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By Esther Medina
One of Miami's most awaited evenings finally arrived, and it did not disappoint. Miami Fashion Week's opening night was filled with excitement and amazing talent from all over the country.
This year's highlight was the sponsorship of Eastern Airlines, which included a competition between Miami's top fashion designers. For this competition, the designers needed to create a collection of flight attendant uniforms for the airline, including one futuristic concept look for the year 2050.
Designer Lisu Vega from Maracaibo, Venezuela was the happy winner of the night. Vega looked to the past for inspiration targeting globe-trotting glamour girls in high fashion.
"My collection speaks to the modern confident woman who doesn't care to look back in order to look fabulous. Sometimes the most futuristic fashion are already existing trends", "Vega said.
It's been years since Eastern Airlines made headlines. The airline went out of business in 1991, but the company that bought the logo and name is looking to get back into the airline business.
"We are extremely pleased to be one of the sponsors of this years' Miami Fashion Week, an event which has become an integral part of Miami's fashion, as well as the arts and sports scene. Miami Fashion Week is internationally recognized as one of the trendiest events worldwide, and we are honored to be part of it," said Ed Wegel, President and CEO of Eastern Air Lines Group.
With one of the world's most beautiful beaches and cruise destinations as its setting, Miami Fashion Week showcases the world's trendiest designers as they present their fashion masterpieces to international buyers, media and fashion trendsetters.
For more information and tickets please visit: http://www.miamifashionweek.com.
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WESTMONT – The People's Resource Center will have its annual Share the Spirit event at the beginning of December.
During Share the Spirit, PRC collects toys, gift cards and monetary donations for families throughout the DuPage County area. On Dec. 10, 11 and 12 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, selected families choose age appropriate gifts for their children.
PRC will be collecting donations Dec. 6 at PRC Southeast in Westmont, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 649 Blackhawk Drive. A second collection date will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 9 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road, in Wheaton.
Donations may include toys, hats, mittens, books and DVD's.
The People's Resource Center is looking for volunteers to help sort toys or accompany families while they select gifts. To become a volunteer, contact 630-682-5402, ext. 325 or visit www.peoplesrc.org.


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Hey all,
I've bought the 32/36 weber which was a DGAV (Aqua or water choke) but intend converting to electric choke.
Just wondering if anyone has tried swapping or modifying the hitachi electric choke to fit the weber and what advice they could share in doing so.
Have priced the weber electric choke to fit and a local guy wants to charge NZ$120.00 for the part only (imported ex-UK). I've got a spare Hitachi Electric choke carb, have removed the mechanism and aside from needing an adaptor plate to fit to the weber the operation looks almost identical. So chances are high that this should swap over and work as required on the weber.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts/help/suggestions.
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fitting hitachi electric choke to weber carb
Started by zuki1100 , Oct 16 2010 02:56 PM
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Posted 16 October 2010 - 02:56 PM
Posted 16 October 2010 - 03:13 PM
Use the water choke - it's better anyway.
Posted 17 October 2010 - 01:59 AM
Great, thanks for that, certainly seems to be lots of the DGAV variety around our way in terms of parts should they be needed.
Much appreciated.
Much appreciated.
Posted 17 October 2010 - 02:40 AM
If you give it some thought.... the water choke actually tracks engine temp. The electric choke simply tracks with the choke heating element which depends on how long it's been on - it doesn't know if the engine is running or just the ignition is on.... etc. And even if you hook it to a tach-signal controlled relay it's still not tracking engine *temp* just whether it's running or not.
The only drawback to the water choke is the extra hoses and properly routing them.
The only drawback to the water choke is the extra hoses and properly routing them.
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Sure, there are the meetings behind closed doors for prep on the day of a debate, but Romney also played in a flag football game here with his five sons and a handful of his campaign staffers.
After one play, Romney ran down the field yelling, "This is not tackle, this is not tackle!"
Covered in sweat, he was swarmed by reporters before leaving the game about halfway through. He explained that it "makes all the difference" on the trail if he can have his wife, Ann, or even one of the five sons with him. He's got the whole family in tow for tonight's debate, and they will be seated in the front row-ahead of Giuliani's family. "Ann is really the one who keeps me from going off the edge of the road. She's the guardrail in our family," he said.
When most of the players thought the game was over, it was Romney's oldest son, Tagg, who kept reminding them all that they still had the second half to go. But before the sons re-took the field without their father, they spoke with reporters and talked Iowa. "The five of us will each take turns being there a lot in the next few weeks," Tagg said.
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker and several top Romney staffers played in the flag football game, including Carl Forti and Ben Ginsberg. Communications Director Matt Rhoades was told he was kicked off his team to make room for the much taller mayor. Who didn't play in the game? Kevin Madden. He is in town for the debate but was nowhere to be found at the game.


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ATLANTA — The Falcons wanted to make a statement.
Boy, did they deliver one Sunday to the defending Super Bowl champions.
Coming off an ugly loss and criticized for failing to impress even when they won, the Falcons turned in their most well-rounded performance of the season with the playoffs approaching. Matt Ryan threw three touchdowns passes and the defense handed New York its first regular-season shutout since 1996, routing the Giants, 34-0.
''We love the haters, man,'' said Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel, who had the first of two interceptions against Eli Manning. ''The haters keep us going. So keep your hate coming. We love it. It makes us play with a chip on our shoulder.''
It sure showed.
Julio Jones caught a couple of scoring throws from Ryan, who eclipsed his own franchise records for completions and passing yards in a season. Ryan finished 23 of 28 for 270 yards.
''I felt like I was seeing the field well,'' Ryan said.
The Falcons (12-2), who have already clinched the NFC South, moved a step closer to home-field advantage throughout the conference playoffs. One more win would ensure that any postseason contests before the Super Bowl are held at the Georgia Dome.
New York (8-6) dropped into a first-place tie with Washington and Dallas in the NFC East, and were shut out one week after putting up 52 points on the Saints.
Manning finished 13 of 25 for 161 yards, leaving him with a dismal 38.9 rating — his worst since a Dec. 23, 2007, win at Buffalo. The Giants also went 0 for 3 on fourth down and missed a short field goal.
''Atlanta was very, very good. We were very, very bad,'' New York coach Tom Coughlin said. ''There's no excuse for what happened here.''
Atlanta has received plenty of criticism for struggling to beat inferior opponents. A 30-20 loss to last-place Carolina the previous week only seemed to reinforce the notion that the Falcons are headed for another short stay in the playoffs. They have yet to win a postseason game since coach Mike Smith and Ryan came aboard in 2008, going 0-3.
But one thing the Falcons never seem to do anymore is lose two straight games. They extended the NFL's longest active streak since consecutive defeats to 49 games, going back to the 2009 season.
''Our focus was heightened from other weeks,'' Smith said. ''We've got a lot of great leaders and mentors in that locker room. They took the message from the meetings and took it out on the field.''
After thoroughly dominating the Giants, the Falcons have surely sent a resounding message to the rest of the league: beware of this team in the playoffs.
''Last week everybody was talking smack about us,'' defensive end John Abraham said. ''We just continue what we're doing.''
Manning threw his first pick on the second play of scrimmage, leaving the Falcons needing just 16 yards to get their first touchdown. Lawrence Tynes missed a 30-yard field goal attempt on the Giants' next possession, and Ryan followed with an 80-yard touchdown drive.
''We have two games left and we have to win those two games,'' Manning said. ''What else happens after that, we don't know and can't control.''


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It just might be that Memphis invented the harmonica blues or at least that they grew up in the city and environs considering the number of major harp players living there. Will Shade, Jed Davenport of neighbouring Tennessee, Noah Lewis from Ripley, Hammie Nixon from Brownsville and later John Lee (Sonny Boy Wiliamson No. 1) Williamson from Jackson, Tennessee. As an indication of the Memphis areas pre-eminence in affairs of the harp we could look at the record company's field trips. For example with over 30 trips each to Atalnta and Texas (compared to just 12 to Memphis) only a hand full of harmonica players were discovered. Atlanta could only muster Palmer McAbee (who may have been white). De Ford Bailey (from Nashville). Birmingham's Jaybird Coleman and a Buddy Moss accompaniment While Texas produced one William McCoy and an unknown accompanist to Hattie Hyde! But more important than mere superiority of numbers is the difference in style; while the other harmonica players were fox-chasing and playing trains (see DOCD-5100) the Memphis men were playing hard blues.
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Hockaday vows to fight on after losing West Yorkshire derby
Leeds head coach Dave Hockaday vowed to fight on following a fourth defeat in six outings as Bradford secured local bragging rights with a 2-1 victory in the Capital One Cup.
It was the League One side's first win over their West Yorkshire rivals in almost 28 years and Hockaday conceded that his position would likely come under further scrutiny after a third successive defeat.
The former Forest Green Rovers boss was given a stay of execution by club president Massimo Cellino following Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Watford, and looked a relieved man when Matt Smith put 10-man United ahead following Luke Murphy's first-half dismissal.
But a stunning equaliser from Billy Knott soon lifted the home crowd and again, and they were simply delirious when James Hanson prodded over the line with four minutes remaining to leave Hockaday in a precarious position.
He said: "I'm not a quitter, I'm a fighter. I feel as though not just myself, but the team at the moment, things just aren't going our way at the moment.
"But now we have to look at Saturday. They'll be in tomorrow, I'll be in tomorrow and it's on to the next game again.
"I don't have to say this but the players are 100 per cent behind the way we want to play. The president, everyone, they all want us to do well. We're getting a lot of bad press at the moment, some of it self inflicted, and we're making it very difficult for ourselves on the field at the moment.
"It's a tough game at times but we've got to pick ourselves up, nobody here is going to feel sorry for us tonight."
Bradford boss Phil Parkinson dedicated the win to the club's supporters after his beaten finalists of two years ago put in another impressive performance in front of the television cameras.
He said: "Without a doubt this is a big moment, we knew what this meant to the people of Bradford tonight and we said to the lads before we went out there.
"We knew how we wanted to play but it was very important to come off the pitch knowing we'd given everything, and created a little bit of history. We knew we'd not beaten Leeds at Valley Parade for over 80 years.
"Those fans have gone away tonight knowing we did everything tonight to make that happen for them."
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Part of the pipeline ruptured on March 29 and spilled an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil at Mayflower, about 25 miles northwest of Little Rock.
ExxonMobil and local officials say a 52-foot section of the pipeline will be cut and placed on a truck so it can be taken to a laboratory for testing.
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American writer, bisexual and heroin addict. While living in Tangier in the 1950s, he wrote "Naked Lunch," 1959, which he described as a personal "catharsis." It made him an underground celebrity and is considered by many to be his best work.
Heir to the Burroughs Adding Machine Company fortune, William was raised in upper middle-class circumstances in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a bookworm fascinated with guns and crime, showing an innate inclination to break all the rules. His parents seemed to accept the fact that he would never fit into normal society, and after he graduated from Harvard in 1936, they continued to support him financially. Aware of his strong homoerotic drive, he experimented with various lifestyles.
Searching for identity, Burroughs moved to New York when he was in his early 30's, where he joined the city's gangster underworld. Buying stolen goods and drugs, he intentionally became a heroin addict in the early '40s after initially experimenting with morphine. In 1943, he met Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, two writers who later became principal figures in the "Beat" movement. The three became close friends, and Kerouac once described Burroughs as "tall, 6' 1", strange, inscrutable because ordinary looking, like a shy bank clerk with a patrician thin-lipped cold blue-lipped face." They were impressed by his obvious intelligence and worldly cynicism, and were interested in his underworld experimentation.
A strong emphasis on personal freedom is evident in his life and his writing, and he moved to East Texas, joined by Herbert Huncke and Joan Vollmer Adams, where he became a farmer, growing oranges, cotton and marijuana. The threesome lived in squalor on the farm, addled by the drugs they took. Burroughs' life during that period was later used as fodder for Kerouac's book "On the Road."
By his mid-30s, Burroughs had not published anything although he was surrounded by others who had established their writing careers. Apparently indifferent to serious literary thought, he wrote "Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict," an autobiography about his heroin addiction, which was published under the pen name, William Lee. Ginsberg arranged for its release as a pulp paperback by Ace Books. Burroughs' next attempt, "Queer," was a study of his homosexuality, but it was not published for many years. He went on to write many books, film scripts, plays and essays, and modern rock musicians often cite the crystalline clarity and raw power of his writing as their inspiration. In the early 1950s, he traveled to South America in search of a drug called yage, and his letters from that period were later collected and published as "The Yage Letters," 1963. In 1981, he settled in Lawrence, Kansas.
In 1947, he began to live with Joan Vollmer, who became his second wife; they had one son together, William S. Burroughs, Jr. In the early 1950s, with the authorities after him for his drug activities, they moved to Mexico, taking Joan's son from her first marriage with them. It was there that he accidentally shot and killed her in a drunken prank on 9/06/1951, while trying to show off his marksmanship abilities by shooting a glass off her head. He was arrested, but later released on bail. After Joan's death, their son lived with Burroughs' parents in Florida.
Burroughs said that the death of his wife gave him a literary career. He stated that he had been possessed by "the Ugly Spirit," who was controlling him at the time of the accident, and that the incident maneuvered him into a lifelong struggle. The only solution, he said, was "to write my way out."
His literary work is a strong presence in contemporary literature. Howard Brookner documented Burroughs' life in the 1983 film "Burroughs." He died on 8/02/1997, Lawrence, KS.
- associate relationship with Anderson, Laurie (born 5 June 1947). Notes: creative partnership
- associate relationship with Welch, Denton (born 29 March 1915)
- friend relationship with Burgess, Anthony (born 25 February 1917)
- friend relationship with Ginsberg, Allen (born 3 June 1926)
- friend relationship with Kerouac, Jack (born 12 March 1922)
- Social : End a program of study 1936 (Graduated from Harvard)
- Relationship : Begin significant relationship 1943 (Became friends with Kerouac and Ginsberg)
- Relationship : Begin significant relationship 1947 (Began to live with Joan Villmer)
- Crime : Homicide Perpetration 6 September 1951 (Accidentally killed Joan Villmer)
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- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1963 (Published "The Yage Letters")
- Family : Change residence 1981 (Moved to Lawrence, Kansas)
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- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Homicide single (Accidentally killed second wife while drunk)
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This report provides a detailed analysis and forecast of the markets for energy storage for the solar industry with coverage of both the photovoltaics (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) sectors.
Opportunities are identified for the full range of storage options including batteries, supercapacitors and mechanical systems.
A lot has happened since NanoMarkets last examined this market. Perhaps most dramatically, small PV installations, which just a year ago would never have considered installing any kind of storage facility are now being pushed into buying batteries because of declining feed-in tariffs (FiTs) and other subsidy reductions. At the same time, utility-scale solar - both PV and CSP - are also adopting strategies for large-scale storage solutions and in some cases such storage is even being mandated by government. Meanwhile, Smart Grid deployment is continuing to drive solar energy storage markets as grids find that they need storage a way of protecting the grid from the variability implicit in all solar generation technologies.
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Carol Nickels couldn't have been prouder when she found out her teenage daughter had won the 'best smile' award at her school prom.
But rather than celebrate the victory with 15-year-old Faye, all Carol was left with were photographs and memories of her infamous beaming expression.
Faye died two weeks after being diagnosed with a rare genetic illness just months before the milestone occasion at Campsmount School.
But in a touching tribute to the teen whose smile was said to "light up any room" she was honoured with the award and remembered fondly by pupils who released bright blue balloons into the sky in memory of their friend.
Carol said: "I thought it was lovely that she had won the award, she did have a smile that would light up any room.
"No matter what she was going through she always had a smile on her face."
Medical experts told Faye's family they had never seen anyone else in the world with the specific mutation of the incurable mitochondrial disease that was attacking every cell in her body.
The condition that Faye was born with was only picked up after she began having seizures following a kidney transplant.
Faye had endured three years of kidney dialysis before her doting grandad Paul Stein donated his kidney to the youngster in December.
But after the operation that was hoped would transform her life things took a turn for the worse.
Carol, of Sutton Road, Sutton said: "It was a massive operation but Faye was getting better, but days after the transplant she started having seizures.
"At first they were little ones but then she had one and they couldn't do anything to stop it so she had to be put in an induced coma.
"She was diagnosed with progressive mitochondrial epilepsy after they did a muscle biopsy. It started to affect the muscles, nerves and then major organs. We were told there was no cure.
"We wanted to make sure we had done everything we could so we spoke to experts at Great Ormond Street and they told us no one else in the world had this particular mutation of the illness, no one had seen anything like this before. They didn't know what they were dealing with, we just couldn't believe it was happening."
The family endured four months of what Carol describes as "pure hell" while Faye lay in a coma as doctors battled to control the illness.
But Faye was on so much medication that her organs were shutting down and mum Carol and dad Phil were faced with the heartbreaking decision to sign a do not resuscitate form.
"We went over every detail. We wanted to be sure we had done everything we could but in the end to keep her going would have been selfish," Carol says.
"It was heartbreaking and then we had to tell her eight-year-old sister Mollie she wasn't going to live. I couldn't tell her. She saw me just break down and she was hugging me. The counsellor had to tell her in the end."
Faye was moved to Bluebell Wood hospice on April 7 - a day before she died.
At the hospice Mollie organised a party for Faye so she had lasting memories of her big sister.
The Merry Christmas, Birthday, Easter, Blue and Purple Day was a celebration with all the family where they had presents for every occasion.
"Mollie was even able to bring along Faye's and loyal dog Barney.
"We wanted Mollie to be able to have memories of Faye so we got her a camera for the day and we all came together.
"We can't thank the staff at Bluebell Wood enough. They even let us bring Faye's dog Barney in. Faye absolutely loved him. She was thrilled to bits when we got Barney, it completely changed her. It gave her something to focus on. He kept her going so it was so special that he got to go and sit on her bed.
"Faye's aunties and uncles were there and we had a sing along as Faye loved music."
After a fierce battle Faye died on April 8.
Carol said: "Despite what she went through for all those years being in and out of hospital she always had a smile on her face. From the whole time she was ill I can't find a single photograph where she's not smiling.
"I remember one day when she was in hospital after the kidney transplant. She was feeling really ill. She heard a baby crying in the hospital and told the nurse to go and see to the baby because no one else was going to get ill just because they were looking after her.
"That just summed her up really - she was always thinking about other people first."
Since Faye's death, Carol has thrown herself into fundraising for The Children's Mitochondrial Disease Network and Bluebell Wood.
She is taking part in an 18 and a half mile midnight walk on October 25 at Sherwood Forest and pupils at Campsmount have also been raising money for the charities. They presented Carol with a cheque for £1,729.
Carol said: "My focus now is on raising awareness of the condition and on raising money."
To support the Children's Mitochondrial Disease Network visit www.cmdn.org.uk or call 01606 43946.
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Indiana Jones meets LW Street Painting Festival?
It's the 20th annual Street Painting Festival this weekend, Feb. 22-23, in downtown Lake Worth and backers put together this spiffy, Indiana Jones-like YouTube trailer to celebrate this year's theme of movies and movie characters.
For more info on the fest, see this Friday's TGIF section of The Palm Beach Post. Or visit http://www.streetpaintingfestivalinc.org.


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Same generic drug, many pricesFROM CONSUMER REPORTS SRTm
Published: 5/12/13 @ 12:00
If your insurance has ever stopped covering a prescription drug or you don't have coverage at all, you know how quickly costs can mount. Americans spent, on average, $758 out of pocket for medication in 2012, according to a recent Consumer Reports national telephone poll. And in its survey of 1,130 people who regularly took prescription drugs — the insured and uninsured — 12 percent spent more than $1,200 last year.
Consumer Reports' advice if you're looking to reduce out-of-pocket drug costs: Shop around.
Its secret shoppers recently called more than 200 pharmacies throughout the U.S. to get prices on a month's supply of five blockbuster drugs that recently have become available as generics: Actos (pioglitazone), for diabetes; Lexapro (escitalopram), an anti- depressant; Lipitor (atorvastatin), for high cholesterol; Plavix (clopidogrel), a blood thinner; and Singulair (montelukast), for asthma. The result? A whopping difference of $749, or 447 percent, between the highest- and lowest-priced stores.
Costco was the least expensive overall, and you don't need to be a member to use its pharmacy. A few independent pharmacies came in cheaper, though their prices varied widely, as did grocery-store pharmacies. The online retailers Healthwarehouse.com and FamilyMeds.com also had very low prices. On the other end of the spectrum, CVS, Rite Aid and Target had the highest retail prices.
A representative of CVS told Consumer Reports that its retail drug prices reflect other services offered by the chain, including drive-through windows, automated prescription-refill systems, free outreach programs to help make sure patients are taking their prescriptions correctly and 24-hour pharmacies. Costco pharmacies, the cheapest overall, are open only from 10 a.m. to 7 or 8:30 p.m., and are typically closed on Sundays.
How to save
Whichever drugstore or pharmacy you use, choosing generics over brand-name drugs will save you money. Talk to your doctor, who may be able to prescribe cheaper alternatives in the same class of drug. In addition, follow these tips:
Request the lowest price. Consumer Reports' analysis showed that shoppers didn't always receive the lowest available price when they called the pharmacy. Sometimes they were given a discounted price, and other times they were quoted the list price. Be sure to explain — whether you have insurance or not — that you want the lowest possible price. The shoppers found that student and senior discounts also may apply, but again, you have to ask.
Leave the city. Grocery-store pharmacies and independent drugstores sometimes charge higher prices in urban areas than in rural areas. For example, Consumer Reports' shoppers found that for a 30-day supply of generic Actos, an independent pharmacy in Raleigh, N.C., charged $203. A store in a rural area of the state sold it for $37.
Get a refill for 90 days, not 30 days. Most pharmacies offer discounts on a three-month supply.
Consider paying retail. At Costco, the drugstore websites and a few independents, the retail prices were lower for certain drugs than many insurance copays.
Look for additional discounts. All chain and big-box drugstores offer discount generic-drug programs, with some selling hundreds of generic drugs for $4 a month or $10 for a three-month supply. Other programs require you to join to get the discount. (Restrictions apply, and certain programs charge annual fees.)
Although the low costs found at a few stores could entice you to get your prescriptions filled at multiple pharmacies based only on price, Consumer Reports' medical consultants say it's best to use a single pharmacy.
That keeps all of the drugs you take in one system, which can help you avoid dangerous drug interactions.
2013, Consumers Union Inc.
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Helicopter and tanker assitance for the fire has been grounded because of high winds and poor visibility, according to a Rocky Mountain National Park spokeswoman.
Support to fight the fire increased from 61 firefighters Friday to 200 on Saturday. Two hot shot crews are on their way to the wildfire, and numerous local fire engines are headed to the area, officials said.
The arrival of two Type 1 heavy air tankers in Southern California will be delayed at least one day because of poor visibility in the area, said Kyle Patterson, a spokeswoman for the park.
As the wind calmed Saturday morning, fire managers sounded a hopeful note. "The National Park Service is cautiously optimistic regarding management of the fire as winds have died down," said a statement on the InciWeb site, posted about 12:15 p.m.
"The fire was spotting a mile ahead of itself, which is an incredibly long distance," said Traci Weaver, spokeswoman for Rocky Mountain National Park. "What happened last night was a rather unexpected wind event."
Weaver said the Oct. 9 wildfire was started by a campfire in an area of the park where campfires are prohibited. "It was an illegal runaway campfire in backcountry."
Officials working to fight the Fern Lake fire ordered the evacuation of Moraine Park Campground at 1:50 a.m. Saturday, Weaver said. A total of 1,100 home phones and cellphones were called with warnings. Seven campers were notified in person early Saturday morning, Weaver added.
The blaze fueled by winds gusting to 75 mph consumed all of Moraine Park overnight, a mostly grassy area of roughly 600 acres, she said. It spread through timber pockets and got into the upper canopy of some trees, but firefighters were able to "knock it down," Weaver said.
"What we really need now is snow," she said.
As of Friday, the fire was 1,515 acres in steep, rough terrain. Containment had been up to 40 percent before the wildfire blew up.
Weaver said she could not estimate the size of the fire or the level of containment yet.
The east side of Rocky Mountain National Park is closed.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office ordered evacuations for the following areas: Colorado 66 and all adjacent streets, including the YMCA of the Rockies; High Drive and all adjacent streets; and Marys Lake Road up to Moraine Avenue to Marys Lake on the west side.
Evacuees are meeting at the Estes Park High School at 1600 Manford Ave., in Estes Park. All Saturday events have been canceled at the high school, and the Quota Club Holiday Home Tour scheduled for Saturday afternoon has been canceled. According to the club, one of the houses on the tour is in the evacuation area.
People also are being evacuated to park headquarters, and Beaver Meadows Visitor Center is in the evacuation area.
Affected members of the public can call 970-577-3716 for information.


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Dr. Vikki Hazelwood Nurtures Inventors at Stevens
For Dr. Vikki Hazelwood at Stevens Institute of Technology, science is not always about lab coats and microscopes. Her students also learn the ins and outs of handshakes and business cards.
As an Industry Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Dr. Hazelwood capitalizes on her experience to mentor students through hands-on projects that bring to market effective solutions to real medical problems.
On October 14, 2010, her contributions to inventions and inventing were recognized by the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. At their annual awards banquet, the organization presented Dr. Hazelwood with the Advancement of Invention Award, given to an individual or entity with a "sterling record of sustained encouragement of innovation in New Jersey" serving as a "model to encourage careers linked with or dependent upon invention and innovation." The accolade was the result of her award-winning teaching and the prolific production of her students and alumni, all of which improve both science and society in New Jersey and beyond.
Dr. Hazelwood first embarked on a career as an executive in medical device companies, forging relationships with the clinicians, hospitals, and institutions on the front lines. Constant interaction with these communities revealed that the end users of her companies' products were not just consumers, but also rich resources for idea mining. Today, she continues to engage with doctors, surgeons, and other clinicians to brainstorm their patients' nagging problems, which are then converted into laboratory experiments and patented solutions at Stevens.
This tactic of addressing real problems within the theoretical space of academia is part of a trending field known as translational research. Dr. Hazelwood's Lab for Translational Research in Medicine (TRM) supports a revolutionary process that "translates" clinical needs into laboratory bench work with real world applications. Such efforts are breaking long-standing barriers between the clinic and the lab that have in the past hindered doctors, scientists, and patients. Through discovery of the needs of actual patients, biomedical engineers at Stevens are more likely to make their own research discoveries more viable in clinical practice.
Dr. Hazelwood also trains her science-centric students to get out of the clean room and become engaging entrepreneurs capable of pitching venture capitalists or running businesses spawned by their innovative devices. To convey these diverse skills and the technology transfer process to her students, Dr. Hazelwood guides them through projects in search of genuine solutions to unmet medical needs. In particular, her students at Stevens collaborate with medical institutions to develop technologies that better recognize and interpret physiologic function, leading to more accurate diagnoses or treatment for patients.
TRM has already generated one spin off company, SPOC, Inc., for which Dr. Hazelwood has been President and CEO. Stevens students are co-inventors and full-time employees at the medical device company, which has to date received 510K clearance from the FDA and $1 million in venture funding. Since arriving at Stevens in 2004, Dr. Hazelwood has also overseen 7 patent applications that include as authors undergraduate students cooperating with partners in the region's busy medical community. Her students have gone on to win or place in many school, statewide, and national prizes for pharmaceutical engineering, medical products, and business pitch competitions.
Dr. Hazelwood earned a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University, Master's in Biomedical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. She spent 25 years in the medical/pharmaceutical industry before coming to Stevens in 2004. Her grassroots efforts establishing an environment of entrepreneurship at the university complements the institution-wide strategy supporting innovative research with marketable results.
Although Dr. Hazelwood maintains a heavy workload at Stevens, she continues to co-author journal papers on novel research and has published articles and a book on student outcomes in higher education. Her effect on students at Stevens has been recognized with teaching awards for the academic years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. Earlier this year, she also secured a grant-funded position at Hackensack University Medical Center as a Clinical Researcher.
At Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation UniversityTM, Dr. Hazelwood is doing more than just advancing invention. She is contributing to the strategic development of entrepreneurial consciousness fundamental to the progress of academic science and engineering programs. As her students today become the industrial scientists and research scholars of tomorrow, we can all expect to see great things come to fruition that enhance our health, well-being, and society.
To learn more about Stevens role in promoting entrepreneurship at universities, please visit the Office of Academic Entrepreneurship or the TRM website.


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My family had a chance to see the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaleship in existence, at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut last weekend. We had been to New Hampshire to pick up Adelia, our oldest child, at camp, and made our way back to the New London ferry by way of a water park, a visit to the college I went to, an amusement park, the Mystic Aquarium, and the Seaport.
I did not think about the personal significance of the old hulk until we were there, but it dawned on me that the Morgan was about as close as my kids were going to get to the life that their East Hampton ancestors knew. And this is true not just for us, but for quite a number of South and North Fork families whose forebears went to distant seas as whalemen.
A son of Amagansett, Joshua B. Edwards, the kids' great-great-great-grandfather, shipped out of Sag Harbor in 1850 aboard the Ontario. He did not return until April 1854. Later the same year, he sailed on the bark Oregon out of Greenport. Another voyage began aboard the Susan in 1857, and another on the Parana in 1860. His final trip, on the Jireh Perry, began in 1864. By December of that year, he saw icebergs off the south island of New Zealand, and was at Pitcairn Island in February 1865.
Exploring belowdecks on the Morgan, the girls were fascinated by the cramped sleeping quarters and impressed by the captain's almost-posh accommodations by contrast. I told them that Joshua was a tall man by the standards of the day but that he, like the rest of the crews of which he was a part, had to cram into the bunks as best he could. It was clear that a four-year voyage on a ship like the Morgan was something well beyond their comprehension. They get fidgety on a four-hour car ride.
In all honesty, I think it is difficult for contemporary observers to really place themselves in the shoes of these whalers — the monotony, the lack of privacy, the dubious bathing options. Still, as the girls tromped around the ship, I could see sparks of understanding.
A photograph of the Morgan hangs in our house. It was taken by Joshua's son Everett J. Edwards south of Noman's Land, off Martha's Vineyard, in August 1913. The Morgan was en route to Bedford, Mass., that day when it passed E.J.'s bunker steamer. In its holds were 3,000 barrels of sperm-whale oil, the oil of one right whale, and a quantity of ambergris. The ship made its last commercial whaling voyage in 1921, when, for the eastern United States, the pursuit of whales was beginning to fade into memory.
Today, the Morgan sits on dry land, a three-year, $5 million restoration ongoing, masts resting prone in the shipyard. I hope to take the kids to see it when it has been returned to the water.


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People keep asking Joe Berti if he's unlucky.
A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon seconds after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas when he saw a fertilizer plant explode near Waco.
But the Texas resident says he's far from unlucky -- instead, he's quite fortunate. Not only did he leave both explosions unscathed, but his wife, who was closer to the bombings in Boston than he was, was also unhurt.
Berti and his wife, Amy, agree that being witness to two catastrophes in a 48-hour period is a little crazy. And they are praying for those whose lives were changed forever by the tragedies.


text: Hi, I uninstalled Litespeed just recently and have this error upon restarting Apache: Code: /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd: line 52: /usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl: No such file or directory Apache still appears to start, just with the following file instead: Code: /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd_ls_bak Which I didn't create. Consequently this _bak file is 2647 lines long and full of gobbledegook, but works.. As such Apache isn't controllable by "service httpd xxxx" like before, and I want it to be. I have attached the httpd file below which I believe has been modified by Litespeed, I just want it back to normal. Code: #!/bin/sh ARGS="$@" ARG1="$1" LSWS_HOME=/usr/local/lsws APACHE_BIN=/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd CTRL_APACHE=1 APACHE=/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd_ls_bak LSWS=$LSWS_HOME/bin/lswsctrl PARAM_LOG=$LSWS_HOME/logs/ap_cmd_param.log echo "`date`: $@" >> $PARAM_LOG ulimit -v unlimited if [ "x$ARG1" = 'x-DSSL' ]; then shift ARG1=$1 fi if [ "x$ARG1" = 'x' ]; then $LSWS restart elif [ "x$ARG1" = 'x-k' ]; then ARG2=$2 case $ARG2 in start|startssl|sslstart|start-SSL) $LSWS start ERR=$? if [ "x$CTRL_APACHE" == "x1" ]; then ERR=$? if [ "x$CTRL_APACHE" == "x1" ]; then $APACHE $ARGS fi exit $ERR ;; stop|graceful-stop) # never stop LSWS here, use "service lsws stop" instead # have to stop lsws or make cPanel belive apache is stopped, # otherwise cpanel will send signal "9" $LSWS stophttpd if [ "x$CTRL_APACHE" == "x1" ]; then $APACHE $ARGS else echo "" fi ;; restart|graceful) $LSWS restart ;; *) $APACHE $ARGS esac else if [ "x$ARG1" = "xuninstall" ]; then if [ "x$CTRL_APACHE" == "x0" ]; then $LSWS stop sleep 1 fi mv $APACHE $APACHE_BIN $APACHE_BIN elif [ "x$ARG1" = "xinstall" ]; then if [ "x$CTRL_APACHE" == "x0" ]; then killall `basename $APACHE_BIN` fi killall `basename $APACHE_BIN` fi $LSWS start else $APACHE $ARGS fi fi ERROR=$? exit $ERROR Any advice is appreciated. Cheers.


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We all tend to cheat during the holidays – it's a tough time of year in terms of temptations.
One way to counteract those extra calories we might be consuming from holiday treats is to increase your activity. Organize activities with family and friends to help you stay active.
Enjoy some holiday activities to counteract those less than perfect nutrition moments.
According to NutriStrategy, these calories burned per hour are based on someone weighing 155 pounds.
Ice skating – 493 calories
Shoveling – 422 calories
Snow blowing – 246 calories
Sledding – 493 calories
Aerobic exercise videos, low to high impact – 352-493 calories
Cross country skiing, slow to moderate pace – 493-563 calories
Downhill skiing, light to moderate pace – 352-422 calories
Snow shoeing – 543 calories
Snowmobiling – 246 calories
Walking at a moderate pace around the mall – 232 calories


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I have much to write tonight, even though I am incredibly tired. Yet, there is something so important about capturing one's thoughts / reflections on the day before retiring to bed. It's almost 9 pm and I have just made a fresh pot of coffee. Still, what I want to write about is less about the writing that was composed today, although I will include that, and more about insights I have gained regarding preparing materials for the writing group, about language and content chosen collectively by the participants and the staff and, finally, moving from poetry to memoir, or more specifically documenting and collecting oral histories. Yes, I have much to write. However, give me a moment as I need to pour my first cup.
O.K., I am back. Sauteed some mushrooms to go with the coffee, first though. Awakening my senses so as to return to the emotions stirred by some of the writing composed a few hours ago by seniors at The Bridge.
I used the same format that I have the last two writing activities. I cut words and sentences for the participants to put together so as to create poems or prose pieces. I also invited each of the seniors to select an image from two trays of pictures I cut earlier in the day and last night at home. Last week, image choices were made quickly. This week, it took several minutes.
I had twenty images that I chose based on the autobiographical history of the participants. I included a funny, cute picture of a petite dog on the chance it might interest someone. It did. I was surprised by who that was. It was chosen by the only male senior at The Bridge. I knew he had spent much of his life on a boat as a commercial fisherman, so I had cut out several pictures of boats, fish and of the ocean. He looked at them for a moment and then reached out for the picture of the dog saying, "Fiddo." I was just pleased he did in fact pick a picture.
However, a rooster picture that I had chosen due to a story one of the participants often repeats was immediately selected by her. But, in both cases, the pieces composed did not respond to or describe the pictures these participants decided upon. Here are both:
(this was written by the man that chose the "Fiddo" picture)
Beauty, the amazing race.
Sweet dreams without worry.
A handful of no regrets
Mature hopefulness.
Lost and found. Doing without.
Behold the power of yourself. Rest easy.
Become yourself. Get grounded.
(this was written by the woman who chose the rooster picture)
Women & time want
Sweet hereafter.
Your daughter wants
for life.
Some of the richest people in
the world do not have money.
Slow down your life.
Another participant did not pick a picture initially, but later became briefly upset that everyone had one and she did not. She was then again offered some to chose from and did. Individuals with dementia do not always recall choices that they made. The timeline of recollection varies dramatically not only in regards to individuals, but also with individuals, themselves. In the afternoon, a senior with dementia may remember what happened that morning but not what happened fifteen minutes ago. But another afternoon, it may be the opposite. With this participant we do not say, "You didn't pick one Dear. That is why you don't have one." Instead, I discretely placed several near her paper. When she became slightly upset that she didn't have one, she was guided to those near her and simply, as if the first time, invited to use one of those. Her piece follows.
You can where there is hope
Imagine beyond the golden gate.
The tree of life
for those who believe -
someone to hold on to.
I still do believe and
all is real.
What truly engaged me with this piece is what she wrote in her own handwriting at the bottom:
Regarding image selection, there was yet another situation that arose as participants began to select pictures and that weaved through the entire activity. Fortunately, this individual was not sitting at the table occupied by most of the participants. Instead, she was sitting at a second table and being assisted by another staff member.
In an effort to be budget minded, I used cookie sheets and cutting boards from The Bridge's kitchen to place the cut-out words and pictures on. This is what the situation noted in the above paragraph revolved around. One of the participants in the writing activity approached me as I directed others to pick a photo/image from those I had put out. She looked at me with concern in her eyes and said, "These are my cooking trays and I am not sure where you got them or who said you could use them. Did you talk to my daughter? Did she give you permission to go in my kitchen and get them? How did they get here? I must say it is quite upsetting that all my things are being used like this."
This participant has advanced dementia. The trays and boards are not hers. She does not know that. She believes that they are hers. I told her that they were in the kitchen (I didn't say which kitchen) and that I needed something large to place the pictures and words on. "Well, you think you would have asked. I have given a lot to this place and would have said yes to you using them if you had asked. Well, I guess it's too late now. Just, next time please ask Dear. That's all I want." When she finished speaking, I simply smiled and answered, "That doesn't seem like a big request. I will."
She returned to the table that she was sitting at and started to work again on her composition. She did not make much progress. The other participant at her table told her to just relax and enjoy herself. She answered with the following, "It's just so upsetting to see my cookie sheets used this way." She did not piece together a prose piece or a poem. She said she would take the words home and work on it later. The other staff person went and got her a manila envelope and put her words in it for her to do as she wished.
Later, after all of the participants went home, the other staff person and myself discussed this participants behavior. We decided that I would make some felt boards for next week and that I would place the materials for the participants to use on these and no longer use any of the cookie sheets or cutting boards. I reported a similar, yet less dramatic, incident that had happened the week earlier with a participant asking for food once they were seated at the tables to do creative writing. The tables used were the same used for eating lunch and snack. I am working on either moving the activity to the backroom tables or getting new tablecloths that would only be used for this activity and would, perhaps, denote the activity as a non-food one.
Each of the two incidents point to the need for appropriate material usage. The Montessori lingo for this is that lead guides are never to use materials with lessons that are psychologically inappropriate. An example given during my training was of a two-sided dog dish used for transferring water or spooning in the classroom. Using the dog dish this way sets up the possibility that the child will try to repeat the activity with a dog dish in his home and then be chastised by an adult for doing so. It is psychologically inappropriate to present materials which may result in an individual experiencing "failure." Failure in that their conduct would be considered deviant in the home setting.
Using a turkey baster to transfer water was another example given. A turkey baster is for basting turkeys and therefore the turkey would be hot. A child might reach for the baster and be burned if he is given a lesson in the classroom that teaches misuse of the tool.
This well seasoned teacher, that being myself, forfeited her Montessori training when she chose the cookie trays and cutting board to display material choices. Yet, it has mobilized me to make the changes needed asap. I will stay within budget and find all that I need. All teachers know that creed.
Wait please...mini break...second cup of coffee needed.
Hmmm....alright, what next. Oh yeah, language and content chosen by the participant and staff, collectively. I walk around and chose lines of verse from trays and place them here and there on the table so as to spotlight them for participants during the entire activity. Some are picked up and used. Others are not. This is very much a writing workshop technique.
A couple of the weekly participants in the writing activity went to school up to the eighth grade. Their language skills are in relation to the education that they have had, like all of us. "Big words" and / or metaphorical writing is/are not familiar to them. When I am cutting out words, I never limit myself to selecting words that might fit an educational criteria. I just cut words and phrases that stand out to me, probably more for their size, color and font style than for the actual word/s itself.
Today, one of the participants with limited education chose a picture of the sea to write about. When she was going through a pile of words and sentence fragments, she came across, "the life aquatic." She picked it up and asked me, "What does this mean?" I explained that it had to do with the water. "Oh, that works with my picture then because my picture is of the water. That's perfect. I love it." She glued it in place. But before it was completely glued down, the woman sitting across from her asked her, "Do you even know what aquatic means?" She answered, "Yeah, she told me. It means life in the water. I like it." Here is her piece:
Solo journey.
Steps and stones.
Let your story unfold...
The life aquatic.
The place where you live.
Dive in.
There are no rules.
Ok, the truth is that this woman probably would never use the word "aquatic." But, today it came across her table and she asked for it's definition and then decided it was a perfect fix. I keep a running list of words I read in books that I am unfamiliar with or do not know their definition. After I look them up, I often use them in my own writing. So she liked the word, came to know what it meant and then deemed it a fit for her composition. It's good...all good.
Well, actually it isn't all good. Actually, let me put this more accurately. It isn't all love and roses that the participants write about. This is what I was hoping for, to tell the truth. I was hoping that some of the prose pieces would include the emotions of fear, loss and grief. Today, a participant couldn't find all the words he sought to express himself. He glued down a few and then dictated others to me. The narrative voice was dualistic in nature. It voiced both fear and hope. Here is his prose piece:
My life is starting to make sense
Weekend fire and grit
Let the music scare you.
Let it enlighten you.
Cat Stevens wasn't celibate.
Let the music move you.
The best summer.
Lucky 7
Cave of dreams helped me.
Attempting to write down a participant's oral history is particularly challenging while running a large group activity. I did engaged several times with a participant attempting to record a time in her life when she worked at a fish cannery. She glued two pictures onto her paper and a couple of cut out words. But, she wanted to write a longish, prose piece and wanted me to spell several of the words she wanted to write. There would have been no problem doing this if I wasn't working with several other seniors at the same time. I ultimately wrote a few sentences for her, but decided that I needed to respond to the needs of all the participants and so re-encouraged her to find cut-out words to express herself. She did chose a couple more. Her story remains incomplete, but her words do create a scene that the reader can fill in. I will also invite her to sit with me, one on one, tomorrow and see if these few lines draw back the memories that she wanted to write about today. Her dementia is not advanced and so she should be able to recall her cannery days again, with some prompting. Here is what she wrote today:
The simple pleasures.
Travel to the cannery
so we can work on fish.
The raven.
Where the birds are.
The boat
To Tenakee,
to different canneries.
Clean, cut up and put
the fish in cans.
Cook them, too.
The same boat
took us there
to different canneries.
for the fish.
I have much to revise and work on before next week's creative writing activity. Well, I am fading fast. Science with Seniors is tomorrow afternoon. I have just enough time before bed to cut wine corks into fourths for my planned activity. I hope. No! The coffee pot is empty!


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University of California, Berkeley, Becomes First Public University to Earn MSC Sustainable Seafood Certification
BERKELEY, Calif.—The University of California, Berkeley, became the first public university in the United States to earn Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification, which enables Cal Dining to serve its customers MSC-certified sustainable seafood.
The certification process included staff training and an inspection by a third-party certifier. MSC's "Chain of Custody" system ensures that during every part of the chain, from the fishermen to the distributor, the seafood is not mixed with or substituted for non-certified seafood.
"In line with UC Berkeley's and Residential and Student Service Program's commitment to green and sustainable practices, Cal Dining has long been considered a leader in college and university dining, and our team has achieved another milestone," Shawn LaPean, executive director of dining for Cal Dining, said in a press release. "Five years after becoming the first university dining program in the country to achieve organic certification, we are happy to announce that, UC Berkeley's Cal Dining is the first public university dining program to be certified by the Marine Stewardship Council."


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FIFTEEN-year-old Trinity Catholic College student, Bethany Doherty has recently returned from an experience of a lifetime, travelling for more than 19 hours to Kenya to volunteer with local charity organisation, Suluhisho Trust.
Beth, who is family friends with organisation founders Jacinta and Antipas Ojwang, said she was initially approached by the Ojwangs and asked if she would be interested in travelling with them to found an orphanage in Kenya.
She agreed to partake in the experience, having always held an interest in volunteering, and began preparations.
Three months later, Beth boarded the plane, the youngest of six volunteers. Upon returning, she told the Post the experience was unforgettable.
Littered streets, corrupt police, meat lying in the sun and the faint smell of blue cheese welcomed Beth to Kisumu in Western Kenya, where she found her group under strict security surveillance for the entire trip.
She reflects on the experience as an emotional one.
Caring for children left behind by their parents due to death, illness or otherwise, showed Beth the fragility of life and to appreciate the blessing of living in Australia.
"It was a really emotional experience to take some of the children away from their families to care for them," she said.
"Life doesn't seem important over there... it's not valued as much "It really put life in perspective… you don't realise how lucky you are until you experience it. I can't really explain it; you have to experience it to understand."
Trinity helped her raise $1000 before departing, funds which eventually went to paying for the orphaned children's annual school fees, a fridge for the house and shoes for the children.
Settling back into the Australian lifestyle has been Beth's biggest struggle upon return. She told the Post how frustrated she has been with the material focus evident in our society.
Beth plans to return to Africa next year, and in the future study Public Health at university in Africa.
"They have really good resources over there, people just can't afford to access them," she said.
When Beth left, the Suluhisho children's home had 16 children in their care, aged between two and 12.
For more information on the trust please visit www.suluhishotrust.com.
To read about Beth's adventures, please visit her blog www.kenyanbeth.wordpress.com


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They offer software "free" but charge about $6 per item for S&H. It's still a good deal if they're reliable. Has anyone heard of them or used them? I'd like to find out more before I consider ordering - if they're scammers I'd just as soon keep my $6.
Does anyone have experience with these sellers?
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Re: Does anyone have experience with these sellers?
$6 is comparable to what everyone else is charging for equivalent software, and I doubt they'd go to all the trouble of setting up the site so they can scam a few dollars. There are far easier ways of scamming people out of money. You may also note that they have a genuine Verisign seal, and that Google doesn't seem to bring up any pages from people complaining that they were cheated.
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//THE ANNUAL// is the Gladstone Hotel's annual independent contemporary art event, offering an open and fertile ground for engaging and emerging practices. Over the course of four days, // THE ANNUAL // brings together artists, curators, and collectives to present new work and site-specific installations.
//THE ANNUAL// 2013 is curated by Katherine Dennis
2013 Participants
Jessica Marion Barr, Cindy Blažević, Julia Callon, Adam Chapman, Dominique Cheng, Mel Coleman, Kevin Day, Marc De Pape, Maria Flawia Litwin, Tahireh Lal, Ryan Louis, Pascal Paquette, Adrienne Marcus Raja, Alison Snowball, and ART BOMB supported artists – Tom Ridout and Cate McGuire and Walnut Contemporary artists – Julie Gladstone, James Olley and Anna Pantcheva


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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Game 3 of the World Series ended on a bizarre play that allowed to St. Louis Cardinals to take a two-games-to-one lead over the Boston Red Sox.
Third baseman Will Middlebrooks was called for obstruction in the bottom of the ninth, allowing Allen Craig to score the winning run in the Cardinals' 5-4 victory against the Red Sox. Yadier Molina (YAH'-dee-ehr moh-LEE'-nuh) started the winning rally with a single and moved to third on Craig's double off Koji Uehara (oo-ay-HAH'-rah) before craziness ensued.
Jon Jay hit a grounder right at second baseman Dustin Pedroia (peh-DROY'-uh) with the Red Sox playing the infield in. Pedroia threw a strike to the plate to get Molina, and catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia (sahl-tah-lah-MAH'-kee-uh) fired to third in an attempt to nail Craig and end the inning. Saltalamacchia's throw sailed over the head of Middlebrooks and down the left-field line, prompting Craig to make a dash for home. But Middlebrooks got tangled up with Craig, who tripped before he was tagged out by Saltalamacchia. Third base umpire Jim Joyce made the obstruction call and allowed the run to count.
The Cardinals blew a pair of two-run leads before winning. Matt Holliday hit an RBI single in a two-run first and doubled home a pair to make it 4-2 in the seventh. The Red Sox tied it in the eighth as Daniel Nava hit an RBI grounder and Xander Bogaerts (ZAN'-dur BOH'-gahrts) singled home the tying run.
Trevor Rosenthal blew the save in the eighth but picked up the victory. Uehara was tagged with the loss.
Game 4 is Sunday in St. Louis, where Lance Lynn will start for St. Louis against Clay Buchholz.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran has received the Roberto Clemente Award, given to the player whose contributions on and off the field best represent the game.
Beltran has contributed more than $4 million to his Carlos Beltran Academy in Puerto Rico and has hosted fundraising efforts throughout the year.
Surgery for key players
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three key members of the Washington Nationals have undergone post season surgeries. Pitcher Stephen Strasburg had bone chips removed from his surgically repaired right elbow while Bryce Harper had his left knee repaired and Adam LaRoche had his left elbow cleaned out.
All three players are expected to be ready for the start of spring training.
(AP) -- Top-ranked Alabama, second-ranked Oregon and No. 3 Florida State still own spotless records after rolling to easy victories.
AJ McCarron threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns as the Crimson Tide ripped Tennessee 45-10. T.J. Yeldon scored on three one-yard runs, and Landon Collins brought back an interception 89 yards for a TD that put Alabama ahead 35-0 just before halftime.
The 8-0 Tide have outscored their last six opponents 246-26.
Oregon had no trouble with 12th-ranked UCLA as Byron Marshall ran for 133 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Ducks over the Bruins 42-14. Marcus Mariota (mar-ee-OH'-tah) threw for 230 yards and a score for the Ducks, who outscored the Bruins 28-0 in the second half and improved to 8-0.
The Seminoles scored 35 points in the first quarter of a 49-17 laugher against North Carolina State. Jameis (JAYM'-his) Winston threw for 292 yards and three touchdowns before leaving the game after the opening series of the second half. Rashad Greene caught eight passes for 137 yards and a touchdown as the `Noles improved to 7-0.
The highest-ranked team to fall was Missouri as Elliott Fry kicked a 40-yard field goal in the second overtime to give No. 20 South Carolina a 27-24 triumph against the fifth-ranked Tigers. Fry's game-winner came before Tigers kicker Andrew Baggett missed a 24-yard attempt off the left goal post.
Connor Shaw came off the bench in the second half and threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns. Shaw helped the Gamecocks score the last 17 points of regulation.
Seventh-ranked Miami got more of a game than expected from Wake Forest in a 24-21 win for the Hurricanes. Duke Johnson ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns, the second a 1-yard plunge with 53 seconds left, to lead the `Canes to the victory. Johnson finished with 168 yards on 30 carries for the 7-0 Hurricanes who are 3-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Wake's Tanner Price threw a 44-yard touchdown pass with 4:02 remaining to put the Deacons on top before Johnson's heroics. Wake is now 1-53 all-time against Top 10 teams.
Also in top-25 action:
-- Ohio State dealt Penn State its worst loss in 114 years as Braxton Miller threw for three touchdowns and ran for two others to highlight the fourth-ranked Buckeyes' 63-14 dismantling of the Nittany Lions. Carlos Hyde rushed for 147 yards and two more scores to help the Buckeyes stretch the nation's longest winning streak to 20 games, two off the school record.
-- Bryce Petty threw for 430 yards and three touchdowns in fewer than three quarters as sixth-ranked Baylor ripped Kansas 59-14. Lache Seastrunk ran for 109 yards and a score for the 7-0 Bears, who piled up 500 yards of offense in taking a 38-0 lead by halftime.
-- Sammy Watkins had a school-record 14 catches for 163 yards as ninth-ranked Clemson outlasted Maryland 40-27. Tajh (tahzh) Boyd) threw for 304 yards and a touchdown, while Roderick McDowell ran for 161 yards and two scores in the Tigers' seventh straight road win.
-- No. 11 Auburn overwhelmed Florida Atlantic 45-10 as Jeremy Johnson threw two long touchdown passes to Sammie Coates after replacing injured starter Nick Marshall. Johnson had 192 passing yards in place of Marshall, who was taken to the locker room with a shoulder injury early in the second quarter.
-- Odell Beckham Jr. caught six passes for 204 yards and two scores as No. 13 LSU rolled over Furman, 48-16. Jeremy Hill rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns, and Terrance Magee added two second-half touchdowns.
-- Johnny Manziel (man-ZEHL') threw for 305 yards and four touchdowns in less than three quarters as 14th-ranked Texas A&M beat Vanderbilt 56-24. The Aggies bounced back after being upset by Auburn last week. A&M is 6-2 now and 3-2 in the SEC.
-- Duke beat a ranked team for the first time in 19 years as Anthony Boone ran for a TD and Ross Martin hit two long field goals to help the Blue Devils stun No. 16 Virginia Tech 13-10 in Blacksburg. Duke picked off Logan Thomas four times and posted its first road win over a top-25 squad since 1971 versus Stanford.
-- No. 17 Oklahoma was a 38-30 winner against 10th-ranked Texas Tech as Blake Bell threw for 249 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Jalen Saunders added six catches for 153 yards receiving and both of Bell's touchdown passes for the Sooners.
-- Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns as the 18th ranked Cardinals bounced back from their first loss of the season with a 34-3 win over South Florida in Tampa. Bridgewater completed 25 of 29 passes with no interceptions, hiking his season totals to 23 TD's and just two picks.
-- No. 19 Oklahoma State blitzed Iowa State 58-27 as Desmond Roland ran for a career high 219 yards and four touchdowns. The victory gives the Cowboys a record of 6-1 and 3-1 in the Big 12.
-- Blake Bortles threw for four touchdowns and ran for another as No. 21 UCF beat winless Connecticut 62-17. Bortles completed his day in the third quarter, connecting on 20 of 24 for 286 yards. The Huskies are 0-7 and have lost eight straight dating back to last season.
-- Jordan Lynch threw four touchdown passes and caught another as No. 23 Northern Illinois crushed Eastern Michigan 59-20. The 8-0 Huskies reached a season high in points and their second-highest total offense with 606 yards.
-- Nebraska's stay in the Top 25 will be short-lived as the 25th-rated Cornhuskers were beaten by Minnesota 34-23. Philip Nelson rushed for two scores and passed for another for the Gophers in their first win over Nebraska since 1960.
Coyotes edge Oilers
UNDATED (AP) -- The San Jose Sharks have added to their hot start by blanking the Canadiens in Montreal.
Antti Niemi (AN'-tee nee-EH'-mee) posted his 25th career shutout and second of the season by handling 22 shots in the Sharks' 2-0 victory against the Habs. Patrick Marleau set up Logan Couture's (koo-CHOORZ') fifth and sixth goals of the year to help the Sharks improve to 9-1-1.
Marleau has team highs of eight goals and 14 points this season, two reasons while San Jose top the NHL with 19 points.
Also on ice Saturday:
-- Jason Pominville scored twice and Niklas Backstrom made 33 saves as Minnesota knocked off Chicago 5-3. Zach Parise, Kyle Brodziak and Justin Fontaine also scored for the Wild in their third consecutive win.
-- The New York Rangers trailed twice before beating Detroit 3-2 on Derick Brassard's goal at 4:47 of overtime. Mats Zuccarello scored the tying goal in the third period before the Rangers concluded a 3-6 road trip.
-- Marek Zidlicky (zihd-LITS'-kee) and Andy Greene scored power-play goals in the last 68 seconds of regulation to lift New Jersey past Boston 5-4, the Devils' second victory in 11 games this season. Greene tallied with 45 seconds to play, 23 seconds after Zidlicky knotted the score.
-- Toronto downed Pittsburgh 4-1 behind Dave Bolland's two goals and James Reimer's 37 saves. Phil Kessel added a goal and an assist as the Maple Leafs climbed atop the Eastern Conference at 8-4.
-- Martin St. Louis (mahr-TAN' san loo-EE') and Andraj (AHN'-dray) Palat scored 1:46 apart late in the third period to give Tampa Bay a 3-2 win against Buffalo. The Sabres took a 2-1 lead on Thomas Vanek's (VAN'-ehks) goal with 7:14 remaining before the Lightning improved to 7-3.
-- Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored on a power play in the third period as Phoenix beat Edmonton 5-4. The Coyotes scored three goals in the first six minutes of the second period against former teammate Jason LaBarbera to go up 3-1, but Edmonton rallied to take the lead with three goals spanning the second and third periods.
-- Philadelphia has its first winning streak of the season after Vincent Lecavalier (leh-KAV'-ul-yay) registered his first hat trick as a Flyer in a 5-2 triumph over the New York Islanders. Claude Giroux (juh-ROO') and former Islander Mark Streit (stryt) each had two assists for the Flyers, who were 1-7 before back-to-back wins over the Rangers and Isles.
-- St. Louis had dropped three of four before Alexander Steen scored twice in the Blues' 6-1 rout of Nashville. Steen has 10 goals so far this season after getting just eight in 40 games during the lockout-shortened 2012-13 campagin.
-- Andrew Ladd notched the lone shootout goal and Ondrej Pavelec (AHN'-dray PAV'-lehk) made 25 saves as Winnipeg nipped Dallas 2-1 to halt a three-game winless skid. Evander Kane provided the Jets' lone regulation goal.
-- Michael Cammalleri (kam-uh-LEHR'-ee) scored twice and had an assist as Calgary downed Washington 5-2. Kris Russell chipped in a goal and an assist for the Flames.
LONDON (AP) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell (GUH'-dehl) says the NFL has no immediate plans on expanding to London or playing a Super Bowl overseas. Speaking in London, Goodell says the league plans on expanding the number of regular season games in that city means nothing more than the NFL exploring ways to making the game more popular worldwide.
Two-way tie after three rounds
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Chris Stroud and Ryan Moore share first place after three rounds of the PGA's CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They stand 12-under-par, one shot in front of two players, including fellow American Gary Woodland.
After a 4-under-68 Phil Mickelson is back in the hunt at 7-under.
Pettersen remains in front
YANGMEI, Taiwan (AP) --Defending champion Suzann Pettersen (PEHT'-ur-suhn) shot a third round 1-over-73 but maintained her lead in the LPGA's Sunrise Championship in Taiwan. She struggled with three early bogeys but recovered to maintain a four-shot lead at 6-under-par.
There were four players tied for second. The best score by an American is 1-over by Irene Cho.
Crowded at the top
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Five players, Mike Goodes, Colin Montgomerie, Bernhard Langer (LAHN'-gur), Anders Forsbrand and Kenny Perry share the lead after two rounds of the Champions Tour AT&T Championship. Goodes had the best round of the day, a 9-under-63 to secure his 8-under score. Goodes' round consisted of nine birdies and nine pars.
Williams reaches WTA Championships final
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Serena Williams took three sets to beat Jelena Jankovic (yeh-LAY'-nuh YANK'-oh-vihch) to advance to the final of the WTA Championship in Istanbul. Williams, who was showing obvious discomfort during the match, advanced with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 win.
Williams will face Li Na (lee nah), who beat 2011 winner Petra Kvitova (kuh-VIHT'-oh-vuh) 6-4, 6-2.


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Wendy B. Wade
Kinston---Wendy Butler Wade, 49, of Kinston, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Wendy was born Feb. 16, 1961, in Cisco, Texas to Clyde Butler of Sweetwater, TX and the late Patricia Ann Wallace Butler. In addition to her mother, Wendy was preceded in death by her husband of 31 years, Rufus F. Wade; daughter, Kassi Wade; and sister, Cindy Foster. Wendy graduated from the Lenoir Community College School Of Nursing and worked as a registered nurse with 3HC. Wendy was passionate about nursing and treated her patients as family. Wendy was an avid quilter, a member of the Thimbleberries Quilting Guild and had a great love of her home state, Texas.A graveside service of remembrance will be held Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, at 11 a.m. from Westview Cemetery with Rev. Tony McLamb officiating.In addition to her father, Wendy is survived by her son, Kere Wade and wife, Katie of Snow Hill; grandson, Nicholas Lee Wade; three sisters, Vicki Homa and husband, Doug of Fort Worth, TX, Mendy Wade and husband, Wendell of Maryneal, TX and Kim Butler of Charlotte; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bobby Foster of Cisco, TX, Charles Wade and wife, Martha of Kinston, Bobby Wade and wife, Ella of Kinston, Sherman Wade and wife, Etta of Sweetwater, TX, Doug Wade and wife, Elaine of Kinston; Marie Clayborne and husband, Ernest of Kinston, Shirley Thompson and husband, Virgil of Cove City, Barbara Taylor and husband, Leland of Snow Hill, Bob Lewis of Poquoson, VA.Online condolences may be expressed at www.rousefh.com. Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd St., New York, NY 10016. Arrangements are with Rouse Funeral Home, La Grange.


text: In the article End-to-End Virtual Machine Backup I mentioned the new VMware Workstation 7.0 feature that creates an encrypted disk but in reality it is an encrypted virtual machine, which also implies encrypting the virtual disk. This one option to VMware Workstation is something that is needed within VMware vSphere as well as the other hypervisors. Encrypting virtual disk data can add to the overall security stance based on the encryption technology employed. So what do we need with virtual disk encryption?


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Chicken Under a Brick
I love the Italian "pollo al mattone" (which means "chicken cooked with a brick"), and although I am given to believe it is Italo-American rather than old-country authentic, I have been recently admonished and told it is in fact a dish that originates with the Etruscans. Hmm. Does it matter? It is a glorious creation: salty, lemony, and either fiercely peppery or afire with crushed red pepper flakes. The particular pollo al mattone I love dearly is the incredibly tender, melting-fleshed, super-lemony, and thyme-scented version served at Sfoglia, in New York. Inspired by a recent visit, I knew I had to make it my own, and this is what I'm now giving you. In a domestic oven, I feel this works best, with 2 Cornish hens rather than one chicken, which makes it not quite chicken under a brick, but you get the gist. This is not an instant recipe by any means, but it is a very simple one. It is certainly streamlined from the original, if that counts. And even if it doesn't, I wouldn't feel happy keeping it from you.
- 2 Cornish game hens
- zest and juice 2 unwaxed lemons
- 8 sprigs thyme
- 1 tsp kosher salt or 1?2 teaspoon table salt, or to taste
- 0.5 tsp coarsely ground pepper or crushed red pepper flakes
- 0.25 cup olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 aluminum foil-covered builders' bricks
- Cut along the backbone of each Cornish hen to open them out flat: you can do this with a pair of strong kitchen scissors.
- Zest and juice the lemons into a large resealable bag, then pull off the thyme leaves, dropping them in too.
- Sprinkle in the salt and either grind in the pepper or shake in the red pepper flakes, then pour the oil into the bag, and, finally, grate in (or mince and add) the garlic. Add the spatchcocked Cornish hens, then seal the bag before squidging the marinade all over the flattened birds as efficiently (and agreeably) as you can. Put the bag of birds on a dish and pop it into the refrigerator and leave for a day or overnight.
- When you are ready to cook the Cornish hens, preheat the oven to 400°F, and let them come to room temperature.
- Heat a grill pan or roasting pan that can go into the oven and on the stovetop. Then take the birds out of the marinade (reserving it for later) and place them skin-side down on the grill pan or in the roasting pan.
- Place the bricks on top of the birds and let them cook over a moderate heat for 5 minutes. Immediately place the Cornish hens in the oven, bricks still on top, and cook for 15 minutes.
- Take the pan out of the oven and, wearing oven mitts, carefully remove the bricks before turning the Cornish hens over. Pour the reserved marinade over the flattened birds, then put the bricks back on top and roast in the oven for another 15 minutes, until the juices run clear. Take the Cornish hens out of the oven, carefully remove the hot bricks, then carve each bird into 4 pieces, drizzling with any intense pan juices. Bread and a green salad is all I need on the side.


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If you still connect to your wireless access point manually and need to use wpa_supplicant, the above fu will grep all of the known SSID from your wpa_supplicant.conf file, present it in a Zenity list and return the SSID name you choose. I've wrapped this command in to a bash script that then up's the interface, associates and autenticates. Saves me from using NetworkManager ;)
With this one liner you can easily output a standard help message using the following convention: Usage: is the start marker Stop at the last # Show Sample Output
Manages everything through one sed script instead of pipes of greps and awks. Quoting of shell variables is generally easier within a sed script.
Based on the MrMerry one, just add some visuals to differentiate files and directories
Based on the MrMerry one, just add some visuals and sort directory and files
This will drop you into vim to edit all files that contain your grep string.
another possibility
free swap
grab the weather, with a little expletive fun. replace the 48104 with a US zipcode, or the name of your city (such as ZIP="oslo"), unless you want to know what the weather is like for me (and that's fine too) Show Sample Output
Copy the link to an HD movie trailer in to this command. It's more eleganant if it's put in a to a script, taking the URL as input.
another method : awk '{gsub(/:/, "\n");print}' Show Sample Output
"&&" runs sed if and only if the backup completed and /bin/cp exited cleanly. Works for multiple files; just specify multiple filenames (or glob). Use -v switch for cp to play it safe.
This command changes all filename and directories within a directory tree to unaccented ones. I had to do this to 'sanitize' some samba-exported trees. The reason it works might seem a little difficult to see at first - it first reverses-sort by pathname length, then it renames only the basename of the path. This way it'll always go in the right order to rename everything. Some notes: 1. You'll have to have the 'unaccent' command. On Ubuntu, just aptitude install unaccent. 2. In this case, the encoding of the tree was UTF-8 - but you might be using another one, just adjust the command to your encoding. 3. The program might spit a few harmless errors saying the files are the same - not to fear.
This will download a Youtube playlist and mostly anything http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/2.0/reference.html#Video_Feeds The files will be saved by $id.flv
Reverse DNS lookups, from a file with list of IP's, here the file is called lookups.txt
Do this with caution.
just bored here at work ... if your are daring ... add '| bash' .... enjoy require 'ruby' Show Sample Output
The coolest way I've found to backup a wordpress mysql database using encryption, and using local variables created directly from the wp-config.php file so that you don't have to type them- which would allow someone sniffing your terminal or viewing your shell history to see your info. I use a variation of this for my servers that have hundreds of wordpress installs and databases by using a find command for the wp-config.php file and passing that through xargs to my function. Show Sample Output
alternative using 'host' Show Sample Output
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