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Smartphones are no longer just a means of communicating, working on the go or playing games; they have become our lifelines. Sure, I could realistically live without my phone. But I would have to change the way I go about my day from the ground up. My phone is always by my side and it has become my do-it-all tool for everything I encounter: taking pictures, paying bills, banking, discovering new locations and much more. As trivial as some of these things may be, they should serve as testaments to how integrated smartphones have truly become with our lives.
And that's just it. These always-connected smartphones are outgunning their non-smart counterparts, meaning more people have the power of the ever-growing Internet at their fingertips every single day. If they are met with a question they don't know the answer to, they can simply open up the browser and pay Ol' Google a visit. Problem solved.
I cannot begin to count the number of times I do this every single day.
Many companies around the world have taken advantage of consumers being always-connected by fitting their products, business cards or other adverts with "scannable" bardcodes. These barcodes you see printed on various mediums are better known as QR Codes. Using the ShopSavvy application (or one of the million alternatives), you can point your phone at the barcode and uncover whatever is encoded into the barcode. In most modern uses, you will be directed to a webpage or YouTube video detailing something relevant to where you found the code. It's nothing fancy, but very useful.
Last night, I was sitting in Time Warner Cable Arena, waiting on the Hurricanes to hit the ice while looking over a promotional flyer. The two-sided flyer had promotional information, websites and other useful information plastered all over it. Buried in lower right-hand corner of the front was a QR Code for information on the North Carolina Education Lottery. Naturally, I drew my phone, fired up ShopSavvy and scanned the barcode, which took me to a YouTube video detailing a "second chance drawing" for the lottery.
Of course, the QR Code I scanned wasn't anything spectacular, nor was I expecting it to be. Quite frankly, I don't care about the lottery. But it doesn't matter. There is always an air of mystery behind QR Codes. Every time I see one out in public, a strange urge comes over me and I feel the need to scan it ... just to see. And that's why they're so great.
After looking over the flyer another time, it hit me. Why are QR Codes not being smacked on every product out there? I do know that Best Buy and Wal-Mart have been fitting some of their shelf product tags with QR Codes. But why haven't other major retailers picked up the slack? And why are they only being widely used for product details?
I could cover a million different reasons more companies should use these codes to quickly link consumers to more information on their product: they're incredibly easy and effortless to make, cheaper than printing thousands of business cards that will be thrown away or lost shortly thereafter, they can give much more detail than say a product card in a retail store, etc. None of this is really new or novel either. Take RIM for instance. They use QR Codes in their popular BBM service. Instead of manually entering a PIN (a unique hexadecimal number assigned to each and every BlackBerry), users can simply scan another's barcode to add them to their friends list.
But I'm left wondering why nobody is using QR Codes for Foursquare check-ins, adding people on social networks (instead of searching through thousands of random people with the same name), sharing apps or the other endless possibilities. Why are developers not using these nifty barcodes for media sharing and other neat ways of connecting and sharing?
Who knows, maybe companies are investing in NFC tags instead. I'm looking forward to the big NFC push myself, if it ever arrives. But the caveat of NFC technology is it has hardware requirements. QR Codes technically do, too. But what phone doesn't come with a camera? Using both NFC and QR Codes together would only make sense – a QR Code could indicate the location of the NFC tag. But I digress.
Am I crazy and just overlooking the thousands of QR Codes I should be seeing every day? Do you scan QR Codes when you see them? Or do you just ignore them? Do you think they should be used more and in different ways? Chime in below!


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Revelation 9:13-16 New International Version (NIV)
13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.
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Happy Monday! I'm so happy for a day off. Our team has been furiously working on getting everything in place for the Sundance Film Festival and we are so close to being ready to take off. If you're going to be there, keep an eye out for the SOREL team!0
I can't say enough how much I LOVE this moto jacket. Yes, it's SOREL, and I am not just saying how much I adore it because I work for the brand. Since I got it, I've been planning my outfits around it every single day. It's the perfect warmth you'd want in a moto jacket and I don't even take it off when I'm in the office...seriously, I keep it pretty much glued to my body. It is for sure an investment piece, but it's great because it's not a bulky winter coat and will be perfect for chilly spring days as well.
Another thing that hasn't left my body since I got it from my parents for Christmas is this Kendra Scott earring and necklace set. I have been wearing KS for years and I love how her line has evolved and now includes dainty pieces that are great for everyday wear. Make sure you click through the carousel below for some of my other favorites that would look great with the moto look!


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The Recorder chip warning can be found during the cutscene in 343 Guilty Spark, the 6th level of Halo: Combat Evolved/(Anniversary). Use both Flycam Program and DevTrainer when John-117 is holding the recording chip from Private First Class Wallace Jenkins's helmet. Pause the game before John-117 puts it in into his helmet and rotate the view to look at the other side. Alternatively, you can look at the bitmap in the Halo Map Tools. The chip has the words "DO NOT EAT," a reference to Soffish, another Bungie joke. This easter egg can also be taken as a play on words, since it is a "chip," but is not edible like its snack food brethren.
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What is Citrus Caviar? Health Benefits Of Australian Finger Limes, Nutrition Facts and How to Use them
What is Citrus Caviar?
A finger lime, also known as 'citrus caviar', is one of six species of citrus fruit native to Australia.
Now also grown in California, finger limes are becoming more widely known and can be found at local markets and in many popular restaurants.
Whilst it is a proud member of the citrus family, alongside the lemon, lime, kumquot, limequat and pomelo, they are in fact very different. Despite their look and formation, they are not genetically modified.
Features of Citrus Caviar Finger Lime
The finger lime differs significantly in many ways to its 'cousins'.
A finger lime is approximately three inches in length and resembles a pickle or gherkin due to its elongated shape. Its outer covering, or skin, is thin, slightly rough and scaly, and can vary in color depending on the variety. Typically they are a dark purple, or dark green color however are known to also to be more along the red scale.
As per its name, the inner flesh of a finger lime closely resembles the size and texture of caviar. Each little bubble of juice is round and firm and delicately yet excitedly pops in your mouth releasing an incredible flavor.
How to store a Finger Lime?
When ripe, store a finger lime in the refrigerator.
It is the only fruit from the citrus family that is recommended to be stored in the refrigerator, without the chance of losing its quality of flavor and texture.
Consume within a few days.
Nutrients of a Finger Lime
The flesh of a finger lime not only looks amazing, but it is also highly nutritional, and provides us with Folate, Potassium and Vitamin C.
Varieties of Finger Limes
There are four varieties of finger limes available: Limeburst Green, Limeburst Burgundy, Limeburst Pink and Limeburst Black and as their names suggest, their colors vary greatly.
Depending on the variety, the colour of the flesh, or caviar, can differ and therefore provide a very appealing addition to a dessert or savory dish.
It is often hard to sell what the inner flesh color will be. If the outer is purple, it is likely that the caviar will have a pink tinge, however some will have a red appeal. Some will be green. Maybe that is part of the excitement to this fruit.
What does a Finger Lime taste like?
The round and firm caviar-like bubbles of juice within a finger lime release a unique flavor that can only be described as a mixture of lemon and lime. It is tart on the tongue and can be said to have an acquired taste. The skin of a finger lime is not to be eaten however has other uses.
Essential Oils
You can make an aromatic oil out of the rind of a finger lime to be used in cleaning products, perfumes or aromatherapy.
How to use a Finger Lime
There are many varied ways to prepare and indulge yourself in a finger lime, or citrus caviar.
Given their size, being only three inches in length, each finger lime only contains a small quantity of caviar, or bubbles of juice. The best way to extract them, to retain as much caviar in tact as possible, is to slice the fruit in half, lengthwise and gently scoop the caviar out.
You can also cut the finger lime widthwise, and then gently apply pressure to pop out each bubble, however whilst they are firm, care must be taken so they do not pop prematurely.
Once you have extracted the gorgeous bubbles of juice, now what?
As a member of the citrus family, and due to its tart flavor, it is of personal opinion whether you eat this fruit fresh. It is recommended to at least try it this way once so you know what you are working with. The sensation of the bubbles of juice bursting in your mouth, exactly like caviar does, is incredible.
Recommendation on how to use this fruit in a recipe are generally to match it with something sweet, to balance out the tart flavor, however more and more restaurants are choosing to add finger limes to their fish recipes and even as an accompanyment to fresh oysters, grilled salmon and even sushi.
Finger limes are also more commonly now used to make jams, and used as a garnish in salads to add a uniqueness to a dish. Given its close similarity to a lemon or lime in flavor, when squeezed, its juice can be used as a substitute in recipes, freshly prepared juices or dressings.
Unique Citrus Fruits
If you are keen to learn about more unique fruits from the citrus family, read all about the kumquat, pomelo, limequat and buddah fingers.
Next time you see citrus caviar, or finger limes mentioned on a menu, give it a try. If you see them for sale at your local market or grocery, pick one up and experience it for yourself. There is almost no end to the possibilities of uses and the explosive burst of flavor provides a texture like no other.
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So excited that my son got seeds and we're growing some here in California. Praying they grow healthy!
I had never heard of this fruit before, so this was an interesting article to me. Thanks for the information.
This was a very interesting article. I did not know about citrus caviar/finger limes. Learn something new each day. Thank you for this information.


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Vegan Peanut Butter And Mexican Snickerdoodle Cookies Invade My Cookie Jar
Two more down… a lot to go… Last week, I made two more vegan cookie recipes from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar to share with my little class. I chose to make Peanut Butter Crisscrosses (page 81) first, because I thought a simple peanut butter cookie would be well-received, and I wanted to have them in case I didn't find time to make a second kind of cookie. A mix between a typical peanut butter cookie and a shortbread cookie, the peanut butter crisscrosses are tender, flavorful, and just perfect!
For my second batch of cookies, I made Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar's Mexican Chocolate Snickerdoodles (page 89). I probably shouldn't have mentioned they were chocolate cookies with a touch of cayenne, because I'm not so sure my classmates were very interested in them after that. I guess these types of recipes are more for foodies like me? Luckily, the husband, the little man, and I loved them and had no problems finishing up the leftovers! They were chocolaty and sugary with just a slight kick of cayenne to finish. If my little man liked them, and you all know how much he can't handle spicy heat, anyone would! They reminded me of the aztec hot chocolate recipe from Speed Vegan in cookie form.
What's your favorite kind of cookie to make for friends or guests? Do you ever gift cookies or baked goods?
I stick with classic chocolate chip cookies when I bring cookies to people I do not know well. They are always well recieved. Those are my favorite PB cookies but I use crunchy peanut butter instead of smooth. Even my picky eat brother likes them. I can't wait to see what other cookies you will bake. It would be awesome if you baked every cookie in the book. It may take a year but it would still be fun.
Those PB cookies look just like the ones my mom used to make 🙂 It can be a problem bringing PB cookies around with the whole peanut allergy thing.
i saw the recipe for those mexican cookies and i want to gluten-free them. if i do, i'll post. glad you liked them. i might have to take out the pepper.
My favorite cookies to make for others are simply peanut butter chocolate chip. I am still learning when it comes to baking or even cooking, so i keep it simple.
I just had these today and they were all sorts of awesome! I hate regular snickerdoodles, but these were amazing!


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By Amanda Nordqvist
Ranging from both technical and intricate to highly emotional, our second recommendations article showcases three different artists who recently released works that we here at Piano & Coffee found to be especially noteworthy.
Éna Brennan is the multi-instrumentalist and composer who, through her recent solo-project Dowry, just released her debut single In É – an intensely emotional track with intricate movement and intriguing switches between major and minor. Brennan is highly educated in several forms of music and art, and has been collaborating with an array of different performers, something that shows in the professionalism of her songwriting – even her improvised beginnings have a clear structure to them, showing how Brennan puts thought into every part of the process.
Brennan's music is a beautiful mix of Irish traditional and minimalist contemporary music, and In É is an absolutely glorious track – a long, downward hill, picking up pace in what seems like an infinity, building into a whirlwind of sound and intrigue. We can only agree with what others have already noted – Éna Brennan is someone to keep an eye on in the future.
Back in the beginning of December, Behind Clouds released a two-track EP called Lost In the Layers of Clouds. The title track is dreamily divine – an ode to the soft, the smooth and the kind. Sorrow lingers just beneath the surface, not hiding… but nesting. The gentle piano plays around without stress, finding new paths and rhythms. From the Ones Looking Down at Me from Above is a heavier track, yet still so soft, with gentle fluttering and repetitive melody. A new layer is added with the chugging percussion, making it an immensely pleasant background track with its mild but unwavering ambience.
We follow the theme of sorrow with our last recommendation being a funeral piece by the Canadian pianist and composer Jean-Michel Blais, released in the beginning of February. His friend's mother passed away recently, and in that tragedy, life was brought to the hauntingly beautiful Roses. Following Blais' previous works, the track expands through several different genres and sensations, portraying perfectly the intricacy of human life. The track opens with an immediate sense of sorrow, hesitantly progressing – grand in its minimalism. Ever moving, we are introduced to a delicate melody, tinged with hope even in the hopeless – the track moves, both without and within me, on such a poignant level.
Terrifyingly real, Roses hides a life story in its movements, as chapter after chapter unfolds, revealing new sounds and new sides; subtle strings turn dramatic in one corner of the piece, and then the track settles softly on a gentle ending coming too fast, too soon. Blais manages to pour the entirety of a life into a single piece, leaving me breathless and frankly petrified – yet hopeful to the fact that we can still find so much beauty in even the most tragic of events.


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Evaluating Information Industry Services & Vendors: Best practices for info pros and IT staff Wednesday, October 26, 2011 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM EDT - No charge for the Webinar - Register
The information industry is again changing rapidly. First-time and replacement solutions offer many benefits, but moving forward involves a certain leap of faith. Before working with a new vendor or implementing a new product for you and your own customers, you cannot truly know how things will unfold. Yet without taking these risks and re-evaluating, progress stagnates.
Avoid common pitfalls and take some of the risk out of new solutions and relationships. Learn from experienced peers about engagement approaches, key questions, validation, and contract clauses to insist upon when you expand your portfolio of solutions and suppliers.
Panelists include:
- Armand Brevig, Global Director of Sales, Reprints Desk
- Perrin Kerravala, product reviewer for VIP and information manager with Export Development Canada
- Tim Buckley Owen, senior news editor for VIP and information industry journalist and trainer with 25+ years experience
Webinar hosted by FreePint - Family of sites and publications reaching over 100,000 information workers monthly


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- "For hundreds of years, Dromund Kaas has been cloaked in an impenetrable night and thrashing storms supposedly caused by the power of the Emperor himself. But these are merely the most conspicuous manifestations of his legendary influence on the Imperial homeworld. Deep in the bowels of Dromund Kaas, another manifestation has been growing–a creature born far underground, a Sithspawn that has supped on the dark side for decades. For now, the beast remains lurking in the darkness, but its hunger is eternal and it is always, always growing."
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Make sure to have those IP Agreements ready prior to a deal!
In the excitement leading up to a deal, founders need to make sure that in addition to corporate documents being ready, they have their IP diligence completed as well.
The key mechanism of IP diligence is the intellectual property and invention assignment agreement (or "IP Agreement").
In the absence of a specific writing, it can be unclear as to who legally owns certain work that is being done on the Company's behalf. The remedy for this is the signed IP Agreement.
When an IP Agreement is signed between a service provider and the Company, it ensures that everything done by the service provider belongs to the Company. This is important because it helps to avoid a dispute down the road as to who owns what.
The classic situation is when founders break up, and they did not sign IP Agreements with the Company. If the Company goes nowhere, this is rarely an issue. But if the Company is successful, it can lead to disputes between early stage founders about who developed parts of the business. This can lead to lawsuits and messy stories in the press.
Another classic example comes out of working with independent contractors. Without the IP Agreement, it may be unclear if the intellectual property was actually ever given to the Company, even if payment was exchanged for services. People commonly hire engineers and other service provides off the Internet, and may never meet them in person. Particularly in those instances, it is critical that an IP Agreement be put in place.
There are countless templates on the Internet for IP Agreements. Whatever you use, have counsel vet the version to ensure compliance with relevant law. An attorney will also ensure that the template is specifically tailored for the business being done by the Company. Investors will want to see all IP Agreements and will frown upon significant issues with the paper trail here. In extreme instances, these may even hold up a deal. Make sure you have your IP Agreements ready to go so your company can make new deals with ease.


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A renewed surge of interest in the Penaddict Crossword thanks to Brian Goulet, who was rather taken with the clue for his surname!
Sorry you have missed out on the prizes, but have a go anyway! So as not to spoil the fun people who have not seen it yet, I have hidden the answers, but if you are stuck you can find them here.
Crossword Solutions
Thanks Brian, I hope you all enjoy it - let me know your most groanworthy pun...


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Cloning and expression of cambialistic Bacteroides fragilis superoxide dismutase gene
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A gene coding for the cambialistic superoxide dismutase (SOD) was isolated from a LambdaGEM-ll genomic library of Bacteroides fragilis. In order to generate a complete genomic library, B. fragilis genomic DNA was partially digested with the restriction endonuclease Sau3AI and was ligated to cloning vector, LambdaGEM-ll. After in vitro packaging, DNA was used to infect E. coli KW 251. The genomic library was finally established in the plaque population. Recombinant phage DNAs containing the SOD gene were detected by a 32P-labelled synthetic oligonucleotide with 17 bases. The sequence of this oligonucleotide was deduced from the N-terminal amino acid sequence of B. fragilis FeSOD. Two recombinant phage DNAs were selected based on he results of plaque hybridization. Further analysis ith restriction mapping and DNA sequencing revealed that only one recombinant phage DNA contained the SOD gene.
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Baby Jogger City Mini Single Stroller Black 2012
The City Mini Single Stroller by Baby Jogger has an amazing one-hand fold for a single stroller. Pull up a handle in the seat of the stroller and the entire stroller folds collapses neatly to a locking position. That means you can do it standing up with the other holding your baby if you had to. Now you can step onto the train, or bus or just load it into the trunk of your car. Perfect urban travel stroller.
Some of our favorite features are the City Mini's stability, sunshade and tuck pocket:
The stylish City Mini Select fits a newborn, with nearly full recline option, up to 50 lbs. It has one of the best heights of any single stroller. If your 5 year old falls asleep in the car, you can easily transfer him into the stroller without worrying his head will bump the top or the canopy. Durable and lightweight, it will be the single stroller you prefer for ease of use.
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YOGADOO Non-spooky Halloween Holiday Club/Party Weds 30th Oct
YOGADOO Non-spooky Halloween Holiday Club/Party Weds 30th Oct
Theme: YOGADOO Non-spooky Halloween Holiday Club and party! (the two days have different activities and crafts)
Teacher: Lucy
Book two YOGADOO holiday club dates and add HALLOWEEN to your promo code to receive 10% off.
YOGADOO is running two Halloween half term Holiday Clubs with fun and non spooky activities for children!
Children will enjoy a fun-filled day of (non-spooky) Halloween themed yoga, dance, games, stories, relaxation and arts and crafts at our YOGADOO Holiday Club Wednesday 30th October. From enjoying the changing colours of the Autumnal great outdoors, to learning to work together with acro yoga, to getting creative with Halloween arts and crafts and putting together a "yoga dance".
9am-4pm. Limited spaces.
YOGADOO Holiday Club, Weston Methodist Church, Kennington road entrance, Bath.
Half days are 9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm.
£37 Full day, £22 Half day (Sibling discounts available)
Children will spend a day enjoying yoga, creative play and mindful crafts. Activities include
- Lots of yoga poses and learning how to put poses together into a sequence of flow
- Group games, creative play and activities
- Basic Acro yoga and group poses
- Crafty fun and colouring!
- Quiet story time
- Relaxation techniques and fun breathing exercises
- Halloween disco and party at the end!
For aged 4-11 years. 4 year olds must toilet independently. Pease bring a nut-free packed lunch, refillable water bottle and wear comfortable clothes. No previous experience of Yoga is necessary. The event is organised and run by fully insured, DBS checked, first aid trained staff; YOGADOO teachers.


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Adult Gatherings
Members find fulfillment with Temple Akiba's diverse programs. From the Havurah Program and Young Adult's Softball Team, to adult and family retreats, everyone is encouraged to explore our community and ultimately the divine thread that connects us. Whether on the Temple campus or beyond the grounds, Temple Akiba's presence is always felt.
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Genealogies of the Agard, Nunn, Hardenbrook, Wortman, Doyle, and Tucker family lines.
|Deborah E. Myers
Polio Victim
Earlier this week the Tompkins County Historian, Carol Kammen, informed me that BeechTree nursing home in Ithaca, formerly the Reconstruction Home, began in 1920 as a hospital for children with polio. She thought they might have information on the 1950s era vaccinations. Alas, after talking with the gentleman who recently went through the stored files before they were donated to the History Center in Ithaca said he saw nothing in their files related to the vaccines.


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Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® Motorcycle Jacket & Pants
Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle jacket and pants are designed for all year round adventure touring in versatile weather conditions. With technical base and mid layers the CALAMA suit handles pretty much anything. The jacket and the pants include several removable layers which makes it slightly heavy compared to suits with fixed layers, but it makes the CALAMA also more versatile and capable. The CALAMA concept may be partially traditional and the materials not the most famous, but the details are good and the level of finishing is very high. The liners need some of the luggage capacity if the temperature is high and changes along the road may require to remove or add some of the layers which is not always desirable beside the road from the pants point of view. Nevertheless, the Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle jacket and pants are very competitive in allroad touring.
The Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle shell jacket and pants itself are not waterproof and therefore removable dryStar® liner suit becomes necessary. In the coldest conditions the CALAMA jacket and pants have a removable thermal liner which means that the suit offers in fact 4 configurations in one. The first includes all 3 layers which can be also zipper connected with the pants, delivering the highest protection against the elements. The second and the third configuration removes the thermal or the dryStar® liner from the shell jacket and the pants. The 4TH configuration removes both liners and maximizes the comfort in the hottest conditions. High temperature features can be improved by choosing the light gray option with yellow or blue accents. Exceptionally the Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle jacket and pants have large gray areas, high visibility accents and only small areas in black.
Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® MC Jacket & Pants Features
The shell of the Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle jacket and pants is made of polyester which is not waterproof itself, nor flows the air through freely enough from the ventilation point of view. Therefore air vents and air flow through panels are necessary and on top of that the light gray main color would improve the comfort in the direct sun light. On high wear and impact areas the CALAMA jacket and pants are reinforced with tear and abrasion resistant RipStop fabric. The jacket has VELCRO® arm adjustment belts to keep the armors in place at all times. The elbow flex panels eliminate pull and increase comfort. The waist line has belt adjustment on both sides and hem extension panels. The cuffs are zippers closed and VELCRO® adjusted which is the best and most practical way. A 2 way YKK zipper main closure is practical in use because the hem could be kept open and loose while the jacket is still closed. This improves the ventilation in the hottest conditions when even the smallest improvement would be appreciated. The Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle jacket and pants have quite many YKK zippers all around the garment and they are not waterproof. Therefore main closures are sealed with overlapping flaps and drain gutters.
The Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle jacket and pants are made waterproof with a full dryStar® liner suit. The dryStar® liner has taped seams ensuring the watertightness on a long run. The liner is almost like an outdoor jacket, but the small fastening straps all around the jacket and the zippers on the chest, would make it a strange choice on the streets. Nevertheless, I encourage the manufacturer to develop the liner to match the general outdoor line of jackets so that the riders could use it as wind and rain protection after the ride too. This would mean that the rider has one less jacket to pack in the panniers and there would be slightly more luggage capacity for necessities, but also less weight. This applies also to the removable thermal liners which could be used as a street jackets too. In this case 2 jackets less in the panniers is something relevant on a long trip and especially when riding with the passenger.
The Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle jacket and pants have a JET Ventilation System JVS with 4 air vents on the front and 3 at the back. 2 rather large intakes on the chest and 2 smaller on the upper arms. On the back of the jacket the large exhaust can be opened wide and adjusted with 2 zippers. The CALAMA pants have 2 exhausts on thighs, but by leaving the front pockets empty and the zippers open, the moisture evaporation between the legs would be improved too. When conditions are extremely hot, the sleeves of the CALAMA jacket can be removed completely, including the elbow and shoulder armors. Nevertheless, the mesh liner sleeves which host the armor inserts, can be zipper reconnected with the CALAMA jacket and volume adjusted accordingly. From the safety point of view this is unique and an ideal solution, but the neat mesh liner also looks good. On top of everything else, the large light gray areas minimize the direct sun light effect on the garment which is a significant factor at high temperatures.
The Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle shell jacket has 4 outside, 4 inside pockets, one hidden pocket and a large utility bag at the back. The 2 front pockets are waterproof and the left side pocket has a hidden compartment at the back side for travel documents or extra cash for example. The pocket can be also removed thanks to the VELCRO® and snap fasteners. The utility bag can be extended with an additional zipper on the edge and it has a fixed belt. The utility bag can be used as a travel bag after the ride. The dryStar liner jacket has one hidden inside pocket and the thermal liner has also one inside pocket which makes all together 12 pockets in the jacket alone. 4 of them are waterproof, but by using watertight pouches and bags any pocket could carry sensitive items. The Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle pants have 4 outside pockets including 2 large thigh pockets which makes all together staggering 16 pockets.
The Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle jacket and pants impact protection is generated with CE approved SAS-Tec polyurethane foam inserts. The armor inserts are soft, flexible and have no hard edges in normal conditions, but up on an impact the foam becomes in an instant hard and absorbs the force. The CALAMA jacket comes as STD with elbow and shoulder inserts, but the back protector and the chest inserts are accessories. An Alpinestars NUCLEON KR2i back and KRCi chest protectors provide the CE level 2 protection, ventilation holes and fit in the insert pockets. A pair of Alpinestars BIONIC chest protectors would be also in line with the intent and increase the level of protection from the minimum. The SAS-Tec protectors are full of holes which improves moisture evaporation in warm conditions. The armor inserts can be removed easily for a machine wash. The CALAMA jacket has high visibility arm bands with neon yellow accents and reflector stripes in small pockets on the upper arms. These arm bands are very simple, effective and a low cost safety feature which can be used in emergency situations and poor light conditions as additional protection. The key Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle jacket features are:
- Polyester shell structure
- dryStar® waterproof liner jacket
- Polyester thermal liner jacket
- RipStop reinforcements
- Reflector stripes around shoulders
- Detachable high visibility arm bands
- SAS-Tec level 2 elbow & shoulder armor
- Back & chest armor insert pockets
- YKK zipper closures
- VELCRO® collar closure
- Collar side hook & loop
- Detachable multi-layer sleeves
- JET Ventilation System
- 2 air vents on the chest
- Air vents on upper arms
- Large exhaust vent at the back
- VELCRO® arm volume adjustments
- VELCRO® cuff adjustments
- Zipper cuff closures
- Connecting zipper with the pants
- Waist belt adjustments
- Hem extension panels
- Elbow flex panels
- 7 inside & 4 outside pockets
- Large utility bag at the back
- Color options full BLACK and light GRAY with accents
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Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® Motorcycle Pants Features
The Alpinestars CALAMA dryStar® motorcycle pants have the same basic configuration as the jacket. The shell material is non waterproof polyester, the liner pants include the dryStar® waterproof membrane and a thermal polyester liner which are both detachable and can be used with the shell independently. Areas exposed to highest mechanical wearing are reinforced with RipStop. The JET Ventilation System JVS includes 2 exhausts on thighs and the flex panel between the legs allows efficient air flow through the CALAMA shell garment. By leaving the front pockets empty and the zippers open, further moisture evaporation and air flow can be generated against the hottest conditions. On top of that large light gray surfaces minimize the direct sun light effect on the garment. The CALAMA pants have CE certified level 2 SAS-Tec impact protectors on the knees, but there are no hip armors as STD feature. Nevertheless, there are hip protector insert pockets which could be armed with Alpinestars NUCLEON KRCi hip armor inserts.
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- Polyester shell structure
- dryStar® waterproof liner pants
- Polyester thermal liner pants
- RipStop reinforcements
- SAS-Tec level 2 knee protectors
- Hip armor insert pockets
- Reflector stripes above knees
- High visibility accents
- YKK zipper closures
- 2 front pockets
- 2 thigh pockets
- JET Ventilation System
- 2 exhausts on thighs
- Connecting zipper with the jacket
- VELCRO® waist adjustments
- VELCRO® & zipper cuff closures
- Double dryStar® cuff gaiters with elastic grippers
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We are witnessing the strangest set of events in this Petraeus affair. I was initially uninterested because I saw it as the same old same old. But while that is in some sense true, there may eventually be more under the surface. And we have to just wait and watch. Like we have nothing else to do…
To see me draw one of these cartoons, please visit my Forbes column!


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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBSDC/AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney warns that the United States will go the same way as Greece if President Barack Obama is re-elected president.
Speaking about the deficit during the town hall-style debate, Romney claims that the national deficit under Obama would grow to $20 trillion in another four years.
"This puts us on a road to Greece," Romney said.
Obama ripped into Romney's economic proposals, accusing his rival of favoring a "one-point plan" to help the rich at the expense of the middle class. The Republican protested the charge was way off the mark.
"The middle class has been crushed over the last four years," Romney said in the opening moments of the 90-minute debate, the second of three between the two men.
Obama later called out Romney's tax plan, calling it a "sketchy deal" and that the math "doesn't add up."
Obama strode onto the debate stage seeking a stronger showing than the listless performance in their initial encounter, which had sent shudders through his partisan supporters and helped fuel a rise in opinion polls by Romney.
The president was feistier from the outset, quickly challenging Romney on economics and energy policy, and accusing him of switching positions on coal production.
The two men interrupted one another early and often, speaking over each other to the point that neither could be understood.
"You'll get your chance in a moment. I'm still speaking," the former Massachusetts governor tried to cut off Obama at one point.
Both men used the opening moments of the encounter to pledge a better economic future to a young man who asked the first question, a member of a pre-selected audience of 82 uncommitted voters.
But the president's determination to show a more aggressive side quickly showed.
Rebutting his rival's claim to a five-point plan to create 12 million jobs, Obama said, "Gov. Romney says he's got a five-point plan. Gov. Romney doesn't have a five-point plan. He has a one-point plan. And that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules."
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ANZSNR has a tripartite agreement on guidelines for interventional neuroradiology (INR) training with the two other craft groups in Australia and New Zealand who also perform INR work. Neurologist INRs are represented by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists (ANZAN). Neurosurgeon INRs are members of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (NSA). INR representatives from the three groups came together in 2014 to form the Conjoint Committee for Recognition of Training in Interventional Neuroradiology (CCINR). The CCINR have published a document, "Guidelines for Recognition of Training in Interventional Neuroradiology (INR)" which is now in the public domain. The CCINR website can be found at ccinr.org.au
In the next few months CCINR will establish a register of Australian and New Zealand INRs who have met the guidelines for INR training.
ANZSNR welcomes this initiative, which will help to safeguard patients from untrained or undertrained operators.


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At their last meeting, the Johnson County Commissioners discussed the new Code Red Weather Warning system with County Emergency Management Coordinator Marilyn Connolly.
Connolly told the commissioners that the new weather system must be signed up for separately, that even if someone is already signed up for Code Red notification, they must sign up again for weather notification.
She explains further.
To sign up for Code Red or the Code Red Weather Warning System, click here:
or call Connolly at (307) 217-1879.
The commissioners also discussed three Homeland Security Grants.
Grant one is a State Homeland Security Grant in the amount of $38,202.60 and the second is an Emergency Management Performance Grant for $30,000.
The third grant is for law enforcement to purchase new communications equipment and for training in the amount of $7,062.50.
Deputy County Attorney Barry Crago reviewed the grant agreements and found no issues with them, and the commissioners voted to accept all three grants.


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Paintings are done in acrylics and can be any size canvas. I work from photographs. Most people send a favorite photo that they already have, but for those that don't have pictures I suggest taking as many photographs as possible. The more the better. The normal turnaround time is generally 4 to 6 weeks, but extra time is usually needed around the holidays. All paintings are created on a first-come first-served basis.
I can paint in a traditional or a more "funky" style to suit your taste. There is also an additional charge for any extra pet after the first or incorporating the pets complete body and for a custom detailed background at your request. Prices vary on custom canvas sizes that are not listed below.
I truly look forward for the opportunity to create that artwork that will touch your heart and will bring enjoyment for many years to come for you and your family. Believe me, I understand the bond and love we have between our pets and how important it is to capture that.
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text: New RAM curator Todd Wingate recently visited my studio to select paintings for a two-person show this fall with Joshua Tree artist Eric Nash. My last show at the Riverside Art Museum was in 1988, so I anticipate a fun trip down memory lane. I will be presenting recent oil on panel works, as well as a few drawings. Dates are October 28, 2016 - January 30, 2017.


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Our hit branding workshop is back! Learn tips and techniques on branding in a digital market from the LiLi Centre's very own social media wiz, Lina Petraviciute.
In a fast-changing digital market, how does one build and maintain their own brand online? This new branding and marketing workshop teaches you how to build up your business using storytelling to attract customers and clients. Learn how to visually change your business profile and get friendly on digital media, as well as the dos and don'ts of social media.
By the end of this class, you will have the simple rules and tools to begin building your own brand and the story of your business, as well as how to use the most popular social media platforms to promote your brand. You will learn:
- Storytelling — how to create different content for your business
- Self-branding — building your own image in a business world
- Tools for visual content — how to simply manage photos and make posters and media covers
Class Details
Date: Monday, Feb. 13
Time: 18:30 to 20:00
Where: LiLi Centre, Alpenquai 40a, 6005 Luzern (directions)
Cost: CHF 15 for members / CHF 20 for non-members (cash only)
This is a beginners' course and open to anyone interested in learning more about digital branding. Ideal for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and marketers.
About the Instructor
With five years of experience as a creative director, Lina Petraviciute's primary role is to implement a creative vision across a broad range of digital projects, including web design, social media, mobile applications, and storytelling. Her experience includes project management, brand execution, analysis, stakeholder management, and digital platform management. She has produced conceptual design and visual solutions through a broad spectrum of needs.
How to Register
To reserve your spot, please fill out the form below. Payment is due in cash on the day of the workshop. For additional questions, please contact Lina at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Killing Game Show (Amiga)
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DescriptionThis is a vertical platformer with horizontal wrap-around. For the entertainment of the futuristic masses, you play a criminal that has been inserted into a mechanical body with the promise that if you succeed in surviving through all the levels (there are many and they are hard), you will be set free. You start each level at the bottom, near pooling liquid which will soon rise, at your immediate peril. Navigate the level from bottom to the exit at the top before the liquid rises and kills you. There are many other foes that fly around, causing you damage and basically annoying you to spit. Most levels must be navigated through a series of keyed gates, doors, or portals. These shaped keys are scattered around the map and must by picked up and used only on the gates they match individually. Twist: You can only carry one special weapon (triple shot, laser beam, or vertical shot) and one tool (key, liquid-freeze, or a red herring) at a time. This game requires a lot of memorization of enemy movement patterns and optimum routes. A unique feature is that when you die, you can watch a replay and take over at any point to continue your game. You can also hit the HELP button at the start of each level to view a map, helping you plan your route.
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- "Fatal Rewind" -- Genesis title
- "キリング・ゲーム・ショー" -- Japanese spelling
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Critic Reviews
|Dec, 1990
|89 out of 100
|The One
|Sep, 1990
|87 out of 100
|Amiga Action
|Jan, 1991
|86 out of 100
|Computer and Video Games (CVG)
|Dec, 1990
|83 out of 100
|ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)
|Oct, 1990
|9.2 out of 12
|Power Play
|Dec, 1990
|72 out of 100
|Amiga Joker
|Oct, 1990
|71 out of 100
|Amiga Power
|May, 1991
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CameoThis game's main character (the robot) makes a cameo in the Genesis version of Wiz 'n' Liz during the Sega logo sequence. This is due to the fact that the same people who worked on The Killing Game Show also worked on Wiz 'n' Liz.
- Amiga Power
- May 1991 (Issue #00) - #59 in the "All Time Top 100 Amiga Games"
- ST Format
- January 1993 (issue #42) - #40 in '50 finest Atari ST games of all time' list
Mike Clarke (62) added The Killing Game Show (Amiga) on Feb 24, 2003
Other platforms contributed by Martin Smith (66827) and Mike Clarke (62)
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There is always the need to seek help from financial institutions when the cash is quite low but most of time those formal ones like banks for instance, in compliance with their policies, are stricter and at times passive in providing loans or credit to those in need but not in Singapore. Obtaining a personal loan from money lender Singapore is not at all difficult ever since the country open the market to a number of players since 2008.
However, because the industry of moneylending in Singapore has become so liberal, one is left with so many options and choosing the best one takes time especially if you are in a hurry to find a solution right away. Sometimes, out of desperation, you would pick one moneylender in Singapore that is not suitable to your current need and instead of easing your current dilemma, it worsens your situation in the … Read more


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Editor, the Tribune: The photo you ran of Billy Turner's property being cleaned up for violation of a nuisance ordinance on Oct. 19 really irked me.�You didn't have to show Curt Hayward of TP Mowing smirking. Rather, you could have shown a photo of Hayward doing his job.�
I think you took away Turner's right to be treated with dignity.�Yes, Billy Turner was violating the law.�Yes, a job had to be done. No, the Tribune didn't have to choose to run that particular photo.�Please treat all humans with the dignity they deserve.�
I think even Curt Hayward would be embarrassed that you ran that photo of him; at least, I would have been.
Gina Muzzy 2202 Potomac Drive


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So that's over for another year, thank God. What was the final like again? It feels like ages ago now. I remember it was drawn out and slightly boring… the only good bits being the eliminations (One Direction's, in particular, was highly amusing). As much as I don't get behind particular acts anymore, it was good to see someone like Rebecca get as far as she did. Almost like the voting public actually have taste.
Though this aspect's been introduced 7 years too late, it was a very good move to have a different winner's song lined up for each finalist. I actually like Matt's, but then I'm not of the OriginalFansOfTheSongGoApeShit clan. And my acquiring of it didn't contribute towards its chart position, of course.
The best thing about the final is the publication of the voting percentages shortly afterwards. Of course, the show is now being perceived by more and more people for what it really is. The hyperdrama was annoying at first, but even I've been left quite astonished at the transparent way that they've used the programme to showcase potential recording artists. Yes, the public haven't got a great track record for voting for the contestant that will sell the most records, but week after week they urged people to vote in order to keep a given act safe, knowing full well that strings would be pulled left, right and centre to manipulate the overall outcome. Poor, poor Mary.
Let's highlight some examples:
TreyC vs. Katie – So Cheryl pissed about with her vote, I don't really care about that. Maybe she genuinely did want to send it to deadlock, but that was never going to happen, with Katie having less votes than TreyC. So the rules were twisted.
Paije vs Cher – Not a particularly controversial one, poor Mr Richardson was bound to leave sooner rather than later, but I do maintain that, aside from his "own" acts, Louis was supposed to maintain the role as Paije's advocate. Couldn't do with it going to deadlock, of course, with Cher having less votes.
Cher vs Mary – oh, this one's been done to death, but definitely the most irritating of the lot.
New Year's Resolution for 2011? No more X Factor. Just look at this entry. I'm actually bothered by the controversy for the sake of people that do vote. The X Factor's worst enemy is indifference, and it's time I put that into practice.


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I'm Dreaming of a White… Sand Beach, Surf and the World Being a Better Place: Six Suggestions for Happy Holidays/
"It's that time of year
When the world falls in love,
Every song you hear seems to say
Merry Christmas,
May your New Year dreams come true"
If you're anything like us, as soon as Christmas is over and the sales begin, New Year dreams usually revolve around getting away from the cold and wet of the Northern Hemisphere and escaping the chaos of the commercial gorge and the slump of January dark days and unexciting evenings, with all-too pervading resolutions to make ourselves and the world a better place this next year. And my goodness we need it after the last one.
Switch off, recharge. Recognise the power of retreat, reconnecting and revitalising.
Well here's some inspiration for your dreams: Sea-side sanctuaries, and super-sustainable too, so just by going away and doing that, you create a positive impact all round. Ocean-side, these places aren't just great on marine conservation but also water scarcity issues too!
May your days be merry and bright - in the sun, sea and surf!
$$ Nikoi Island, Indonesia – shoes off, kick back, simple barefoot luxury at its best. Rent one of just 15 private villas on this private island. Failing that, take your mates too and rent the whole island! All the while enabling education, employment, training and cultural preservation for local communities. More >>
$$$ Chumbe Island, Tanzania - The first privately established and managed Marine Protected Area in the world. Pristine coral reefs & exclusive thatched eco-bungalows, idyllically set in coral rag forest, 30 seconds to the beach. Natural beauty with privacy, with a sense of freedom facilitated by the open design and air conditioning of sea breeze. All while supporting conservation and education. More >>
$$ Pangaea Exploration, oceans worldwide – if you fancy a more active sea adventure, learn to sail or join a crew on an inspiring scientific and personal exploration mission to make the unseen seen, from the toxics in our bodies to the toxics in our seas. More >>
$$$ Lapa Rios, Costa Rica – Sustainable luxury on the Osa Peninsula, at one of the most nature-immersed ecolodge experiences in the world where Central America's last remaining lowland dense tropical pristine rainforest joins secluded shores. Learn about the marine biology of the Golfo Dulce, one of only four tropical fjords in the world, see land crabs, starfish, sea cucumbers, any of the three species of dolphins (common, bottled-nosed or spotted) and turtles, kayak in the ocean mangroves, surf on the local beach, or whale watch where the huge bay meets the Pacific Ocean. More >>
$$ Floreana, Island The Galapagos – Paddle board by turtles, kayak by marine iguanas, where else could you be? Stay in an ocean-front cabin for the first community-based tourism in The Galapagos and the old island way of life in Floreana, the smallest of the inhabited islands. The luxury of privileged access to a wonderful world of rare wildlife and community in one of the few world Heritage Marine Reserves. More >>
$ Madagascar – features heavily in David Attenborough's latest BBC Planet Earth 2 programme. But it's not locust swarms, Indri jumping round the forest or mouse lemurs in flowering baobabs! As the 4th largest island in the world, its coast is immensely important. Apply to volunteer on ocean-side conservation, community and construction sustainable development projects. More >>
"Our planet is still full of wonders. As we explore them, so we gain not only understanding, but power. It's not just the future of the whale that today lies in our hands: it's the survival of the natural world in all parts of the living planet. We can now destroy or we can cherish. The choice is ours."
— Sir David Attenborough, in closing, Planet Earth 2.
As we say in our manifesto, "Aspire to inspire, strive to sustain. Love our Wonderful World." Click the top navigation links to find out more about sustainable places, their people and purpose and understand how your holidays can benefit sustainable development.
Be an Earth Changer, here's to helping make the planet a better place in 2017.


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The Examiner - Jackson County is set to begin its annual road surfacing program this month, at a cost of more than $2 million. The work is to be wrapped up before the end of the year.The County Legislature has approved several contracts, including more than 12 miles of overlay work awarded to Superior Bowen Asphalt Company of Kansas City ($1.37 million); 38.3 miles of chip seal work awarded to Vance Brothers ...
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|Dupont Circle South Metro Entrance, March 5, 2014
Today is Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, and a day that Christians have traditionally observed by going into church and having ashes smudged on their forehead to remind them of their own mortality. Today, though, I donned my cassock and joined many of my clergy friends in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington in getting out of the church and going to where the people actually are: metro stops, busy sidewalks, coffee shops. I was graced with questions, conversations, tears, prayers, and real contact with real people, making their way in the world.
Brushing the hair away from their forehead, and looking into their eyes, this is what we said: "You are a beloved child of God. Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Simple. True. Lovely.


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Lauren Staudt is a senior at Bellport High School
By Lauren Staudt
Playing Frisbee, selling water bottles at school football games, working at the local library, following random cars across miles of Long Island. An odd combination, but a typical afternoon for 17-year-old Billy McCabe. While the average teenage boy is concerned with girls, friends and his future, Billy is just trying to avoid getting arrested for stalking people.
William "Billy" McCabe was born on Sept. 3, 1991. He's spent his entire life in the "really, really boring" town of Oakdale. Now starting his senior year at Sayville High School, Billy is ready to get out of his hometown and start the journey towards achieving his journalism dreams.
This will be the third year that he's been a part of the journalism club at his school, which is where he discovered his talent for writing. While he has written about x, y znd z, Billy prefers to inform the masses by writing commentary on world news and politics. And though he claims that the only subject he does not like to write about is sports, he spends a big chunk of his time at Sayville High's football games selling water bottles for the Key Club. Does this sentence work? There's no contradiction, though one is implied. What does it mean to be the crowd's water boy, anyway.
"My town is so boring," Billy said. "There's never anything going on, so I've gotta make do with what I've got."
According to Billy, the only thing to do on a Saturday night is to find innocent, unsuspecting people and follow them around for as long as it remains interesting. This, incidentally, can be for hours.
"One time, we followed a car all the way from Oakdale to East Hampton," Billy recalled. More description of this ?Show us what makes this interesting to him.
While this might sound bizarre, it's nights like these that keep Billy going.
If you were desperately trying to find Billy McCabe, and he was nowhere to be seen at his high school or anywhere down at the Fifth Precinct, it's starting to sound like you're not kidding about the stalking. then you could probably count on finding him anywhere that there's a big open space. Because after writing, Billy's second love is Frisbee.
"I would like to see a great sport like Frisbee get the appreciation it deserves," he said. Along with being an avid writer for his journalism club, he's also a regular at Sayville High's Frisbee Club. And the Key Club, and the History Club. But seeing as he spends probably 90 percent of his time playing with a dog toy, werephrase w/o first person can probably guess which club he's most devoted to.
The Frisbee games can get pretty intense. Once, … "Things definitely get ugly," he said.
Though Billy enjoys filling his free time with random rides and dog-toy games, his main goal right now is getting into University at Albany where he hopes to pursue journalism.
"I'm not sure exactly where I want to end up yet," Billy said, "but University at Albany is definitely what I'm aiming for."
And luckily enough for him, Albany is reputed to have a fantastic Frisbee club, so it's clear he'll be happy with at least one aspect of the school. But whether it's in a newspaper or on the FBI's most-wanted list, Long Island probably hasn't heard the last of Billy McCabe.


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I find it interesting that in an environment in which practically everyone has an image-making device at the whim of their fingertips and in which anyone can claim – and many too often do – to be a photographer (define that term any which way you can) and citizens call for body cams and car cams and nanny cams (but no stoplight cams because that's a violation of personal rights), that even now the sight of someone with a camera in his hand raises suspicion and anxiety to pervy flasher levels. Encountering such resistance and fear (at the risk of boiling it dry with hyperbole), reminds me of the glaring/sheepish look on my dog's face when he sees me watching him while he takes a shit in the backyard.
We are apparently living in an environment in which everyone is entitled to their own private privacy (pick your definition, you drone haters) as well their own private publicity. I identify this rather schizophrenic conundrum only because I encountered it firsthand while preparing to photograph this large mural in North St. Louis dedicated to the Michael Brown situation.
I call it the situation because it has bled well beyond the actual and terribly unfortunate loss of a young man's life. Situation, but this is not about that. I'm not poking that particular bear. Rather it is about me, standing in the middle of a side street on a Sunday morning in a not-so-good part of town, wearing a knee-high orthotic boot, my Smart car idling a few feet behind me, and holding a 50-year-old piece of plastic known as a Diana camera while positioning myself to take a photograph. It's about this. It's about that.
I was in my photographer's zone, looking at everything while focusing on just one thing. I had been planning on photographing this mural for two weeks, after I had noticed it driving home on a new route (for me, anyway). Photographing signage, in my opinion, is too easy. I resist all the time the urge to capture other people's need to force a message upon the world. It is, for all intents and purposes, akin to photographing bumper stickers – writ large.
And yet I succumb to this baser of my photographic instincts time and time again.
To reach the mural, I had to pass the one-way street on which it is located and turn on the next street, then drive back along an alley so I could park facing the correct direction. While parking and fumbling in my camera bag, I looked around to ensure I was alone in this we're-not-in-the-suburbs-anymore-Toto area of the city, but especially as a middle-aged, orthotically booted white dude with only a plastic camera for protection. I noticed a grey sedan down the street being spasmodically jockeyed into a tight parking space between two battered trucks, but thought nothing of it.
In my zone, I stood in the street, peering through the plastic viewfinder when I heard a car approaching. I was on the cusp of taking a series of shots and was thusly loathe to pay the car much mind, even though I was smack in the middle of the street.
Let them go around me was my thought and attitude. The car slowed to a stop, the window lowered several inches, the cloudy brightness glinted on the glass, and a nicely dressed and coifed woman (from what little I could discern) started speaking. Again, I admit I was reluctant to pull myself out of the transcendental zone I had been working to achieve for most of the morning. My zone is such that I am hyper-attuned to my surroundings while also being super-embedded in my own head – talk about schizophrenic. After a good shoot, I emerge from the zone post-coitally, basking in an afterglow, in need of a symbolic cigarette, and desiring always just a little more camera cuddling.
The woman started talking. Her words confounded me as I felt myself being pulled out (photo interruptus) like a sun perch at a fishing derby. Whatever she was saying—and she was saying it emphatically—her passenger, also a nicely dressed and coifed woman in an on-the-way-to-Sunday-service sort of way, was agreeing with her by communicating with an energetic head bob. Like a faulty speaker at the drive-thru, I heard words broken by unintelligibility (my own, not hers), as if I were someone for whom English is a third-word language.
Can't park
No supposed
Calling police
Move away
These were the staccato words I thought I understood through the speakeasy slot of the car window. I thought I replied in my own Jar Jar Binks pigeon language. In my head, I wanted to respond and defend my presence with the appropriate confidence cum sarcasm that I learned during my journalism training.
Public street
First Amendment
Right to
Not breaking any
Who the fuck are you
But what came out of my mouth was something along the lines of, "What? I'm just taking a picture of this mural," while my camera-clutched hand was raised in supplication—instinctively hands-up. I looked around, hoping to see someone who was witnessing—maybe even recording—this encounter, this situation. I don't know why I did that. I'm not poking that bear, either.
In a different scenario, I would have ignored the intrusion to my photo-taking activities, but this time, she was blocking my view with her car. I was not so frustrated that my process was being interrupted as I was resentful at what seemed like an unnecessary intrusion and distraction.
I was not at that moment interested in either her motives (was she concerned for my safety, was she warning me, was she protecting the mural?) or her mission (play that funky music, white boy). Even if she had some sort of protective ownership of the mural, that ownership was at least partially subsumed by the public nature of it.
This encounter, punctuated by the broken signals of our communication, lasted no more than ten seconds. She must have agreed in part with my explanation because she nodded slowly and turned to look behind her. I heard:
I said thank you and held too long the last syllable in an act of civil passive aggressiveness like waving a cocktail-sized Don't Tread On Me flag.
She backed away, the reverse gear whining as she weaved and receded to the parking spot between the two trucks. I raised my camera, reaching for the disappearing mirage of my zone in the desert of the moment.
And I took this photo, put my camera down, and drove home.
Not knowing. What I had.
--CB Adams


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Seattle mayor didn't release coal study's findings for 5 weeks
Mayor Mike McGinn called a news conference beneath Seattle's Great Wheel in December to announce he would request a study into the economic impact of sending more coal trains through Seattle.
But after the report was completed, the mayor waited for more than a month - and a public-records request - to quietly release the results on his blog Friday.
McGinn, who opposes the proposal to expand coal exports, wrote in a blog post that the study by local research firm Community Attributes showed the plan would have "a number of significant and concerning impacts" on Seattle.
But the plan's supporters described the report as a win and accused the mayor of sitting on it because it did not say what he had hoped.
"He was clearly not eager to release this report," said Lauri Hennessey, a spokeswoman for the pro-coal Alliance for Northwest Jobs & Exports. "He asked for this report, he didn't like what this report said, so he just put it away."
McGinn gathered the media to announce the $25,000 study in December.
The report's author, Community Attributes President and CEO Chris Mefford, said he submitted a rough draft to McGinn in April and a final version July 10.
McGinn's blog post was published more than five weeks after that - and within nine minutes of giving the report to The Seattle Times in response to a public-disclosure request filed the previous week.The mayor's post included a link to a memo from the anti-coal Sightline Institute that criticized the report.
The mayor had asked Sightline to critique a draft of the report in June, Mefford said.
McGinn spokesman Aaron Pickus said the report was being tweaked for minor issues up until just before the mayor blogged about it Friday.
Pickus said the timing of the report's release was coincidental and not in response to The Times' records request.
The study itself paints a mixed economic picture for the plan to run up to 18 more coal trains a day through Seattle on the way to a proposed new Gateway Pacific Terminal in Cherry Point, Whatcom County.
Once complete, the proposed terminal would export up to 48 million tons of a coal a year to Asia.
The 58-page study, focused solely on Seattle impacts, found that the terminal would trigger some $28 million in permitting, engineering and public-relations work during construction, with an additional $2.4 million in annual, ongoing new jobs created.
The proposal might spur BNSF Railway to upgrade its Seattle rail infrastructure, which would help the city, according to the report.
But the plan also would increase congestion enough to cost city drivers and their employers up to $455,000 per year, according to the report.
It also could force the Seattle Fire Department to invest to improve its emergency response, with options ranging from a $150,000 new dispatching system to a more-than $100 million east-west bypass at South Lander Street, the study says.
And it would reduce property values near rail lines by between $270 million and $475 million, although that would theoretically be offset by property-value increases in other areas, according to the report.Finally, Community Attributes found that the proposal could hurt businesses and tourism because of increased noise and vibrations from the new trains. But it declined to quantify those economic impacts.The memo from the Sightline Institute criticized the study's authors for not trying harder to do that. It also said the report overstated the job benefits and understated the congestion and property-value costs.
Still, Sightline policy director Eric de Place said the study "demonstrates that there are some pretty steep costs for the city."Pickus, the McGinn spokesman, agreed.
But Bob Watters, the senior vice president for SSA Marine, which is proposing the terminal, said the report shows the plan is "an economic winner for Seattle."
"This report shows that the proposal would have a net-positive impact on Seattle if you're looking at the dollars and the monies being spent," said Watters, although he added the study overstated the costs because it assumed 18 coal trains would come through the city per day when it is likely to be nine.
Watters also criticized the timing of McGinn's release of the report.
A spokesman for state Sen. Ed Murray, who is running to unseat McGinn, joined in that criticism.
"If it's the case that the mayor suppressed a report because it didn't support his views, that's very troubling," said the spokesman, Sandeep Kaushik. "Transparency and accountability is critically important to the proper functioning of city government."
Kaushik added that Murray is "strongly opposed to coal trains coming through the city of Seattle, and as mayor will work to keep that from happening."The report's author said he was glad to give McGinn a balanced look at the issue.
"We thought it was serving the mayor well to give as much of an unbiased view as we could," said Mefford. "We feel really good that we did just that."Several other reviews of the project have been completed or are under way.
Last year, McGinn asked Parametrix to look into the proposal's impact on transportation in the city.
He also has asked the Puget Sound Regional Council to evaluate the economic impacts on the region.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, state Department of Ecology and Whatcom County are each launching formal reviews of the proposal as part of a two-year, legally-required process.
Click here to get a copy (PDF) of the report from Community Attributes.


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Once the final out was recorded against St. Raphael and the North Providence softball team had successfully secured its first fast-pitch title in 12 years, Cougars coach Janice DiNobile immediately went...
Once the final out was recorded against St. Raphael and the North Providence softball team had successfully secured its first fast-pitch title in 12 years, Cougars coach Janice DiNobile immediately went over to the fence along the third-base line at Rhode Island College. She didn�t want to miss the opportunity to thank her former coach, Paul Rizzo, who had come to watch the game.
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�I learned a lot from Paul,� DiNobile said. �He�s the first person I went over and thanked afterward for giving me the knowledge to get these girls to where he took us for many years.�
The championship was a long time in coming for DiNobile�s club. Although North Providence has a rich softball tradition, dating to the early 1980s when the league was still playing slow-pitch, the Cougars had gone through some lean years of late that included six losing seasons from 2004 to 2009.
�I�m very proud of her,� said Rizzo, who said he was touched when DiNobile approached him after the final. �Janice was one of my captains, and she always took pride in whatever she did. She has always been a student of the game, and she did a great job.�
Not only was this year�s championship special for DiNobile because of the difficult seasons that her teams have endured, it also held special meaning because her father, Bernie DiNobile, was there to see it, as he has been battling lung cancer since December 2011.
�It was awesome that he could be here,� DiNobile said.
�I�m proud as can be, are you kidding?� Bernie DiNobile said on that sunny Saturday afternoon before Father�s Day. �I�ve been proud of her since she was born.�
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Although North Providence and St. Raphael battled for the Division II softball championship this season, the two teams once dominated Division I. Together they accounted for 13 of the first 20 Division I fast-pitch crowns.
North Providence won six of the RIIL�s first eight Division I titles, including three straight from 1986 to 1988. The Cougars also won back-to-back championships in 1990 and �91, another in 1993 and its seventh Division I title in 2001.
St. Ray�s has won six Division I Championships, including four straight from 1997 to 2000. The Saints also won back-to-back titles in 2004 and �05.
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One has to go back more than a decade to find a more impressive winning streak in softball. St. Raphael went 57-0 during its successful run from 1997 to 2000 with three-time Gatorade Player of the Year Jackie Fournier on the mound. Although Mount St. Charles halted their unbeaten streak in early May 2000, that didn�t stop the Saints from capturing their fourth consecutive state crown that year with a 3-0 title victory over Cumberland.
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