilla
afternoon for Nova, who finished 12-for-21 for 150 yards,
a touchdown pass and an interception.
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THUMBS UP: The student section in the south end zone,
often maligned for not showing up on time or some-
times at all, showed up in full force on Saturday for the
home opener as all 8,500 student tickets were claimed
well ahead of game day....Red-shirt sophomore running
back Paul James did not disappoint in his first collegiate
start, carrying 12 times for 69 yards and two touchdowns
in the first half on his way to a 18-carry, 119-yard after-
noon....Rutgers is now 10-0 all-time against the MEAC,
outscoring the opposition, 405-36, in the 10 wins.
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THUMBS DOWN: Norfolk St. used Stokes to punt late in
the first quarter on third down, a rarity at any level of foot-
ball. Backup quarterback Tyler Clark also punted on third
down early in the fourth quarter....An otherwise dominant
defensive first half for Rutgers saw one big play yielded,
a 36-yard run from Rolandan Finch on third-and-8 from
the Norfolk St. 4....Stokes was 0-for-7 passing in the first
quarter, was replaced in the second quarter by Tyler Clark
and came back in the second half to finish 0-for-10 with
an interception.
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TURNING POINT: Having forced Norfolk St. to punt for
the second time in an as many drives to open the game, | |
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BY THE NUMBERS
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Quron Pratt broke through the line and blocked the Dal-
ton Fraser kick. Anthony Cioffi handled the ball on an
odd bounce and returned to the Spartans’ 15-yard line.
The ensuing Rutgers possession was a 5-play, 15-yard
drive, capped by Paul James’ first career rushing touch-
down from one yard out to open the scoring.
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0: Number of career touchdowns James and Ruhann Peele
had when the game started. James, a red-shirt sophomore
running back and Peele, a red-shirt freshman wide re-
ceiver, accounted for all three Scarlet Knights touchdowns
in the first quarter for a 21-0 lead. James had touchdown
runs of 1 and 10, which were sandwiched around Peele
hauling in an 8-yard Gary Nova pass over the middle for a
score. James finished with three rushing touchdowns, the
first Scarlet Knight running back to do so since Jourdan
Brooks in 2009.
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32: Number of kicks Rutgers has blocked since 2009 fol-
lowing Pratt’s blocked punt. That is the most blocked
kicks by any team in the nation over that time period.
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46: Average of three Nick Marsh punts in the first half.
All three punts landed inside the Norfolk St. 20, while
one was downed at the 1 and another rolled out of bounds
at the 2. For the game, Marsh averaged 42.8 yards on six
punts.
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276: Number of consecutive minutes Rutgers has held
Football Championship Subdivision teams scoreless. The
last FCS team to score on the Scarlet Knights was
Howard, which lost, 45-7, at Rutgers on Sept. 12, 2009.
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330,000: Amount in dollars Rutgers paid Norfolk St. to
show up in Piscataway, according to a Rutgers official.
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NEXT GAME: Rutgers will host Eastern Michigan (1-1)
on Saturday afternoon in the second of three straight home
games. Eric LeGrand’s No. 52 jersey will be retired at
halftime.
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From Labor Action, Vol. 5 No. 19, 12 May 1941, p. 3.
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Transcribed & marked up by Einde O’ Callaghan for the
Encyclopaedia of Trotskyism On-Line (ETOL).
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A 24-hour shutdown of all government projects in San
Diego involving 13,000 AFL workers quickly brought
wage adjustments demanded by the strikers.
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This action came after the usual months of fooling around
by Navy officials in regard to union negotiations. Since
housing conditions are fantastic beyond description in San
Diego – the terrific boom here makes it impossible to set
up enough homes even if someone wanted to, and nobody
does except at a huge profit – and the cost of living is sky
high, the AFL workers have demanded a wage increase.
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Their case was so sound that even local Naval officials
admitted they were entitled to an increase. So the boys
were stalled around by the higher-ups in Washington.
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But the complete shutdown brought results fast. In 24
hours, to be exact. Almost before the newspapers had time
to whip up a “sabotaging national defense “ baloney scare.
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Folks out here got two stiff jolts last week that have ev-
eryone talking, plenty and furiously.
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The conservative Los Angeles Times came out with a big
story that the cost of living in this area will have increased
by 50 per cent in September over that of one year ago.
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Let me repeat that. In one year, the cost of living will have
gone up 50 per cent, says a conservative newspaper!
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If Labor Action said that, it would just be radical propa-
ganda. Some people have doubted our analysis on this
point.
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But the facts are too painfully present for anyone to ignore
any longer.
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Already, since last September, the cost of living has gone
up around 35 per cent. Rents here increase monthly, since
the aircraft boom brings are nothing to write home about.
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Food in the grocery stores and in the restaurants has gone
up in a glaring fashion. Milk, sugar, meat, above all meat
and bread, are some of the commodities where prices are
high. And in restaurants, 35 cent meals have gone to 45
and fifty cents. Movie prices are up, since the whole bur-
den of taxation has been foisted on the customer.
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The pinch has been felt by every consumer.
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Workers who got wage increases in the last six months
find that they are having a harder time of making a go of
things:
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Some waitresses in a union told me that they get more
and more complaints about the cost of meals – and they
correctly add that they are tired of it, since they just work
there too.
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## And you should hear the housewives talk about the
way the grocery bill has gone up!
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On top of all this has come the report from Washing-
ton about the new taxes planned to pay the cost of Wall
Street’s war. Five cents on a pound of coffee! That stuck
in our mind.
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The other taxes all hit the poor man. The new income
taxes will “hit the lower brackets, “ as they say in Wash-
ington.
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The squeeze is just crushing. The whole process is nothin
but a combined form of inflation, making the poor man
pay for the rich man’s war.
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In this, like in so many other things, the West Coast either
goes up or comes down the fastest. Everything seems to
operate that way here. And right now, inflation is what’s
hitting the poor man below the belt.
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It’s time for the unions to demand more, and for the house-
wives as an auxiliary, to form committees in neighbor-
hoods to fight against the high prices.
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And it should be done around the general idea of making
the rich pay for their own war.
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BY THE NUMBERS
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Up in Sacramento a bunch of morons are meeting in what
is supposed to be an august session of the State Legisla-
ture. Among other items they are considering are a few
bills directed agains labor. Merely 4,000 bills! And they
do this on money the tax payers pour out.
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They have one bill, the Tenney law, which is aimed at
“subversive “ organizations. It is calculated to smash all
militant and revolutionary labor organizations, by impos-
ing huge fines and jail sentences for membership, by de-
manding full financial accounts, publication of all mem-
bership and sympathizers lists, and we believe, reports
on activities. It’s a cinch to pass and be signed in a few
weeks.
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In order to look like an economy body, these same gen-
tlemen, many of them direct representatives of the Asso-
ciated Farmers, also are trying to shift the whole burden
of relief back to the counties, as was the case one hundred
years ago in America.
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Also, this would give the local Hitlers, who are entrenched
in the relief set-up, a chance to use that weapon against
unions by denying any aid to strikers.
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In a brilliant stroke of genius, the pompous ignoramuses
who are officially called the state education committee
of the legislature, produced a profound idea on smashing
Hitlerism. All school buses, by state law, will be painted
red, white and blue, they recommend. Which prompted
a cynical columnist to ask, “What, no stars? “ Obviously
fifth column sabotage working in the committee.
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Once in a while the Los Angeles police department takes
time out from its strike-breaking activities – when there
aren’t any strikes in progress – to carry out what is known
as a traffic drive. A bunch of bluecoats surround a busy
highway and suddenly swoop down on all the motorists
passing by.
Flashlights glare into your eyes, your car
is given a test, you’re asked a lot of questions and then
permitted to drive on. It gives you the same feeling you
get when watching a movie scene where the Gestapo sur-
rounds a block and then goes to work on everyone who
happens to be there.
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This feeling has gotten stronger lately since the cops have
begun their inquisition with the question – the very first
question – Where’s your draft card?
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Which reminds us of the latest news from California’s
draft camps. Many letters coming from there to folks back
home have been marked by one major complaint. Most of
the men have been given furloughs to return home or visit
the city tor a few days and they have been treated with
such contempt, especially by what passes off as polite so-
ciety, that they returned to camp vowing not to go to the
city again.
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“All the boys are sore and talking plenty about the treat-
ment they got, “ is how one draftee expressed it.
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But their solution is a cowardly one. Don’t stay at the
camps. Take a bunch to town with you, and insist upon
your rights.
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## Last updated: 26.12.2012
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Khandvi is a Gujarati dish. It is favored by many as a tea
time snack as well as for breakfast. It is now available all
across India. Many people prefer to buy it from the sweet
shop rather than preparing it at home. It is not difficult to
prepare Khandvi in fact on the contrary it is quite simple.
However it requires some fine culinary skills to roll out
the perfect khandvis!
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Khandvi is prepared from besan (better known as gram
flour) and yoghurt. One needs to whisk yoghurt and gram
flour on a pan along with a little ginger paste, turmeric,
pinch of salt and a little water. If you like spicy then go
for finely cut green chilies. In 10 minutes a thick batter
would be ready. Do ensure that the batter is very smooth.
The next step in the process of making a khandvi is quite
tricky. While the batter is still hot you take spoon full of
it and spread it evenly on any greased plane surface. The
thinner the spread is the better your khandvi will look and
taste. After the spread cools down a bit, you carefully
make Swiss rolls out of it. Khandvis are generally small
in size. They are about an inch in length such that you can
bite one entire piece at a go.
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Khandvis
are
incomplete
without
a
tempering
of
asafetida, sesame seed, mustard seed and some curry
leaves along with a spoonful of oil. Traditional khandvi
is garnished with coriander leaves and coconut. You can
make it look colorful by adding some red chilies. Yo-
ghurt gives the khandavi a slight sour taste but some peo-
ple prefer it even sourer and they add lemon drops on top
of their khandvi. The modern touch is added to khandvi
by spreading some grated cheese over it.
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SURVEY EXPOSES AMERICA’S DIRTY CLEANING
SECRETS:
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## INFREQUENT VACUUMING AND SHORTCUTS
LEAVE DIRT AND DUST BEHIND
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## Homekeeping Expert and Author Julie Edelman
Partners with Kenmore Brand to
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## Offer Time-Saving Tips to Clean Homes Right
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Hoffman Estates, Ill.
(Oct.
22, 2012) /PRNewswire/
— America has a dirty secret – and it’s lurking in our
homes. A recent Kenmore brand survey found nearly half
of Americans (49 percent) say that when it comes to vac-
uuming they cut corners by skipping areas underneath or
behind furniture. Some clean only when they see visible
dirt on the floor. That means they might be missing the
100,000 dust mites on the average square yard of carpet .
With fall allergy season upon us and holidays just around
the corner, renowned homekeeping expert and author of
The Accidental Housewife Julie Edelman says now is the
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BY THE NUMBERS
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perfect time to bring these dirty secrets out into the light
of day and tackle dirt and dust in our homes.
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Edelman suggests that when it comes to keeping your
home clean it really starts at the ground floor. Accord-
ing to the Kenmore survey, 50 percent of Americans oc-
casionally or never take off their shoes before entering
the house. To combat dust, dirt and allergens from be-
ing tracked through the house, create a no shoes rule in
your home and place a mat at all entryways. Also, use
a vacuum certified “asthma and allergy friendly” by the
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). As
the first vacuum brand to receive this AAFA recognition,
the Kenmore Intuition Upright Vacuum uses both bags
and filters that are HEPA certified to assist with better air
quality. HEPA cloth bags capture 99.97 percent of all dirt,
dust and allergens to meet the HEPA standard.
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“I’m all about making housework a pleasant experience
but it seems most of today’s vacuums care more about
looks versus getting the job done,” said Edelman. “Having
clean floors not only looks great, but it also prevents the
spread of dust mites that cause allergies. Selecting the
right vacuum can lead to a healthier, cleaner home, and
give you more time to do the activities you enjoy, rather
than doing chores.”
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The latest data indicates upright vacuums are most pop-
ular – they’re found in 67 percent of American homes.
45 percent of those upright vacuums are bagless; how-
ever, bagged vacuums have major advantages.
For in-
stance, when bagless dust containers are emptied into the
trash they cause dirt, dust and allergens to escape into the
air, and ultimately back on the floor you’ve just cleaned.
In addition, bagged vacuums typically cost a few hun-
dred dollars less than bagless vacuums that may offer less
power.
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Entertaining guests and the changing seasons drive clean-
ing regimens.
A quarter of Americans describe their
cleaning style as minimalist, only cleaning for company
or seasonally in the spring or around holidays. However,
when it comes to cleaning floors, vacuuming should be
done once a week with a powerful vacuum. More power,
at least 200 airwatts, means more airflow and ultimately
greater suction. Also opt for vacuums with a motorized
agitating head. The Kenmore Intuition Upright Vacuum
combines these two features offering a one-two punch
combination for the most airflow and making it the most
powerful upright vacuum among leading brands of up-
right vacuum cleaners, with 300 average airwatts.
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# PERFORMANCE AT THE EMPTY BOTTLE, CHICAGO, APRIL 1999
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Just to get this out of the way so I don’t have to keep it to myself for the next couple of hundred words: the Tape-
beatles are a singularity, and this performance was one of the most fascinating and engaging works of art I’ve ever
seen or heard. Thanks for indulging me: now you’ll know where I’m coming from and we can avoid any pretensions
of critical objectivity.
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The Tape-beatles might be considered a product of the art movements of the 20th century. They borrow the new
meanings and absurd juxtapositions of Surrealism, Dada, cut-up poetry and collage. They employ the shock value and
social concerns of the early days of performance art. They use poetic montages of found footage with the dexterity
and sense of discovery of Stan Brakhage and the American underground filmmakers of the 1960s. They take apart
the abstract expressionists’ vision of America as a place of unlimited freedom and unbridled expression, and remind
us that it’s simply not that easy. What they do appears to be cutting-edge multi-media art but it doesn’t share the
tech-artists love affair with hard drives and video projectors.
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Taking the stage for the Tape-beatles means that Lloyd Dunn and John Heck of Iowa City stand on a small platform in
the middle of the audience, armed with four 16mm film projectors and a tape deck. They select carefully labeled loops
of film from small boxes, and load up their obsolete technology to begin the creation of a visual and sonic collage on
four screens. The 20th century goes by in an instant as the found footage clatters through the projector gates: glaring
representatives of the military sit behind desks, cities blow up, crowds riot, and the virtues of new products from past
ages are extolled. What happens on ‘stage’ during this particular Tape-beatles show seems, at first glance, to be one
of those fast-moving image collages we’re accustomed to seeing in dance clubs. Even the sounds are similar: running
underneath it all is a tape-collage soundtrack layered on an underpinning of hard techno beats. But there is a difference;
this barrage of imagery and sound is being manipulated manually, in real time, and with very delicate materials. No
samplers, sequencers, or computers: just two people, their hands a few simple machines, and a gargantuan vocabulary
of images plucked from all the possibilities of the world. What the Tape-beatles create may be attuned to the dizzying
visual culture of our time, but the approach is the combination of sensibility, practiced craft, and concern for society
that has been at the core of art since it made its debut around a neolithic camp fire. It’s the kind of thing that makes
you reconsider the real value of your television.
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## Projector no. 10: Chicago Cultural Guide, June 1999
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John and Lloyd meet up with former Tape-beatle Paul Neff (center) at the Empty Bottle.
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## Apps Gone Free Roundup: Sentinel 3: Homeworld, Jetpack Joyride and more!
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With Christmas fast approaching, the App Store’s been seeing plenty of quality freebies of late. Halfbrick, the devs
who brought you Fruit Ninja, has dropped the superbly addictive Jetpack Joyride to $0 for a limited time. Aside from
its well designed one touch gameplay, the various achievements and purchasable new gear will keep you coming back
for more...and more. Also free is Sentinel 3: Homeworld (TMA Review), the third installment in the excellent TD
series by Origin8. And if you don’t mind a few ads here and there, Gameloft is now offering the solid hack ‘n slash
Hero of Sparta II completely free.
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Some of the apps in our roundup will be free until Christmas, though a number of them are only good for a very limited
time. Act quickly!
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## Take the fight to the alien homeworld and unleash a massive arsenal of weaponry!
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• UNIVERSAL build – play on ALL iPhones, iPod Touches & iPads! | |
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Performance at the Empty Bottle, Chicago, April 1999
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• A challenging campaign featuring 20 levels across 14 distinctive & demanding maps!
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• A powerful commander mech which can level up and gain new abilities as you play!
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• Over 20 unlockable turrets, orbital ship weapons, automated drones and abilities at your disposal!
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• IAP offers a new 15 level campaign, new commander, new weapons, new enemies and more!
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• Customize your weapon loadout in the Armory to match the demands of the mission!
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• Stunning graphics & fx – with full high-resolution Retina Display support!
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Join Barry as he breaks in to a secret laboratory to commandeer the experimental jetpacks from the clutches of science
evildoers. After lift-off, simply touch the screen to ascend and release to descend, raining bullets, bubbles, rainbows
and lasers downwards as you fly towards higher and higher scores!
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You’ll start off with the legendary Machine Gun Jetpack to scatter the evil scientists, but throughout each game you’ll
collect coins and complete missions to earn cash and buy new gear in The Stash! Pick your favorite jetpack, snazzy
outfit and stock up on items then get back out there for more action!
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## Halfbrick Studios, Jetpack Joyride, – Free
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Hero of Sparta II (With Ads)
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Sailing back from Hell after many battles, Argos finally reaches the shores of his homeland: Sparta. But no human
leaves Hades’ kingdom alive without consequences. A new odyssey begins for our hero – a journey that will force
him face the gods, his fate and his own choices to answer for his arrogance!
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## THE NEXT-GEN ACTION GAME ON iPhone & iPod touch
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A thrilling, non-stop hack’n’slash game jam-packed with action and innovation.
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• Furious combat against even more colossal enemies: more combos, more violence!
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• Hold your breath all along your adventure: each level provides the player a new experience – a new weapon,
a new gameplay, a new power and more.
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• Improved interaction with the environment: break gates, climb cliffs, ruin temples and force your way through
all obstacles!
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## Gameloft, Hero of Sparta II, – Free
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You only have 80 days to circumnavigate the globe. Think that sounds easy? Travel back in time to the late 19th
century and get ready for spectacular adventures on land, sea and air together with the English daredevil Phileas
Fogg and his loyal French servant Passepourtout. Use the unique chance to visit four continents and complete the
inconceivable journey to win the fantastic 20,000 pounds wager with this outstanding puzzler inspired by the classic
adventure novel of the same name written by Jules Verne.
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ENJOY THESE FEATURES:
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• Adventure game with outstanding storyline, beautiful animation and challenging puzzles
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• Extremely addictive gameplay with 81+ levels
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• Careful iPhone adaptation of game levels
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## Playrix, Around the World in 80 Days: The Game (Premium), – Free
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• Fast-paced futuristic arcade flight combat
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• Breathtaking explosion effects
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• 7 unique gorgeous fractal landscapes
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• 6 different ships and 2 distinct flight models
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• Earn new ships, upgrade weapons, generators, radars
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• Dozens of missions to complete
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• Game Center’s Leaderboards and Achievements
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Performance at the Empty Bottle, Chicago, April 1999
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• Retina and iPad display support
• Intuitive accelerometer and touch controls
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Top notch 3D graphics that will make your iOS device shine.
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If you like missile shooting action, this game will keep you busy.
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Requires at least an iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G or iPad.
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Takes full advantage of iPad 2’s added performance.
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## NEWTYPE K.K., Fractal Combat, – Free
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Fishdom: Christmas Splash HD (iPad Only)
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Enjoy winter with Fishdom! Cheer up and spread the merriment of crispy clear days around! Use your imagination
to recreate the nippy and fun atmosphere of winter in your tank. Earn money as you complete challenging match-3
levels and use it to buy festive fishies and winter-themed decorations. Get splashed with frosty joy in this sparkling
and snowy sequel to Fishdom!
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ENJOY THESE FEATURES:
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• Almost 100 winter-themed decorations
• Unlimited number of festive tanks to create and design
• Endless replay value
• Get splashed with frosty joy!
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## Playrix, Fishdom: Christmas Splash HD (Premium), – Free
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## Sharpen your swords and swing your rods – it’s time to fish...the NINJA way!
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Otoro, a fitness challenged ninja, might not be the best fighter, but he sure has mad skills when it comes to fishing!
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Cast your hook as deep as possible into the ocean, then use the tilt controls to reel back as many fish as you can.
Finally, use the katana-powered touch technology to slice the scaly fish right out of the sky for maximum gold profit
(watch out for the Dynamites).
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## Gamenauts, Ninja Fishing, – Free
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## Addictive, beat-fueled puzzle action for your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch!*
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Featured by Apple as 1 of 10 chosen for Innovative Gameplay, Benchmark Games, 2011.
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Radballs is an arcade puzzler that moves to the music. Set to a pulsing party mix, you flick, swap and put Radballs into
groups that are destroyed in time with the beat. Clear waves of Radballs by destroying them to accumulate Radness
energy. You control the flow – scratch and drag the beat to enhance your play and rack up extra Radness!
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Non-stop, unblinking puzzle action comes to iOS! Fans of arcade-style puzzlers rejoice! This isn’t your typical tap-
to-swap-gems puzzler...
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## Glow Play, Radballs, – Free
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Two addicting genres are united as you wield the power of the Capacube to protect Gnester from harm in this puzzle
controlled side scrolling adventure.
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Winning concept of a country wide contest to build a video game prototype in the spring/summer of 2008.
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Gnester is a young gnome prince whose time has come to leave his father’s kingdom and begin his quest to build his
own. With the help of Lune, his Capacube, he will face many dangers along the way.
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Part Spider, Part Velociraptor, it’s Velocispider!!! Take control of a heavily armed araknasaur in this retro arcade
shoot-em-up.
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Your delicious endangered eggs have attracted the taste buds of the evil CEO of the Robot Seafood Corporation. He
will stop at nothing to feast on your eggs, defend them from his relentless army of aquatic robot beasts.
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Performance at the Empty Bottle, Chicago, April 1999
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## In your arsenal:-
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## Awesome power ups
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## Game Center leaderboards
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## Sweet pixel art
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## Smooth tilt controls
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## Game Center achievements
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## Retina & Universal app support
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## Retro Dreamer, Velocispider, – Free
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What would the Wild West have been without its charismatic villains? Boring! So take a walk in the cowboy boots of
Billy the Kid, Jesse James or Butch Cassidy to become a real, low-down bad guy! Form your own gang by recruiting
cool cowboys, crazy bandits and brave Indians. Take up a smart, strategic position and lie in wait at the canyon to
ambush settlers, stagecoaches and the gold train. Rain bullets, lead and flaming arrows down on the pious pioneers!
If your victims look like they might escape, set off in pursuit to stop them from alerting the Sheriff! Once you have
bagged more than a fistful of dollars, you’ll be able to afford cannons and even steam trains fitted with Gatling guns
to completely wreak havoc on your victims!
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Minions is a whimsical new single player shooter from Villain, the creators of the hit online FPS Archetype that
boasts over 1.5 million players worldwide. Play as a mad scientist whose minions have rebelled and are now trying to
overthrow you! Use your trusty electro-gun to take down Hammer wielding, Sound Wave blasting, and Bird Launcher
firing minions as you clear levels, grow in power, and earn Game Center achievements.
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• PICK UP AND PLAY FIRST PERSON SHOOTER FUN
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• THREE CLASSES OF TWISTEDLY CUTE, CARTOONY MINIONS TO VANQUISH
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• 4 MAD SCIENTIST WEAPONS: ELECTRO-GUN, MELEE HAMMER, SOUND WAVE BLASTER, AND
BIRD LAUNCHER
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## Villain LLC, Minions, – Free
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Darrell’s ready for business but he has to start at the bottom, he’s yet to learn how to plug a volcano or turn back time
so he’s starting out by saving cats!
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You begin Darrell’s story by starting off in his hometown, saving cats from trees. As you progress through each comic
episode you’ll unlock a new piece of Darrell’s story – each episode presents new and interesting opportunities for you
to master new skills and abilities to help Darrell climb the ladder to superhero greatness.
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Just touch the screen to control Darrell’s jump and abilities – the simple controls and colourful environment make it
easy to get lost in this wonderful pick up and play super hero story.
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## Scramble, Wonder Pants , – Free
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There are Creeps living in your closet! Defeat the things that go bump in the night with toy blasters, glue bottles,
flashlights and boomerangs. Summon a giant spider to slow your enemies, or a UFO to sap their energy!
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***Secret guest appearances from the Pocket God Pygmies and the Doodle Jump Doodler!
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## Battle Ghosts, Zombies, Aliens, Dinosaurs and more!
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Millions of players can’t be wrong! The most addicting title of 2010 strikes back with new astonishing levels and even
more precise sniper action! Once again your aiming skills will be put to test but this time more challenges await! Can
Knockdown 2 is the ultimate sequel you’ve been wishing for – 3 amazing and rewarding game modes which will keep
you playing all night long, high-resolution eye-catching gorgeous 3D graphics, full Game Center support, true to life
physics, realistic sounds and so much more!
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Performance at the Empty Bottle, Chicago, April 1999
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## Infinite Dreams Inc., Can Knockdown 2, – Free
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## The birds may be angry, but it’s You who’s got the crossbow!
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We declare the hunting season open! It’s time to take revenge on the birds for all the evil they have done to the world!
You’ve had fairly enough of this flying vermin, that has been pooping on you, your car or condo for years? Do you
really hate when those bullies peek at you with this angry look that says – “Hey, I’m not scared of you and I’m so not
getting out of your way”? Or do you just want them to pay and suffer for the chicken flu, the diseases they carry and
waking you up by tweeting and chirping after midnight? Well, now you have the chance to take your sweet vengeance!
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Use your crossbow to shoot down all kinds of birds in mid-flight, aim precisely to rack up multipliers to further
increase your score, survive as many waves as you can and fight for the top of the rankings!
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## Infinite Dreams Inc., Shoot The Birds, – Free
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Pick one of three ships and blow your way to victory in this ultimate classic arcade shooter! Sky Force brings you
some pure blasting action in 8 immersive levels filled with vicious enemies, big bosses, destructible objects and good
old Earth to save! Take profit of explosive weapons, useful power-ups, and such unlockables as heat-seeking missiles
or the amazingly powerful laser attack! Sky Force is an breathtaking and action packed top-down scrolling shoot‘em
up which delivers fun and addictive gameplay which will keep you entertained for hours! Get this game now and stand
up against the enemy – the Earth deserves its new hero!
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## Infinite Dreams Inc., Sky Force, – Free
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## The best mobile shooter is now ready to rock your iPhone!
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Sky Force Reloaded is an award winning and highly acclaimed vertical shooter. It features 3d interactive objects,
outstanding graphics, special effects, high quality soundtrack and 100% of pure gameplay.
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## Ever wanted to play a good arcade vertical shooter? This one is for you!
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## Infinite Dreams Inc., Sky Force Reloaded, – Free
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The UK’s #1 game Traffic Panic returns in 3D with even more addictive, decision-making destruction! This game will
make you gawp at the most awesome explosions, crashes and damage you’ve ever seen!
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Get as many cars, trucks and tankers through the intersection as you can by controlling the traffic lights.
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## LIKE BLOWING STUFF UP?
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## So do we. Therefore causing damage and mayhem also earns you extra points and bonus Credits!
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Unlock interactive content for even more CARNAGE! Use the traffic-stopping emergency services to help you cross
the traffic OR crash the Fuel Tanker into the Firework Factory to cause an almighty (beautiful) explosion!!
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## Neon Play, Traffic Panic 3D, – Free
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NodeBeat is a visual music creation application for all ages.
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By combining music and playful exploration, NodeBeat allows anyone to create an exciting variety of rhythmic se-
quences and ambient melodies in a fun and intuitive fashion. From the professional to the novice, NodeBeat lets
anyone explore creative music.
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Features Include
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-Adjustable Node Physics
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-Drag & drop to add and remove nodes
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-Pitch Shift Audio
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-Adjustable Tempo (BPM) & Note Beat
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-Creative Sound Sculpting: Echo, Attack, Decay, Release
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Performance at the Empty Bottle, Chicago, April 1999
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-Audio Waveform Adjustment (Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Square)
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-Drum and Octave (pitched) Generators
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A unique twist on the Sudoku game which takes number puzzles to the next level! Sudoku RUSH will give you hours
and hours of fun, and puzzle solving challenges.
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Packed with 2000+ of Sudoku puzzles.
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Solve the puzzles by pulling numbers, power ups, and rewards from a cascading waterfall.
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Three game modes are included: Single Puzzle, a time-limited Action mode, and Three Strikes Mode.
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A universal app for iPad, iPhone or iPod touch
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## Hothead Games Inc., Sudoku Rush , – Free
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Fallen on hard times, farmer Lewis converts an old bulldozer into a fantastic high-tech “diggin” machine. Help him
dig up stuff to sell (60+ unique diggings) in a race against the clock to pay the mortgage and save the farm (campaign
mode).
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In addition there are 8 mini-game challenge matches, plus open-ended free play mode and even a tutorial game mode
for beginners, offering hours of game play.
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Manage fuel, temperature, and damage while searching for diggins. Sell them at the farmhouse to earn cash. Save
cash to pay the mortgage, upgrade your digger, or make repairs. Use the on-screen “analog” joystick, or touch-screen
to control digger movement. Watch out for rocks and caverns that disrupt your path. Have fun!
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## Oh no! A great snowstorm has scattered the penguins all across ANTARCTICA!
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Join Mother Penguin in this frosty PLATFORM ADVENTURE as she trots around the icy continent, regathering all
her lost baby penguins.
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# CHILD OF CHERNOBYL
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Maria Sharapova was born in Nyagan, Russia. She grew up mostly in Sochi, Russia and Bradenton, Florida.
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Sharapova shows every sign of being deeply religious. She said in one interview that the one piece of jewelry she
never takes off is the cross that her parents gave her when she was a young girl.1
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She also credits God with giving her the talent she was able to develop through dedication and hard work. She said,
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What tennis has brought me has been incredible. God gave me a talent, but it was up to me to play my part in it. I don’t
believe in just God-given talent, you have to work for everything you earn and I think the combination has helped me.2
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What is only slightly less certain is to which denomination of Christianity Sharapova belongs. I’m almost certain that
she’s Eastern Orthodox, and not entirely because every other website that asserts a denomination agrees.34 Her parents
are from Belarus, and the vast majority of Christians from that country are Orthodox,5 so I’d say that’s a pretty good
bet.
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Sharapova doesn’t get involved in the political scene in either the country of her residence, the U.S., or the country
of her birth, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin is apparently a fan of hers, however. In 2012 he publicly
congratulated her talent and skill after she won the French Open that year. And Sharapova expressed her pride at being
Russian.6 She didn’t necessarily express pride at having Putin as her president, but she didn’t seem to be involved in
the anti-Putin protests either.
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The issue closest to Sharapova’s heart is nuclear disaster. Her parents lived in Gomel, Belarus during the Chernobyl
nuclear disaster in 1986, but left while her mother was pregnant with her in order to escape the fallout. And in 2007,
the tennis champion joined up with the United Nations to help alleviate on-going effects suffered by those who still
live in that area–one of whom is her grandmother.7
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In light of the Japanese nuclear disaster in 2011 and the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, Sharapova wants everyone to
know that the effects from such an incident lasts for decades:
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[E]ven though something like that happened such a long time ago, it still causes many people on a daily basis [health
risks]. Especially kids that were born [then], and now are having kids. You also find that they have something in their
body that’s not allowing them to live a normal life from the pollution.8
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So even though she’s not involved in the partisan, it looks like this is an issue for which she’ll be advocating for a long
time to come.
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• Maria Sharapova – 20 Odd Questions. Wall Street Journal. []
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• Sharapova Talks of God. Free Republic. []
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• List of Eastern Orthodox Christians. Wikipedia. []
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• Famous Orthodox Christians. Orthodox Christianity. []
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• Religion in Belarus. Wikipedia. []
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• Putin congratulates Sharapova on French Open victory. New York Daily News. []
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• Tennis star Maria Sharapova commemorates Chernobyl nuclear accident. YouTube. []
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• Maria Sharapova, Chernobyl Survivor, Feels Personal Connection to Japan Crisis. Greg Couch on Tennis. []
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(Applicable to District Court and Superior Court)
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(a) Issuance of Process. | |
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Child of Chernobyl
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(1) Summons. A defendant not under arrest or otherwise in custody shall, except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of
this rule, be notified of the criminal proceedings against him and of the date of the return day by means of a summons.
A copy of the complaint or indictment shall accompany the summons. If the accused is a juvenile, a summons and
copy of the complaint or indictment shall also be served upon the parent or legal guardian of the juvenile or upon the
person with whom the juvenile resides. Such notice shall also advise the defendant to report in person to the probation
department before the return day.
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(2) Warrant. The District Court may authorize the issuance of a warrant in any case except where the accused is
a juvenile less than twelve years of age. Upon the return of an indictment against a defendant, the Superior Court
may authorize the issuance of a warrant. The decision to issue a warrant may be based upon the representation of
a prosecutor made to the court that the defendant may not appear unless arrested. If a defendant fails to appear in
response to a summons or for any reason is not amenable to service, the prosecutor may request that a warrant issue
or may resummon the defendant.
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(1) Warrant. An arrest warrant issued pursuant to this rule shall be signed by the official issuing it and shall contain
the name of the defendant or, if his name is unknown, any name or description by which he can be identified with
reasonable certainty. The warrant shall recite the substance of the offense charged in the complaint or indictment. It
shall command that the defendant be arrested and brought before the court.
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(2) Summons. A summons shall be in the same form as a warrant except that it shall summon the defendant to appear
before the court at a stated time and place.
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(c) Service or Execution; Return.
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(1) By Whom. A summons may be served in the manner provided by subdivision (c)(3) of this rule by any person
authorized by the General Laws to serve criminal process. A warrant shall be directed to and executed by an officer
authorized by the General Laws to serve criminal process.
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(2) Territorial Limits. A summons may be served or a warrant executed at any place within the Commonwealth.
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(3) Manner. A summons shall be served upon a defendant by delivering a copy to him personally, or by leaving it at
his dwelling house or usual place of abode with some person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein, or
by mailing it to the defendant’s last known address. A warrant shall be executed by the arrest of the defendant. The
officer need not have the warrant in his possession at the time of the arrest, but upon request he shall show the warrant
to the defendant as soon as possible. If the officer does not have the warrant in his possession at the time of the arrest,
he shall then inform the defendant that a warrant has issued and of the offense charged, but if the officer does not then
know of the offense charged, he shall inform the defendant thereof within a reasonable time after arrest.
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(4) Return. On or before the return day, the person to whom a summons was delivered for service shall make return
thereof to the issuing court. The clerk shall maintain a list of those summonses returned unserved which shall include
a statement of the efforts made by the person to whom the summonses were delivered for service to serve them. If
a summons is mailed pursuant to subdivision (c)(3) of this rule and returned, the clerk shall record that fact upon the
list. The officer executing a warrant shall make return thereof to the issuing court. At the request of the prosecutor any
unexecuted warrant shall be returned to the issuing court and may be cancelled by that court upon its own motion or
upon the motion of the prosecutor. At the request of the prosecutor made at any time while a complaint or an indictment
is pending, a summons returned unserved or a warrant returned unexecuted and not cancelled may be delivered to an
authorized person for service or execution.
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(1) Costs. A judge may order that expenses incurred as a result of the entry of a default against a defendant are to be
assessed as costs against the defendant.
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(2) Preservation of Testimony. If counsel for a defendant is present upon the entry of a default against the defendant
and if the judge finds that to require the attendance at a later time of a witness then present in court would constitute
a hardship upon the witness because of age, infirmity, illness, profession or other sufficient reason, the judge may
order that the testimony of the witness be taken and preserved for subsequent use at trial or any other proceeding. The
witness shall be examined in open court by the party on whose behalf he is present and the adverse party shall have
the right of cross-examination. The expense of taking and preserving the testimony may be assessed as costs against
the defendant.
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Rule 6 was drafted with the aim of dispensing with unnecessary appearances by defendants, their counsel, and wit-
nesses and insuring that defendants who are unlikely to flee pending their initial appearance may be at liberty without
restriction.
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Child of Chernobyl
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Subdivision (a). Under prior practice, after a finding of probable cause - whether upon an application for issuance of
process or upon presentment to a grand jury - arrest warrants were to be issued in the majority of cases. G.L. c. 276,
22 . The issuance of a summons in lieu of a warrant was the exception under the law, if not in practice.
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Under G.L. c. 276, 24 , a summons was to be issued only in those instances where the District Court had final
jurisdiction over the offense charged and the court believed a summons would sufficiently guarantee the defendant!s
appearance in court.
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Under this rule the permissible use of a summons is greatly expanded. Whenever it is determined that process shall
issue upon an application, the District Court shall authorize the issuance of a warrant, except in cases where the
accused is a juvenile less than twelve years of age. G.L. c. 119, 54 . Whenever a direct indictment is returned against
a defendant, the Superior Court shall authorize the issuance of a warrant. In both instances, however, the warrant will
not be immediately issued for execution unless the court determines that the defendant will not likely appear upon a
summons alone.
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This rule reflects the policy underlying current efforts to secure the release prior to trial of all defendants who have
sufficient roots in the community to guarantee their presence at trial. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 4 requires
a magistrate to issue a summons rather than an arrest warrant only ”upon the request of the attorney for the govern-
ment” after probable cause is found. Section 3.3 of the ABA Standards Relating to Pretrial Release (Approved Draft,
1968) provides for the use of a summons instead of a warrant except where specific grounds exist for the use of an
arrest warrant. Accord Rules of Criminal Procedure (U.L.A.) Rule 221(c) (1974); National Advisory Commission on
Criminal Justice Standards & Goals, Courts, Standard 42 (1973). See Vermont R.Crim.P. 4 (1974).
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The preference for the issuance of summonses operates to conserve law enforcement resources by releasing the police
for other duties, and conserves the resources of the court and parties.
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The preference for the issuance of a summons instead of a warrant is based on the same policy mandating the release of
arrested defendants on personal recognizance rather than on bail. That policy is bottomed on the belief that defendants
should be burdened with the fewest restrictions on their pretrial liberty that will adequately assure their presence at
trial.
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There is, however, one significant difference between the decision made concerning the issuance of a summons and
that concerning the appropriate conditions of release after arrest. When a decision on bail is made, the court or
magistrate has more information concerning the defendant than when a summons or warrant is to be issued. In the
former instance, the defendant is present before the court and can be questioned in order to establish a sufficient basis
for a determination of the appropriate conditions of his release. In addition, under Mass.R.Crim.P. 28, the judge is
authorized to review the probation report concerning the defendant prior to the bail determination.
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In light of these considerations, it is intended that the court not be prohibited from issuing an arrest warrant where
there is an absence of sufficient information to make an intelligent choice concerning the appropriate process to be
issued. Where there is a dearth of information concerning the defendant, it is expected that the court will place much
reliance upon the nature of the offense charged and will order the arrest of defendants charged with serious crimes.
An arrest in such situations will not unduly prejudice a defendant, because, if he is suitable for pretrial release on his
own recognizance, the court can so order when the defendant is initially brought before it after arrest.
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Subdivision (a)(1) provides that, except when the issuance of a warrant is necessitated, the defendant is to be notified
of the criminal proceedings against him and the date of his scheduled appearance by means of a summons coupled
with a copy of the complaint or indictment. See Rules of Criminal Procedure (U.L.A.) Rule 222(d) (1974). This notice
shall also advise the defendant to personally report to the probation department before his scheduled appearance for
the purpose of an interview to determine whether counsel need be assigned. If the defendant has retained counsel, and
counsel has filed his appearance, the defendant need not attend until his next scheduled appearance.
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Subdivision (a)(1) also deals with the requirement of G.L. c. 119, 55 that notice to the parent or guardian of the
defendant is necessary when the accused is a juvenile. Although notice to and appearance by a parent or guardian is
thus required, nothing in this rule is to be construed as making the parent or guardian of the juvenile a party defendant.
Robinson v. Commonwealth, 242 Mass. 401 , 403 (1922).
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Subdivision (a)(2) provides that upon the prosecuting officer’s recital to the court that the defendant will not appear
unless arrested, a warrant may be issued. This is less restrictive than the guidelines provided by the ABA Standards
Relating to Pretrial Release, 3.3 (Approved Draft, 1968), which require an application for an arrest warrant to reveal
the defendant’s residence, employment, family ties, criminal record, and whether he had previously responded to a
citation or summons. If a magistrate fails to issue a summons instead of an arrest warrant, he is required to state the
reason therefor. Compare Rule 221(c) of the Uniform Rules of Criminal Procedure (U.L.A.) (1974).
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The factors to be considered by the court in its decision upon the conditions necessary to assure the defendant’s
presence are reflected in the Rules of the Superior Court Governing Persons Authorized to Take Bail 2 (1972):
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The purpose of setting terms for any pretrial release is to assure the presence at court of the person released. Any
person charged with an offense, other than an offense punishable by death [sic], is required by law to be released on
his personal recognizance pending trial unless the person setting the terms of release determines, in the exercise of his
discretion, that such a release will not reasonably assure the appearance of the person as required. In making a deter-
mination as to what form of release to set, the following factors shall be considered: (1) the nature and circumstances
of the offense charged, (2) the accused’s family ties, (3) his financial resources, (4) his length of residence in the
community, (5) his character and mental condition, (6) his record of convictions and appearances at court proceedings
or of any previous flight to avoid prosecution or (7) any failure to appear at any court proceedings.
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Accord G.L. c. 276, 58 (as amended, St.1978, c. 478, 286).
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Moreover, this subdivision provides that if a defendant fails to respond to summons, then the court may order that
a warrant issue, or may permit the defendant to be served with a new summons. This accords with practice under
G.L. c. 276, 26 , which makes the willful failure to appear in response to criminal process a separate offense. See
ABA Standards Relating to Pretrial Release 1.3 (Approved Draft, 1968); Rules of Criminal Procedure (U.L.A.) rule
221(e)(2) (1974).
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Subdivision (b). General Laws c. 276, 21 , c. 218, 33 (as amended, St.1978, c. 478, 191), and c. 218, 85 (as amended,
St. 1978, c. 478, 192) enumerate those officials who are empowered to issue arrest warrants.
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Subdivision (b)(1) restates the Massachusetts practice, dating from Commonwealth v. Crathy, 92 Mass. (10 Allen)
403 (1865), which requires that if the warrant does not contain a name by which the accused is known, it must contain
a sufficient description by which the arresting officer will be able to identify the accused with reasonable certainty,
This subdivision follows the practice in Massachusetts which mandates that the warrant shall recite the substance of
the accusation, G.L. c. 276, 22 , a requirement fulfilled at common law by attaching the complaint or a copy thereof to
the warrant. Commonwealth v. Dean, 75 Mass. (9 Gray) 283 (1857). General Laws c. 276, 22 details the procedure
to be followed by the arresting officer when the accused is located.
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Support for the rule that the warrant must be directed to an officer authorized to serve criminal process is found in
In re Graves, 236 Mass. 493 (1920). In Graves, the court held that a warrant which by express direction would have
permitted unqualified persons to execute it was invalid on its face.
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Subdivision (c)(3) is also borrowed from ALI Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Procedure 120.3(2) (P.O.D.1975), and
is similar to Rules of Criminal Procedure (U.L.A.) rule 223(c) (1974). The ALI Model Code, supra, 120.4, permits
service of the summons by mail.
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It is well established in Massachusetts that an officer need not have the warrant authorizing the arrest in his possession
when the accused is placed under arrest. This principle is grounded on the judicial determination that an arrest is valid
if based on probable cause even if the warrant upon which the arrest was made is void. Commonwealth v. Bowlen,
351 Mass. 655 (1967). However, if the arrest is based upon a warrant, the accused should be afforded an opportunity
to examine it within a reasonable time.
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Subdivision (c)(4) complies substantially with Rule 225 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure (U.L.A.) (P.O.D.1975)
and with Fed.R.Crim.P. 4(c)(4).
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Even though interest rates on mortgages are at all time lows, you may be wondering what types of mortgages are
really still available. Beyond that, you may be looking for a mortgage calculator to help you calculate the costs of the
different types of mortgages that you may be interested in. Here is a quick breakdown of the most common types of
mortgages. Remember, there are many different types of combinations of these as well, but you usually have to ask
your mortgage broker for more information.
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This is the most common type of mortgage available in the UK. It is very similar to the US fixed mortgage, in which
you pay both principal (or capital as it’s called in the UK) and interest to the lender each month. Over time, as you
make your payments, you eventually pay off the loan. You can use any standard mortgage calculator to calculate the
costs of this mortgage; you just need to input the interest rate and term.
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An interest only mortgage is one in which you only pay off the lender’s interest on the loan each month, and don’t
make any principal payments with your monthly payment. In order to pay off this loan, you will need to make a lump
sum payment to pay off the mortgage at the end of the term.
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Since interest only mortgages are a little different, you would want to use an interest only mortgage calculator to
calculate your costs.
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A buy to let mortgage is a mortgage designed for rental properties, and usually have very different terms and restric-
tions compared to a traditional mortgage. For example, the money is usually loaned based on the expected income of
the property, and not just the buyers financial situation.
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I spent the day building a wheelchair ramp to our front porch and thinking about how SpouseBuzz tried to describe
military spouses in just one word. One word wouldn’t do it.
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I recalled a quote from one of my favorite authors, John Steinbeck. Steinbeck considered the book East of Eden,
his finest work. This military wife quote is from this book. “I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man,
particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.”
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I can appreciate the depth of communication in this one sentence as it relates to a military wife for two reasons. The
first reason lies in the indication that being a military wife, in the best sense of the label, is actually an act of the soul.
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As human beings our one common destiny is the passing of our physical lives, we definitely live in a destructible body.
In using the term ‘indestructible’ in this quote, the reference is to that eternal part of a person. The indestructible soul.
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The second reason lies in the fact that being a military wife requires an uncommon depth of love, a love which requires
being left behind during deployments. And if the highest sacrifice is required of her Soldier, being left behind in this
world to carry on alone.
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While it may be easy to love a Soldier, loving the life that is required by the entire family of a Soldier requires a very
special love and devotion, and a willingness to face being left behind. The woman who loves a Soldier, but not his
military service, is an unhappy individual, and causes a great burden for the Soldier who loves them.
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Another quote I find so full of important truth is by C.S. Lewis, famous author of The Lion, The Witch, and the
Wardrobe. Lewis was a Soldier during WWII, and so he knew well the life of the military. He is credited with saying,
“You don’t have a soul, you are a soul, you have a body.”
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For a considerable part of his life he was an atheist, but came to a profession of faith, and then wrote many sermons
and devotions. I think that the role of military wife is one which carries eternal significance, and that it is the “soul”
part of a woman which fulfills this role well, and which is the indestructible part of her. Just as a Soldier is not just
participating in a profession as he serves, so his wife is not just the wife of a professional as she loves and stands in
support of the service of her husband.
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This service calls for a devotion to duty that can very easily require that he “lay down his life” for others. The Bible
says, “no greater love” exists than this. I think perhaps being willing to love someone who would make such a sacrifice,
and to support that willingness, represents an even greater love.
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The evidence from evolution was consistent with this calculation. Nachman and Crowell (2000), for example, cal-
culated that the accumulation of mutations in 18 pseudogenes from humans and chimpanzees yielded a value of 175
mutations per generation.
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Up until recently it wasn’t possible to get a direct measurement of the mutation rate but I addressed some of the
attempts in November 2010: Human Mutation Rates. In that posting I discussed two experimental results that yielded
estimates of the mutation rates in humans.
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Recently there have been two attempts to verify this calculation. In one, the Y chromosomes of two men separated
by 13 generations in a paternal lineage from a common male ancestor were sequenced. The differences correspond
to a mutation rate of 0.75 10-10 per generation, or almost the same as theory predicts. This is based on the fact that
if most mutations are nearly neutral (they are) then the rate of fixation by random genetic drift should be the same as
the mutation rate.Now there’s another paper that sequenced two sets of parents and a child (Conrad et al., 2011). You
might think that the calculation is easy because all you have to do is count the number of new alleles in the child. But
this doesn’t work because you have to account for somatic mutations that arose in the tissue culture cells lines that are
being used as a source of DNA. These can be eliminated by comparing the sequence with fresh DNA samples directly
from the parents and child. In addition to false positives, you have to allow for some false negatives.
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The other study, by Roach et al. (2010), compared the genome sequences of two offspring and their parents. By
adding up all the differences in the offspring they arrived at an estimate of 70 mutations in the offspring instead of the
expected 130. This is half the expected value but the study is fraught with potential artifacts and it’s best not to make
a big deal of this discrepancy.
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I don’t understand all the mathematical manipulations but they are probably trustworthy. (Some of it was done by
Reed Cartwright of Panda’s Thumb.) The final estimates are 60 mutations in one of the children and 50 in the other.
Both of these values are lower than the calculated rate and when you combine them with earlier results, it’s beginning
to look like the actual mutation rate is about half of the calculated value based on biochemistry. This could easily be
due to a two-fold error in our estimate of repair efficiency. It could be that instead of repairing only 99/100 sites of
damage the actual repair machinery fixes 199/200 damaged sites, for example.
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The surprising result is that 92% of the new mutations in one of the children comes from the father but in the other fam-
ily only 32% of the mutations were paternal. We expect that most of the mutations will occur during spermatogenesis
so that part is not surprising. What’s surprising is that in one case the majority come from the mother.
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I suspect that this is an artifact of some kind, or a statistical outlier. The authors, however, take this as evidence of
natural variation in male and female mutation rates. I’d like to see the estimates for other children of the same family
in order to see if the result is reproducible.
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Conrad, D.F., Keebler, J.E., DePristo, M.A., Lindsay, S.J., Zhang, Y., Casals, F., Idaghdour, Y., Hartl, C.L., Torroja,
C., Garimella, K.V., Zilversmit, M., Cartwright, R., Rouleau, G.A., Daly, M., Stone, E.A., Hurles, M.E., Awadalla,
P.; 1000 Genomes Project. (2011) Variation in genome-wide mutation rates within and between human families. Nat.
Genet. 43:712-714. [doi: 10.1038/ng.862]
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Nachman, M.W. and Crowell, S.L. (2000) Estimate of the mutation rate per nucleotide in humans. Genetics: 156:297-
304.
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See the introduction and links to all installments at the top of my John Calvin, Calvinism, and General Protestantism
web page; also the online version of the Institutes. Calvin’s words will be in blue throughout. All biblical citations (in
my portions) will be from RSV unless otherwise noted.
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OF THE POWER OF MAKING LAWS. THE CRUELTY OF THE POPE AND HIS ADHERENTS, IN THIS RE-
SPECT, IN TYRANNICALLY OPPRESSING AND DESTROYING SOULS.
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1. . The power of the Church in enacting laws. This made a source of human traditions. Impiety of these
traditions.
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We come now to the second part of power, which, according to them, consists in the enacting of laws, from which
source innumerable traditions have arisen, to be as many deadly snares to miserable souls. For they have not been
more scrupulous than the Scribes and Pharisees in laying burdens on the shoulders of others, which they would not
touch with their finger (Mt 23:4; Luke 11:16). I have elsewhere shown (Book 3 chap. 4 sec. 4-7) how cruel murder
they commit by their doctrine of auricular confession.
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See my paper: Biblical Evidence for Formal Forgiveness of Sins and Absolution (Confession).
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The same violence is not apparent in other laws, but those which seem most tolerable press tyrannically on the con-
science. I say nothing as to the mode in which they adulterate the worship of God, and rob God himself, who is the
only Lawgiver, of his right.
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Impressive polemics; much less impressive ”argumentation” . . . This is how propaganda functions: repeat something
enough times and a certain number of uncritical minds will accept it, no matter how unsubstantiated.
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The power we have now to consider is, whether it be lawful for the Church to bind laws upon the conscience?
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Of course it is.
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In this discussion, civil order is not touched; but the only point considered is, how God may be duly worshipped
according to the rule which he has prescribed, and how our spiritual liberty, with reference to God, may remain
unimpaired. In ordinary language, the name of human traditions is given to all decrees concerning the worship of God,
which men have issued without the authority of his word.
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Calvin again merely assumes what he needs to prove. I’ll wait for some semblance of an argument to counter-respond.
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We contend against these, not against the sacred and useful constitutions of the Church, which tend to preserve disci-
pline, or decency, or peace.
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Okay; the outlines of some type of rational argument for ecclesiology and discipline is now laid out. Calvin’s task will
be to distinguish this legitimate use from supposed ”Roman tyranny” and so forth.
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Our aim is to curb the unlimited and barbarous empire usurped over souls by those who would be thought pastors of
the Church, but who are in fact its most cruel murderers.
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Another impressive rhetorical flourish . . .
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They say that the laws which they enact are spiritual, pertaining to the soul, and they affirm that they are necessary to
eternal life. But thus the kingdom of Christ, as I lately observed, is invaded; thus the liberty, which he has given to the
consciences of believers, is completely oppressed and overthrown.
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Certainly the Church, whatever it is, will have laws, so this sweeping, disagreeing language is absurd.
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I say nothing as to the great impiety with which, to sanction the observance of their laws, they declare that from it they
seek forgiveness of sins, righteousness and salvation, while they make the whole sum of religion and piety to consist
in it.
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Catholicism does not teach works-righteousness, as Calvin seems to think.
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What I contend for is, that necessity ought not to be laid on consciences in matters in which Christ has made them
free; and unless freed, cannot, as we have previously shown (Book 3 chap. 19), have peace with God.
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And of course Calvin needs to show from Scripture where and how men are free. We can easily demonstrate that
Protestant ”freedom” has in fact, extended to almost anything in the ensuing 500 years.
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They must acknowledge Christ their deliverer, as their only king, and be ruled by the only law of liberty—namely,
the sacred word of the Gospel—if they would retain the grace which they have once received in Christ: they must be
subject to no bondage, be bound by no chains.
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Calvin (as I understand, anyway) doesn’t believe in antinomianism, so this needs to be qualified and specified a great
deal more. I trust that this will occur in the sections to come. Thus far, no argument . . .
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1. . Many of the Papistical traditions not only difficult, but impossible to be observed.
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These Solons, indeed, imagine that their constitutions are laws of liberty, a pleasant yoke, a light burden: but who sees
not that this is mere falsehood. They themselves, indeed, feel not the burden of their laws. Having cast off the fear of
God, they securely and assiduously disregard their own laws as well as those which are divine.
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Catholic laws vs. ”fear of God”: a very convenient false dichotomy, in the service of anti-Catholic propaganda and
polemics . . .
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Those, however, who feel any interest in their salvation, are far from thinking themselves free so long as they are
entangled in these snares. We see how great caution Paul employed in this matter, not venturing to impose a fetter in
any one thing, and with good reason: he certainly foresaw how great a wound would be inflicted on the conscience if
these things should be made necessary which the Lord had left free. On the contrary, it is scarcely possible to count
the constitutions which these men have most grievously enforced, under the penalty of eternal death, and which they
exact with the greatest rigour, as necessary to salvation.
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The Catholic can hardly respond unless specifics are provided.
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And while very many of them are most difficult of observance, the whole taken together are impossible; so great is the
mass.
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That’s what many ancient Hebrews used to say about the 613 Mosaic laws, but God didn’t seem to think their obser-
vance was ”impossible”; or else He wouldn’t have made them binding and non-optional.
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How, then, possibly can those, on whom this mountain of difficulty lies, avoid being perplexed with extreme anxiety,
and filled with terror?
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How, indeed?! Only by becoming a good Calvinist Protestant, can we mere mortals avoid ”extreme anxiety” and
”terror.” The choice before us couldn’t be any clearer than it is.
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My intention here then is, to impugn constitutions of this description; constitutions enacted for the purpose of binding
the conscience inwardly before God, and imposing religious duties, as if they enjoined things necessary to salvation.
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Okay; let’s see what Calvin comes up with.
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1. . That the question may be more conveniently explained, nature of conscience must be defined.
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Many are greatly puzzled with this question, from not distinguishing, with sufficient care, between what is called the
external forum and the forum of conscience (Book 3 chap. 19 sec 15). Moreover, the difficulty is increased by the
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terms in which Paul enjoins obedience to magistrates, “not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake” (Rom. 13:5);
and from which it would follow, that civil laws also bind the conscience. But if this were so, nothing that we have
said of spiritual government, in the last chapter, and are to say in this, would stand. To solve this difficulty, we must
first understand what is meant by conscience. The definition must be derived from the etymology of the term. As
when men, with the mind and intellect, apprehend the knowledge of things, they are thereby said to know, and hence
the name of science or knowledge is used; so, when they have, in addition to this, a sense of the divine judgment, as
a witness not permitting them to hide their sins, but bringing them as criminals before the tribunal of the judge, that
sense is called conscience.
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# RATATOUILLE BIG CHEESE TOUR VISITING NEW YORK ONE
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## Sunday, JUNE 17 FROM 11AM - 6PM
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at The International Cultures Festival on Sixth Avenue
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Inspired by Disney Pixar’s RATATOUILLE, a hilarious comedy about a rat named Remy who dreams of becoming a
great French chef, the interactive experience will be highlighted by a thrilling ”Big Cheese Slide” which will give kids
an exciting ride down a 25’ wedge of cheese. A Center Stage area features daily cooking demonstrations with a real
chef featuring Tasty Treats and Healthy Snacks’ for busy families as well as daily shows featuring Ratatouille Video
Game demonstrations. Tour goers will also be able to see multiple making-of pieces at various kiosks.
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The tour is being supported by a fantastic lineup of promotional partners. Tour goers can interact with Intel Corpora-
tion’s roaming ambassador chefs, equipped with Intel(R) Centrino(R) Duo processor technology-based laptops using
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processors, where they can take photos with the RATATOUILLE characters superimposed
into the picture, play an interactive game or register for a chance to win an array of prizes. The tour chef’s will feature
recipes from the General Mills’ portfolio of brands and attendees will be able to sample Chocolate Chex(R) cereal
as available. Samsung is providing all of the appliances on stage and plasma screens throughout the tour. THQ will
provide video game demonstration kiosks where consumers get a chance to sample the latest game.
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## Sunday, June 17, 2007 3:00 AM -
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PRESS: Set-up begins. Coverage and crew interaction invited.
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11:00 AM - 6:00 PM - PUBLIC: Ride the giant cheese slide, enjoy cooking demonstrations, view a sneak peak at the
movie trailer and clips, receive movie-inspired healthy cooking cookbooks and more! Bring your camera.
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International Cultures Festival along Avenue of the Americas Big Cheese event will be stationed on the West side of
the street from 44th-45th Street
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NOTE: The Big Cheese Tour is a FREE event.
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RATATOUILLE ”Big Cheese Tour” stops include:
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## May 11-13, 2007 Walt Disney World Resort Orlando, FL
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## May 19-20, 2007 Atlantic Station Atlanta, GA
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## May 26-27, 2007 Taste of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
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## June 1-3, 2007 Milwaukee Riversplash! Milwaukee, WI
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## June 9-10, 2007 Three Rivers Arts Festival Pittsburgh, PA
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## June 17, 2007 International Cultures Festival New York, NY
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## June 30-July 8, 2007 Taste of Chicago Chicago, IL
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## July 13-15, 2007 TBA TBA
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## July 21-22, 2007 TBA TBA
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## TABLE OF CONTENTS
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## A Guide to the Texas Revolution Scrapbook, [ca. 1930-1941]
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At its inception in October 1835, with the battle of Gonzalez, the Texas Revolution emerged as the culmination of
many conflicts between Mexico and Anglo-American settlers in Texas. Following the imprisonment of Stephen F.
Austin and Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s attempts to abolish the Constitution of 1824, the citizenry of Texas formed
an army in response to Mexican incursions. Commanded by Austin, James Bowie, and James W. Fannin, Jr., the Texas
Army was composed solely of volunteers. After winning several engagements, including the battle of Concepcion and
the Grass Fight, the Texas army was overpowered by Mexican forces in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
Fannin and nearly 350 Texans were subsequently executed during the Goliad Massacre a few days later. The Texas
Revolution finally concluded with the decisive battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, wherein Texas forces led by
Sam Houston surprised the Mexican Army at San Jacinto, killing 630 and taking 730 prisoners while losing only 9
Texans. At the close of the Revolution, Texas independence was realized following Santa Anna’s order for Mexican
troops to withdraw and the signing of the treaties of Velasco.
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Barker, Eugene C., and James W. Pohl. ”Texas Revolution.”Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed March 4, 2011.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qdt01.
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Kemp,
L.
W.
”San
Jacinto,
Battle
of.”Handbook
of
Texas
Online.
Accessed
March
4,
2011.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qes04.
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Comprised of newspaper clippings, the Texas Revolution Scrapbook, [ca. 1930-1941], documents the legacy of the
Texas Revolution during the 1930s and 1940s. The clippings from several Texas newspapers concern a variety of
subjects, including surviving widows and families of Texas revolutionaries and the discovery of new historical doc-
umentation. Additionally, the collection contains biographical sketches of revolutionaries, such as James W. Fannin,
Jr., and Benjamin R. Milam.
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This collection is open for research use.
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Texas Revolution Scrapbook, [ca. 1930-1941], Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas
at Austin.
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Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publica-
tions and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s ”History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light”
project, 2009-2011.
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## Ex Sanguine #1
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## Publisher: Dark horse
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## Writers: Tim Seeley & Joshua Scott Emmons
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## Artist: Tim Seeley
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## Colors: Dave Stewart
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Most times, books that are gory and are littered with foul language are somewhat of a turn off, especially for non-
horror readers. This one, however, had a slightly different twist to the current vampire scene in comics, and that, along
with a strong story that makes you think, is a winning combination. The lead character, Saul Adams, a vampire, seems
to be trying to live a life that is free of controversy, but when the FBI comes knocking at his door, things begin to
spiral out of control. The next day, he stops at his neighborhood coffee shop and meets an intriguing young girl named
Ashley. She’s harboring secrets of her own, though, and by the end of this issue, Saul is in hot water with the FBI, and
Ashley looks to be more like Jason Voorhees than a sweet little waitress!
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OK, there was a decent bit of hype surrounding this book, and that can sometimes deflate reviews. Not because the
book isn’t good, mind you, but because it just doesn’t live up to the monumental hype. Give this book a chance, it
lives up to the hype. Seeley and Emmons take a vampire story and tweak it slightly to give it its own feel. The waitress
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looking all sweet and innocent was a good bait and switch, maybe slightly cliche, but it worked nonetheless. The main
character will hopefully be explored more, because it seems that his past will tell a great story, too. The first couple
of pages showed a cryptic scene with a murder and a book containing what appears to be gibberish. This book seems
quite important to someone we cannot see the face of, though, and important enough for them to murder somebody.
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If you’ve seen Tim Seeley’s work before, you know what you’re gonna get. He’s good at several different areas. First,
he draws his characters with a very realistic style, but when you need scary, he can do that, too. Take for instance Saul.
He looks very unassuming, but when he bares his teeth, he looks absolutely vicious. The colors by Badilla really add
to the work by Seeley, too. He has a good sense of when to really pour on the blood and bright colors, and when to
keep it conventional. The cover by Seeley and veteran Dave Stewart was over the top, but that’s exactly what the issue
was all about at times, and again, what makes it a must read. Rating 4/5
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I’ve said it before: Lima more than makes up for its lousy weather with one of the best food scenes on the planet. The
eats here are cheap, plentiful and oh-so-delicious. And for me, there’s one spot in particular that perfectly encapsulates
these qualities: the small, unassuming but ultimately sublime Victoria’s Restaurante.
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The place is right across the street from where I work, which is good, because I’ve taken to going there for lunch every
other day. At Victoria’s, you can get a solid three course meal — that’s soup, a main dish (perfectly balanced with
meat, vegetables, rice and papas fritas) and dessert — for 9 soles (roughly $3.50). And with its highly efficient to the
point of being abrupt waitstaff, you can rest assured that your meal will be served to you within 20 minutes of walking
in the door. All in all, and all hyperbole aside, the place is a gift from the food gods to the citizens of Lima.
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But that isn’t to say that Victoria’s is perfect; The food there will not knock your socks off. But it’s good, solid, hardy
food — perfect for a mild winter’s day in Lima. My favorite (oh, let’s be honest, the only dish I ever get) is the
Milanesa. It’s breaded chicken served with rice, salad and french fries. I eat it with Victoria’s spicy-sweet aji sauce,
which gives it a much needed kick.
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Anyway, I could wax poetic about Victoria’s all day, but that wouldn’t do you or anybody else any good. If you’re in
Lima, my advice to you is to give it a try. Tell Victoria that gringo who shows up every second day at one o’clock sent
you.
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You can find Victoria’s across the street from Gold’s Gym, near the corner of Alfredo Benavides and Larco in Miraflo-
res.
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MIT’s Sallie W. (Penny) Chisholm has been awarded the National Medal of Science, one of 12 recipients in 2012,
the White House announced in December. The National Medal of Science is annually given to individuals “deserving
of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathe-
matical, or engineering sciences,” according to the National Science Foundation. In a White House ceremony this
Thursday, President Barack Obama will present the award to Chisholm — the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of
Environmental Studies in the Department of Civil and Environmental engineering, and the 48th MIT scientist to win
the honor — for her research in microbial oceanography.
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“I was incredibly surprised,” said Chisholm on her reaction upon being notified of her selection. “I’m excited that the
committee is recognizing my field. The honor doesn’t often to go people in my field, so that’s an exciting recognition
of microbial oceanography.”
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Her interest in biological oceangraphy started with her undergraduate senior thesis project. “The project involved
lakes. That was the first time I looked at phytoplankton under the microscope — I was intrigued,” said Chisholm.
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She now studies Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant photosynthetic cell on the planet. “Pythoplankton
are responsible for half of the photosynthesis on earth. They’re very unappreciated and under-noticed, despite being
the base of the foodweb in the ocean,” said Chisholm. “I’m fascinated by them, and I want them to be recognized as
significant players.” According to Chisholm, there are many things she has learned about phytoplankton through her
research that can be used in actual applications, such as biofuels.
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Chisholm is currently on sabbatical. Soon, she will spend a month in Italy at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio
Center, a “place for scholarly retreat and writing,” where she will be working on a book.
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In addition to her research, Chisholm has also published two children’s books and is working on a third. The first
two, Living Sunlight and Ocean Sunlight, co-authored with writer and illustrator Molly Bang, aim to teach about
photosynthesis on land and in the oceans, respectively. Her third book will be on fossil fuels.
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“We make sure everything in the books is scientifically correct, and we use scientific terms,” said Chisholm. “They’re
children’s books, but they’re really intended for all ages. Anyone who reads them could learn something new, or
something they’d forgotten.”
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’Brilliant! One of the most faith-enhancing books I have ever read’ Bear Grylls ’Clearly the book is speaking loud
and clear to a lot of people’ The Independent Bunyanesque ... bold, imaginative, humane and funny. Church Times
This book has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress did for his. It’s that good!
Eugene Peterson ’This is the most heart-warming, inspirational story I have read in decades. If you only read one
book in the next year...read THE SHACK’ J.John ’By far the most captivating, deliciously written and theologically
refreshing page turner of a novel I have ever read.’ Gerald Coates, Pioneer ’Dangerous, dangerous way to do off-the-
hook theology, I love it! It’s not just what happens when a theologian becomes storyteller: this is what happens when
a survivor who has experienced God decides to tell a story. This should be required reading in spirituality/theodicy
classes everywhere. The Shack will quickly become a modern classic, and it will inspire imitators. But very few
will match the competence of this work.’ Siku THE SHACK is the most absorbing work of fiction I’ve read in many
years. My wife and I laughed, cried and repented of our own lack of faith along the way. THE SHACK will leave you
craving for the presence of God. Michael W. Smith, Recording Artist This story reads like a prayer - like the best kind
of prayer, filled with sweat and wonder and transparency and surprise. If you read one work of fiction this year, let
this be it. Mike Morrell, Zoecarnate.com Reading THE SHACK during a very difficult transition in my life, this story
has blown the door wide open to my soul. Wynonna Judd, Recording Artist
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## About the Author
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Wm. Paul Young was born a Canadian and raised among a Stone Age tribe by his missionary parents in the highlands
of former New Guinea. He suffered great loss as a child and young adult and now enjoys the ”wastefulness of grace”
with his family in the Pacific Northwest.
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## Dorint Hotel am Heumarkt Koln
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• Swimming pool
• Room service
• Fitness/Health center
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## Historical Traveler Reviews Dorint Hotel am Heumarkt Koln Cologne
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## Great value for money! One of the best hotels!
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My girlfriend and I stayed here for the New Year weekend. Everything that has been said previously here is absolutely
true. It is one of the best hotels we have ever stayed in. The staff are very friendly and helpful. If you are struggling
to find a top class restaurant, just ask the concierge and he will only be too willing to assist you. Harry’s Bar is a
great place to unwind (try the Flying Kangaroo cocktail, we have only previously seen it available in the Meridien in
Budapest), not your normal hotel bar, very cool ambience and popular with the locals.
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Health centre is top class and it is free even though the brochure in the room suggests there is a charge. Beds are so
comfortable you will not be able to get up in the morning.
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Location perfect, only 5-10 minutes walk to the Dom and right beside the main shopping area.
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Excellent service wonderful location.
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My boyfriend and i stayed here for a long weekend for his birthday. The staff were absolutely wonderful. The location
is excellent. My only complaint is that the club ciontinental lounge did not serve hot food for breakfast-disapointed as
i had paid extra for this. That one negative was more than made up for by the wonderful atmosphere elsewhere in the
hotel.
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we made good use of the hotel facilities; We had a night of romantic cocktails in harrys bar with live paino music- get
there early by eleven at night it’s packed! we had a wine tasting in the secluded wine room and had an excellent meal
in the restaraunt- they even adapted several of their dishes to make it veggie friendly. for dessert they brought out a
chocolate cake that they had made for his birthday (a surprise even to me) and then as we sat in the overstock lounge
they brought us a glass of champagne each just before midnight so we could toast his birthday together! On check out
they gave us a bottle of wine to take away. hard to beat.
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a brilliant hotel.
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The best hotel I’ve been to, period.
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My girlfriend and I stayed at the Intercontinental in Cologne in October for a weekend. I swear this place is the best
place I’ve ever stayed at. Not the largest of rooms, but they were stylish, modern, warm, and comfortable. What made
it an awesome hotel was the service. The service is really top notch. We stayed at a Renaissance for the next week in
another town and although also nice, it just lacked the quality of service of the Intercontinental.
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Here are some of the things to expect at the Intercontinental in Cologne: One, your room is serviced at least twice a
day (once to make the bed, once to draw the bed, and sometimes once for a quick mini-bar refill checkup). Two, the
staff is all friendly, every single one of them (from the cleaning crew to the manager), and most of them speak English
quite well. Three, the complimentary breakfasts are to die for. Holy crap! You have your choice of fresh meats and
cheeses, smoked salmon, 5-minute and 7-minute eggs, two styles of sausages, breads, fruits, juices, everything.
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I recommend this place and will try to stay at Intercontinentals wherever we go from now on.
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## What a wonderful hotel!
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# HOW CAN YOU TELL IF A GUY IS JEALOUS? WHAT ARE THE
SIGNS?
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I’m trying to figure out a guy I know. He is only an ac-
quaintance and he doesn’t act like he is interested in me.
He’s nice to me but is flirty with... Show More
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## What Guys Said 1
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While I have never used this method of courtship (actu-
ally, I’ve never really wooed a girl before), I know that
one very effective method of making a girl curious is by
talking to her friends, co-workers, or girls around the girl
in question. He may have read your shyness as aloofness
or ”hard-to-get’nes” and wants to make you more inter-
ested in him by chatting to the other girls. The fact that
he gets irritated when you flirt with others, or the need
for him to know about which male was interested in you
supports this. I wouldn’t say he’s jealous, more like, he’s
not getting what he wants and he’s unsure of what move
to play, so he keeps on behaving like how he is now.If you
are interested in him, I say try talking to him more, and
warm up to him.
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## For the love of Lee Child
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## For the love of Lee Child
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When publishers send out copies of new releases to the
newspapers, they customarily place an embargo which
states that no review should appear before the stated publi-
cation date. This injunction is frequently ignored, as liter-
ary editors scramble to get their stuff up early. I am often
unable to buy recently reviewed books because publica-
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tion date is still weeks away. In general, I don’t mind. I
have plenty of reading to be getting on with.
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But there are limits to my patience, and Lee Child is one
of them. I recently read a review of a new Jack Reacher
title (Never Go Back), and immediately tried to download
it on the old Kindle, only to be told that it was not yet
available. For two weeks! I wait a whole year for a new
one to come out, and when it does I want it right away,
as in, I am going to read this today, all day, all of it. I
will not put it down, because I cannot. (I was introduced
to Reacher by a New Zealand friend who was once on a
plane with 10 pages still to go, and carried on reading until
he was gently removed from his seat by a bemused flight
attendant. He hadn’t noticed that the plane had landed and
that everyone had left.)
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I am, in general, unembarrassed by the lowness of many
of my tastes. Bugs Bunny is one of my role models, and I
support Coventry City Football Club. But even so, I was
for some time unwilling to share – at least with serious
literary friends – the depth of my devotion to Lee Child’s
novels. It is one thing to like crime fiction and thrillers
– to admire Ian Rankin, John le Carre, James Lee Burke,
proper writers all of them – but no one, I imagine, values
Child for the quality of his prose. One can hardly find,
in the entire corpus of the work, a single sentence worthy
of independent admiration. But put them together, one by
one and page by page, and I am consumed, not by ad-
miration exactly, but by something much more powerful
– the great animating impulse of the whole story-telling
business – the desire, the rage, to know what is going to
happen.
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This is genre fiction at its most basic, of the Grisham, Pat-
terson sort – books that grip but don’t abide. You forget
them pretty quickly, and unless your memory is as bad as
mine (and you cannot remember them a year or two later)
you never return for a second go. You know who did it, to
whom, why and how.
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The major pleasures of a Reacher book are relatively
simple. The ex-army major and MP, a peripatetic loner
who leaves no traces except in the hearts of those he has
touched, is a one-man wrecking crew, hurling bad guys | |
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into the darkness with breathtaking efficiency.
In one
scene, a fight in a bar, five roughnecks are dispatched
within a minute. How cool is that? (Though I also re-
call – and was profoundly shocked by – a scene in which
two tough women manage to beat him up. I took me full
week to get over it – longer than him – during which I
drafted a letter of protest to Child, though I had enough
residual sanity not to send it).
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I have established a simple rule for ranking the books: the
more people he kills (and the badder they are), the bet-
ter I like it, and him. Reacher is, of course, in a long
line of American outcast heroes (how does the Coventry-
born ex-TV-man author know so much about this?) who
abjure emotional ties, head out into the wilderness and
take upon their own broad shoulders the primitive moral
conscience of the tribe. Too immature to make a sexual
commitment, obsessed with death and terror, this archety-
pal hero of American fiction was first described in Leslie
Fiedler’s classic Love and Death in the American Novel
(1960). Reacher fits nicely, though I wonder if the relent-
less Fiedler would find traces of repressed homosexuality
in Child’s hero? Perhaps you don’t need to be that butch
unless ...? But I don’t want to go there. I like Reacher
how he is, un-Freudianised, omnipotent, hetero.
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I have, of course, read the 17 previous Reachers, as well
as the bits of written-for-Kindle short fiction. I have a few
friends with whom I enthusiastically share this passion,
and together we deride the recent casting of the diminutive
Tom Cruise as the 6ft 5in, 250-pound Reacher. No amount
of shrewd camera angles, and casting of short(er) actors
in other parts, can disguise the fact that whatever Cruise
is – and he is never anything more than Cruise – he could
never be mistaken for the ubermenschlich hero of Child’s
books. In action, he is more like the Tasmanian devil of
the cartoons, a whirlingly destructive miniature, without
gravitas. Or, indeed, soul.
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But to have used the word ”soul” in this context, to de-
scribe the immature and uncommitted hero of Child’s
books, is to indicate how far I have fallen, and how careful
(I thought) I have to be in sharing my passion for them.
And then, sometime last year, a couple of funny things
happened.
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First, I was driving home from Shropshire, after teaching
an Arvon writing course with my friend Selina Hastings,
the chronicler of the lives of many of our great writers, and
we got to talking about which authors I should approach
to annotate one of their books for the forthcoming PEN
charity auction. I gave her a quick list of those who had
already signed on: Barnes, McEwan, Stoppard, Heaney,
Ishiguro ...
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She stopped me in mid-gush.
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”What about Lee Child?” she asked, with the breathless
excitement of a child pulling a rabbit out of a magician’s
hat.
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”You like Lee Child?” I asked, both incredulous and de-
lighted to be joined in my enthusiasm by someone as tren-
chant and demanding as Selina.
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”Who doesn’t? I love him!”
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The hell with the PEN auction. We spent much of the rest
of the journey recalling – or trying to recall – which of
the books was which, and trying to explain to each other
and ourselves why we liked them, since they are so for-
gettable. Turns out it isn’t hard. They’re exciting. You
can’t put them down.
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The experience of finding a haut literary acquaintance
who shares my enthusiasm was repeated some six months
later when I was sitting next to Philip Pullman at a dinner
given by the Double Crown Club. I am a great admirer
of his work, which is engrossing, demanding and of the
highest seriousness. His Dark Materials is a classic, not
of children’s literature, but of fiction generally.
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We eventually, as one does in meeting a literate stranger,
got to talking about our reading, and discovered a mutual
love of thrillers. So far, so predicable. Almost everyone I
know likes thrillers. Except Howard Jacobson, who can’t
see the point of them. Philip and I made the usual rec-
ommendations to each other (his best tip was to revisit
Lionel Davidson) and seemed to have read much of the
same stuff. But, all of a sudden, there it was:
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”Lee Child,” he said, ”I think they are terrific. Have you
read him?”
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I nearly leaned across my dessert to fall into his arms. A
kindred spirit. But also another confirmation that I was
not alone, and that the literary undergrowth I inhabited
had others in it too.
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This was, I think, pretty pathetic of me. First, to have
been embarrassed by my attachment to Reacher. Second,
by my losing this embarrassment simply because some es-
timable literary types shared my passion. So what? Why
not have a little more self-confidence in one’s own tastes?
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There we are then. I love Child. He is one of my favourite
authors. It’s a relief, coming out of the closet like this.
So. I presume I am not alone in my tastes. If you can
remember, which Reacher do you like most?
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Never Go Back by Lee Child (Dealacorte, 2013, 416
pages, $28.00) is the eighteenth title in the Jack Reacher
series of mystery thrillers featuring the mysterious
Reacher, who mysteriously arrives in town when things
are going wrong, steps in to save the day, and moves on
to continue his lone voyage. The novels are robust, manly
(whatever that means), and exciting. A drug for those ad-
dicted to this genre tracing itself back to the very mists of
story writing concerned with the lone hero, not a part of
society, but an observer, and, when needed, a participant
in it. Since the book is, on publication, has already spent
71 days in the Amazon top 100 and is currently at num-
ber 9, a new film starring Tom Cruise based on the Jack
Reacher character has just been released, and Child has
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embarked on a lively book tour. I’ll not spend to much
time discussing this particular volume, but rather try to
explore Reacher himself, why he appeals to readers, and,
perhaps, a little bit of speculation about Child’s mode of
working on this very popular character.
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One of the delights of reading Reacher lies in the reader’s
ability to pick up any book in the series without having
to have read any earlier ones. Although Never Go Back
has a repeat character from 61 Hours, reaching back four
novels, it has no relevance at all to the current tale except
to establish a reason for Reacher’s going to Washington,
DC. where he has gone to meet Susan Turner, who he’s
only met previously by telephone. Soon after his arrival
he is arrested on charges of murder and rape, as well as
smacked with a paternity suit, which all supposedly oc-
curred about fourteen years previously. Reacher, a retired
army officer who had previously served as commanding
officer of the Military Police unit Turner now commands,
soon creates enough havoc to get himself arrested while
also discovering that Turner is in jail on charges of having
taken a bribe. The rest of the book involves their working
together to prove their innocence and destroy the illegal
operation and conspiracy which has trumped up charges
to get both of them out of the way. They become involved
in a cross country chase, a series of daring encounters, and
working closely together while discovering an irresistible
physical attraction. Revealing any more of the plot would
only serve to take away from its ingenuity and surprise.
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What about Lee Child’s approach to the enigmatic char-
acter Jack Reacher makes these books exciting and enjoy-
able reads? Jack Reacher is a retired military officer, a
graduate of West Point, son of an officer. He is endowed
with physical and intellectual powers which make him a
dangerous man to oppose as well as a fine person to have
on your side. It remains something of a mystery to me
why good people trust him and bad people don’t, but that’s
pretty much the way it is. When Reacher comes to town,
he always finds the trouble there and those who need his
help or intervention are easily persuaded he’s the man to
provide it. But Reacher lives off the grid. He carries no
ID, has no cell phone or credit card. He hasn’t had an ad-
dress for years. He sees things others don’t. He responds
in the moment, almost always just a step ahead of his op-
ponents. His physical skills combine with great size and
speed to make him a more than formidable character. His
intelligence and penetrating logic help him to see the need
and keep a perspective that helps him to choose the pre-
cise amount of physical response necessary to achieve his
goal without causing more damage than necessary, yet he
knows how to inflict pain when called upon to do so. He’s
always on the edge of violence, yet never commits more
than necessary. Readers can find a Wikipedia profile of
Reacher stitched together from the novels here. Men like
him and women love him. What’s not to admire?
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Author Lee Child (real name: Jim Grant), according to a
recent interview on MSNBC, didn’t expect to be a writer.
Born in England, he was twenty years into a successful
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career as a television producer, when he lost his job. Tak-
ing the bit in his teeth, he decided (against all reasonable
odds) to write a mystery thriller. The first book won The
Barry Award as best first novel in British crime fiction,
placing his work on a fast track which has led to eighteen
successful Reacher novels. Since then he has won another
Barry as best novel for The Enemy in 2005, placing him
in really fast company in the crime fiction genre. Child’s
narrative is very cinematic in nature. It’s easy to visual-
ize the characters and situations. At times, they almost
seem as if they’ve been designed to convert immediately
into action films, although the current Tom Cruise vehi-
cle (Jack Reacher) is the first to reach theaters. I gather
that all the Jack Reacher books have been optioned for
film, meaning it could become quite a franchise, although
the choice of Tom Cruise as a suitable actor to portray
the character over a series which could continue for years
seems questionable.
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It often seems that Child creates a Reacher novel on the
run. He places his character in a situations and then al-
most sits back and records what happens to him and what
his responses are. He invents new elements to his charac-
ter which contribute to the plot of the present story, what-
ever he needs to move the story along. Regardless, there
remains an internal consistency to Jack Reacher that read-
ers obviously enjoy. When I picked up my first Reacher
book, I finished it in a day or so and right away returned to
the local library to get a couple more. However, I found
I easily overdosed and decided not to read through the
entire series. Now, I look forward to the next volume,
but have waited to get it until it reaches the remaindered
shelves. However, it’s fun to see where Child chooses to
send Reacher and how he uses Reacher’s various strengths
to solve the problem at hand.
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Never Go Back by Lee Child (Dealacorte, 2013, 416
pages, $28.00), the eighteenth in this series of crime
thrillers, provides a diverting and enjoyable few hours in
the fantasy America of Jack Reacher, a hero of near super
proportions. People who like the books really like them;
these books are a real or guilty pleasure. Apparently there
are a lot of them, including me. I received the book as a
digital download
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Well. All right then. I am going to have to give them a try.
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## Did you ever read ”First Blood”? The story Rambo is
based on?
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Don’t run... The book is fantastic. The movies. Well. Not
so much. But you might want to try the book.
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Didn’t even realize that movie was based on a book. Have
to look for it.
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The recruits, SGT Kaushik, Cpl Kaminski, and Harbin
stand in the morning sun. The recruits in formation (two
rows), with Kaushik and Kaminski as the squad leaders.
They are all dressed in simple camo fatigue uniforms. Ar-
rayed before the formation are a series of mannequins,
each clad in a different style. In order from left to right
there are:Just cloth, with nothing but a belt knife and a
staff leaning against it;
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Harbin stands before them, and paces back a forth slowly
as he talks, looking them in the eye to emphasize points,
occasionally shrugging to acknowledge that he knows
he’s simplifying things a LOT, and it’s a topic he’s talked
about many times.
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# EPISODE PREMIEREJULY 21, 2009
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## Show Period2009 - 2011
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## Production Company100% Womon Prod., FanFare
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The ER is plunged into chaos when the hospital director
agrees to take on extra patients because another local ER
is closed down. Among the patients is a study partner
of Christina’s daughter, Camille. When suspicion arises
the boy may be doing drugs, Christina starts to wonder
if Camille is, as well. Bobbie and Nick get into a snit
with each other during work hours. Candy treats a teenage
girl whose father seems to be the one needing medical
attention. Ray decides to provide a reporter with a first-
person expose on the ER situation. And Isabel goes into a
panic when her baby, Moses, disappears from the hospital.
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The City of London has been shocked to its shallow core
with the news that Barclays has appointed the infamous
gambler, Wild Bill Hickok, as its new CEO.
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Mr Hickok was unveiled yesterday at a spectacular press
conference, the like of which had not been seen since Wy-
att Earp became Sheriff of Tombstone. To the thunder-
ous refrain of Motorhead’s Ace of Spades, Hickok strode
manfully into the room in Savile Row buckskins and
matching Stetson, pausing only to look over his shoulder
for signs of celebrated lawmaker and scourge of bankers,
Doc Cable.
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He told reporters, ‘I am delighted and honoured to have
been appointed as Chief Executive of this fine, historic
bank. At a time when many of my contemporaries are
making their names by robbing banks, I feel fortunate to
be part of a banking system that is stealing from everyone
else.’
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Looking anxiously round the room, he continued, ‘I re-
alise I am not without my critics. Doc Cable, who I note
has not had the guts to show up today, claims that I will
turn Barclays into a mixture of a traditional bank and a
casino. Nothing could be further from my mind, and I
have already appointed my good friend, Bugsy Siegel, to
ensure that that doesn’t happen. And to those who say I’m
only in it for the money? Sure I get paid for doing this job,
I get paid very well, but as far as I’m concerned, that’s just
one big bonus.’
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Mr Hickok made his name as a gambler, mainly playing
high stakes poker in the saloons and bars of the Wild West.
Over many years, he amassed a personal fortune, reputed
to be in the region of 95m. In 1996, he joined Barclays
and the even more lucrative world of investment banking.
The move however was not universally popular, with the
outlaw, Jesse James, branding him the ‘unacceptable face
of gambling’.
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Over the past fourteen years, Mr Hickok has shot up the
ranks, using his trusty duelling pistol. Critics claim that
this has been one of the main reasons behind his meteoric
rise to the summit of the Barclays Group. Though never
charged, Mr Hickok was implicated in the death of former
banker and rival, Robert Carson, in 2002. Hickok denies
shooting Mr Carson, but does admit to holding the dead
man’s hand when he passed away.
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Despite his shady past, Mr Hickok is seen by the City as
a safer pair of hands than any of the other candidates.
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With one of the indie hits of 2006, Jonathan Dayton and
Valerie Faris (directors) and Michael Arndt (writer), in-
troduced us to the quirkily disfunctional Hoover family.
In Little Miss
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Sunshine, it is little Olive (Abigail Breslin) who drives
the plot. She is seven years old, and is invited to par-
ticipate in the Little Miss Sunshine Pageant in Redondo
Beach, CA. The trick is, the family lives in Albuquerque,
is poor, and nobody trusts anybody enough to leave any-
body behind. So they all pile into the family’s VW bus
and hit the road. The driver is patriarch Richard (Greg
Kinnear), purveyor of a self-help Nine Steps to something
book. His wife, Sheryl (Toni Collette), doesn’t have a trait
to pigeon-hole her, but she’s the manic glue that holds the
family together. Sheryl’s brother, Frank (Steve Carrell),
is fresh off a suicide attempt and may or may not be the
world’s preeminent Proust scholar, depending on who you
ask. Richard’s father (Alan Arkin, who won an Oscar for
the performance) is along for the ride, too, having been
kicked out of his retirement home for lewd behavior and
rampant cocaine use. Completing the family constellation
are Olive, the would-be pageant queen, and Dwayne (Paul
Dano), a Nietzsche-reading sulker who, in his own words,
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A family such as this is certainly ripe for conflict, and
much conflict arises on their two day trip across the South-
west. The particular conflict that I want to focus on today
is Richard’s conflict with his family over his Nine Steps.
Fundamentally, the Nine Steps are like any self-help pro-
gram: They posit a capability inherent in everyone and
then attempt to teach you to access it, and then to use it, to
achieve your life goals. Richard has drunk his own Kool-
Aid to the point that when Frank comes to their house
from the hospital, he explains to Olive that Frank ”gave
up on himself, which is something winners never do.” As
you might imagine, all the winners vs. losers talk around
the home has alienated his son, pushed away his father,
and
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brought his marriage to the brink of divorce. And then,
in the ultimate indignity, Richard himself is shown to be
a loser, when the book deal he’s been counting on falls
through.
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The losing ways of the Hoovers are brought into sharp re-
lief by the filmmakers upon their eventual arrival at the
Little Miss Sunshine Pageant.
It is immediately obvi-
ous that Olive, sweet, precocious and talented as she is,
is no beauty queen. There is a quiet push from the family,
now closely bonded together due to the harrowing experi-
ences they’ve shared on the road, to pull Olive out of the
pageant.
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Ultimately, Olive herself is asked what she’d like to do.
She’s clearly intimidated by the other girls, and has never
been more sure that she’s fat, but she decides to go on
anyway. As the family expected, she is woefully out of
place, and that’s never more apparent than in the talent
portion of the competition. But, amazingly, when Olive
fails spectacularly in her dance routine, the family runs
up on-stage and joins her in the dance, embracing their
collective loser-hood.
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And really, that’s what Little Miss Sunshine is all about.
It’s about a man, but really a family, who is so afraid of
being a loser that he creates a system that ”guarantees”
winning. But the winning (a happy family) only gets cre-
ated when the losing is acknowledged and embraced. We
might draw the parallel to the Church’s ”law.” The church
attempts to create a ”Nine Steps” to a good life, to happi-
ness, by giving us all kinds of things to do. But the law
can’t make us good. In other words, its requirements don’t
give us the power to keep them. It’s only in realizing that
we’re losers that true winning is possible.
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This week it happened again. Our groceries disappeared.
Just like that, POOF! They were gone. The emergency
reserves of peanut butter and jelly? Gone. The only bread
left in the house? Those nasty end pieces that no one one
will eat. The only fruit? A lemon. Slightly moldy. The
only snacks left for camp? A few measly fruit roll-ups...
the ones we’d deliberately passed over for weeks because
the humidity leaves them so tightly rolled they inevitably
incite a toddler tantrum.
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With a possible Lyons Den famine bearing down on us, I
did what I had to do. I went to Costco. At 4:00 on Friday
while the sun was shining and the pool was calling. As
I crammed my protesting kids into the car (not all five of
them, just the ”big ones” while the ”little ones” were nap-
ping), I could feel my temperature rise, my pulse quicken,
my temperature shorten. I hate Costco. I love the pool.
What in God’s name was I doing?!
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Well, if men are hunters and women are gatherers, I sup-
pose I was gathering. Providing. That’s what I was do-
ing. At least that’s what I told myself. I had to go to
Costco and as it turns out, I had to spend $500 to stock our
shelves, fill our pantry and ensure a good rotation of sat-
isfactory snacks for my little campers. The dollar amount
still shocks me. What did I get for $500, you may won-
der? Well, quite a lot. I think it’s fair to say we won’t need
snacks until September. And, we’ll have some basic pro-
visions for oh, perhaps a week or so. Since I’ve been told
it’s of interest, here’s a quick glimpse of how we filled our
cart...
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Milk, Eggs, and juice boxes galore,
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Saline solution, cereal bars, granola bars and more,
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Cheerios, Chobani, chicken and cheddar too,
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Gogurt, Fruit Snacks and boxes of goldfish (two!).
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Laundry detergent, dishwasher detergent and a box of
Bounce,
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Toilet paper, paper towels and apple juice (size:
64
ounce!).
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A watermelon, blueberries, bananas and pears,
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## Bread, broccoli and a couple of sweet au pairs!
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Ok, gotcha. I didn’t really get any au pairs. But seri-
ously, for $500, you’d think maybe they’d throw one in!
Especially since the sticker shock left me in such a bitter
mood. The kind of bitter mood that caused me to drop a
quiet F-Bomb when someone nicked me in the ankle with
their cart. And again when it rolled over my toes, admin-
istering the final blow to the the pedicure I got in April (I
suppose it’s time for a new one anyway!)
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I should also mention that I got six pairs of footie pajamas.
And some books for an upcoming birthday party. While
these items were admittedly impulsive and won’t fill our
pantry, they were necessities in their own way and truly,
they were a bargain. I think there’s some merit to my role
as a gatherer. And typically, I embrace it. However, given
the surly mood and battered bod this trip to Costco left
me with, the moral of the story is this: When the sun is
shining and the pool is calling, GO! For heaven’s sake,
the pool has a snack bar and the kids won’t starve! Once
again, a lesson I learned the hard way. Although, on the
upside, there won’t be any tantrums over sticky fruit roll-
ups this week!
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## Originally Posted by FredVMI
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No. Dinan only matches the factory 4/50 warranty. This
applies regardless or where you are in the factory warranty
coverage. However, the out-of-warranty coverage by Di-
nan is 2/unlimited. So, using your example of making a
purchase at the 3.5 year point in the factory warranty (and
assuming you’re not beyond the 50k miles), Dinan would
cover the remaining 6 months on the factory warranty and
then revert to the 2/unlimited for the balance. Regardless
of the scenario (including buying an extended warranty
from BMW), Dinan will not provide warranty coverage
beyond the 4/50 or the 2/unlimited.
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Just for the record, I am not an employee of Dinan. How-
ever, I have been researching several Dinan mods for my
car and have already inquired about warranty coverage
from my local Dinan dealer. The info I shared is what
was communicated to me. Please refer to the following
link for more details. Good luck!
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I have been researching DINAN as well and agree.
I
would be interested in your thinking on DINAN. I have
been looking at the the software tune, crank shaft pulley,
CF Intake and possibly the exhaust. I am looking for in-
creased power and drivability. This issue with DINAN is
they are conservative on their tune but I prefer the matched
warranty. As for the exhaust I am not sure its worth the
money based on my objectives. If I was looking for better
sound (I am but not for $2500) and I am not sure I fancy
the tips.
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However, AA and/or Power Chip seem to be much more
aggressive on the power at a better price. The issue is the
on the remote chance something goes wrong, the warranty
is in question.
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## Shaktimaan will punish you
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Shaktimaan was India’s first television superhero and
hence commanded a roaring fan following among kids.
There was a time when the streets and parks would be
empty and the kids all glued to the television, for their
favorite superhero would greet them on the tube.
Af-
ter the highly engrossing epics of Ramanand Sagar’s Ra-
mayana and B.R.Chopra’s Mahabharata, never had any
TV series come this close to silencing the deafening mad-
ness of kids.
The same would repeat again when the
BigB walked into our TV sets with KBC thereby emp-
tying malls, theaters and even weddings. This post isn’t
about KBC or the mythological epics but about our only
desi superhero Shaktimaan. For the uninformed or those
who slept through the biggest achievement of desi-TV in
the late 90s, here’s a small refresher course. Apparently
Shaktimaan was the chosen warrior against evil by the sid-
dha gurus of a cult named Suryanshi. Now this mustn’t be
confused with the Salman Khan in a fake He-Man look
movie nor is it related to the BigB playing father and son
in a Tamil remake. These sad-dudes(sadhus) were fol-
lowers of the Sun-God and taught him kickass yoga that
enabled him to dissolve his body in fire and revive him-
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self. In short he possess Captain Planet like qualities to
control the elements and fight evil. In a fitting tribute to
Spiderman and Superman, Shaktimaan is a bumbling pho-
tographer for a news daily and can be rendered powerless
by a evil crystal.
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It was a time while in school, I’m guessing I was in VI-
Ith that the following incident took place. While I was
happily raving about Cartoon Network, unbeknownst to
me the country was swept with Shaktimaan mania. Hindi
superheroes were looked upon in those days and Cartoon
Network was still in English! So while kids around were
running like headless chicken and going gaga over the
victory of Shaktimaan over Electric Man, my hep circles
were lost in the latest episode of Johnny Quest. Our teach-
ers would coax and plead us to use fountain pens hoping
that they would help improve our monolithic handwriting.
Hero pens were a immensely popular owing to their smart
Chinese pricing and flooded the bookstores. Many used
cheaper versions and you could tell a student’s pen by
the ink smudge on their fingers and blots in their pockets.
We’ve had many incidents of spraying ink and that have
lead to our own versions of paintball, where the clean-
est shirt emerged victorious in the end! It would often be
hard to explain to the teacher how ones cheeks and scalp
had ink sprays and later learning that Tide/Rin ki safedi
doesn’t quite work like they show on TV. There was this
one time when this guy was showing of a swanky 14K
gold tipped Parker pen during the first recess as all the
girls of the class huddled around him. Never after have
I seen such excitement till Hrithik Roshan’s posters came
into existence. The pen was acting like a chick-magnet
and the girls were drawn to it like moths to the huge lights
at weddings! Years later I found out that it wasn’t the guy
or the pen, but an element called gold that makes women
go crazy even if it was in the nib of a fountain pen!
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Unable to bear the attention draw and his claims to
the Hercule Poirot in you.
As expected the tip never
stood a chance against our freshly plastered concrete wall
and all I could remember hearing was the sound of a
hawwwwwwwwww followed by bone-chilling silence.
The once-upon-a-time chick magnet was now shattered
and the dude went to bury his head in the desk, I was a
back to being Mr.Popular, the recess bell had gone off and
the next class had begun. In those days I had the con-
science of a butterfly and wasn’t feeling even a bit guilty,
not that it has improved any now. As I was happily pay-
ing attention to the board and taking notes, there was a a
lot of whispering from the back. Turns out the pen didn’t
belong to Mr.Bheja-fry but his refrigerator like looking
buddy(let’s call him Whirlpool). The reason for the re-
frigerator analogy is because that would be the first thing
that would pop in your mind if you were playing a word
association game. The guy was huge both horizontally
and vertically, was often quiet, had very few friends and
sat in one corner. Anyone who has passed high school
will know how chinese whispers work. I’m not sure what
originated form Whirlpool’s corner-wala bench, but by the
time the whispers reached me they had the words ‘mince’,
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‘pulp’ and didn’t sound pleasing at all. Now if you looked
like Whirlpool and were mad at someone for breaking
your pen, then there’s a fair chance that you would mean
those words.indestructible malleability of the gold-platted
nib, I dared him to write his name on the wall. In a bid to
save his reputation and not appear like a sissy, he gave in
and took the bait. If you have a gold-plated pen and don’t
believe this tale then you are free to scribble your name
on the nearest wall. I claim no responsibility for broken
tips but that will atleast silence the
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# THE COCKROACH TOUR OF THE SCIENCE MUSEUM IS ACTIVE
FROM JANUARY 2011 - AUGUST 2013
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Here’s my take on several of the Eagles’ roster cuts.
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Not included among the writeups are: Eldra Buckley, Ja-
mar Adams, Marlin Jackson and Fenuki Tupou.
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Note that Brandon Graham was placed on the PUP list,
and Ryan Harris was released with an injury settlement.
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Joselio Hanson - I didn’t think he’d make the roster, but I
thought the Eagles might be able to deal him. Did teams
hold off from giving anything up, knowing he’d be re-
leased? Maybe. But I expect multiple teams to be inter-
ested. If one really wanted Hanson, you’d think it would
have offered up a late-round pick. Hanson allowed 4.4
yards per attempt last season, which ranked second in
the NFL among cornerbacks with at least 40 targets, per
Football Outsiders. He also only allowed 1.5 YAC, which
ranked first. So why’d the Eagles get rid of him? Hanson
carries a cap hit of over $2.4M for 2011. That’s too high
for someone they project as just the fourth cornerback.
We’ll see if the Giants, who have been hurt by injuries
in their secondary, make a run at Hanson. There were
previous reports that the Rams could take a shot at him
too. That’d be interesting, considering the Eagles play St.
Louis in Week 1.
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Daniel Te’o-Nesheim - Gotta give Howie Roseman credit
here. Te’o-Nesheim was the third player Roseman drafted
as GM of the Eagles, but he realized he made a mistake
and moved on. Philip Hunt outplayed Te’o-Nesheim in
training camp and the preseason, earning the roster spot.
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Reggie Wells - His fate seemed to be directly connected to
Winston Justice. When the Eagles brought Wells back a
couple weeks ago, it was a head-scratcher, but he actually
played well in the preseason at right tackle. If Justice had
not been activated from the PUP list, I think Wells would
have had a good shot to make it. But Justice is back, and
Wells lost the roster spot.
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Mike McGlynn - He played horribly in the first preseason
game against the Ravens and never really got much of a
shot after that. McGlynn was OK at center last season, but
apparently never showed Howard Mudd much at guard.
He played center and tackle in the final preseason game,
perhaps trying to show on tape that he can be versatile.
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Derek Landri - After the Hargrove release was announced,
I thought Landri was safe, but that was not the case. He
was a 16-game starter in Carolina and played well in the
preseason. But in the end, the Eagles instead decided to go
with undrafted free agent Cedric Thornton. I’m not sure
how often we’ll see Thornton on the field this year, but
I assume the Eagles saw more upside with him down the
road. The regular defensive tackles will be Cullen Jenk-
ins, Mike Patterson, Trevor Laws and Antonio Dixon.
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Austin Howard - We forget now, but he was taking first-
team reps at one point in training camp. Howard soon
fell out of favor and never looked like someone the Eagles
could count on this season. If Mudd sees potential in him,
Howard could land on the practice squad.
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Donald Lee - Only two teams played with two tight ends
less often than the Eagles last year, according to Foot-
ball Outsiders. That’s why I never thought keeping a third
tight end made sense, especially considering they added
Steve Smith and could play with four wide receivers more
often. Lee had a nice game Thursday night and looks like
someone who can hold up as a receiver and a blocker.
We’ll see if he catches on somewhere. I know some of
you on Twitter have mentioned the Giants as a possible
landing spot.
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Chad Hall - He looked more comfortable as a receiver
this preseason, but Hall was unlikely to get on the field
with DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, Jason Avant, Steve
Smith and Riley Cooper at wide receiver. Even if Smith
can’t go early in the season, four guys would be ahead of
him. As a return man, Hall never really showed much,
and he looked shaky on Thursday night.
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Sinorice Moss - He played well Thursday night, but that
performance wasn’t enough to earn Moss a roster spot. If
the Eagles were going to keep a return specialist, Moss
might have been the guy. With the roster constructed the
way it is right now, Dion Lewis looks like the favorite to
be the kick returner. As for a punt returner? The Eagles
still have to figure that one out.
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Johnnie Lee Higgins - He had a shot to win a roster spot at
the beginning of training camp as the fifth receiver/return
man, but Higgins’ chances probably faded when the Ea- | |
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gles signed Steve Smith. He didn’t really stand out on
special teams.
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Greg Lloyd - He is one of only two drafted rookies to get
cut, along with fullback Stanley Havili. If the Eagles think
he has potential, Lloyd could land on the practice squad.
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”The Status of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan”
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Our guest on this edition of ST is Charlotte Ponticelli, the
recently named Program Director for the American Com-
mittees on Foreign Relations, who was a guest of the Tulsa
Committee on Foreign Relations last night. At that event,
she gave an address entitled ”The Status of Women’s
Rights in Afghanistan.” Ponticelli is an international con-
sultant as well as an adjunct professor at the Catholic Uni-
versity of America. She has more than twenty years’ ex-
perience working for the U.S. Government, serving most
recently as Deputy Under Secretary for International La-
bor Affairs at the Department of Labor and Senior Coor-
dinator for International Women’s Issues at the State De-
partment. She’s also worked as a Senior Advisor for the
State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and
Migration and as the Director of Human Rights in that De-
partment’s Bureau for International Organization Affairs.
Ponticelli is also a member of several boards and organi-
zations, including the Bayat Foundation, the Initiative to
Educate Afghan Women, and the U.S.-Afghan Women’s
Council. She joins us to discuss the key issues and ideas
informing the talk she gave last night. (You can learn more
about that talk here, by the way.)
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari met with Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice in an effort to persuade American
military leaders to cease sending drones to attack suspect
militants hiding in tribal regions of northwest Pakistan.
A government spokesman said Zardari had tried to get
across to the Bush administration, “these drone attacks
are unproductive, and they are contributing to alienation
as opposed to winning people over.” Missiles are believed
to be fired from unmanned planes and there have been a
reported 18 such attacks since August. Pakistan Foreign
Minister Shah Mahood Qureshi emphasized the attacks
invariably cause the death of innocent civilians which cre-
ates anger among many in the community and thus aids
efforts of al-Qaeda.
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President elect Barack Obama said he will discuss these
issues with Pakistan. “Because Pakistan is of the view that
military means is not the be-all and the end-all.” Hope-
fully, Obama will listen to the voices of Pakistan and read-
just US military strategy.
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Matt Drudge is promoting this CNN poll, out today, in
which respondents were asked whom they would vote
for if the 2012 election were re-run today.
Romney
beats Obama, when “leaners” are counted, 53% to 44%.
And that’s not all: lots of Obama’s numbers are quite
poor. In categories like “is a strong and decisive leader,”
“generally agrees with you on issues you care about”
(43%/56%), and “can manage the government effec-
tively” (42%/57%), Obama is under water.
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Nevertheless, the CNN poll actually has more bad news
than good for Republicans.
First, let’s dispense with
the Romney boomlet. Some are now suggesting that he
should again be the GOP nominee in 2016. But in 2016
he would be running against Hillary Clinton, not Barack
Obama, and this survey has him losing that matchup
by 55%-42%. Hillary, despite her recent stumbles, still
scores well in the areas where Obama has now fallen
into disrepute.
To take just one example, respondents
think Hillary can “manage the government effectively”
by 55%/44%, despite the awful job she did managing the
State Department. And Republicans are falling behind,
not pulling ahead, in the generic Congressional ballot,
trailing in this survey by 48%/44% among registered vot-
ers.
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A reasonable conclusion from this CNN poll is that, while
voters are giving up on Barack Obama, so far his troubles
haven’t rubbed off to any great degree on Hillary Clinton,
nor have they elevated Republicans much in the public’s
esteem. Republicans will have to do a lot more than watch
Barack Obama sink beneath the waves if they are to pre-
vail in either 2014 or 2016.
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”Humans look for a problem, build a technical way of get-
ting around it - and afterwards they build a museum”.
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Constantly beetling away with new discoveries and inven-
tions, we humans are a curious breed... or that’s how we
might appear to the group of cockroaches recently spotted
exploring the Science Museum’s galleries. Find out what
it’s like to be one of the planet’s true survivors. Having
outlived the dinosaurs, what will they make of our obses-
sions with speed, time... and burning things? Put yourself
in their shells. Sign up with your friends and family for
A Cockroach Tour of the Science Museum and get an in-
quisitive take on the human race.
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Created by SUPERFLEX as part of Science Museum Arts
Projects. Script by Nikolaj Heltoft. Costume design by
Emma Jorn and Sabine Storm in collaboration with Esben
Horn.
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## Interlock Paver Issue
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I seem to have an issue, about a year ago we decided to
have a patio installed. I have an issue with the upper half
of my poured foundation inside the basement the bottom
half is dry. It seems to be wet. No water running through
the foundation but is very damp.
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The patio stairs is attached to the back of the house where
the foundation is wet, we used to never have this prob-
lem until we added the patio. When you come out of
the house you have a landing that is about 42” wide and
about 23’ along th back of the house. You then have 4
steps. I was told from the installer that they installed a
sheet metal flashing between the patio stairs and the foun-
dation. I dont know if that true but i have to take his word
for now. We also had the down spouts run underground.
Only one of them is actually near the patio stair, but all
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four of them connect into one pipe and get directed to the
back yard into a 4-5’ deep, 7-8’ long and 3’ wide pebble
stone pit. I dont see any water that backs up and comes
out.
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I had some people come out to take a look at the work
to see if they can tell me whats going on and a couple
of the contractors stated that he might have too much dirt
and its getting wet and that’s causing the foundation to
soak up the moisture. Today i decided to take a couple
of the pavers off the stair platform and see whats under-
neath. Under the pavers was a small layer of cement that
had some wet spots but no puddles. I was able to put a
screwdriver through the cement so it wasnt that thick. I
then decided to break apart a small section, 4” round to
see what was inside. It seems to be gravel. So, its not dirt
but who knows whats under the gravel. The gravel was
moist and i dont know how far deep the moisture was but
i wasnt willing to start taking the stairs apart just yet.
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I was wondering if anyone had run into this issue or has
any ideas as to what could be causing this issue. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
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Something in the new landscaping is Damming up the wa-
ter....
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It’s pretty simple,.... Water flows Downhill.....
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If it Don’t flow, it Sits....
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## Pros: Accurate, balanced, comfortable, hip
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## Cons: lack of soundstage, sound bleed/lack of
isolation
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Hello everyone, I thought I would add my voice to the
MS1i discussion because you can ever read enough re-
views. All money referred to in this review is USD.
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A primer: I own the M-audio AV40s (which are fantas-
tic for their price, and perfect for a single listener), and
have had experience with varying home theater systems.
Though I have always been musically inclined, the AV40s
opened me to the world of audiophilia and I have become
quite obsessive over finding the highest quality recordings
of my favorite albums. That said, I have been using pri-
marily 320/Lossy rips with these headphones.
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I became interested in headphones because....well, you all
know how it goes. After extensive research and a limited
budget, I chose between the ATH AD700 and the Alessan-
dro MS1i. Though the AD700s seem by all reports to be
a ’better’ headphone, I went with the MS1is due to im-
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pulse, our Western drive to be an individual (who the heck
knows what an Alessandro is?), and because of the funky
purple grill the AD700s sport. In retrospect I could have
painted them black or something, but I will just wait for
some 650s someday
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Another reason for the MS1i’s is that I work part-time in a
machine shop while going to school, so I have the ability
to machine some aluminum (or titanium?) earcups and
mod into MS1000i territory.
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ANYWAY, time for the REVIEW. Most of what needs to
be said has already been succinctly summarized by ev-
eryone else on the net, but there is nothing wrong with
another perspective.
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Headphones themselves: I didn’t wait long to wash the
pads with laundry soap (others say fabric softener, I might
do that now) and warm water, and that seemed to soften
them and make them less itchy (which no one else has
ever complained about?). I hear you can also bend the
headband, or buy a new one, and you can certainly buy
different pads and mod them etc. BUT, the phones are
comfortable to me, and I have had no reason to seek com-
fier options.
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They leak sound, but it isn’t going to kill anyone. It is
not like having speakers facing the outside world, unless
you are perpetually deafening yourself and increasing the
volume. It isn’t too loud to use on the bus or in a car unless
you are really jamming.
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There is no isolation. I thought there would be a little
bit, but there is really none. So you won’t be able to use
your Alessandros on an airplane and expect to drown out
the engine noise. I have done it and it is possible, but
Bose are made for that kind of use. However, I love riding
my bike around town with some tunes, and sound isolat-
ing earbuds made me feel very paranoid–I couldnt hear
anything besides my music, which is definitely dangerous
and kind of weird. So these phones are great for someone
who wants to hear a car coming, or someone yelling your
name. But if the music is loud enough, you won’t hear
anything anyway.
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The build quality is inexpensive, but not ”cheap”. Yes,
if you sit on them, they are probably going to break in a
couple places. However, you can drop them on your bed
or carpet (though not recommended), and it doesnt have
to be the finest goose-down to ensure protection. The cord
is pretty thick and long, but a shoddy cable would make
your phones sound worse. You can also recable them if
you want to, which will be a fun project for the future.
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Bass: it’s there.
Not overwhelming, but clear, tight,
and accurate.
These phones can definitely handle hip-
hop/electronica, though I hear that bass-heavier phones
like the Beats by Dre are better suited for that type of
ear. I enjoy listening to hip-hop and similar tunes with
the MS1i’s because I can hear the lyrics, and that (to me)
is the true talent of rapping. Bass is noticeably increased
with an amp.
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Treble: Not piercing like their Grado counterparts are
known to be. Again, clear, accurate.
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Mids: Cleanly balanced between the higher and lower fre-
quencies. You can clearly hear the lyrics.
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Imaging on these phones is fantastic. Listening to the
’Virtual Barbershop’ (youtube) is a great time.
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The soundstage is lacking, but that is not a problem un-
less you want to listen to classical music or something.
My favorite albums as of late have been Tame Impala’s
Innerspeaker and Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here EP.
These albums, along with my all time faves Loveless by
MBV, The Chronic by Dr. Dre, and Endtroducing by DJ
Shadow all sound GREAT on the MS1i. There is nothing
missing, nothing overdone.
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Some of you may be curious about amplification. I was
too, and ordered a cmoy with a JRC4556 chip (same as
Grado RA-1 amp) off of ebay from member AmpedUp77.
First off, let me say that the MS1i CAN certainly be driven
by an ipod, iphone, or macbook pro. The phones will still
be accurate (you can hear vinyl static, coughing, etc), and
it will probably suffice if you haven’t made any type of
foray into high-fidelity.
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But with the amp, it sounds super duper excellent. I read
on some forum that an amp gives the MS1i more depth of
sound. That it is richer, and fuller. From my most objec-
tive view, the amp makes the MS1i shine. You can hear
the whammy bar of backup guitars, subtle bass changes;
every sound has more to it. So for 44 bucks, what is es-
sentially a 400 dollar amp is not a bad deal.
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I burned in my phones with pink noise, I would leave
them on low-ish volume for a few hours then unplug them
for an hour or so.
Someone said something about the
drivers overheating, which seems unlikely but why take
the chance, right? The pink noise has drastically affected
the sound of the MS1i. Much fuller, bass is deeper, and
highs seem to have more behind them.
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# WHO WERE THE TWO LEADS IN THE ORIGINAL BRITISH
PRODUCTION?
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DAVID MAMET’S Oleanna caused more arguments at
dinner parties than any West End play for years. Few
couples broke up after an evening watching, say, Jef-
frey Archer’s Beyond Reasonable Doubt (unless one half
wanted to know why the other had bought the tickets in
the first place). But if the rumours are true, Mamet’s slip-
pery take on the sex war has single-handedly doubled the
divorce rate. And even though it’s been claimed that the
men who shouted ’Kill the bitch’ on the first night were
plants, Oleanna clearly had a profound effect on its audi-
ence. This was at least partly due to the acclaimed original
cast; but new leads Denis Lawson and Michelle Fairley
have brought fresh impetus to the piece. Now you can
test your relationship by buying two tickets for the price
of one: simply ring the Duke of York’s on 071-836 5122
and give the correct answer to these two questions. Isabel
Lloyd
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## Which David Mamet play starred Madonna on
Broadway?
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Offer applies to performances this week only, for evenings
Mon- Fri (7.30pm), and matinees Thurs (3pm) and Sat
(4pm).
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Clyde Holloway, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor Emeri-
tus of Organ at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Mu-
sic, died in December. He was 77. Dean Robert Yekovich
shared the sad news in an email to Shepherd School fac-
ulty.
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Holloway served as a faculty member at the Shepherd
School from 1977 until his retirement in 2010. In addi-
tion to establishing the organ program, he served as chair-
man of the Keyboard Department and director of graduate
studies. Holloway also served at Christ Church Cathe-
dral Houston as cathedral organist from 1977 to 1984 and
as organist and choirmaster from 1984 to 1993.
Hol-
loway was appointed honorary lay canon and organist-
choirmaster emeritus by Bishop Maurice Benitez.
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Holloway earned degrees from the University of Okla-
homa and Union Theological Seminary.
He came to
prominence in 1964 when he won the National Young
Artists Competition of the American Guild of Organ-
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ists in Philadelphia.
This achievement inaugurated a
distinguished concert career that received high acclaim
throughout the United States where he performed under
the auspices of Karen McFarlane Artists. He performed
for numerous national and regional conventions of the
American Guild of Organists and appeared in recital in
Mexico City, the West Indies and Europe.
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Renowned as a gifted educator, Holloway served on the
Committee for Professional Education of the American
Guild of Organists and addressed two biennial confer-
ences of the National Conference on Organ Pedagogy,
founded in 1982. He served as a member of the jury for
numerous competitions, including the Concours de Eu-
rope, the Fort Wayne Competition, the Music Teachers
National Association Competition, the National Young
Artists Competition of the American Guild of Organists
and the Grand Prix de Chartes. In 1994 he was invited
to perform for the Bicentennial Festival of the celebrated
Clicquot organ in the Cathedral of Poitiers, France, and to
serve as a member of the jury for the international compe-
tition held at the end of the 10-day festival.
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A funeral for Holloway will be held at Christ Church
Cathedral in Houston at 11 a.m. Jan. 18. The service will
be preceded by organ music at 10:30 a.m. and a reception
will follow in Reynolds Hall.
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Memorial contributions may be made to the Christ Church
Cathedral Endowment Organ Fund, 1117 Texas Avenue,
Houston, Texas 77002; or to the Clyde Holloway Schol-
arship in Organ at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice
University, P.O. Box 1892 — MS 532, Houston, Texas
77251.
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## Comparison Between RSSI-Based and TOF-Based
Indoor Positioning Methods
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A Location-Based Service (LBS) cannot be realized un-
less solutions of the positioning problem are available at
hand. For the outdoor positioning, GPS based practical
solutions have been introduced.
Using GPS they have
developed so many commercial LBS systems. Naviga-
tion, logistics, troop management and fleet management
are all examples of LBS. LBS are so useful that it should | |
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be available in doors. However, GPS signal is so weak
inside buildings that users cannot determine the location
of a moving object in doors with GPS only. Therefore, so
many indoor positioning researches have been performed.
Cricket, Active Badge and BAT are pioneers in the field
of indoor positioning. They are very accurate but they re-
quire special equipments dedicated for positioning.
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UFC 168 may have been one of the promotion’s most
highly anticipated events in its history, and to have it end
in the manner that it did, was clearly one of the year’s low
lights. If you missed it, the rematch between Chris Weid-
man and Anderson Silva was stopped in round two, after
the latter badly broke his left leg. It was a horrific and
unfortunate conclusion to the night’s main event.
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The UFC has released the following statement regarding
Silva’s subsequent surgery and future:
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“Following Saturday evening’s UFC 168 main event, for-
mer champion Anderson Silva was taken to a local Las
Vegas hospital where he underwent surgery to repair a
broken left leg. The successful surgery, performed by Dr.
Steven Sanders, the UFC’s orthopedic surgeon, inserted
an intramedullary rod into Anderson’s left tibia. The bro-
ken fibula was stabilized and does not require a separate
surgery. Anderson will remain in the hospital for a short
while, but no additional surgery is scheduled at this time.
Recovery time for such injuries may vary between three
and six months.
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“Anderson is deeply touched by the outpouring of sup-
port from his fans and the entire MMA community. There
has been no immediate decision about his future, and he
would kindly ask for privacy at this time as he deals with
his injury and prepares to return home to recover.”
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So, hopefully Silva has a speedy recovery and it remains
to be seen whether the 38 year-old legend will return to
the Octagon. Considering the fighter’s age, the severity of
the injury, and the fact it was his second loss to Weidman,
it wouldn’t be surprising if Silva calls it quits. Then again,
we are talking about the sport’s greatest fighter to date...
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UFC 168 was hosted by the MGM Grand Garden Arena
in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The Peter Berg-directed Lone Survivor took home an esti-
mated $38.5 million in domestic box office this weekend,
the second biggest debut for a January release ever, after
Cloverfield‘s $40.1 million in 2008. The decision to re-
lease a movie in January that was actually good is really
paying off! Regardless of what you think about Lone Sur-
vivor, it’s as nice to see Peter Berg succeed with what was
clearly a passion project for him as it was to see him fail
with Battleship. For comparison, Battleship opened lower
at $25.5 million, while costing $209m to make, whereas
Survivor cost $40m.
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Unlike Battleship, which they also distributed, Lone Sur-
vivor is set to become a big hit for Universal. Or at least
it would be, if they hadn’t passed on financing it.
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Universal was originally set to produce “Lone Survivor,”
but instead struck a deal for Emmett/Furla Films to fi-
nance the movie for close to $50 million. The indepen-
dent company is thus set to make much of the expected
profits, though Universal receives a share of revenue for
its distribution services. [WallStreetJournal]
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“Nah, good luck, but I think we’re gonna look for another
board game thing.” Haha, oops.
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Lone Survivor’s audience was 57 percent male and 57 per-
cent were 30 years of age or older. It was marketed as the
best war movie since Saving Private Ryan, and audiences
seem to agree with that sentiment: according to Univer-
sal, it received a rare “A+” CinemaScore across all quad-
rants. With strong word-of-mouth, look for Lone Survivor
to hold well in the coming weeks on its way to a total of
at least $110 million. [BoxOfficeMojo]
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The movie played well nation-wide but did unusually well
in Texas, where Mr. Lutrell is from, said Nikki Rocco,
president of domestic distribution for Comcast Corp’s
Universal.
Its only weak markets, she noted, were in
Canada. [WSJ]
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Canadians just don’t have the stones for army stuff, that’s
why they have ducks and old ladies on their money and we
have a guy who killed injuns and shot people for insulting
his lady. USA! USA! *shoots pistols in the air*
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While Irish Terry Conklin opened a case of butt whippin
on the competition, The Legend of Hercules, starring Kel-
lan Lutz, didn’t even crack $10 million, earning $8.6 in a
tie with American Hustle for fourth. To quote the trailer,
WHERE IS YOUR STRENGTH NOW, HALF GOD!
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Elsewhere, Her and Inside Llewyn Davis opened wider,
to 1729 and 729 theaters, respectively, with neither doing
particularly well – $5.4m for Her and $1.88 for Llewyn
Davis. (Two of my favorite movies of this past year, inci-
dentally).
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While “Her” performed best in big coastal cities, Wein-
stein Co.
distribution president Erik Lomis noted that
“August Osage Count” [$7.3 million] did surprisingly
well in Midwestern markets including Columbus, Ohio
and Milwaukee, Wis. [WSJ]
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Of course Her played to the coasts. We coasties love the
idea of being able to f*ck our computers. Not so much out
in the sticks. Out there they have sheep and city slickers
on rafting trips for that.
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Next week, we have Ride Along, Jack Ryan: Shadow Re-
cruit, The Nut Job, and Devil’s Due to look forward to.
Neither here nor there, but Kevin Hart: Shadow Recruit
would also be an accurate title.
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In conclusion, Peter Berg will always be Irish Terry Con-
klin to me.
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## What this policy covers
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This policy covers how the BJCP treats personal infor-
mation that it collects and receives. Personal information
is information about you that is personally identifiable —
such as your name, address, email address, or phone num-
ber — and that is otherwise not publicly available.
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BJCP policy requires that all active judges have current
email addresses on file. The BJCP uses email as the pri-
mary form of communication with its members, and most
competitions now send out notices solely through email.
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## Information Collection and Use
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The BJCP collects personal information when you take
the BJCP Exam, judge in a sanctioned competition where
your experience points are recorded, register a competi-
tion, login to a restricted portion of our website, or per-
form other services related to your BJCP status. We may
also collect information when you use any of our website
functions, such as voting, checking your record, partici-
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necessary to support official BJCP functions.
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We use your information for the following general pur-
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The BJCP’s use of your personal information benefits
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The BJCP may set and access BJCP cookies on your com-
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## Information Access and Maintenance
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You can see and review your personal data on our web
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them to us. Contact information is updated by using our
online change-of-address application. Missing points are
added to your record by following the retroactive point
request process.
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We do not purge information from our database since we
have many functions that rely on accurate historical statis-
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tics. However, we do not maintain and update personal
information on Inactive judges. We also only provide per-
sonal information for active judges to competition orga-
nizers.
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## Information Sharing and Disclosure
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The BJCP does not rent or sell personal information about
you with other people or nonaffiliated companies or orga-
nizations. Member trust is considered a valuable asset.
Selling member information is a violation of that trust,
and we will not do it.
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We may share limited information with third parties, but
only consistent with the terms of this policy. We will not
otherwise give out personal information such as judging
records, competition reports and similar materials except
as required for BJCP purposes.
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• We provide lists of judges to organizers of sanc-
tioned competitions for the purpose of sending
invitations, or to provide products or services
you’ve requested, when we have your permis-
sion.
• We list BJCP members with bad addresses or
missing email addresses on our web site. We
may provide limited personal information to
other BJCP members if we believe your contact
information is out-of-date, and we are trying to
locate you.
• When we do supply information to third parties,
we restrict the data usage to BJCP-related activ-
ities. For example, competition organizers may
contact you for purposes of inviting you to their
competition, but they may not give or sell your
information to spammers or unrelated organiza-
tions.
• We may need to share some information out-
side of the BJCP to properly manage the pro-
gram. This includes sharing to comply with laws
or court orders, and includes administrative re-
quirements such as tax reporting.
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## Information Security and Governance
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We keep your personal information in password-protected
databases on personal computers, database servers and
web servers.
This information is maintained by BJCP
staff as part of their normal duties. Not all BJCP officers
and staff have access to the databases. Only those staff
members that must access or maintain the information as
part of their regular duties have access to the databases.
Information extracted from the databases may be shared
with BJCP officers and staff upon request, if the request is
based upon their regular duties.
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The BJCP master database is maintained by the BJCP IT
Director. Other BJCP staff regularly perform data entry,
but the data is not committed to the master database with-
out being reviewed by the IT Director.
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Who were the two leads in the original British production?
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BJCP judges have access to a read-only copy of their
record via our web site. This information is password-
protected. The BJCP ID and password control access to
several other web site functions, including voting for re-
gional representatives.
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If you have a problem related to information security, re-
port it to the BJCP IT Director. If you do not receive sat-
isfaction, you can escalate to your regional BJCP repre-
sentative or the BJCP President. Feedback on this pol-
icy should be given to the BJCP Communication Direc-
tor. Contact information for all of these individuals can
be found on the BJCP web site Officers page.
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You may opt out of our use of your personal informa-
tion by informing us in writing that you no longer wish
to be a BJCP member. That will eliminate (within a rel-
atively short time) the chances of your name being pro-
vided to competition organizers, and also revoke any priv-
ileges you may have on our websites. After opting out, we
will only make use of your information in a general way
for historical reporting purposes.
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This policy statement was first published in 2006. The
BJCP may update this policy. We will notify you about
significant changes in the way we treat personal informa-
tion by placing a prominent notice on our website.
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## First update: May 2007
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A clarification was made by adding the final sentence in
the first paragraph of the Information Security and Gov-
ernance section. Although not a change to the policy, this
sentence makes it plain that the information in our pos-
session is only used appropriately within the Program by
authorized persons.
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I haven’t been on the Internet too much over the last few
days — who’dathunkit — but I managed to catch some
“should of kept” [sic] sentiment regarding Pittsburgh Pi-
rates closer Jason Grilli after he nailed down his second
consecutive save against the Phillies. Grilli spent the 2011
season with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, with whom he
posted a 1.93 ERA in 32.2 innings. He opted out of his
contract on July 20 and signed with the Pirates, willing to
give him a shot at the Major League level — a commit-
ment the Phillies weren’t willing to take.
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In retrospect, it is very easy to look distastefully at a 2011
Phillies bullpen that included Danys Baez (6.25 ERA) and
Michael Schwimer (5.02 ERA), among others, but that
bullpen was quite good. Their collective 3.45 ERA ranked
seventh in the National League, but was just a few shades
from being next to fifth-place Milwaukee (3.32). Four
Phillies relievers tossed 50 or more innings, and here is
how they fared:
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# THIS RESEARCH PROJECT INTO INTRAMUSCULAR (IM)
INJECTION SITES AND
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Intramuscular injections–what’s best practice?
Why is
there such a gap between what is taught in nursing schools
about the best sites end technique for intramuscular injec-
tions and what actually happens in practice? Two nurses
decided to find out.
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Injections, Intramuscular (Methods)
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—Publication:——Name:
Kai Tiaki:
Nursing New
Zealand Publisher: New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation
Audience:
Trade Format:
Magazine/Journal Subject:
Health; Health care industry Copyright: COPYRIGHT
2007 New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation ISSN: 1173-
2032—
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—Issue:——Date: July, 2007 Source Volume: 13 Source
Issue: 6—
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—Topic:——Event Code: 200 Management dynamics—
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—Product:——Product Code: 8043100 Nurses NAICS
Code: 621399 Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health
Practitioners SIC Code: 8049 Offices of health practition-
ers, not elsewhere classified—
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—Geographic:——Geographic Scope: New Zealand Ge-
ographic Code: 8NEWZ New Zealand—
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## IM injection techniques came about as a result of
dialogue between
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professional colleagues.
The dialogue intruded tech-
niques and sites for
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## IN injections, and what governs the choice of when to
wear gloves white
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administering injections. The contrast between what is
taught in
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bachelor of nursing programmes and what is observed in
clinical practice
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was also discussed. The aims of this project were to ex-
plore these
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issues and also to explore the use of Z-tracking.
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As a first step, we conducted a literature search which re-
vealed little published information on the use of IM injec-
tions. Intramuscular injections have been part of everyday
nursing practice for many years now (1,2) and are usually
used for medication ”requiting a relatively quick uptake
by the body but with reasonably prolonged action”. (1)
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Two writers discussed the use of IN injections and IM
injection sites, described each site in detail and recom-
mended the correct needle length to use for each site. (1)
Issues of pain were also discussed, as well as the volume
of fluid to be injected and injuries associated with IM in-
jections. (1)
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[620,489,909,570]]<|/det|>
The guidelines for evidence-based practice in relation to
IN injections have been reviewed. (3) Site selection, med-
ication type and volume, needle length, the injection pro-
cedure and post injection care were discussed. There was
no mention of whether it is of value for nurses to wear
gloves.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[620,578,909,701]]<|/det|>
Although the use of IN injections is very commonplace,
there have been many injuries associated with them. (4)
The most serious of these is injury to the sciatic nerve.
Furthermore, IM injections are not always effective, due
to unintentional injection into subcutaneous or adipose
tissue, where they cannot be fully absorbed. ”Poor and
slow drug uptake can be associated with medication de-
posited in the subcutaneous fat, as it takes longer to be
absorbed”. (5)
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None of the writers commented on the administrator
wearing gloves.
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One writer stated the most used site for IM injections is
the dorsogluteal site ”despite the fact this choice of site is
ineffective, inappropriate and potentially dangerous”. (2)
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[620,792,909,818]]<|/det|>
The literature search revealed that very few people use the
ventrogluteal and vastus lateralis sites. (3,4,5)
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[620,827,909,894]]<|/det|>
The vastus lateralis site can be located between the greater
trochanter of the femur and the lateral femoral condyle of
the knee. The area is divided into thirds, with the middle
third being identified as the injection site. An advantage
of this site is its easy access and tack of major blood ves- | |
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This research project into intramuscular (IM) injection sites and
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sels or significant nerve structures. (1) Also, the bulk of
muscle tissue reduces the possibility of injury.
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The vastus lateralis site has been associated with injury,
either to the femoral artery or femoral nerve. (3,6,7,8)
Injury can be avoided by correct injection location and
appropriate length of needle. (9) The ventrogluteal site is
the preferred site for IM injections because it is deemed to
have the least potential problems. (1) The client is placed
on their side (either right or left) with the nurse positioned
behind the client. The ventrogluteal site is located ”by the
nurse placing his/her opposing hand (ie right hand for left
hip) on the client’s greeter trochanter. The index finger
of the hand is placed on the client’s anterior superior iliac
spine and the middle finger stretched dorsally towards but
below the iliac crest. The triangle formed by the index
finger, the third finger and the crest of the ilium is the
injection site”. (1)
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The ventrogluteal site is relatively free of major nerves
and brood vessels (2) and suggested best practice is the
use of the ventrogluteal site for IN injections. (5)
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The ventrogluteal site appears to be the safest IM injection
site with its absence of major brood vessels, nerves and
overlapping deep muscle structures. There is also less fat
than in the dorsogluteal site. (9) However, it has been ar-
gued that the infrequent use of the ventrogluteal site may
account for the tack of reported problems associated with
this site. (1)
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## Reluctance to change
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[204,555,493,719]]<|/det|>
Nurses are reluctant to change to the ventrogluteal site for
IM injections for a variety of factors. (2) These include
the difficulty of land marking this site, and because nurs-
ing texts throughout the 1960s perpetuated the use of the
dorsogluteal site. (10) Nurses are reluctant to adopt a dif-
ferent method than the one they have been used to using,
and evidence atone is not enough to change practice, par-
ticularly if the ventrogluteal site is not observed in prac-
tice. (5) It has been suggested that, despite known iatro-
genic complications from IM injections, the technique has
become ritualistic, based on tradition and passed from one
generation of nurses to the next. (3)
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Site selection is important because the effect of the med-
ication can be enhanced or diminished depending on the
site used. Medications which are more viscous and larger
in volume should be administered in the large muscles,
particularly the ventrogluteal site.
Final site selection
should be based on the size of the muscle and the client’s
body mass.
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Some nursing schools are teaching the ventrogluteal injec-
tion technique but students rarely observe the technique
in practice. An informal survey by NZNO identified that
nursing schools or procedure manuals had information on
the ventrogluteal site and its use. (11) The injection sites
chosen in the clinical setting are generally the dorsog-
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luteal (despite the risks associated with it), vastus lateralis
and deltoid. (2)
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A 2003 working party, which reviewed the literature and
Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) data relating
to injections resulting in harm, concluded there was a lack
of substantial information to support one gluteal site over
another. But it did recommend that health practitioners be
educated in both the dorsogluteal and ventrogluteal sites
for IM injections. In determining the most suitable site,
consideration should be given to the patient’s age, phys-
ical condition, including musculature and skin condition,
and the medication manufacturer’s instructions. (11) The
working party concluded there was an urgent need for re-
search on the two different sites, including safety and pa-
tient preference. (11)
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## The Z tracking technique
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[506,383,795,616]]<|/det|>
The Z tracking technique of IM injection prevents irrita-
tion, leakage and staining of medication into the subcuta-
neous tissue. This techniques involves the non-dominant
hand pulling skin and subcutaneous tissue two to three
centimetres sideways, prior to inserting the needle (see
illustration above). The skin is released following with-
drawal of the needle, creating a disjointed pathway which
locks in the medication. This technique can also be used
in elderly patients who have decreased muscle mass. Al-
though the benefits of Z tracking have been demonstrated
for a long time, (1) many nurses are unaware of this tech-
nique. Advantages are the prevention of backflow or leak-
ing of the medication into the needle track. The medica-
tion is locked in and potential skin staining is minimised.
Complications include discomfort and tissue irritation, as
unabsorbed medication can build up, forming an abscess
from drug leakage into the subcutaneous tissue. (1)
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It appears very little is written on the use of gloves when
administering IM injections, although one writer states
”gloves should be worn as a protective barrier to pre-
vent contamination of the hands or transmission of micro-
organisms from hands during a procedure”. (12)
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[506,700,795,754]]<|/det|>
Best practice guidelines recommend that nurses wear
gloves before giving injections to clients. (13) ”Wash your
hands and don gloves” were the instructions in one expla-
nation of how to administer an IM injection. (14)
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After the literature search, we conducted a survey of reg-
istered nurses (RNs)on IM injections sites and technique.
An anonymous questionnaire, accompanied by an ex-
planatory letter, was sent to 173 RNs working in general
practice, prisons, and to community and inpatient men-
tal health nurses.
Registered nurses working in hospi-
tals were excluded, as very few IM injections are given
in this setting. By returning the questionnaire in the en-
closed prepaid envelope, the RNs indicated their consent
to participate in the research.
Seventy-three question-
naires were returned, a response rate of 71 percent.
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This research project into intramuscular (IM) injection sites and
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The results of the questionnaires were collated and trends
were identified. Themes, which will be discussed below,
began to emerge. A thematic analysis was done to clarify
distinctions and similarities. In this process, meaningful
patterns or concerns are considered, rather than just words
or phrases. (15) As the themes began to emerge, they were
highlighted using a selective/highlighting approach. (16)
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[318,197,607,265]]<|/det|>
The vast majority of the respondents were working in gen-
eral practice, with a small number being employed at a
prison, accident and emergency facility or inpatient men-
tal health institution. The majority (61 percent) of respon-
dents had been RNs for more than 15 years.
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The responses regarding injection sites used by RNs were
predictable. Ninety-nine percent of respondents indicated
they had used the dorsogluteal site; 97 percent indicated
they had used the deltoid site; and 87 percent indicated
they had used the vastus lateralis site. Only nine percent
indicated they had used the ventrogluteal site.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[318,363,607,417]]<|/det|>
Common responses included ”I have never felt comfort-
able about this site as it seems very foreign to me” and
”Old habits die hard, no problems with other sites but have
yet to learn the advantages of ventrogluteal”.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[318,425,607,534]]<|/det|>
Comments on the questionnaires indicated some of the
RNs were unsure of the location of the ventrogluteal site,
while others were clearly reluctant to change and tacked
the confidence to try a less familiar site. The participants
indicated a number of reasons for this reluctance, includ-
ing: Never had adequate training for ventrogluteal”; and
”have attempted ventrogluteal site a couple of times but
am not confident I have the correct site”.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[318,542,607,665]]<|/det|>
The majority of respondents (88 percent) stated that the
medication being administered was a factor in determin-
ing which IM injection site would be best. The ACC’s
Medical Misadventure Unit Report identified that 155
claims had been accepted relating to injection complica-
tions between July 1, 1992 and January 6, 2003. Of these,
33 were accepted on the basis of medical error, with Ke-
nakort (triamcinlone) and Voltaren (diclofenac) injections
predominating, with the incorrect site being a factor. (11)
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[318,673,607,768]]<|/det|>
The injection technique of Z tracking is not widely dis-
cussed in the literature. Although, 87 percent of respon-
dents had heard of Z tracking, only 14 percent used this
technique consistently, with 46 percent using it some-
times. Annotations included ”yes taught it as a student”
and ”never used it except as a student in mental health
placement”.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[318,776,607,899]]<|/det|>
Of the group who used Z-tracking consistently or some-
times, 68 percent were influenced by the type of medica-
tion they were administering. Explanations stated it was
used for ”staining medications and steroids, iron injec-
tions and depo”. In there literature, there were five other
reasons commonly stated as considerations when choos-
ing an injection site and whether the use of Z-tracking was
indicated. These were pain, age of the patient, patient
wishes, convenience and muscle mass. The choice of IM
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injection site is determined by the age and general, both
physical and mental, condition of the patient. (9) The in-
jection site is critically important because the medication
effect can be enhanced or diminished, depending on the
site of the injection. (3)
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Our research revealed that very few RNs consistently
wore gloves when administering IM injections. Only four
percent of respondents always wore gloves; 42 percent
said they sometimes wore gloves; and 54 percent said they
didn’t wear gloves. A typical response was ”only when
known hap B or HIV”. Others said they wore gloves only
for methotrexate injections, with one respondent double
gloving for this medication.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[620,287,909,355]]<|/det|>
Other typical responses were ”only when giving injec-
tions to known infective patients”, ”I always wash my
hands first but can manage the injection with better control
with no gloves”, and ”only if obvious blood or bleeding
around”.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[620,363,909,485]]<|/det|>
While nurses are taught to wear gloves when administer-
ing all injections, in practice this rarely occurs. (4,12) The
majority of our respondents (61 percent) have been nurs-
ing for more than 15 years and were educated in an era
when wearing gloves for IN injection administration was
unlikely to be advocated. White nurses are currently being
taught to glove up for IN injections, the examples set by
more senior and experienced nurses may deter junior/new
nurses from following their education.
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## Aim of research project
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[620,534,909,671]]<|/det|>
The aim of this research project was to explore issues
around preferred injection site, IM injection technique,
particularly Z-tracking, and the wearing of gloves white
administering IM injections.
This research has shown
that, despite the known iatrogenic complications which
could occur when administering IM injections, some
RNs’ practice does not appear to take this in to considera-
tion. Furthermore, the majority of RNs did not use gloves
and Z-tracking was not widely used among the sample
group.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[620,679,909,761]]<|/det|>
Literature suggests the safest sites for IM injections are
the ventrogluteal and vastus lateralis muscles. Ongoing
education for RNs is needed if they are to feel confident
to safely use the ventrogluteal site and to understand the
rationale for Z-tracking. RNs should also adhere to best
practice regarding the use of gloves, ie wear them.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[620,769,909,864]]<|/det|>
Intramuscular injections are routine in practice. It is a
fundamental skirt, yet there appears to be limited research
and evidence to support best practice. It is imperative RNs
carrying out this procedure are safe and effective in their
practice, to ensure patient safety. Education and support
to change practice to reflect current research is paramount,
if RNs are to remain competent.
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This article was reviewed by Kai Tiaki Nursing New
Zealand’s practice article review committee in October
2006.
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This research project into intramuscular (IM) injection sites and
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(1) Rodger, M. & King, L. (2000) Drawing up and ad-
ministering intramuscular injections: a review of the liter-
ature. Journal of Advanced Nursing; 31: 3, 574-582.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[204,142,493,169]]<|/det|>
(2) Greenway, K. (2004) Using the ventrogluteal site for
intramuscular injection. Nursing Standard; 18: 25, 39-42.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[204,177,493,231]]<|/det|>
(3) Nicoll, L. & Hesby, A. (2002) Intramuscular injection:
an integrative research review and guideline for evidence
based practice. Applied Nursing Research; 16: 2, 149-
162.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[204,239,493,279]]<|/det|>
(4) Small, S. (2004) Preventing sciatic nerve injury from
intramuscular injections literature review. Journal of Ad-
vanced Nursing; 47: 3, 287-296.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[204,287,493,327]]<|/det|>
(5) Scott, W. & Marfell-Jones, M. (2004) Evidence alone
is not enough to bring about practice change. Koi Tiaki
Nursing New Zealand; 10: 1, 14-18.
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Although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has always ex-
uded unwavering confidence in public interviews, behind
closed doors he’s apparently being much more candid.
The Verge reports that Microsoft held an in-house town
hall event this week where Ballmer admitted to Microsoft
employees that the company “built a few more” Surface
RT tablets “than we could sell,” which might be an under-
statement given Microsoft’s recent $900 million charge
that some analysts claim translates to as many as 6 mil-
lion unsold Surfaces piled up in warehouses.
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Ballmer also admitted that the company is “not selling as
many Windows devices as we want to” and that it now
plans to turn its focus to the back-to-school and holiday
seasons to boost its sales figures. To that end, Microsoft
has teamed with Best Buy to open in-store “Windows
Stores” in more than 600 locations to raise awareness of
Windows-based smartphones and tablets.
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[More from BGR: Samsung smashes Apple as smart-
phone explosion continues in Q2]
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Finally, Ballmer told Microsoft employees that testing for
a second-generation Surface RT was underway, although
he didn’t give any details for how it would be different
from the original or when it might launch.
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We have just begun working on a property that conducts
trail rides and have a horse here that we discovered to have
the problem of bucking. After investigating this behavior,
we also noticed that he hates any kind of contact on the
reins and will begin to throw his head around to free him-
self up. He has a normal snaffle bit on his bridle. We
found that while using him as a demo horse, he would
grow impatient and begin to play up after being mounted,
and while on trails will throw his head around and then
buck when pulled up. In the arena when he bucks, we pull
his head up and drive him forward, but we feel that this
behavior could stem from his dislike of the bit. Do you
have any suggestions that could help us to train him out of
these habits?
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There are so many things that could contribute to the be-
haviors that you describe, that it is hard to know where to
start. The first and most obvious thing to consider on the
head tossing is to have the horse’s mouth checked for wolf
teeth, tongue scaring or other dental problems that might
be causing pain for the horse. It is also possible that an
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ill-fitting saddle or a back problem could cause bucking;
so those things should be ruled out as well.
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After ruling out a physical problem, then you must look
to the horse’s training. You do not mention how old he
is or what his background is, but it is quite possible this
horse has never really been formally trained. It amazes
me how often people just start riding horses, without ever
formally teaching the horse what he is expected to do. So
many horses today are so willing and well tempered that
it is pretty easy to just throw a saddle on and start riding.
This will work fine for a while until the horse becomes
frustrated or rebellious and then the holes in the training
surface. Often, trained or not, horses become what I call
”anti-trained,” where people teach them the wrong thing,
undesirable behaviors like if I buck, they’ll let me stop
or if I throw my head, they will loosen the reins. These
behaviors usually develop out of a sense of self-defense
for the horse who gradually begins to protest meaningless
pressure on his mouth, back and sides.
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The solution, whether the horse has been formally trained
or not is to retrain him, starting with the basics, teaching
him how to respond properly to the bit. I would do this
in the round pen with a self-correcting bitting device that
teaches the horse to give to pressure from the reins, both
vertically (up and down) and laterally (side to side). Once
he has learned that when he gives, the pressure goes away,
then you can start riding him again and go through the
same training process from the saddle. Of course, you’ll
have to make sure people are not inadvertently pulling on
his mouth or pulling a constant contact on the reins for no
reason (this is a very common cause of head-tossing).
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With the bucking, it is possible that the two problems are
related. Horses don’t do anything without a reason and
most likely the head tossing and bucking are forms of
protest from the horse from being hit in the mouth and
back. But it is also possible that the bucking is a refusal to
go forward, so working on obedience and forward move-
ment are important. I would suggest returning to some
basic groundwork, round pen and lead line, to re-establish
a respectful and obedient relationship with the horse.
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ing. Some how along the line, he seems to have lost his
foundation, if he ever had one. Good luck!
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Siemens
Hausgerate
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The invention relates to a variable-speed electric motor
drive, especially for houshold appliances such as dough
kneaders or the like having a universal motor and a thyris-
tor which is operated in a phase gating circuit and is con-
nected into the power supply line of the motor. The firing
circuit of the thyristor is controllable by a resistor which is
variable in accordance with the desired speed of the mo-
tor.
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Heretofore known variable-speed electric motor drives of
the aforementioned type have the great inherent disadvan-
tage that the firing voltage required for firing the thyris-
tor behaves inversely to the operating temperature of the
thyristor.
As a result, the speed of a universal motor
equipped with phase gating control increases considerably
with increasing temperature of the thyristor. In cases in
which accurate maintenance of the speed is important, a
usually elaborate and expensive device such as a tachome-
ter generator or the like is necessary to correct the change
in speed.
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In known electric motor drives having such phase gating
controls for speed regulation, an attempt has been made
heretofore to avoid the undesirable and often considerable
speed deviations, which result due to changes of the oper-
ating temperature of the thyristor, by providing the thyris-
tor with large heat exchange surfaces sometimes with the
addition of forced ventilation. However, these heat ex-
change surfaces, which are supposed to keep the operating
temperature of the thyristor constant by increased heat re-
moval, can be used only where enough space is available.
But even in such a case, the heat exchange surfaces have
the disadvantage of being dependent on fluctuations of the
ambient temperature and can therefore ensure reliable sta-
bilization of the speed only to a limited extent.
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The disadvantages which are caused by the lack of tem-
perature stability of the characteristics of known thyristor
types have a particularly adverse effect in drives in which
speeds are to be maintained as constantly as possible dur-
ing one working period, such as in dough kneaders, for
example. Thus, it has been found, for example, to be a
great shortcoming in such dough kneaders that the speed
thereof increases considerably with increasing operating
time and the increasing operating temperature resulting
therefrom. In this regard, a frequency occurrence is that
in stirring viscous and heavy material such as dough and
the like, the speed remains approximately constant over an
extended period of time due to the large torque required
for kneading, in spite of the temperature rise of the thyris-
tor. If the required torque is reduced, however, by adding
liquid to the material to be stirred, then the rotary speed
of the stirring tool sharply increases because of the oper-
ating temperature which has increased very steeply in the
interim. This produces the danger that the stirring tool,
then driven at a higher speed, may fling liquid and dough
out of the stirring dish of the equipment. This detrimental
effect can be observed especially in small household ap-
pliances, in which, due to the compact construction, the
heat given off by the drive motor additionally warms up
the thyristor and thereby further amplifies the undesirable
effect of the unintended rise in speed.
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It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a
variable speed electric motor drive which overcomes the
above-mentioned shortcomings of devices of this general
type and to correct the unintended change in speed caused
by the lack of temperature stability of the thyristor effect-
ing the phase gating control in electric motor drives, and
to construct such drives in such a way that they are capa-
ble of maintaining the speed which is optimum for a spe-
cific operation regardless of fluctuations of the operating
temperature of the thyristor, even over extended operating
periods of the drive.
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With the foregoing and other objects in view, there is
provided in accordance with the invention, in a variable-
speed electric motor drive includes a universal motor hav-
ing a power supply line wherein a thyristor is connected
and operated in a phase gating circuit, a firing circuit for
the thyristor, a variable first resistance connected to the fir-
ing circuit of the thyristor for varying the rotary speed of
the motor, and a temperature-dependent second resistance
associated with the firing circuit and thermally coupled to
the thyristor.
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By means of the circuit construction according to the
invention, it is possible to reduce the firing current ap-
plied to the gate of the thyristor by the resistance of the
temperature-dependent resistor or NTC, which decreases
with increasing operating temperature to the extent that
it becomes smaller with increasing temperature for firing
the thyristor, and in this manner to avoid, premature firing
of the thyristor at higher operating temperatures. With the
drive according to the invention, the thyristor characteris-
tics which are variable due to temperature variations, can
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therefore be compensated and the speeds of a universal
motor, preslected by a phase gating control, can thereby
be kept reliably constant in a simple manner.
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In accordance with another feature of the invention, it is
provided that the thyristor has a cooling element, the sec-
ond resistor being secured to the cooling element. The
cooling element may be in the form of a cooling vane or
the like.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[204,218,493,299]]<|/det|>
With a temperature-dependent resistance which is thus se-
cured to the cooling element of the thyristor, any temper-
ature change of the thyristor is directly transmitted to the
resistance, so that thyristor characteristics deviating due
to temperature variations are almost instantaneously com-
pensated.
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In accordance with a further feature of the invention, there
is provided a voltage divider having an output, the out-
put being connected to the firing circuit of the thyristor,
the second resistance being shunted across the voltage di-
vider.
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In accordance with an additional feature of the invention,
it is provided that the voltage divider is a variable resistor.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[204,418,493,458]]<|/det|>
In accordance with a concomitant feature of the invention,
there is provided a fixed third resistance connected in se-
ries with the second resistance.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[204,466,493,520]]<|/det|>
In this manner, tolerance deviations of thyristors of the
same type which are due to manufacturing processes, can
be simply eliminated without changing the characteristic
of the temperature-dependent resistance.
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Other features which are considered as characteristic for
the invention are set forth in the appended claims.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[204,563,493,672]]<|/det|>
Although the invention is illustrated and described herein
as embodied in a variable-speed electric motor drive, es-
pecially for household appliances such as dough kneaders,
it is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details
shown, since various modifications and structural changes
may be made therein without departing from the spirit of
the invention and within the scope and range of equiva-
lents of the claims.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[204,680,493,789]]<|/det|>
The construction and method of operation of the inven-
tion, however, together with additional objects and advan-
tages thereof will be best understood from the following
description of specific embodiments when read in con-
nection with the single FIGURE of the drawing which
is a simplified schematic circuit diagram of the variable-
speed electric motor drive of a dough kneader in accor-
dance with the invention.
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Referring now to the drawing, there is shown a universal
motor 10, indicated symbolically in an area surrounded
by dot-dash lines in the left-hand half of the FIGURE.
In addition to various other circuit elements which are
of no importance to the invention, the motor contains a
field winding formed of the coils L1 and L2, and an ar-
mature A. The field windings L1 and L2 are equipped in
a conventional manner with a therefore non-illustrated re-
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versing and short-circuiting circuit. The short-circuiting
circuit which serves for braking the armature A is con-
nectible to the power line at the terminals 11 and 12. In
the section of the power supply line of the universal mo-
tor 10 which is brought from the field winding L1 to the
armature A a thyristor 13 is connected. The thyristor con-
trols or influences the speed of the universal motor in a
phase gating circuit in a conventional manner.
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The control circuit of the thyristor 13, which can be seen
on the right-hand side in the circuit diagram, outside the
area surrounded by the dot-dash line, is equipped with a
stepwise adjustable voltage divider 14. Additional circuit
components which are not essential to the invention are
also provided. The voltage divider 14 includes several
fixed resistors 15 and a slider 16 by means of which the
desired speed of the universal motor 10 can be set step-
wise. From this voltage divider 14, a control line 17 is
extended to the gate of the thyristor 13. In the control line
17, a diode 18 and, as a further voltage divider, a vari-
able resistor in the form of a trimmer potentiometer 19
are connected. The tap of the trimmer potentiometer 19 is
connected to the gate of the thyristor 13 and thus provides
its firing voltage. In substance, the trimmer potentiometer
19 equalizes different firing voltages which occur in dif-
ferent thyristors of the same type due to tolerances caused
by manufacturing processes.
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A temperature-dependent resistor (NTC) 20 which, in
turn, is connected in series with a fixed resistor 21 is
shunted across the trim potentiometer 19 for compensat-
ing the firing of the thyristor 13, which takes place at a
lower firing current with increasing operating tempera-
tures. As symbolically indicated in the circuit diagram by
two broken lines, the temperature-dependent resistor 20 is
thermally coupled to the thyristor 13 in such a manner that
a temperature rise of the thyristor due to operation is au-
tomatically transmitted to the temperature-dependent re-
sistor 20. The conductivity of the latter increases with in-
creasing temperature and thereby produces a voltage drop
in the control line 17 whereby the voltage present at the
control line of the thyristor 13 is lowered.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[506,666,795,747]]<|/det|>
In the circuit described, by an appropriate choice of the
type of temperature-dependent resistor 20, it is possible
to hold the phase gating produced by the thyristor 13, in-
dependently of its operating temperature, exactly at the
phase which corresponds to the speed set at the voltage
divider 14.
<|ref|>text<|/ref|><|det|>[[506,755,795,878]]<|/det|>
The fixed resistor 21, which is connected in series with
the temperature-dependent resistor 20 has a dual purpose.
First, it prevents the conductivity of the temperature-
dependent resistor 20 from becoming too high if the tem-
perature rises very much, and, second, it prevents the fir-
ing voltage present at the gate from dropping so much, as
a consequence, so that an undesirable shift in the firing
instant and a change of the speed of the universal motor
10 caused thereby can occur.
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The thermal coupling of the temperature-dependent resis-
tor 20 to the thyristor 13 can be accomplished in any con-
ventional manner as long as provision is made for good
heat transfer between the two circuit elements. This can
be accomplished in a conventional manner by mechanical
connection such as bolting, riveting, clamping by means
of a spring-elastic bracket, cementing or the like.
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The thyristor may have a conventional cooling element, in
which case the temperature-dependent resistor 20 may be
coupled directly to the cooling element.
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date——Publication
date——Applicant——Title—
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*——17
Oct
1962——21
Dec
1965——Singer Co——Variable speed portable tool—
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—US3648142
*——21
Nov
1969——7
Mar
1972——Arrow
Hart
Inc——Infinite
speed
control
switching device for use with electric motors in portable
tools—
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—US3736479
*——12
Oct
1971——29
May
1973——Yamamoto Electric Ind
Co Ltd——Speed
control device for single phase motors—
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—US3868554
*——26
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Feb
1975——Gen
Electric——Current
limit
system
for
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*——20
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1974——8
Jun
1976——Spangler Searle T——Multiple mode variable
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—Citing
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Jul
1980——20
Apr
1982——Sunbeam
Corporation——Feedback
motor
control circuit—
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*——18
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1985——7
Oct
1986——General
Motors
Corporation——Speed
se-
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*——9
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1989——19
Jun
1990——Whirlpool
Corporation——Universal
mo-
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1995——3
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1997——Hilti
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and
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1998——27
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2000——Sew-Eurodrive
Gmbh
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—US6535692——31
May
2001——18
Mar
2003——Konica Corporation——Camera with built-in
electronic flash and electronic flash device—
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Co., Inc.——Load control device having a variable drive
circuit—
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# IN AUGUST 1997, TEMPERATURE (T), SALINITY (S), AND
DISSOLVED
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—Robin Muench——Susan Howard——Laurie Pad-
man—
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DOVETAIL is an international oceanographic research
program whose main goal is to understand the physical
processes in the Weddell Scotia Confluence (WSC) region
sufficiently to quantify the ventilation if the World Ocean
achieved by the Weddell Sea water masses. There are four
related objectives in this program:
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## Oxygen (DO) data, along with upper ocean vertical
current profiles, were
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obtained in the area extending northeastward from the
Antarctic Peninsula across
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the South Orkney Plateau (see figure below). This work
comprised the US field
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component of the international DOVETAIL program
which was funded by the
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NSF Office of Polar Programs.
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The DOVETAIL program is the third in a sequence of in-
tegrated field and modeling programs which were initiated
in 1992 and which have been coordinated by the interna-
tional Antarctic Zone (iAnZone) group and carried out in
the Weddell Sea. The first two programs have focussed
on processes associated with ocean ventilation in the po-
lar waters. DOVETAIL builds upon the results from these
two preceding programs by focusing on the escape of re-
cently ventilated deep water from the Weddell Sea into the
Global Ocean. In this way, the scientists involved hope to
better define and understand the role of Antarctic waters
and processes in the global ocean and climate system.
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The primary results from this multi-institutional program
as of 2000 were summarized by a series of papers pub-
lished in a special DOVETAIL volume of Deep-Sea Re-
search Part II (Topical Studies in Oceanography), Volume
49(21) (Muench and Hellmer, 2002) (see publication list
below). R. D. Muench of ESR was chief Guest Editor for
this volume.
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At Earth and Space Research,
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our scientific contributions to DOVETAIL have covered
two main areas:
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Topic (1) required detailed analyses of data (ADCP and
CTD) collected during the fieldwork portion of DOVE-
TAIL in 1998, analyses of German current meter records
acquired in the DOVETAIL region prior to this fieldwork,
and improvements to our barotropic tides model to better
match the observed tidal velocity fields. These studies led
us to believe that the generation of baroclinic tides (”in-
ternal waves”) by the flow of the barotropic tide over the
South Scotia Ridge could provide a significant source of
energy for mixing in the DOVETAIL region, thus spurring
Topic (2), numerical modeling of baroclinic tide genera-
tion. In addition to these primary efforts, research con-
tinues on describing and assessing the dynamics of the
coastal and shelf-break frontal systems in the WSC region
(Heywood et al., 2004).
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Vertical profiles of ocean temperature, salinity, dissolved
oxygen concentration and currents were obtained dur-
ing austral winter 1997 from a region extending from
the northeastern Antarctic Peninsula to the South Orkney
Plateau in the northern Weddell Sea.
From these data
we estimate the spatial variation of shear-driven turbu-
lent mixing and the mean diapycnal diffusivity (Kz) in
the main pycnocline. We conclude that the mean upper
ocean heat flux in the northwestern Weddell Sea is in the
range 2-10 W m-2. The ocean tide provides a significant
fraction of the oceanic kinetic energy in the region: tidal
current speeds at the shelf break can approach 50 cm s-1
compared with mean flows of ˜5-10 cm s-1. We show that
the conversion rate of barotropic to baroclinic semidiurnal
tidal energy along the South Scotia Ridge, as a pathway
for energy flux to the turbulent microscale, is consistent
with the data-based estimates of Kz. Baroclinic tides from
the ridge can penetrate into the northern Weddell Sea and
may explain observed significant velocity shears in the
central Powell Basin, hundreds of kilometers from signif-
icant topographic features. | |
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In August 1997, Temperature (T), Salinity (S), and Dissolved
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## This work has been reported in peer-reviewed
publications by
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## Muench et al. (2002) and by Muench’s contribution to
Matano
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et al. (2002). Our results are also summarized in the on-
line version of
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the poster we presented at the XXV
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## General Assembly of the European Geophysical
Society meeting in held in
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Nice, April 24-28, 2000:
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The field data collected under DOVETAIL auspices have
also allowed us to describe, in considerably greater detail
than previously, the shelf currents and shelf break fronts
in the Weddell-Scotia Confluence (WSC) region (Muench
contribution to Heywood et al., 2004).
The Antarctic
circumpolar shelf-break front is a major oceanographic
feature that likely plays a significant role in the seaward
transport of dense shelf waters and in the redistribution of
low-salinity near-surface layers. This frontal system is the
topic of ongoing research that is planned to be developed
into a major international project.
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We use the Princeton Ocean Model (POM), a 3-D prim-
itive equation model that has been successfully applied
to other tide modeling, notably the Hawaiian Mid-Ocean
Ridge (M. Merrifield, P. Holloway, and collaborators), to
study the baroclinic tidal response to barotropic tidal flow
over the South Scotia Ridge.
So far, we have run the
model for the semidiurnal tides, M2 and S2, which we
expect will provide most of the baroclinic tidal signal in
the DOVETAIL region. We currently run the model at
3-4 km resolution using Smith and Sandwell bathymetry.
The model has only been run for idealized stratification
(horizontally homogeneous throughout the domain): we
are presently constructing laterally varying stratification
based on the World Ocean Atlas.
The seasonal varia-
tion in surface layer properties, associated with radiation
changes and sea-ice melt/freeze is also worth exploring,
since these seasonal changes in upper-ocean density can
be as large as the total full-depth winter stratification.
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The conclusions from this modeling exercise are as fol-
lows:
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Figure 1: Major axis of (top) M2 depth-averaged cur-
rent, UBT(M2) and (bottom) total M2 surface current,
USURF(M2). Maximum values are much higher when
baroclinicity is included, and the area affected by tides
expands far out from the ridge. The region encompassed
by the white dashed line is roughly the DOVETAIL study
area, and is the focus for testing model sensitivity to grid
resolution and other model parameters.
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Figure 2: (a) Vertical profile of at-rest potential density
() used to initialize POM runs for DOVETAIL-area baro-
clinic tides.
(b) ”Snapshot” transect of the northward
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component of baroclinic velocity for the M2 tide. Note
the complexity of the upper-ocean currents, and their de-
pendence on the location of the sharp pycnocline centered
near 200 m. (c) ”Snapshot” of the northward component
of barotropic velocity (blue) and surface baroclinic veloc-
ity (red) along a north-south line running across the South
Scotia Ridge (SSR) through Powell Basin. (d) ”Snapshot”
of the divergence of the barotropic velocity field (blue)
and surface baroclinic velocity field (red) along a north-
south line running across the SSR through Powell Basin.
The RMS divergence for the baroclinic tide is about a fac-
tor of 10 greater than for the barotropic tide, indicating
significant potential to modify the sea-ice concentration
and properties such as mean thickness, thickness distribu-
tion, and roughness.
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More details are available in a downloadable PowerPoint
poster.
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While this latter study was driven by our interest in mix-
ing in the DOVETAIL region, predictions of mixing rates
based on this modeling depends on our faith in the pa-
rameterization of mixing in POM. At this time, the prin-
cipal results relating to mixing are that: the patchiness of
mixing observed in the DOVETAIL cruise data is con-
sistent with the radiation of internal tides from the South
Scotia Ridge; and the mixing rates estimated from cruise
CTD/ADCP data are consistent with a tidal source for the
energy driving most observed upper-ocean mixing. The
patchiness itself is of interest, also, since it impacts the
conversion of turbulent parameters to a measure of effec-
tive mixing.
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One of the less anticipated outcomes from this study is
the apparently critical role of baroclinicity on upper-ocean
divergence fields.
Figure 2 illustrates how the genera-
tion of internal tides over Scotia Ridge creates surface di-
vergence. This divergence is important because the up-
per ocean velocity provides a major component of to-
tal stress divergence on sea-ice: Padman and Kottmeier
(”PK2000”; JGR, 2000) showed that significant addi-
tional mean open-water (”lead”) fraction could be created
by tidal divergence. Even though tidal stress periodically
expands and compresses the ice pack, the net effect of the
”ice accordion” is an increase in mean lead fraction, and
a consequent increase in area-mean ocean-to-atmosphere
heat loss in winter (plus additional ice growth). PK2000
showed, for the southern and western Weddell Sea, that
ice divergence based on satellite-tracking of ice-mounted
drifters was consistent with our barotropic tides model for
the Weddell Sea. In the DOVETAIL region, baroclinic
tides are much stronger than most regions further south,
and so the RMS divergence of the ocean-applied tidal
stress on the ice is expected to be much larger (see Fig-
ure 2). The impact of surface convergence/divergence due
to baroclinic tidal currents on the ice cover in the Dove-
tail region cannot be overstated. The periodic creation of
leads through such convergence allows, during the austral
winter, dense water formation through surface freezing.
Results shown by Muench et al. (2002) show that densifi-
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In August 1997, Temperature (T), Salinity (S), and Dissolved
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cation near the Antarctic Peninsula had led to convection
to the seafloor in the near-coastal region strongly impacted
by tidal currents. This dense water is then available as a
contribution to Weddell Deep and Bottom Waters, and this
process likely occurs at many sites surrounding Antarctica
where the barotropic to baroclinic tidal current conversion
process is active.
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The exact impact of baroclinic tides on sea-ice concentra-
tion and properties can only be determined once sea-ice
dynamical-thermodynamical models are improved to the
point where they accurately reflect short time- and space-
scale ice dynamics processes (including floe-floe interac-
tions for different thickness categories). This is not yet
possible, but points to a role of tides that may in many
regions be more important than the tide’s contribution to
ocean mixing.
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Gordon, A.L., M. Visbeck, and B. Huber, 2001: Export
of Weddell Sea deep and bottom water, J. Geophys. Res.,
106(C5), 9005-9017.
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Gordon, A.L., M. Mensch, Z.Q Dong, W.M. Smethie Jr.,
and J. de Bettencourt., 2000: Deep and Bottom water of
the Bransfield Strait eastern and central basins. J. Geo-
phys. Res., 105(C5), 11337-11346.
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von Gyldenfeldt, A.B., E. Fahrbach, M.A. Garcia, and M.
Schroder, 2002: Flow variability at the tip of the Antarctic
Peninsula, Deep Sea Res. II, 49, 4743-4766.
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Heywood, K.J., A.C. Naveira-Garabato, D.P. Stevens, and
R.D. Muench, 2004: On the fate of the Antarctic Slope
Front and the origin of the Weddell Front, J. Geophys.
Res. , 109, C06021, doi:10.1029/2003JC002053.
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Matano, R.P., A.L. Gordon, R.D. Muench, and E.D.
Palma, 2002: A numerical study of the circulation in the
northwestern Weddell Sea, Deep Sea Res. II, 49, 4827-
4841.
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Muench, R.D., and H.H. Hellmer, 2002: The international
DOVETAIL program, Deep Sea Res. II, 49, 4711-4714.
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Muench, R.D., L. Padman, S.L. Howard, and E. Fahrbach,
2002: Upper ocean diapycnal mixing in the northwestern
Weddell Sea, Deep Sea Res. II, 49, 4843-4861.
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Naveira Garabato, A.C., E.L. McDonagh, D.P. Stevens,
K.J. Heywood, and R.J. Sanders, 2002: On the export of
Antarctic Bottom Water from the Weddell Sea, Deep Sea
Res. II, 49, 4715-4742.
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Palma, E. D., and R. P. Matano, 2000: On the Implemen-
tation of open boundary conditions for a general circu-
lation model: The three-dimensional case. J. Geophys.
Res., 105, 8605-8627.
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Piola, A. R., and R. P. Matano, 2001: The South Atlantic
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S. A. Thorpe, and K. K. Turekian Eds. Academic Press.
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and E.
Fahrbach, 2002: Long-term temperature trends in the
deep waters of the Weddell Sea, Deep Sea Res. II, 49,
4791-4806.
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Schodlok, M.P., H.H. Hellmer, and A. Beckmann, 2002:
On the transport, variability and origin of dense water
masses crossing the South Scotia Ridge, Deep Sea Res.
II, 49, 4807-4825.
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Schroder, M., H.H. Hellmer, and J.M. Absy, 2002: On the
near-bottom variability in the northwestern Weddell Sea,
Deep Sea Res. II, 49, 4767-4790.
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Smith, D.A., and J.M. Klinck, 2002: Water properties on
the west Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf: a model
study of effects of surface fluxes and sea ice, Deep Sea
Res. II, 49, 4863-4886.
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teraction, presented at the Seventh Conference on Polar
Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Symposium on
High-Latitude Climate Variations, May 2003, Hyannis,
MA.
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Howard, S.L., L. Padman, R.D. Muench, Internal Tides in
the Weddell-Scotia Confluence Region, Antarctica, pre-
sented at AGU, Dec 2002.
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Muench, R., S.L. Howard, L. Padman, Upper Ocean Mix-
ing in the NW Weddell Sea During Winter, presented at
EGS, April 2000.
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weakly stratified upper ocean: the Weddell-Scotia conflu-
ence region, presented at SOLAS, Feb 2000.
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Howard, S.L., R.D. Muench, and L. Padman, Upper
Ocean Stability and water mass formation in the north-
western Weddell Sea during winter, presented at Ocean
Sciences, Jan 2000.
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# MAY 21, 2012
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Use methane-derived syngas to make liquid motor fu-
els. The availability of low-priced methane from gas pro-
duction in the United States is stimulating interest in all
types of C1 chemistry—for example, shuttered methanol
plants are being restarted. The availability of inexpensive
methanol is prompting interest in converting it to ethylene
and propylene via methanol-to-olefin (MTO) processes.
Methanol conversion to dimethyl ether, a low-cost diesel
fuel substitute, is also under consideration.
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Finally,
gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology,
in which
methane is converted to liquid fuels via the Fischer–
Tropsch (FT) conversion of synthesis gas (syngas) to
long-chain hydrocarbons, is regaining interest. This tech-
nology is used on a large scale in Qatar to add value to gas
produced from the world’s largest conventional gas well.
This idea is under consideration in the United States as
a way to upgrade inexpensive methane to transportation
fuels.
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One of the problems with FT technology is that it pro-
duces a wide range of carbon chains: from one to 100
or more carbon atoms. Only carbon numbers in the C5–
C20 range are useful for transportation fuels; hydrocar-
bons with >20-carbon chains are waxy and must undergo
secondary hydrocracking if they are to be used for liquid
fuels. C. L. Kibby and colleagues found that adding small
amounts of acetylene to the syngas significantly limits
carbon chain growth and gives greater yields of useful liq-
uid hydrocarbons.
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In a control run, no acetylene was added to the syngas
feedstock. The reactor temperature was 210 C, the pres-
sure was 5 atm, and the H2/CO mol ratio was 2.0:1. The
throughput rate was 144 mmol/h per gram of catalyst, and
the total reaction time was 5 h. Under these conditions,
CO conversion was 60% and H2 conversion 65%. The
reaction product was cloudy and opaque, and the yield of
the C15+ cut was >46%.
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A second run was made with 1.61 vol% acetylene in the
syngas feed. Under the same conditions as the control
run, CO conversion was 55%, H2 conversion was 70%,
and acetylene conversion was 100%. The reaction prod-
uct was clear and nonviscous, and the C15–30 cut yield
was 40%, significantly lower than without acetylene in
the feed. (Chevron U.S.A [San Ramon, CA] and Com-
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monwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organiza-
tion [Campbell, Australia]. US Patent 8,163,808, April
24, 2012; Jeffrey S. Plotkin)
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## Real Name: Philipp Jung & Patrick Bodmer
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## Genre: Tech House
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With an ear for the tunes and an innate understanding
of what works on the dancefloor M.A.N.D.Y. are on a
seemingly never-ending circuit of the globe with their in-
demand DJ sets. From their first meeting as 15-year-olds
on a tennis court, the 2 young men who dreamed of mak-
ing a career of music, parties and having fun have come a
long way, and are now well &
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truly at the top of their game.
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2008 has been the penultimate year for M.A.N.D.Y culmi-
nating in 2 of their most memorable DJ sessions: one at
the helm of UK club Fabric’s esteemed mix CD series, and
the other at the raindrenched Love Parade in Germany,
where they played live for 500,000 music lovers who re-
fused to run for cover from the wet and continued dancing
in the streets for the awestruck M.A.N.D.Y. boys.
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In between these gigs and their residencies with Monza in
Ibiza and Berlin’s Watergate club M.A.N.D.Y. also man-
aged to fit in extensive tours of North & South Amer-
ica, and a new track with Booka Shade for Get Physical’s
GPM100 release, plus working on a new remix for Felix
Da Housecat and long-awaited new M.A.N.D.Y. material
with Lopazz in Iceland, and launching Get Physical sister
labels Kindisch and Get Digital to accommodate the sheer
amount of great records they want to release.
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Patrick Bodmer & Phillip Jung have carved out a unique
niche for themselves in electronic music off the back of
excellent productions, in-demand remixes, top-notch mix-
ing skills, and a knack for signing some of the best elec-
tronic producers alongside their friends DJ T and Booka
Shade for their label Get Physical Music, and it’s a story
that has been 20 years in the making!
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After being introduced to the sounds of early acid house in
the late 80’s in Saarbruken, Germany, Patrick & Phillip’s
lifelong obsessive love for electronic music began; they
threw themselves into the music, buying records, driving | |
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May 21, 2012
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to Frankfurt’s parties and raves, and DJing at friends’ af-
terparties.
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After going to university in separate cities Phillip &
Patrick had both moved to Frankfurt by the mid 90s,
where their DJ dreams were reignited, but with the major
hurdle that nobody wanted to book them. Philip & Patrick
overcame rose to the challenge by starting their own club
night. It was a memorable and liberating time for the pair,
and their guests - Ata, Ricardo Villalobos, etc - were tal-
ented unknowns at the time who only contributed to the
fresh & spontaneous vibe of the club.
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To keep the money rolling in to fuel their nighttime pur-
suits, Patrick had established himself in a successful paint-
ing career and Philipp worked for Logic Records, label of
italo-house outfit Snap. After taking up a new job in A&R
with Jive Records, Philip signed tracks by longtime pro-
ducer friends Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier,
who produced under a variety of aliases and would even-
tually become best known as Booka Shade. Walter and
Arno taught Philipp and Patrick a few tips in the studio,
and the four began producing what they now admit were
a string of dire hard trance releases under a name they
refuse to divulge!
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The next chapter of the story was set in motion at a Bread
& Butter fashion show in Cologne where M.A.N.D.Y.’s
DJ set caught the interested ears of Monza club’s Patrik
Dechent and DJ T, also the founder/editor of the highly
influential German music magazine Groove. They could
hardly miss M.A.N.D.Y.’s enthusiasm, or their extremely
‘physical’ presence on the dancefloor, stamping their feet
and tearing at their clothes in sheer delight about the mu-
sic. DJ T and MANDY took an instant liking to each other
and T invited them to be a resident at Monza, playing sets
alongside fellow residents Tobi Neumann, Ricardo Vil-
lalobos, Tiefschwarz and Steve Bug.
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After M.A.N.D.Y. & Booka Shade both relocated to
Berlin in 2002, forming a record label seemed like the
natural next step for the 5 friends (including DJ T), as
the crucial pieces of the puzzle had fit themselves to-
gether: Philipp’s record label and A&R experience, Arno
& Walter’s production talents and fully-equipped stu-
dio, Patrick’s creativity and artwork, T’s envious contacts
book and wealth of press knowledge.
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So the label was born, and they christened it Get Physical
in tribute to the dancefloor,. What began as a hobby for the
5 people behind Get Physical quickly gathered steam af-
ter the label’s first release, M.A.N.D.Y’s Put Put Put 12”:
the following year their track ‘Tonite’ blew up in the UK
when Pete Tong selected it as the Essential tune of the
week three times in a row for his BBC Radio 1 show.
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With the release of the first Get Physical compilation
Body Language Vol 1 in 2005, M.A.N.D.Y. raised the bar
high for house and techno lovers, and cemented their rep-
utation as world-class selectors. They joined the dots be-
tween electro-influenced house, disco and minimal techno
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for a release that was crowned DJ Magazine’s Mix CD of
the Year.
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However it was the joint effort of MANDY and Booka
Shade that pushed both their artist names and the Get
Physical label into the international dance music con-
sciousness: the track “Body Language” quickly became a
bonafide hit, the undisputed anthem of the year and ubiq-
uitous on dancefloors, in charts and in record boxes for
months after its release. “Body Language” was named
Ibiza’s Track of the Season, DJ Magazine’s Track of the
Year, and was licensed to over 100 compilations. The
staggering success of “Body Language” led to Get Physi-
cal receiving the accolade of Best Label for 2005 from DJ
Magazine.
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This was followed up in 2006 with At The Controls, a
double CD mix for Resist Music which picked up a host
of awards, including Mix CD of the Year from Resident
Advisor, BBC Essential Mix and Mixmag.
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Philipp and Patrick’s reputation as remixers grew, work-
ing with artists as diverse as The Knife, Tiefschwarz,
Sugababes, Lindstrom, Joakim, Royksopp and Fischer-
spooner, The Klaxons, Mathew Dear, Rex The Dog,
Royksopp, Roxy Music, and Rocker’s Hi-Fi; a reputa-
tion solidified with the 12 Great Remixes for 11 Great
Artists collection of 2007 that brought together some of
their finest efforts onto one disc.
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Through all the parties, the ladies, the extensive traveling,
M.A.N.D.Y. nonetheless treasure the family vibe that in-
fluenced them as artists and DJs and that continues to sup-
port them in Berlin. For M.A.N.D.Y. this isn’t a job and it
isn’t about success; it’s about partnership and friendship,
good music, and those five things which bonded them in
the first place: collecting records, throwing parties, meet-
ing girls, making friends and laughing...
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You are probably familiar with the various free web based
email solutions that are available today. Services like Ya-
hoo Mail, Outlook.com and Gmail are used by millions of
people all over the world. Such services are great for per-
sonal email, but what about business emails? Many busi-
nesses have their own domain name, website and maybe
even a e-commerce solution. Business email addresses
tend to use the company’s domain name rather than @out-
look.com or @gmail.com etc.
So Bob Smith, the ac-
countant at Sporty Shoe Warehouse, would probably have
the email address “firstname.lastname@example.org” or
some variation of that.
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This is great, but the Sporty Shoe Warehouse needs to
have an internal email server along with the client soft-
ware to read the emails. Then there is the issue of back-
ups and so on.
To remove this burden from system
admins, companies like Google offer webmail services
which work using the company’s own domain name and
with their own branding. This means to access the email
service each employee just needs a device (PC, laptop,
tablet etc) with a web browser.
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May 21, 2012
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Google’s solution clearly has lots of advantages, but for
small companies or organizations there is one problem,
it costs money. Roundcube is an open source webmail
project that allows small organizations to offer web based
email to its employees/members.
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Roundcube is designed to work on a standard LAMP
(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server and can sit com-
fortably on a company’s hosting solution. It actually sup-
ports a range of different web servers and databases and
isn’t necessarily tied to Apache or MySQL, however PHP
is a must. The idea is that the server running a company’s
website can also offer webmail access. All emails sent
to recipients at the company’s domain are stored on that
server, and accessed via the Roundcube webmail inter-
face.
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As a webmail solution, Roundcube has all the basic func-
tionality you would expect, including send, receive, reply,
forward, reply all and delete. It also supports folders and
sub-folders. Messages can be flagged as well as marked as
read or unread. Which messages are currently displayed
can be selected via a drop down list. You have the choice
of All, Unread, Flagged, Unanswered and so on. This can
be quite useful if your Inbox is starting to get cluttered!
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The “Compose” window allows you to write emails in
plain text or in HTML. The latter allows you to add for-
matting like bold, italics, etc. Attachments are added by
dragging them to the compose window, or you can use
the “Attach a file” button and use a file open dialog to
find the file you want to add to the message. You can
also select which of your identities will be used to send an
email. This is very useful if you want an email to come
from your personal email address or if you want to use a
generic company mailbox like “support” or “sales”. When
defining identities, you can also set a custom signature.
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Roundcube also has a fairly sophisticated address book.
As well as an email address, you can store phone numbers,
addresses, URLs and even a photo for each contact. The
address book also supports groups. Contacts can be added
to one or more groups and all the people in that group can
be emailed together by just addressing a message to the
group name. There is also an import function so that you
can bring your addresses from other email clients. Round-
cube can import vCards or CSV (comma-separated) files.
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One of the powerful features of Gmail is its ability to
search for messages quickly. Roundcube also provides
a search function which can search not only in the “To:”
field or “From:” field, but also in other fields like “Sub-
ject:” or even in the entire message. The search feature
isn’t as advanced as Gmail, and its speed will depend on
the underlying mail server and the size of your mailbox.
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In direct comparison with Gmail, Roundcube is missing
several collaborative/productivity features including in-
stant messaging (Hangouts), tasks and a calendar. The
latter is on Roundcube’s TODO list, but there doesn’t
seem to be any plans for adding the other two. However,
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Roundcube does allow for third parties to write plugins,
and plugins for tasks and calendaring already exist.
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Mail functions like spam filtering, automatic forwarding
and mailbox aliases aren’t managed by Roundcube as
these are mail server functions. Since Roundcube is mail
server agnostic it isn’t able to tweak the server level con-
figuration. There may be plugins for some of these, but
an advantage of Gmail is that all these functions are inte-
grated directly into the web interface.
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Gmail is also integrated into Google’s other services like
Google Drive and G+. These are beyond Roundcube’s
scope, but they do make Gmail part of a bigger whole,
something which Roundcube alone can’t provide. While
Google Apps (or any other similar services) is a great
email and productivity service for businesses, it comes
with a cost that can easily escalate with the number of
users. On the plus side, Roundcube is free (in terms of li-
cense and cost) which means it could be an ideal solution
for small organization who want to offer webmail to its
members either as a primary or secondary service.
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## Have you tried Roundcube? Is it good enough for
your business?
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I really miss Hong Kong sometimes because I just feel that
the food scene is far more exciting compared to Shanghai.
I think it’s the fact that Hong Kong has more options for
reasonably priced food compared to Shanghai.
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I’m extremely wary about eating raw fish in Shanghai,
but I’m a lot more trusting in Hong Kong. When I saw
a friend post photos of the Hawaiian-style poke at Pololi
(213 Queen’s Road Central; Sheung Wan), I knew that I
had to go.
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Pololi is a small take-out place nestled in Sheung Wan,
just past a wet market. For your poke bowl, you can pick
white or brown rice, salad or a combo of both rice and
salad. You can pick up to two flavors of fresh fish too.
I chose the Thai tuna and salmon combo. I really liked
the lemongrass and slightly spicy flavors in the tuna and
the salmon had some nice fat to round out my poke bowl.
Everything was so fresh, flavorful and filling. I was pretty
darn excited when I saw they also served spam musubi. If
you’ve never had spam musubi before, it’s basically pan-
fried spam sushi with teriyaki sauce. You can’t go wrong
by ordering it.
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Another exciting discovery in Hong Kong was Sunday’s
Grocery (66-68 Catchick Street; Kennedy Town). I never
had the chance to eat at Yardbird, but I was really ex-
cited to hear that founders opened a casual storefront in
Kennedy Town. Sunday’s Grocery is part liquor store,
part take-out sandwich shop. It’s a small storefront and
actually could easily be missed among the hustle and bus-
tle.
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If you can, I’d highly recommend that you visit Sunday’s
Grocery on a Saturday. It’s the only time they serve their
fried chicken and I think also the only time you can get
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the Scotch Egg sandwich. For the fried chicken, you can
order original or Korean-style or half/half. My friend and
I decided to get the combination of both. In Hong Kong,
you can find a special breed of chicken that is extremely
high quality. The chicken fat is actually yellow and not
white. I was very pleasantly surprised to bite into my fried
chicken and discover that it was this special breed! It was
extra tasty and also tender. I actually preferred the original
flavor over the Korean-style because the Korean chicken
was too sweet for my liking.
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I love scotch eggs and could not resist ordering the scotch
egg sandwich. This was probably one of the best sand-
wiches I’ve ever eaten in my life. My soft-boiled egg was
deep-fried in a coating of minced meat (I want to guess it
was chicken or pork). I was so impressed by everything.
The egg was fried perfectly. The meat coating was sea-
soned and actually juicy and not dry. By having the soft-
boiled egg, you had a beautiful oozing egg yolk coating
each bite. The sandwich is small so I definitely recom-
mend ordering a side of the chickpea salad. I literally do
not know what they put in the chickpea salad that made it
so tasty, but there were small pieces of roasted cauliflower
and deep-fried falafel croutons sprinkled on top. I think I
could have eaten a half-gallon of this chickpea salad.
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I will admit that the prices are not cheap at Sunday’s Gro-
cery as a sandwich is 88 HKD and definitely on the small
side (I think I could eat three of them). Also, since this is
a take-out place, there’s really no seating. You can either
sit outside on small milk crates or stand at a very small
counter for two people. It’s a no frills establishment, but
definitely a place to try out in Kennedy Town.
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