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Adventures at Bridal Market, continued, Day 2
DAY TWO, Sunday, April 15th New Designer(s): Year round my ears and eyes are open for the latest bridal fashion trends, and the newest, or up and coming bridal gown designers. There are certain designers I hope to always continue to work with and carry, and at the same time, there is always interest in new or different designers.
In my efforts to bring the best of the best selection and quality of bridal gowns to Colorado brides, I meet with, and check out a variety of potential new designers at Market in April and in October. Today, most of the morning was spent with one of these potential new designers. Final decisions may not be made until October market, but stay tuned for possible announcements of new designers and collections available at Little White Dress!
Justin Alexander: Two Justin Alexander collections (named Justin Alexander and Justin Alexander Signature) have been available at Little White Dress for more than four years. These dresses are ideal for our more traditional brides, and brides seeking a quality, silk gown at a reasonable price. Justin Alexander skipped ahead this Market, and instead of presenting a Fall 2012 collection, they presented their Spring 2013 collection, normally not available until October 2012 at Market!
With a renewed commitment to creating a cohesive and complete Justin Alexander Signature Collection, and a renewed commitment of Colorado exclusivity to Little White Dress for the Signature Collection, our brides can look forward to six new 2013 Signature Collection Gowns arriving at Little White Dress in August/September.
The gowns feature classic, A-line, modified ballgown, or modified mermaid silhouettes, with ivory, metallic silver or gold linings under lace, lace, lace of all varieties and patterns. Lace is Justin Alexander's new "Signature," instead of the silk dupioni fabric of past 2007-2011 collections.
Did you know? An aspiring designer once had two young sons, one named Justin, and the other named Alexander. The designer now had a name for his collection of wedding gowns. Justin is all grown up now and running the business his father began.
Elizabeth Fillmore: Delicate details of lace, appliqués, and the ever-so-slight gathering and draping of fine silks create a stunning sophistication in Elizabeth Fillmore's Fall 2012 Collection. How many times did I say "beautiful" or "gorgeous" in 45 minutes at Elizabeth's showroom today?
There is a light and ethereal feeling in her gowns, which must be so peaceful for the brides wearing them. I LOVE the care and attention each gown receives as the designer herself is right there during their creation in her studio. These dresses are hand crafted in New York and made in the USA. And did I mention beautiful? And did I mention gorgeous?
Did you know? Elizabeth herself will be at Little White Dress on Saturday, April 28th for our first ever Elizabeth Fillmore Trunk Show 4/27, 28, and 29!
Liancarlo: Unbeknownst to both of them, I'm sure, I see Claire Pettibone and Carlos Ramirez, the creator and designer of the Liancarlo Couture Bridal Collection, as kindrid spirits. Their gowns could not be any more different, but they are both gifted artists who are deeply inspired by the world around them - evident in how they live their lives, and in the creation of their masterpieces. They are both very smart, humble and grateful people who work hard and laugh a lot. Each of their wedding gowns is a work of art, created with a strong intent for perfection.
Carlos's inspiration for his new collection was his desire to evoke the feeling of heirloom pieces, but with today's modernity (heirlooms also inspired Claire's new collection!). His feeling of "gentile opulence" is achieved with the use of luxurious fabrics, hand-cut satin flowers, corded Chantilly lace, and the subtle use of lyrical and jeweled embroideries. I am so happy and honored to have these gowns at Little White Dress! Hand crafted in Miami, made in the USA.
Did you know? Carlos takes a break every day for an hour long yoga class near his design studio in Miami. His daughter is the genius/producer behind this video about the making of a Liancarlo gown. For more Liancarlo gowns photo, click here.
Simply Divine: Elizabeth Fillmore "Deco" gown - satin back crepe bias v-neck sheath with illusion-beaded "deco flower" back.
Cate Loves: The people and the stories behind the gowns. And designers like Claire Pettibone, Elizabeth Fillmore and Liancarlo who insist on keeping the production of their gowns here in the USA.
Musn't Forget: Flat shoes. In this world of fashion, I enjoy checking out what other women are wearing almost as much as the new bridal fashions. Maybe not, but others are probably checking out my outfits and ensembles each day as well. So while in New York, I do my best to teeter around in the most fabulous high heels that I can, but it's the flat shoes tucked away in my bag and worn between appointments with designers that bring me such joy.


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Councils grant consents for sand quarry
Environment Waikato and Waipa District Council have granted consents for a sand quarry at Mystery Creek.
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Environment Waikato and Waipa District Council have granted consents for a sand quarry at Mystery Creek.
Consents have been granted for the continued operation of two power stations at Wairere Falls and Mokauiti in the King Country.
Environment Waikato has granted resource consents for realignment of the Raglan Deviation.Transit New Zealand lodged an application to disturb land, discharge overburden in a high risk erosion area, construct culverts and discharge stormwater during the construction of the realignment.
Environment Minister Marian Hobbs and local member for parliament Mark Burton met with Environment Waikato and Taupo representatives last week to make progress on a strategy to preserve the Lake.
We're in for a windy but a typically warm summer this year, according to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
Two land owning companies, a property development company and an earthworks contractor have been fined a total of $30,000 for illegal road works on New Chums Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula.
Environment Waikato has joined the EnergyWise Councils partnership to promote efficient energy use in the Region.
Possums in bush in Mahoenui near Awakino have been hit hard by a recent Tb control operation and work undertaken by landowners involved in a community possum control scheme.
A series of hard hitting road safety billboards will shortly appear on the Region's roads to remind holiday drivers to take extra care.
A truck crash in the Awakino Gorge last night dumped thousands of litres of resin glue into the Awakino River.
Environment Waikato wants farmers and landowners to get tough on ragwort and thistles this summer.
One overall civil defence plan for the greater Waikato is being prepared to replace 11 existing plans.
A former London bus conductor and a Hamilton mother have won prizes for helping Environment Waikato find out what people think about the city's bus services.
Hamilton's Te Horanganui Marae has been given a $12,000 environmental boost from Environment Waikato.
Children at Whitikahu School near Taupiri should check their thumbs. Thanks to Environment Waikato and the local community, they may all be going green!
Regional ratepayers are likely to receive their first direct rates invoice from Environment Waikato in August next year – and receive a discount if they pay by September.

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Tantalus Cocktail
1/3 Lemon Juice. (3/4 oz Lemon Juice)
1/3 Brandy. (3/4 oz Pellehaut Armagnac)
1/3 Forbidden Fruit Liqueur. (3/4 oz Homemade Forbidden Fruit)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry McElhone, in his book, "Barflies and Cocktails," notes this is a "Recipe by Jack Bushby, Cecil Bar, Paris."
Such a great name, this is one of those cocktails I keep hoping will be exceptional, yet I have not quite got it there yet, mostly, I believe, due to my lack of proper Forbidden Fruit Liqueur.
Long defunct, like their Creme Yvette, Forbidden Fruit was a proprietary liqueur made by Jaquin et Cie, a Philadelphia company. Allegedly the primary flavor elements of Forbidden Fruit were Pomelo, (aka Chinese grapefruit, jabong, lusho fruit, pompelmous, papanas, or shaddock,) an ancestor of the modern Grapefruit and honey.
Like Grapefruit, Pomelo come into season in the Winter, usually December or January and sticks around through March or April. Ripe Pomelo are incredibly fragrant, almost musky. My personal suspicion is that a truly great Pomelo liqueur would have to be distilled to capture that fragrance and leave behind the bitterness.
Sadly, I don't have the option to distill, so I have to make do with infusion.
Doubly sadly, I missed Pomelo season this year by a week or two. They were all gone from the Alemany Farmers' Market by the time I realized the Tantalus was coming up.
So, instead I used a couple different kinds of Grapefruit, one of which was a Pomelo cross, and sweetened it with Orange Blossom Honey. It's OK, but I believe my weird compulsion to add ginger and spices may have been a mistake. Came out kind of weird and spicy hot. There is also a rather strong bitter aftertaste, which I am not entirely sure is inappropriate, though I think unavoidable in an infused liqueur.
Anyway, my choices and circumstances end up making this cocktail not entirely appealing, just kind of weird. I keep hoping the liqueur will settle down, I know the heat of the ginger will oxidize out, but am not sure what will happen with the Cardamom.
Well, until I get the whole Forbidden Fruit thing sorted out, you may want to instead make this luscious, (and also amusingly named,) creation of Audrey Saunders', The Tantris Sidecar (recipe via Chuck Taggart's Gumbopages):
The Tantris Sidecar
1 ounce V.S. Cognac (e.g. Hennessey or Courvoisier).
1/2 ounce Busnel Calvados.
1/2 ounce Cointreau.
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice.
1/2 ounce simple syrup.
1/4 ounce green Chartreuse.
1/4 ounce pineapple juice.
Granulated sugar.
Rub a little lemon around the outside of a chilled cocktail glass and dredge it in the sugar, leaving a nice even stripe of sugar around the rim of the glass.
Combine all liquid ingredients with cracked ice in a cocktail shaker and shake for 10-12 seconds. Strain into the sugar-rimmed glass.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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aortic bulb(redirected from bulbus aortae)
a·or·tic bulb[TA]
the dilated first part of the aorta containing the aortic semilunar valves and the aortic sinuses, especially evident via angiography (aortogram).
Synonym(s): arterial bulb, bulbus aortae
a·or·tic bulb(ā-ōr'tik bŭlb) [TA]
The dilated first part of the aorta containing the aortic semilunar valves and the aortic sinuses.
Synonym(s): bulbus aortae [TA] .
Synonym(s): bulbus aortae [TA] .
aortic bulb
The dilated portion of the truncus arteriosus in the embryo that gives rise to the roots of the aorta and pulmonary arteries.
See also: bulb
pertaining to or emanating from the aorta. See also aortic arch.
aortic aneurysm
occurs most often in dogs, where it is caused by Spirocerca lupi larvae, turkeys and primates, causing dyspnea, cyanosis and coughing. May be congenital affecting the aortic trunk and the arch sometimes associated with aneurysm of an aortic sinus. See also copper nutritional deficiency.
aortic aneurysm, inherited
see inherited aortic aneurysm.
aortic annulus fibrosus
the fibrous ring in the wall of the root of the aorta. In the bovine heart the ring carries the ossa cordis (see os2 cordis).
aortic base rupture
rupture of the vessel just above the semilunar valves.
aortic bodies
small neurovascular structures on either side of the aorta in the region of the aortic arch. The left body is located at the angle between the left subclavian artery and the aorta, and the right at the junction of the right subclavian and right common carotid arteries. They contain chemical receptors which send impulses through the afferent branches of the vagus nerve and are involved in regulating respiration so as to ensure an appropriate partial pressure of oxygen in the arterial blood.
aortic body tumors
single or multiple nodules within the pericardial sac near the base of the heart. Malignant tumors may invade the anterior mediastinum. Called also heart base tumor.
aortic bulb
the dilated part of the aorta at its origin, caused by the swellings of the aortic sinuses.
aortic coarctation
constriction of the aorta at the site of entry of the ductus arteriosus causing a syndrome similar to that of stenosis of the aortic valve.
aortic cystic medionecrosis
pools of ground substance within the elastic media of the aorta. May predispose to arterial aneurysm but this material is present in the aortas of normal horses.
aortic depressor nerve
pressure receptors in the aortic arch and thoracic aorta which assist in maintaining circulatory equilibrium by communicating pressure changes through the aortic depressor nerve, an afferent branch of the vagus nerve; stimulation causes heart slowing and vasodilation.
aortic dextraposition
the aorta receives blood from the right ventricle. There are a number of variations of the basic defect. The common one is the aorta overriding the septum, which is defective, so that the aorta receives blood from both ventricles. The clinical syndrome includes dyspnea and cyanosis from birth, usually with a loud systolic murmur. Affected animals are not viable.
aortic embolism
occurs in cats in association with feline cardiomyopathy and rarely in dogs. Acute pain with paresis to paralysis in the hindlegs, cold, cyanotic feet and no femoral pulse are signs of the condition.
aortic hiatus
an opening in the diaphragm through which the aorta, thoracic duct, the right and/or left azygos veins pass.
aortic-ilial embolism
see iliac artery thrombosis.
aortic mineralization
is one of the early lesions in poisoning by plants that induce mineralization of tissues, e.g. solanummalacoxylon. In combination with lesions in the myocardium causes a syndrome of congestive heart failure.
aortic nerve
see cardiac depressor nerve.
aortic palpation
the aorta is easily palpable per rectum in cattle and horses; valuable as a clinical sign only in cases of thrombosis at the bifurcation; incision at this point has been used as a means of euthanasia in an emergency.
aortic-pulmonary window
an anomaly of the aorta in which there is an opening between the ascending portion of the aorta and the pulmonary artery; clinical signs are similar to those of patent ductus arteriosus, but surgical correction is much more difficult.
aortic regurgitation
see valvular regurgitation.
aortic root
the part of the aorta attached to the atrioventricular fibrous rings and myocardium.
aortic rupture
1. in horses is caused by weakening of the wall of the aorta by migrating strongyle larvae. In cattle the cause may be onchocerciasis, in pigs experimental diets deficient in copper. Sudden death results from cardiac tamponade or dissecting aneurysm into the ventricular muscle.
2. sudden death in growing turkeys due to dissecting aneurysmal rupture of the aorta and death due to internal hemorrhage; the cause is unknown. Copper deficiency is suspected as a cause in several animal species.
aortic sac
the merged ventral aortae of the embryo which supplies blood to the aortic arches.
aortic septal defect
a congenital anomaly in which there is abnormal communication between the ascending aorta and the pulmonary artery just above the semilunar valves.
aortic sinus
the three pouch-like dilatations of the aortic bulb which carry the cusps of the aortic valve. The coronary arteries arise from the left caudal and the cranial sinuses.
aortic subvalvular stenosis
in dogs and pigs is possibly an inherited defect. Characterized by stenosis of the aorta just below the semilunar valves. In pigs, it causes congestive heart failure in the newborn, but in affected dogs severity increases with age so that clinical effects may not be apparent until the patients are older.
aortic thromboembolism
aortic valve
the valve at the entrance to the aorta from the left ventricle made up of three semilunar leaflets or valvulae.
aortic valve rupture
rupture of the medial cusp is recorded as a cause of sudden death in horses usually as a sequel to endocarditis.
aortic valvular disease
stenosis is rarely an acquired disorder, but may be an inherited defect in several species. In cats and rarely dogs, restrictive cardiomyopathy may be a cause of subvalvular aortic obstruction. Valvular incompetence may be congenital or acquired and results in diastolic overloading of the left ventricle with a characteristic water-hammer pulse and diastolic murmur. See also aortic stenosis, aortic subvalvular stenosis (above).
aortic vestibule
the cranial part of the left ventricular cavity leading to the root of the aorta in the avian heart.
1. a rounded mass or enlargement.
2. medulla oblongata.
aortic bulb
the enlargement of the aorta at its point of origin from the heart.
auditory bulb
the membranous labyrinth and cochlea.
eye bulb
the eyeball.
gustatory b's
taste buds.
hair bulb
the bulbous expansion at the proximal end of a hair, in which the hair shaft is generated.
heel bulb
the swollen part of the hoof wall and adjacent soft tissue at the back of the hoof characterized by a periople which is wider than at any other part of the hoof.
Krause's b's
see bulboid corpuscle.
olfactory bulb
see olfactory bulb.
penile bulb
see penile bulb.
taste b's
taste buds.
urethral bulb
the enlarged proximal part of the corpus spongiosum.
vestibular bulb, vestibulovaginal bulb
a body consisting of paired masses of erectile tissue, situated one on either side of the vaginal orifice.


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After a first half notable mainly for a serious-looking injury to James McCarthy, it was the hosts who took the lead with 59 minutes gone as a lovely move involving Charles N'Zogbia and Franco Di Santo ended with Hugo Rodallega beating Jussi Jaaskelainen.
But Bolton took only seven minutes to get back on level terms, Johan Elmander netting his fifth goal of the season, as the Trotters made it five games unbeaten and Wigan four.
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez handed goalkeeper Chris Kirkland his first start since August because current number one Ali Al Habsi was ineligible for the clash against his parent club, but there was little to worry the former England man in the first half.
Bolton were much the better side in the early stages but could not manage an effort on target. England new boy Kevin Davies had a couple of half chances with a header and an acrobatic volley, but both flew over the bar.
Wigan were limited to sporadic counter-attacks, and with half an hour on the clock Martinez was forced to make a substitution after McCarthy sustained what looked a serious injury.
The midfielder was tackled from behind by Fabrice Muamba, who was not even booked for the challenge, and received several minutes of treatment before being carried from the pitch.
Mohamed Diame came on in his place and slowly the pattern of the game began to change.
In the 35th minute, N'Zogbia came within inches of opening the scoring when he broke into the area on the right and curled a shot just past Jaaskelainen's far post.
The Finn then had to be alert to keep out Rodallega, who, after a surging run from left to right, probably should have done better than shoot straight at the keeper.
Wigan piled on the pressure as half-time approached and Jaaskelainen held onto another effort from the Colombian before N'Zogbia engineered a great shooting opportunity on the right but saw his effort blocked by Gary Cahill.
The home side picked up where they had left off in the second half, with Maynor Figueroa picking out Rodallega and the striker blazing his shot well over Jaaskelainen's bar.
But, if the striker might have done better then, he certainly made it count just before the hour mark as Wigan took the lead with a goal of real quality.
N'Zogbia set off on a run through midfield before playing in Di Santo, who may have been just offside, on the right. The former Chelsea man neatly diverted the ball into Rodallega's path and this time the striker was clinical.
The hosts just about deserved their lead and it was now up to Bolton to try to rediscover their early dominance.
Trotters boss Owen Coyle brought on Matt Taylor and Premier League debutant Rodrigo Moreno in place of Martin Petrov and Lee Chung-Yong with 65 minutes gone, and within a minute the visitors were level.
Stuart Holden's cross from the right was headed into the middle by Davies where Taylor's first contribution was to poke the ball into the path of Elmander, who slotted under Kirkland.
The game was now a much more even affair and, after Rodrigo tested Kirkland at his near post, Paul Robinson produced a brilliant tackle to halt another N'Zogbia run.
The ball ran to Di Santo and the Wigan fans thought he had put them back in front as his shot rippled the side-netting.
It was then Rodallega's turn to miss the target, and only the Colombian will know how he failed to score as he rose to meet Jordi Gomez's corner five yards out.
With eight minutes left, Martinez made his final change, bringing on Tom Cleverley for Gomez, and the on-loan Manchester United midfielder made an immediate impact.
First he headed just wide when the Bolton defence inexplicably failed to challenge six yards out before forcing Jaaskelainen into a save with a fierce shot from the edge of the box.
The game ended with Wigan centre-backs Steven Caldwell and Antolin Alcaraz needing to be separated after a heated exchange, but they were at least able to celebrate a point gained.
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West Auckland retail centre fully leased.
Three banks are among the five solid tenants in the Westgate Banking Chambers, which is for sale within the Westgate Shopping Centre in Main St, Massey.
"The offering on behalf of Westgate Properties Ltd comprises six prime retail and commercial units that are for sale individually, in six freehold strata titles, or as one block," says Bruce Whillans, managing director of Ray White Commercial who is marketing the property with the agency's investment brokers Stuart Bode and Henry Thompson.
The sale is by deadline private treaty closing 4pm on Wednesday, November 21, unless sold prior.
The building has leases in place to ANZ (which occupies two units), Westpac, National Bank, Chapmans Chartered Accountants and the Waitemata District Health Board.
"Fully leased, the entire offering is returning $787,115 plus GST per annum net," Whillans says.
ANZ occupies a 328.93sq m area on the ground floor, paying annual rent of $173,670, and 313.2sq m on the first floor for $70,631 per annum.
Westpac occupies 373.92sq m of ground space, paying $195,227 with three three-year rights of renewal. All three leases expire in April 2017, with four three-year rights of renewal.
The National Bank rents ground-floor space of 330.8sq m for $176,464 per annum on a lease expiring March 2014 with four three-year rights of renewal, while Chapmans Chartered Accountants pays $136,402 annually for first-floor space of 557.52sq m on a lease expiring March 2006, with one six-year right of renewal.
The other first-floor tenant is Waitemata DHB, paying annual rent of $34,718.69 for 183.38sq m on a lease expiring April 2017, with one five-year right of renewal.
Thompson says the banking chambers and the surrounding 45,000sq m Westgate Regional Shopping Centre are fully managed by NZRPG Management, which strives to ensure the centre maintains its position as one of Auckland's pre-eminent shopping destinations. NZRPG also manages the Highbury and Milford shopping centres on Auckland's North Shore, and the Fraser Cove Shopping Centre in Tauranga.
"This opportunity to directly own property within an institutional-grade retail centre under management is unprecedented in New Zealand," Thompson says.
"Participation in real-estate holdings of this quality are usually only available indirectly through investment in listed property trusts. This investment offer delivers the benefits of direct property ownership enhanced by the critical mass of a large and well-managed shopping centre.
"The block also benefits from a built-in level of rent growth through Consumer Price Index, and greater of CPI or market rent reviews, over a majority of the leases."
Completed in 2005, the property comprises three ground-floor freehold retail strata units, with three first-floor strata office units above.
Each of the ground-floor retail tenancies have bathrooms with shared male and female toilets on Level 1. A central lift and two separate stairwells provide access between the first level and ground floor.
Bode says the Westgate Centre, anchored by a Countdown supermarket, Farmers department store and The Warehouse, has 80 speciality retail and service retailers and about 1450 carparking spaces.
"Westgate is a successful regional shopping centre that draws from a rapidly growing population," he says.
"Situated only 15 minutes' drive west of downtown Auckland, the centre is strategically positioned at the junction of the Northwestern Motorway and Upper Harbour Motorway.
"Identified in the Auckland Plan as one of Auckland's key metropolitan centres, NZRPG has embarked on an scheme which will see 56ha of new mixed-use development opposite the Westgate Shopping Centre."
What's on offer
On offer: Westgate Banking Chambers
Location: Westgate Shopping Centre
Comprises: Six freehold titles
Tenants: Include three banks
Sales method: Deadline private treaty
Closing date: 4pm, Wednesday, November 21.


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Using a very sharp knife, slice the rind from the bottom of each watermelon half. The halves will now lay flat on a cutting board.
Working from top to bottom, trim the rind from the watermelon flesh in 4 cuts, creating 2 large squares. Cut each square in half to make 4 smaller squares. Cut the squares vertically into thirds. Rotate counterclockwise and repeat the cut. Rotate once more counterclockwise and cut into thirds again.
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Friendly's restaurant chain reinvents itself
Soda fountain workers are 'scoopologist' and wait staff are 'memory-makers'
The Friendly's restaurant chain is emerging from a rough period in company history with a new image, a revamped menu and a new attitude.
Friendly Ice Cream LLC CEO John Maguire says the Wilbraham-based company is in the process of renovating many of its 114 company and 247 franchised restaurants.
Menu changes include real hard ice cream instead of soft serve to make Fribble milk shakes; haddock instead of the cheaper pollock in the iconic Fishamajig sandwich; and fresh meat instead of frozen patties for the hamburgers.
Fresh red velvet waffle cones are also being made at the soda fountains, so guests smell them as soon as they come in.
Maguire tells The Republican newspaper that even the music being piped into restaurants has changed.
Friendly's, founded in 1935, filed for bankruptcy protection in late 2011, closed 100 of its restaurants and shed about 2,000 employees.
Maguire came on board last April after previously working for Panera.
Five of the newly-renovated restaurants are in the greater Springfield area, and another five are in Maine. The CEO said the company is aiming to renovate 30 more locations this year.
Company officials say employees were retrained to focus on faster service and a cleaner restaurant, and some got new job titles too.
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There's nothing like having the confidence of knowing your hot rod's got the strength to handle almost anything you can, or plan, to throw at it. Especially the rearend. If you participate in any kind of straight-line racing, or any kind of racing for that matter, you'll need a set of beefy gears that can hang tough through a long day at the track. Merely bolting on a set of drag tires or slicks can play havoc on a flimsy factory 10-bolt. Add into the equation some VHT, or any other traction enhancer and you're just asking for trouble.
Even on the street, a set of fat, sticky tires coupled with some uneven pavement could result in a ring gear teeth-shattering episode at the hit of the throttle.
Simply put, more traction means more stress on your driveline components.
One remedy is to ditch the stock 10-bolt and scour the swap meets for a used 12-bolt setup. This could take more time than you're willing to invest, could induce sore feet, and there's a good chance you'll be driving home empty handed. And, if you do happen to find one in good shape, it may be rough on your wallet as well.
Aftermarket companies that offer 12-bolts are an excellent source, as they offer a plethora of high-quality units. But if your racing budget is slightly less than your grocery bills, this route may cost a bit more coin than you're willing to spend on your "little hobby."
For our purposes we'll be upgrading a factory 10-bolt rearend with Moser's 1970-and-later 10-bolt upgrade kit for factory late-model GM passenger cars. It uses an 8.5 diameter ring gear (vs. the 8-7/8-inch 12-bolt) and stronger 30-spline axles (vs. the stock 28-spline) and added a 30-spline posi unit. This is a drag car, so we went with 4.88 gears and a C-clip eliminator kit, which adds safety in the case of a broken axle. If such an accident were to happen with this system, the wheel would remain bolted to the backing plate.
To top things off we added the Moser cast-aluminum performance cover. Not only does it look great, it incorporates preload screws for bearing cap support, added strength and also eliminates deflection.
For this installation, Moser included Richmond gears and a Detroit Truetrac limited slip differential. This will provide us with plenty of strength (about 50 percent over stock components) necessary for our high 10-second 1980 drag Camaro.
We could have gone with a brand new Moser 12-bolt as a legitimate option for even more strength (the housing is stronger than an original factory, and the tubes are welded in a full 360 degrees and are 1/4-inch thick, as opposed to the 1/8-inch thick factory housing), but we wanted to show what's available for a bit less dough. The Moser 10-bolt upgrade costs just about half, give or take, than the complete Moser 12-bolt system, and will provide plenty of strength for our needs.
We enlisted the installation services of Mike Bastio from Toy Shop Transmissions in Pomona, California. Mike informed us that labor for an install like this will vary from shop to shop, but suggested that you put aside another $400 if you have someone else do the work.
Although we'll be using this unit in a drag racing situation, we highly recommend this upgrade for street use as well. With today's high-performance engines making more horsepower than ever before, you can't afford not to pay attention to your assets. So don't take a chance, or you could risk losing your rear ... end.


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Belgium — German sprinter Marcel Kittel gave his team its first win under its new moniker, Argos-Shimano, with a huge victory at Wednesday's 100th edition of the Scheldeprijs race in Belgium. Kittel blasted past some of the best sprinters in the world, including American Tyler Farrar and Dutchman Theo Bos, on his Felt F1 team bike to take the win.
Kittel is having a breakout season. The 23-year-old joined an impressive list of former Sheldeprijs winners including current world champion Mark Cavendish, who won it last year, plus Farrar, Alessandro Petacchi and Tom Boonen.
Rainy conditions at the 202km Belgian midweek classic made it tough going for racers.
"The weather made it difficult," Kittel said. "You needed to stay in front to stay out of trouble and avoid the crashes."
Kittel's teammates helped put him in position for the final sprint, and the speedy German took care of the rest.
"In the last kilometer I was on the wheel of Rabobank and then Tyler Farrar passed me on the right," he said. At 300 or 250 meters to go he went out to the right side. I just followed him and also went directly into the wind and started my sprint. This is a race every sprinter dreams about so I'm really happy to be on the list of winners."


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NBC execs talked up stars and synergy at the Peacock's upfront presentation Monday at Radio City Music Hall.
NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt emphasized to media buyers that the net will focus much of its marketing efforts for the fall on the launch of J.J. Abrams drama "Revolution" in the Mondays at 10 p.m. timeselot and the new comedies filling its Tuesday 9-10 p.m. block, "Go On" and Ryan Murphy's "The New Normal."
Although NBC unveiled its schedule on Sunday, Greenblatt and NBC Entertainment prexy Jennifer Salke still had some programming news for the assembled media buyers and journos. Greenblatt confirmed that new episodes of "Grimm" will bow in August immediately after the networks' coverage of the Summer Olympic Games in London. Reality skein "Stars Earn Stripes," from producers Mark Burnett and Dick Wolf, will launch shortly after the Olympics conclude as well. Greenblatt also mentioned plans to launch a Canadian drama import, "Saving Hope," a medical drama with a supernatural twist, this summer prior to the July 27-Aug. 12 Olympics frame.
NBC also confirmed it has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to a pirate drama from scribe Neil Cross ("Luther") and producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald that is targeted for midseason. Skein will be financed by newly formed indie outfit Georgeville Television and Motion Picture Capital, a unit of Reliance Entertainment.
"Mockingbird Lane," the much talked-about reboot of "The Munsters" from Bryan Fuller, could be called up for midseason if the pilot, to be lensed next month, turns out well, Greenblatt said.
And to no one's surprise, Greenblatt confirmed "30 Rock" will end its acclaimed run next season with a one-hour finale.
While NBC touted the star power the net has brought to its new series this year — from "Book of Mormon" star Josh Gad in "1600 Penn" to Matthew Perry in "Go On" — the actors were upstaged Monday as the antics of Justin Kirk's monkey sidekick in veterinary comedy "Animal Practice" drew the biggest laughs of the sesh. Among the new shows seen in clips, "Revolution" and Jekyll-and-Hyde drama "Do No Harm" seem to have made the biggest impact on the aud.
As always, NBC made the most of its Radio City setting, offering the crowd two performances from "Smash" stars Katharine McPhee, and Megan Hilty, in addition to a song from "The Voice" winner Jermaine Paul. "The Voice" offered inspiration for Greenblatt's upfront introduction, which came when the show's ubiquitous red swivel chairs deposited him onstage.
The presentation opened with a pretaped segment in which Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey intercept a package of pilots with footage of many NBC series being rendered as musicals including "Grimm," "Law and Order: SVU" and, most memorably, "Meet the Press," featuring David Gregory singing at his anchor desk, surrounded by showgirls.
NBC Broadcasting chairman Ted Harbert made a big pitch for the collective strength of Comcast and NBCU as marshalled by Project Symphony, the label given promotional synergy efforts across Comcast's 97 media properties. That could be good news for NBC's Monday 10 p.m. drama and Tuesday 9 p.m. comedy pairing.
Harbert called on the industry to make progress on cross-platform measurement citing increases that make viewing in digital windows meaningful to the bottom line. He also floated the notion of introducing a C7 rating, or extending the time frame that DVR viewing contributes to the ratings used by advertisers to determine rates. At present the industry standard is live-plus three days, or C3, but net execs would like to see that extended to seven days to reflect the dramatic rise in DVR viewing in recent years.
Harbert also took direct aim at the controversial DVR commercial-skipping technology introduced last week by Dish Network. Its "Auto Hop" feature allows viewers to leapfrog the entire commercial pod with the push of a button, raising hackles with ad-dependent broadcasters. Harbert sounded the alarm to Madison Avenue.
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CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple stock fell lower than $400 for the first time since 2011 on Wednesday, less than a week before a quarterly earnings report that is expected to show the tech giant's first decline in profits since the iPod helped push Apple back to the top of the technology mountain more than a decade ago.
Apple shares declined as much as 6.6 percent to $398.11 Wednesday before recovering slightly to close at $402.80, a 5.5 percent daily decline. The stock easily eclipsed Apple's previous 52-week low of $419 and pushed Apple lower than $400 a share for the first time since Dec. 23, 2011, while again costing it the title of highest market capitalization for a United States company.
Wednesday's descent continues Apple's steep decline deep into bear market territory: Since hitting an all-time high of $705.07 on the day the iPhone 5 launched in the United States, Apple shares have declined as much as 43.6 percent.
The fall indicates that investors believe Apple has peaked after a decade of spectacular success that began with the iPod and continued with the introduction of the iPhone and iPad, mobile devices that proved incredibly successful and changed consumers' computing habits, to the detriment of the personal computer industry. Analysts expect Apple to report in its quarterly report Tuesday that earnings per share were $10.13, according to Thomson Reuters, compared with profits of $12.30 in the same quarter a year ago.
Those sentiments are declining even more as next week's report nears, with Bernstein Research releasing a note predicting a 'tepid quarter' on Wednesday, joining a trio of analysts who cut their price targets on the stock Tuesday.
'We note that March Street expectations still appear too high and that Apple is likely to guide June down,' Piper Jaffray analyst and noted Apple bull Gene Munster wrote Tuesday.
Investors dumping Apple stock Wednesday could have their eyes on the companies that provide components for the tech giant's signature mobile devices. Audio-chip provider Cirrus Logic declined more than 15 percent Wednesday after reporting projected revenues far below consensus estimates, a possible signal that Apple is ordering fewer parts due to lessening demand. That news follows Japan Display's announcement Monday that it was looking for new buyers for its displays, which are used on the iPhone.
Cross Research analyst Shannon Cross told Reuters that the Cirrus report is 'a reminder of weakening demand, and the challenges around product transitions' for Apple.
'There's not a lot of conviction about what the second half is going to look like,' she added.
Jefferies analyst Peter Misek wrote in a note that Apple's sales could suffer in the current quarter, based on the Cirrus news. The company's lighter-than-expected revenue projection means Apple will likely not launch a refreshed iPad Mini in the quarter, Misek posited, while any new iPad launch would likely happen late in the quarter.
Apple's outlook is still strong, however, with revenues expected to set another record in the second quarter and more than $150 billion in cash sitting in the Cupertino company's coffers. Even that cash horde has become an issue, though, activist investors have agitated for Apple to return some of its cash to stakeholders; CEO Tim Cook has said the company is looking for a way to do that, but has said little about the effort since the company's annual shareholders meeting in late February.
Apple was not alone in its Wednesday descent, as Wall Street's main indexes and other tech companies also fell. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index declined 1.8 percent, while the Standard & Poor's 500 fell 1.4 percent; the Dow Jones industrial average -- the only major U.S. index to not include Apple -- moved lower by 0.9 percent.
Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/mercbizbreak.


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Technologically speaking, the construction industry lags other industries, such as retail, manufacturing, finance, logistics, and health care. However, people in the construction industry aren't behind; we are just as likely as those in other industries to adopt, embrace, or resist individual technologies, such as mobile devices, tablets, GPS-enabled devices, and other gadgets.
As a whole, the construction industry lags other sectors when it comes to the use of a fully integrated information system, not so much within, but between organizations. We work in an environment where there are no commonly used open standards for sharing data between general contractors, subcontractors, and customers. The standards we do use are unwieldy and often tied to specific vendors or manufacturers. Many products tend to be all-encompassing in an attempt to appeal to all trades rather than offering what a specific trade requires. These products are oftentimes too expensive for smaller contractors and lock the contractor to a specific vendor. This is the situation most other industries were in during the mid-'90s.
Enter mobile devices and cloud services. Most readers are aware of and/or have experienced the benefits of mobile devices, and on perhaps a lesser scale, cloud-based services. What is less talked about (especially by salespeople) is that integration with other systems is required for these new technologies to realize their full potential. Many mobile applications and cloud services are themselves endpoints of yet another silo. In fact, some create silos where there were none before. For example, human resource-based cloud services are very popular. If not implemented correctly, data integration with back-end payroll/accounting systems, security, and privacy concerns create problems that did not exist prior to adoption.
The truth is, mobile applications and cloud services will require greater attention to the integration between the field and back office systems. In addition, mobile applications and cloud services do not address existing data sharing problems between organizations any more than current enterprise construction software.
One point where all trades as well as the owner come together is construction job documentation. As a subcontractor, for example, you may have a fully automated submittal, change-order, RFQ or RFI creation, tracking, and management system. However, if the general contractor (GC) is not as technologically advanced, the subcontractor often has to move backward on the technology scale to interact with the GC. Or, if the GC has its own system that is incompatible to the subcontractor's system, then the subcontractor is often forced to do needless rework to submit construction
documents. Multiply this with all the trades on a job, and one can see that there is room for improvement.
We in the construction industry use vendor independent standards every day. All of our electrically powered tools use common plugs. Every trade uses common fasteners to connect electrical, plumbing, and HVAC components. It is not outside the reach of current technology for our software tools to behave like the tools we use on a job site.
In order for this to occur, the construction industry needs to adopt flexible, vendor independent standards for all aspects of construction information processing. This includes estimating, accounting, pricing, payroll, safety, material handling, CAD, and construction documentation. Even CAD standardization has not gone far enough in the sense that it is tied heavily to the software vendor. BIM is part of the answer. However, it does not address all aspects of construction information processing.
An example from another industry is the DICOM standard in the health care sector. DICOM is a vendor independent standard for radiological images such as x-rays, CAT, and PET scans. The designers of DICOM did not address other aspects of health care, such as patient or billing data, nor did they intend to. We need smaller and simpler sets of standards for each aspect of construction information processing.
Products compliant with such standards would allow each organization involved in a construction project to choose the best-in-breed software/hardware for their trade and yet be able to share data. The GC would choose systems and devices that are best suited for them. The subcontractors would use systems and devices best suited to the subcontractors' trade, yet still be able to share data with the GC and other trades. An added benefit would be that standards would even the playing field for smaller contractors who cannot afford large internal IT staffs or the hiring of consultants.
The fact that we lag other industries is also an opportunity, because we can learn from their mistakes. We can go straight to using the new mobile devices without the concerns of the investment made in a legacy, proprietary hand-held solutions that other industries have. The key is the adoption of vendor independent standards to share information. Standards are the unsung heroes that the flashier aspects of information technology rely on to reach full potential.
We can choose to standardize ourselves or let outside parties such as vendors choose for us. That is another lesson that can be drawn from the experience of other industries.
Chen is the director of information systems at Faith Technologies in Lenexa, Kan. He can be reached at [email protected].


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This is an overview of available tools for forensic investigators. Please click on the name of any tool for more details.
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- Category:Disk Imaging
- Tools:Data Recovery (including file carving)
- Tools:File Analysis
- Tools:Document Metadata Extraction
- Tools:Memory Imaging
- Tools:Network Forensics
- Tools:Logfile Analysis
- Category:Anti-forensics tools
- Category:Secure deletion
- 1 Disk Analysis Tools
- 2 Enterprise Tools (Proactive Forensics)
- 3 Forensics Live CDs
- 4 Personal Digital Device Tools
- 5 Other Tools
- 6 Telephone Scanners/War Dialers
Disk Analysis Tools
Hard Drive Firmware and Diagnostics Tools
- PC-3000 from DeepSpar Data Recovery Systems
- http://www.deepspar.com/products-pc-3000-drive.html
- http://www.pc-3000.com/
Linux-based Tools
Macintosh-based Tools
- Macintosh Forensic Software by BlackBag Technologies, Inc.
- http://www.blackbagtech.com/software_mfs.html
Windows-based Tools
- HBGary Responder Professional - Windows Physical Memory Forensic Platform
- http://www.hbgary.com
- EMail Detective - Forensic Software Tool by Hot Pepper Technology, Inc
- http://www.hotpepperinc.com/emd
- ILook Investigator by Elliot Spencer and U.S. Dept of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS)
- http://www.ilook-forensics.org/
- P2 Power Pack by Paraben
- https://www.paraben-forensics.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=187
Open Source Tools
- A library for working with disk images. Currently AFFLIB supports raw, AFF, AFD, and EnCase file formats. Work to support segmented raw, iLook, and other formats is ongoing.
- foremost
- http://foremost.sf.net/
- Linux based file carving program
- Scalpel
- http://www.digitalforensicssolutions.com/Scalpel/
- Linux and Windows file carving program originally based on foremost.
- FTimes
- http://ftimes.sourceforge.net/FTimes/index.shtml
- FTimes is a system baselining and evidence collection tool.
- gpart
- http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/
- Tries to guess the primary partition table of a PC-type hard disk in case the primary partition table in sector 0 is damaged, incorrect or deleted.
- pyflag
- http://www.pyflag.net/PyFlagWiki/
- Web-based, database-backed forensic and log analysis GUI written in Python.
- Hachoir
- A generic framework for binary file manipulation, it supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, ext2/ext3, Linux swap, MSDOS partition header, etc. Recognize file type. Able to find subfiles (hachoir-subfile).
NDA and scoped distribution tools
Enterprise Tools (Proactive Forensics)
Forensics Live CDs
- FCCU Gnu/Linux Boot CD
- A Live CD built on top of Knoppix with a lot of tools with forensic purpose.
- It leaves the target devices unaltered (it does not use the swap partitions found on the devices) nor does it automount partitions.
- Helix (Helix3 Pro)
- A Live CD built on top of Ubuntu with special tools for incident response and electronic discovery.
- A hybrid CD which also contains a Cygwin environment for use on a running Windows system (w/o rebooting) including the Sysinternals tools.
- A FreeBSD based forensics Bootable ISO (includes Autopsy and Sleuth Kit).
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/snarl/
- Knoppix STD
- A Live CD built on top of Knoppix.
- http://s-t-d.org/
- Penguin Sleuthkit
- A Linux Live CD that includes SleuthKit.
- http://penguinsleuth.org/
- A Linux Live CD, designed and optimized for previewing data in a forensically sound manner. It contains a number of programs forensic practitioners can utilize to preview both Windows and Linux systems.
- MacQuisition Boot CD
- A forensic Live CD built for imaging Macintosh systems.
- DEFT Linux
- A Live CD built on top of Xubuntu with the best tools for computer forensics and incident response.
- It's a very light and fast live system created for the Computer Forensics specialist.
- The first live CD with AFF, dhash and Xplico.
- http://www.deftlinux.net
- Recovery Is Possible
- A Linux Live CD with a number of recovery applications such as TestDisk, PhotoRec etc.
- http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/
- Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix
- Ubuntu-rescue-remix is a live cd that provides the data recovery expert with an environment equipped with the best free-libre, open source data recovery and forensics tools available. Since many of those libraries and tools are part of the Ubuntu Installer, it makes sense to remix Ubuntu into a lightweight and powerful environment for data recovery. This project was formerly known as Rescubuntu.
- http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/
- Stagos FSE
- Stagos FSE aims to be a computer forensic framework based on Ubuntu Linux. It can read various filesystems, including NTFS, and EnCase images.
- http://stagos.mrp-bpp.net/
- 4BAK liveUSB
- 4bak is a Slax-based LiveUSB with a collection of forensics command line interface (CLI) tools.
- http://4bak.org/
Personal Digital Device Tools
GPS Forensics
PDA Forensics
Cell Phone Forensics
- BitPIM
- Cellebrite UFED
- DataPilot Secure View
- Fernico ZRT
- ForensicMobile
- LogiCube CellDEK
- MOBILedit!
- Oxygen Forensic Suite 2
- http://www.oxygen-forensic.com
- Paraben's Device Seizure and Paraben's Device Seizure Toolbox
- http://www.paraben-forensics.com/handheld_forensics.html
- Serial Port Monitoring
SIM Card Forensics
- Cellebrite UFED
- ForensicSIM
- Paraben's SIM Card Seizure
- http://www.paraben-forensics.com/handheld_forensics.html
- SIMCon
Preservation Tools
Other Tools
- VMware Player
- http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware#VMware_Workstation
- A free player for VMware virtual machines that will allow them to "play" on either Windows or Linux-based systems.
- VMware Server
- http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
- The free server product, for setting up/configuring/running VMware virtual machine.Important difference being that it can run 'headless', i.e. everything in background.
- Computer Forensics Toolkit
- http://computer-forensics.privacyresources.org
- This is a collection of resources, most of which are informational, designed specifically to guide the beginner, often in a procedural sense.
- Webtracer
- http://www.forensictracer.com
- Software for forensic analysis of internet resources (IP address, e-mail address, domain name, URL, e-mail headers, log files...)
- Live View
- http://liveview.sourceforge.net/
- Live View is a graphical forensics tool that creates a VMware virtual machine out of a dd disk image or physical disk.
- Microsoft Virtual PC
- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_PC
Hex Editors
- hexdump
- ...
- HexFiend
- A hex editor for Apple OS X
- http://ridiculousfish.com/hexfiend/
- Hex Workshop
- A hex editor from BreakPoint Software, Inc.
- http://www.bpsoft.com
- WinHex
- Computer forensics software, data recovery software, hex editor, and disk editor from X-Ways.
- http://www.x-ways.net/winhex
- xxd
- ...
Telephone Scanners/War Dialers
- PhoneSweep
- http://www.sandstorm.net/products/phonesweep/
- PhoneSweep is a commercial grade multi-line wardialer used by many security auditors to run telephone line scans in their organizations. PhoneSweep Gold is the distributed-access add-on for PhoneSweep, for organizations that need to run scans remotely.


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Yo peeps, JMac's back with a fresh new tutorial for you. You've already guessed that its a girl, wearing a bikini/swimsuit. I originally drew the picture for a request in an art trade, but I thought it would be nice to share it with ya'll. So without furher adue, Tucker (That's me) is here with "How to Draw a Girl in a Bikini."
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With an increased emphasis on evidence-based practice, physical therapist students and practitioners will more clearly understand the scientific basis for successful treatment and readily relate the rationales to clinical practice. Features: five new chapters, written by leading clinicians/researchers; increased emphasis on case studies; free CD with each book containing video clips of normal and abnormal eye movements, gait problems, and treatment.Herdman, Susan J. is the author of 'Vestibular Rehabilitation ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780803613768 and ISBN 0803613768.[read more]
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Discover Your Destiny: Big Ideas to Live Your Best Life
Seven Steps to Leading Your Best Life
This deeply engaging story is filled with powerful and practical life lessons that will open you to new possibilities and transform your life forever.
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ROBIN SHARMA is a globally respected humanitarian. Widely considered one of the world's top leadership and personal optimization advisors, his clients include famed billionaires, professional sports superstars and many Fortune 100 companies. The author's #1 bestsellers such as The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, The Greatness Guide and The Leader Who Had No Title, are in over 92 languages making him one of the most broadly read writers alive today.
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Discover Your Destiny with the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
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Chapter One
A Spiritual Emergency
Life does not listen to your logic; it goes on its own way, undisturbed.
You have to listen to life; life will not listen to your logic,
it does not bother about your logic.
-- Osho
I could feel the coolness of the metal against my head. How could it have come to this? I was actually sitting in a shabby motel room with a gun pushed up against my temple, ready to squeeze the trigger. Sweat was pouring down my forehead and my heart was beating wildly. My hands were shaking uncontrollably. No one knew where I was. No one seemed to care anymore. I had nothing to live for. So I was preparing to die.
I could see the headline of my obituary right now: "Dar Sandersen, international hotel entrepreneur, divorced father of three, dead at age 44 -- by his own hand."
But as I closed my eyes and said a final prayer aloud, something unexpected -- no, miraculous -- happened. I began to feel dizzy and fell to the floor, the gun dropping out of my hand. As I lay there, motionless, a blinding white light began to fill my body. But before you dismiss my story, please know that I've always been a very grounded and reasonable person. Nothing like this had ever happened to me before. I'd always chuckled on hearing stories of the mystical, deeming them flaky and irresponsible. I didn't -- and still don't -- talk to angels, nor do I run my life according to the daily position of the stars. Yet, I cannot discount or deny what happened to me in that motel room only twelve months ago. Was it an experience of the divine? Was it a spiritual awakening? Was it simply a physical reaction to the extreme stress I was experiencing? Truthfully, I do not know. What I do know is what happened there set into motion a series of events that have transformed every element of the life I once knew.
The light grew brighter and brighter. Soon, my entire body began to shake, as if I were experiencing a massive seizure. Sweat flowed out of me in torrents as my arms, legs, and torso trembled on the cold and filthy floor. This continued for what seemed like an eternity. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, came these words that pierced the deepest part of me: "Your life is a treasure and you are so much more than you know."
That was it. Once these words flashed across my mind, I stopped shaking. I just lay there, in a pool of perspiration, staring up at the ceiling. I had never felt such internal peace in all my life. I was completely in my body, fully within my heart. Life is a treasure and you are so much more than you know.
After a while, I slowly rose to my feet and packed up my belongings. Something deep within me had shifted, though I can't explain it -- I just felt it. I no longer had an interest in taking my own life. Maybe that voice was right -- maybe I did have much more within me than I was currently aware of.
Generally, when we face hard times, we think the way we see the world reflects the way it really is. This is a false assumption. We are simply viewing the world from our hopeless frame of reference. We are seeing things through sad and hopeless eyes. The truth of the matter is that when we begin to feel better, our world will look better. And when we return to a state of joyfulness within, our outer world will reflect that feeling to us. I've learned that the world is a mirror. We receive from life not what we want but who we are. I've also learned that there are seasons to our lives and painful times never last. Trust that the winter of your sorrow will yield to the summer of your joy, just as the brilliant rays of the morning always follow the darkest part of the night.
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itodd needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 50 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
Bakery and Restaurant equipment provider and servicer
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Video Contest to Award $10,000 and a Free Trip to Las Vegas to the Best Overall Entrant
MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 16, 2008 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), today announced the debut of its first SanDisk Point & Shoot Film Festival1, an online video contest on YouTube to find and display the most compelling user-generated videos taken on consumer point-and-shoot digital cameras. Beginning today, entrants may upload their videos to YouTube by visiting www.youtube.com/sandisk
The top 200 entrants to the contest will receive a SanDisk Ultra® II 4GB2 SDHC™ card, allowing them to easily capture more video using their digital point-and-shoot camera. The best video entrant in each category will be awarded $1,000 and the overall grand prize for the best video will receive $10,000 (including the $1,000 category prize) and a trip to Las Vegas.
"Consumers are capturing more video than ever, and as they do, they're discovering how easy and fun it is to shoot home movies on less expensive, smaller digital devices," said Tanya Chuang, global retail marketing director for SanDisk. "The SanDisk Point & Shoot Film Festival aims to educate and encourage a larger base of consumers to take more video and unleash the power of their point-and-shoot digital cameras. By utilizing YouTube for this contest, we're providing a highly-visible way for consumers to show off how 'life moves.' We look forward to reviewing the submissions during the next several months."
Contest entrants are not required to create new videos for the SanDisk Point & Shoot Film Festival. Existing and newly-shot videos that fit into the following criteria may be entered for consideration:
The deadline for contest submissions will close at 11:59:59pm ET on November 10, 2008. The top 20 film festival finalists and five alternatives will be posted to YouTube for public voting from November 18, 2008 - December 8, 2008. Winners for each category, including the overall winner, will be selected by the YouTube community. Category finalists and the overall winner are expected to be announced on December 15, 2008.
For more information and to enter the contest please visit www.youtube.com/sandisk or www.sandisk.com/lifemoves
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SanDisk Corporation, the inventor and world's largest supplier of flash storage cards, is a global leader in flash memory - from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's production portfolio includes audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk (www.sandisk.com/corporate) is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside of the United States.
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Ok I have a question and it is random, wierd and more you think about it the wierder it gets.
Does anyone ever have nightmares about Jim? But actually enjoys it so it isn't exactly a nightmare its like a pleasent dream but would be a nightmare to most people.
I read on here that most people when they dream of Jim its cute and adorable but I have been having nightmares recently for 3 nights in a row about Jim ripping my flesh and draining the blood out of me. Most people would hate that but I enjoy it so much I get this pleasurable feeling shooting inside my body. I usually just dream of this just once a month but the dreams are getting worse. And are coming more often.
I had that dream last night and I almost did something to myself something really dangerous becoz when your eyes are shut your not doing it Jims doing it, its your own imagination that makes you feel like its him and I felt so much joy from it.
Has anyone ever had dreams like that? Or an even better question does anyone feel joy from having nightmares of Jim? These dreams are actually effecting my lifestyle a little. I have noticed I'm craving for food more then usual and my friend is sort of getting worried. It was just the other day I almost bought every munchy you can think of in a supermarket. Munchies means snacks in my area just case you didn't know. And I didn't even realise what I'd bought until I was out of the shop.


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July 15, 2014
By: Casey Seiler
Source: Times Union
Niskayuna - State leaders readily admitted that they don't understand
the intricacies of the cutting-edge technology that will drive the next
generation of semiconductor innovation, but they believe in its
potential enough to invest $135 million in public funds.
Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced the creation of the New York Power
Electronics Manufacturing Consortium, which will begin its operations at
the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. The project will
be led by General Electric Co., which on Tuesday hosted the
announcement with Cuomo and GE CEO Jeff Immelt at its Global Research
labs in Niskayuna.
The project is expected to create 500 new jobs in the Capital Region over the next five years, Cuomo said.
New York at one time was Silicon Valley before there was a Silicon
Valley," he told a room filled with researchers, executives and local
officials, citing the region's role in the development of past
cutting-edge technologies such as television.
In addition to GE,
the New York consortium will include more than 100 companies — including
GlobalFoundries, IBM and Lockheed Martin — and universities from across
the state to develop silicon carbide technology for a new generation of
power electronics components that will be stronger and more efficient
than today's electronics. Potential applications range from cars and
planes to electric power grids.
New York will not be the only
center for this brand of research: Tuesday's announcement comes seven
months after President Barack Obama announced the establishment of a
series of innovation "hubs," called the Next Generation Power
Electronics Institute, that will work on similar technology.
total five-year cost of the New York consortium will be $500 million,
with the state's $135 million augmenting $365 million in funds from the
private companies. The initial work will take place in an existing
15,000-square-foot clean room in the NanoCollege's Nanofab South
building, and is expected to expand to the school's growing list of
satellite facilities across upstate.
"Nano is not just a child of the Capital District anymore," Cuomo said.
state will own the buildings and high-tech tools used to produce the
6-inch semiconductor wafers, with the private companies serving as
research tenants.
NanoCollege CEO Alain Kaloyeros said the state
investment and the "open-innovation model" of the consortium was the
most efficient way to develop this sort of highly complex technology.
"The Chinese government is investing trillions to build the tech parks and bring in those industries," Kaloyeros said.
said the state's investment would help benefit small- and medium-size
businesses alongside the giants such as GE. "The thing that's typically
missing with a lot of these process industries — and now I speak as the
investor in the room — is it takes an incredible amount of capital to
commercialize these technologies," he said. "It leaves a lot of small
businesses at the door where they cannot participate because they just
don't have the capital to invest."
"We believe in private
enterprise, but it makes it easier for us to our job when we have the
support and help of good government," Immelt said.
Cuomo was not
the only state leader at the podium to freely admit that the complexity
of the technology was beyond his capacity for understanding, though he
said that hadn't changed much since the administration of his father,
Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, who approved the investment that gave birth to the
"I am sure when Dr. Kaloyeros spoke to my father
about 25 years ago and said, 'We're going to launch the computer chip
revolution with nanotechnology,' he had no idea what Dr. Kaloyeros was
speaking about — but he had the good fortune to like the way he said
it," Cuomo said.
" ... I have no idea what he's talking about — but I believe it's going to work," Cuomo said.
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The Taiwan Environmental Protection Union yesterday criticized the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) question for a proposed referendum on halting the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, saying the text showed that the party was exploiting the shortcomings of the Referendum Act (公民投票法) to ensure construction continues.
The wording of the proposal, which was unveiled on Thursday, says: "Do you agree that the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant should be halted and that it not become operational?" (你是否同意核四廠停止興建不得運轉).
National Taiwan University professor Shih Hsin-min (施信民) said yesterday that the ruling party is trying to use the requirement that states that at least 50 percent of voters must submit ballots for a referendum to be valid to veto the proposal to halt construction of the nuclear power plant.
"They [the KMT] were really wearing their hearts on their sleeves — which say: 'Let the construction continue,'" said Shih, who is also the president of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union.
He said the government has always supported the construction of the power plant ever since it decided to resume the project on Feb. 14, 2001, adding that position has recently been reiterated by both President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺).
"They should ask if the public agree that construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant be continued and that it become operational," Shih said. "That would be a real referendum on government policy."
Lai Chen-chang (賴振昌), president of the National Taipei College of Business, said the nation would pay a heavy price if a nuclear disaster strikes, no matter how low the chances of it happening. He said not only this generation, but the next, would continue to pay the price, adding citing the example of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
"An incorrect government policy is worse than a corrupt government," Lai said. "The Ma administration has tried to explain its policy by pointing out the costs, but it has ignored the costs that the nation would have to pay for a nuclear disaster."
National Taipei University economics professor Wang To-far (王塗發) said that the KMT's proposal completely downplays the negatives of nuclear energy.
"What we are facing is an evil, cold-blooded and shameless government," Wang said. "They said what happened at [the] Fukushima [Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan in 2011] was mainly the result of human error, as if we are running safe nuclear power plants. Haven't we learned the lesson of Fukushima?"
National Chiao Tung University civil engineering professor Liou Gin-show (劉俊秀) said that those living within a 30km radius of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant had to evacuate after the nuclear accident there. Were the same rule to apply here, 7 million people would have to be evacuated in the event of a disaster, he said.
"The rule here is 8km. Can they even do that?" Liou asked.
With anti-nuclear protest marches due to take place nationwide today, the union said more academics should come out and support the cause.
According to the Green Citizens' Action Alliance, the civic group that initiated today's protests, more than 22,000 people have sent text messages endorsing the movement to abolish nuclear power and it estimated that the march in Taipei would draw more than 30,000 people.


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The following table shows the amounts of education/training and/or experience required to qualify for positions covered by this standard.
Equivalent combinations of education/training and experience are qualifying for grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- hydrology, agronomy, geology, range conservation, forestry, ecology, civil engineering, mining engineering, natural sciences, biological sciences, natural resources, environmental planning, or earth science.
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General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience that provided:
Examples of qualifying general experience include:
The following types of work are not creditable as generally experience: dozer operator performing backfilling and regrading of mine sites; equipment operator constructing haulroads and drainage systems; underground miner; or underground health and safety inspector.
Intensive Training in Reclamation or Mining Technology: Study successfully completed in a 2-year reclamation technology or mining technology program may be substituted for 2 years of general experience. Students in such programs are exposed to mining or reclamation multidisciplinary training, including instruction in engineering, forestry, agronomy, hydrology, reclamation laws and practices, soils, and geology. A 2-year reclamation or mining technology degree plus 1 year of general experience as defined above is fully qualifying for GS-5.
Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience that demonstrated:
Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
The duties of these positions require arduous physical exertion under dangerous and rigorous conditions. Employees may work irregular and protracted hours and are subject to all the dangers inherent in strip mining. Any organic, functional, or structural disease, defect, or limitation that interferes with safe and efficient performance of the duties of these positions will disqualify an applicant for appointment.
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
Vision: Distant visual acuity must be at least 20/200 (Snellen) in each eye without glasses, and must be correctable to at least 20/30 in one eye and 20/50 in the other. Near visual acuity, corrected or uncorrected, must be sufficient to read Jaeger type 2 at 14 inches. Ability to distinguish basic colors, normal depth perception, and peripheral vision is required.
Hearing: Using the ISO or ANSI scale, applicants will be tested in the 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz ranges, and must have no hearing loss in either ear of more than 40 decibels in any of these ranges. Using the ASA scale, applicants must have no loss in either ear of more than 30 decibels in any of these ranges. Chronic disease of the ear that affects hearing or equilibrium is disqualifying. Perforation of an eardrum is disqualifying.
Nose, Mouth, and Throat: Chronic diseases or conditions that interfere with distinct speech or with free breathing (with or without a breathing apparatus) are disqualifying. Normal sense of smell is required.
Respiratory System: Any of the following chronic diseases or conditions that result in reduced pulmonary function, shortness of breath, painful respiration, or that otherwise impair full performance of duties is disqualifying:
Cardiovascular System: The following diseases or conditions are disqualifying:
The following conditions are also disqualifying if the initial reading is above or below the given standards and the applicant fails to meet the standard upon two retestings conducted on separate days:
Occupational Mine Diseases: Any chronic occupational mine disease or irremediable poisoning, such as mercury, lead, asbestos, beryllium, arsenic, uranium (cancer), and other metallic and non-metallic mine-induced disease or poisoning is disqualifying.
Blood Disease: Any current blood dyscrasia is disqualifying.
Gastrointestinal System: The following, and any chronic, disabling disease of the abdominal viscera are disqualifying:
Endocrine System: Any history of a systemic metabolic disease, such as diabetes, gout, or symptomatic adrenal, thyroid, or pituitary dysfunction may be disqualifying.
Genitourinary System: The following diseases or conditions are disqualifying:
Skin: Any chronic skin disease that interferes with safe and efficient performance of duties or that would be aggravated by exposure to the environment encountered in the mines or mills is disqualifying.
Spine, Pelvis, Sacroiliac, and Lumbosacral Joints: Any of the following diseases or conditions that interfere with function and prevent safe and efficient performance of job duties is disqualifying:
Extremities: Any anomaly, deformity, or other condition that demonstrably interferes with safe and efficient job performance is disqualifying.
Nervous System: The following diseases or conditions are disqualifying:
Other: Any other disease, defect, or limitation, though not specifically named above, that demonstrably interferes with safe or efficient performance of any of the duties of these positions is disqualifying. Remediable defects and acute or curable diseases that interfere with safe and efficient performance are disqualifying if existent at the time of appointment consideration; however, applicants may be restored to an existing list of eligibles upon submission of proof of remedy of the defect or cure of the disease.
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Gizmodo pal, Felipe Li, has tipped us off to some exclusive information about Amazon's video downloading service. These exclusive screens were found by some smarties with a little insider information and Google caching know how.
The television shows run for $1.99 and it seems the average movie will run around $10. Amazon Unbox is the name of the Amazon video player that will accompany this service. According to the FAQs the video player "recommends" having Windows XP, sorry Mac users.
The FAQs also says that the videos can be transferred to a supported portable media player, the video quality is comparible to DVD and you can burn the movies to DVD but they won't play in a DVD players because of the DRM's ass-raping limitations. Hit the jump for more screenshots, or follow the links below to see the page for yourself.
Main Page
Download Page
20th Century Fox Page
Sci-Fi Page
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Hi Folks,
Putting this one in the Welcome area, as it really doesn't fit in the others... I
I have notice that it seems that as Funcube-1 comes out of eclipse, the beacon *rises* in frequency (while it is on *approach* to me)
I discovered this, as I actually adjust for doppler, but I saw it actually go *up* my waterfall display, at what seemed to be quite a rate. I had a BPf of +/-1500Hz, but had to double that, just to keep it in the pass band! I fear that it's actually changing quickly enough during that timeframe, that the Linux decoder is having issues, as even when I increased the bandwidth of the filter to compensate, I don't tend to get very many decodes on an eclipse -> daylight pass, even post the beacon going full power (which is very obvious...)
I'm guessing it's temperature related, and I don't expect anyone to fix the Linux decoder (I can go fiddle and adjust filter B/W's and offsets etc), but can anyone confirm the behaviour I see ? Has anyone characterised it, and worked out what the extra frequency shift is precisely ?