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Apple on Monday announced that it sold over 300 thousand of iPad tablets in the U.S. as of midnight Saturday, April 3. The company considers sales of iPad successful, even though it should be noted that the vast majority of shipped gadgets were pre-ordered in the course of months as well as shipments to Apple's partners.
These sales included deliveries of pre-ordered iPads to customers, deliveries to channel partners and sales at Apple Retail Stores. Apple also announced that iPad users downloaded over one million apps from Apple's App Store and over 250 thousand of ebooks from its iBookstore during the first day. The latter number indicates that the vast majority of iPad owners will not use the tablet as electronic book readers.
"It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world – it's going to be a game changer. iPad users, on average, downloaded more than three apps and close to one book within hours of unpacking their new iPad," said Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive officer.
Apple iPad is based on Apple's own A4 system-on-chip designed by PA Semi team that contains ARM processor core at 1GHz. The SoC is tailored for ultra-mobile applications and can enable device to work for up to 10 hours in active mode (reading, watching videos or listening to music) with display brightness reduced by 50%, a rather remarkable achievement for a tablet PC, but well below that of electronic book readers. Performance and capabilities of the SoC are unknown, but since during the official presentation Apple demonstrated a Need for Speed: Shift version running on the iPad, the graphics core of the SoC may be very powerful and may be licensed from Imagination Technologies.
The iPad is equipped with 9.7" multi-touch IPS LCD screen with 768x1024 resolution; 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of flash storage; USB, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and 3G (special versions only) connectivity as well as SD card reader. The product is 9.56" (24.3cm) in height, 7.47" (19cm) in width and has 0.5" (1.3cm) thickness. Apple iPad weighs 1.5 pounds (0.68kg). The tablet PC runs iPhone OS 3.2 with all of its pros and cons and can also run applications developed for iPhone as well as specially designed software.


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We've been big fans of propane fire pits for awhile now. Heck, that's why we make them. They're easy, clean, convenient, and some of them are even portable. Well it looks like we're not the only ones who feel this way. Here's a page from the April issue of Motor Home Magazine. Turns out gas fire pits are a great idea for RVs too. Now we're not to type of people to say 'we told you so' but….we told you so! Gas fire pits are great for RVs!
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All applicants for licensure in New Hampshire are required to submit a completed application for consideration of certification as a Physician Assistant. Applicants may obtain proof of graduation from their Physician Assistant Program and their certification of scores from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) through the Federation of State Medical Boards' Credentialing Verification Service (FCVS). FCVS provides primary source verification of your "core" medical credentials.
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As pets age, their owners will likely notice a gradual change in their behavior. Although this is common for dogs, significant changes should always be addressed at a veterinarian health clinic to make sure the sudden mood swings are not due to an underlying medical problem, VCA Animal Hospitals reports.
Dogs can also become more susceptible to cognitive decline and degenerative diseases with age, both of which can cause behavioral changes. An owner can find out if their dog is suffering from one of these conditions by having blood tests and a urinalysis performed. These can help determine if a dog has any problems with its organs that may require medication or surgery.
Once serious conditions are ruled out, owners may want to assess their current lifestyle to see if anything has recently changed that may be upsetting their senior dog. According to VCA, older animals can become aggressive or act differently if there have been any changes in routine or home environment. Such changes can include a child going to college, or someone in the home working a different shift than usual.
If a change in lifestyle is the catalyst, owners can help by spending more quality time with their dog. PetMD.com suggests setting aside an hour or so each day that is dedicated to being with the dog. Giving it a massage, taking it for a walk or allowing it on the couch during this time are ways to ease its anxiety.


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Interior designer Katie Ridder dappled the bold apple-green walls of a client's powder room in San Francisco with painted-aluminum blooms, their delicate colors and silhouettes reflected in a fanciful ebonized mirror. Sink fittings by Waterworks.
Narrow glass tiles by Ann Sacks bring a feeling of motion to a powder room decorated by Miles Redd for Manhattan residents Liz and Steve Weinstein. Sconces by Ann-Morris Antiques with feather-clad shades flank the steel-framed mirror.
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The Columbus Dispatch - September 29, 2013 01:19 PM
Detroit Country Day School point guard Asia Doss reportedly committed to the Ohio State women's basketball team during her official visit this weekend.
The ESPN HoopGurlz site has a "Verbal" posted next to an Ohio State icon today on her bio. The 5-foot-7 Doss is ranked 92nd overall by HoopGurlz and No 72 by Blue Star in the 2014 recruiting class.
Doss attended last night's Wisconsin game in Ohio Stadium with Makayla Waterman and Kathryn Westbeld of Kettering Fairmont High School and Alexa Hart of Columbus Africentric. Waterman and Hart already have given verbal commitments to new OSU coach Kevin McGuff.
Westbeld reportedly is considering the Buckeyes, Notre Dame and Connecticut. Per NCAA rules, McGuff can't comment on a recruit until she signs a letter of intent.


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Ear infections are one of the most common forms of canine infection. Dogs with large, floppy ears are more prone to developing ear infections, but any breed can be at risk, according to VCA Animal Hospitals.
If you notice your dog is excessively scratching or rubbing its ears or shaking its head, this may indicate that they are suffering from an infection. VCA reports ear infections can often cause inflammation and reddish discoloration of the ear flap or inside of the ear and this is sometimes accompanied by a foul smell and yellow or black discharge. If you notice any of these signs in your dog, it is important to take your pet to a veterinary hospital as soon as possible. These same clinical signs may also point to ear mites, which tend to be more common in puppies, but a vet can determine the cause to properly treat the issue.
The ASPCA explains that ear infections are common because the L-shape and angle of a dogs' ear canals make it difficult for debris or foreign objects to escape once they are inside. Ear infections can occur if a dog spends a lot of time swimming or is bathed frequently. If a foreign object or a tumor obstructs the ear canal, this can lead to excessive growth of bacteria and yeast. Recurrent ear infections may also point to problems with allergy—such as food allergy or inhaled allergies—or even hormonal imbalances like hypothyroidism.
Most infections can be treated by regular cleaning and medication. In severe cases, the ASPCA reports that dog shots of anesthesia and surgery may be needed. If your dog begins experiencing recurrent infections, a more complete medical evaluation will most likely be recommended by your veterinarian.


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McCartney NEVER does this?
There are two examples (of many, actually) where he sure DOES do this.
Never say never-of course Paul of and then changes arrangements but mostly -in all honesty-he does not. Paul is a great stage persona but actually mostly play it "safe" live, the same set lists over a tour, arrangements fairly close to recordings and similar routines. nothing wrong with that but Dylan for instance has changed his arrangements over three decades, changes set lists most every night and many frustrated concertgoers might not be sure what songs they are actually hearing.
Paul live is more of an entertainer than performing artist. For a short while -when Wings started it was different-he din t wanna play beatlsestuff and solo/wings stuff were spare. I witnessed them live during that period and it was awesome. Don t think Paul ever will change his patterns live apart from one of things


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July 9, 2008 * Yokohama, Japan * FIVB World Grand Prix
Can I tell you how great it was to catch a 12:50 flight from Taipei and only travel on one aircraft for three hours?!! SWEET!!
We were met by Gen Kawakita, who was visiting his family and waiting for us to qualify. Gen met Ogonna Nnamani, who arrived from Colorado Springs an hour earlier than we did.
We were greeted by a delegate from the FIVB and went by bus an hour and a half hour to Yokohama. Diane got us settled in with keys and roommates; I spoke to our new interpreter, Toshiko. It was 8:15 p.m. and she informed us that we had a preliminary meeting at 8:30 p.m. We got it moved, prepared all the documents, passports and Robyn's three uniforms. We all went to dinner and Jenny, Doc and I attended the meeting.
The hotel is gorgeous, but the rooms were very small. I felt like I was on board ship. Kim W was my roommate and we did not have room for our bags! Jenny made mention of this to the control committee; they were well aware as Brazil had already lodged the same complaint.
The next morning, I received an envelope with a letter of apology and an explanation that the team would receive single rooms. That was great news. Off to practice after breakfast. We started in the competition hall's warm up area for half an hour and then into the main arena.
The team had an afternoon meeting. Stacy arrived and I gave her room key and she joined her teammates in their meeting. Shortly afterwards, most went to eat dinner. The new arrivals, Stacy and Ogonna, were accompanied by Kim G and Nicole Davis for some practice time.
Game Day
There was electricity on the shared warm up court in preparation for a huge match. Our two fans, Lindsey Berg's Mom and Grandmother, each caught a souvenir ball during introductions. We started against Brazil with: Berg, Glass, Scott-Arruda, "Trifecta" Tayyiba, Tom, Bown and Sykora as the libero.
The two teams kept even throughout the first phase with Brazil up by one at the first technical time out. Brazil added three more behind #4 Paula Pequeno's tough serve when the USA team took its first time out. The server added a couple more to make it 13-7 until Glass cranks one off the block.
Brazilian points were earned on some unforced errors to give Brazil the lead at the second technical time out leaving the USA team with only 11.
Berg is replaced by Cynthia Barboza on the right and to complete the double sub – Robin came in for Tayyiba at 17-13, but Brazil earned the 18th point. USA had a spurt and forced the Brazilians to take their first time out at 16-18.
Tough server #4 is replaced by another jump server and we side out easily – thanks Brazil! Then the substitute gets aced by Heather Bown, but Heather misses her next attempt – 20-18. Brazil adds two more and "Jenny" Lang Ping is forced to take a second time out.
Brazil completed a double sub including their setter captain. A mishandled sweaty ball by Robyn gives Brazil 23, followed by a block to Glass. Dani connects back side and we are back to Rotation 1 with Berg on the line. Brazil answers with a right side attack – first set 25-19.
Set 2 includes the same starters. With the help of Tayyiba's slicing and dicing, USA ties it at 4 a piece. Brazil always kept their distance and the first TTO had the score at 5-8. There was an exchange of points and Coach "Jenny calls a time out at 9-14. At 11-15 USA substituted Ogonna for Glass. A service error by Tom and the buzzer sounds for the second TTO.
Heather handcuffed the receiver, but Tom was handcuffed herself by the attack for 12-18. Then Ogonna got dished and put a powerful hit cross court to make it 13-19. The substitute area yelled to Ty to go down the line, she does to earn a point, followed by Ogonna who smacked one from the pipe – Brazil had to take a time out at 16-19. Logan took a shot to the nose off her block, a replay was whistled by the referees and Logan was subbed by Cynthia Barboza, because of blood.
USA second time out happened at 17-22 while Logan was being attended to by Emery, the trainer and Doctor Ho. Logan came back in at 18-22 after Ogonna got a big touch.
Danielle worked the referee from the bench for a double that does not get whistled. The Japanese referee and Danielle make eye contact and shared a smile! Some great defensive touches on the final point, but to no avail for USA – 19-25.
Set 3 in Rotation 1 with Robyn at the helm and Ogonna for Glass and Foluke for Bown. The final set took on the same appearance as the first two with points see sawing back and forth. The TTO had Brazil up by one.
Back to rotation 1 and the score at 8-9 Brazil. USA earned 9 to Brazil's 10 when Ogonna serves out the back, but Ty finds the floor down the line and the score was 10-11. USA attacked with everything they had, but Brazil dug it all, leaving the biggest lead of the set 10-14 and a called time out.
Foluke returns the overpass, followed by a Brazilian wide attack and the score goes to 12-15. Double sub for USA – Glass for Robyn and Berg for Ty. Second TTO was at 13-16.
Ogonna came to play as she came out of the huddle and crack an uncontested ball followed by one from Danielle – 15-16. Brazil seems to gives a couple and then is able to turn up the rheostat to always keep the distance comfortable. Ogonna on a broken play tips over the triple block and it was all tied up at 18. Brazil blocked Ogonna and it was time for the double sub again.
A Brazilian point and Nicole Davis got the nod for Ogonna in the back row at 20 all. Logan is able to hit high off the blockers hands for 21-21. Ogonna grabs the wrong paddle and the substitute is denied which left Nicole in the front row! Logan did a huge favor for the team by acing the Brazilians to allow Ogonna back in the line up!!! We were ahead 23-22. A quick attack brought the Brazil double sub and they were serving at 23 each. A great rally ensued, but Brazil got the game point.
Out of the USA's second time, we hit wide – set, match 23-25.
At the press conference, Lindsey Berg reminded her audience what a good team Brazil is and that the USA needs to concentrate on their side of the net, minimize our errors and get better for the road ahead. Jenny traded compliments with the Brazilian head coach. But it was our opposing coach that said that he knew this was not the USA team – he reminded us that Ogonna and Stacy had just arrived and that this team has not yet jelled.
On to practice . . .
Joan Powell
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About the Author: Major General (Ret) Scott Gration serves as the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan.
Last week, all eyes were on New York City as senior diplomats from around the world gathered for the UN General Assembly meetings. In the meeting rooms and corridors of United Nations Headquarters, we worked diligently with our international partners to elevate the importance of Sudan on the world stage and urge the North and South to take swift action to prevent destabilizing conflict and remain on the path of peace.
The importance the Obama Administration places on Sudan was highlighted at UNGA as the President, Secretary Clinton, Ambassador Rice, and I met with Northern and Southern Sudanese leaders, international partners, advocacy groups, and civil society leaders. In formal meetings and sidebar discussions with foreign counterparts at the most senior levels of government, we drove home the importance of full implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and real progress on improving the security and humanitarian situation in Darfur.
On Friday, September 24, President Obama participated in a UN High-Level Meeting on Sudan hosted by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The President has led the Administration's engagement on Sudan and he has made resolving its challenges a U.S. foreign policy priority. At UNGA, he demonstrated his unwavering personal commitment to helping create the conditions required to build the enduring peace that the Sudanese people deserve.
The stakes are tremendously high as we approach the referenda for Southern Sudan and Abyei. Through our intensified diplomatic efforts, we seek to prevent destabilizing conflict, and ensure that the people of Sudan do not once again fall victim to the horrors of civil war that marred the decades leading up to the signing of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. With the same sense of urgency, we continue to work with international partners toward definitively ending conflict in Darfur and building a future where justice and accountability prevail over violence and impunity.
With just over 100 days remaining before the referenda, the UN General Assembly has provided an excellent opportunity to refocus and rally the support of the international community. I am grateful to President Obama and Secretary Clinton for their leadership and collaboration as we work to build the diplomatic momentum needed to make progress toward the shared goal of a peaceful, secure, and prosperous Sudan.
Ron in New York writes:
Re-solve is Right.....
Just think about it....President Obama has had to Re-Solve every International and Domestic policy issue since Bush #1.
We need to recognize the complexities and challenges in addressing issues; which have been worsened by the anti-multi-lateral
approach of the previous administrations.
Seeing the past clearly, allows us to see the future more brightly. Or, with lack of re-solve, we will be forced to repeat the past.
Mary K.G.D. in Kansas writes:
Major General (Ret) Scott Gration:
Thank you for this most important work. Thank you especially for your service to our country and your work toward peace in others.
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Sauromalus ater
The Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It inhabits the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its range extends from Eastern California, Utah, and Nevada south to Baja California and Sonora.[2]
The common name "chuckwalla" (or chuckawalla) is derived from the Shoshone word "tcaxxwal" or "caxwal," the form used by the Cahuilla of southeastern California.[3]
Its generic name, sauromalus, is a combination of two Ancient Greek words:σαῦρος (sauros) meaning "lizard". and ομαλυς (omalus) meaning "flat".[3] Its specific name is ater, Latin for "black" or "dark"
Its original epithet was Sauromalus obesus; and although that name is no longer officially recognized, it is still very common in the literature and it remains in many standard natural history references for North America. In 1998, Bradford D. Hollingsworth examined variations in Sauromalus and concluded that only five species should be recognized. He regarded S. obesus as conspecific with S. ater, and he used S. ater, which has priority, as the specific name of the combined taxon.[4] No subspecies of S. ater are currently recognized.[4] Based primarily on the extensive use of the name S. obesus, a petition to give that name precedence over that of S. ater was submitted to the ICZN.[4] However this reasoning was dubious and the priority of S. ater was maintained.[4] In 2004, ICZN ruled that the name Sauromalus ater was first described by zoologist Auguste Duméril in 1856 and thus had precedence over the name Sauromalus obesus which was not named until 1858 by Baird.[4]
The common chuckwalla is a large, flat-bodied lizard with a large rounded belly, and a wide-based blunt-tipped tail.[3] Reaching a total length of 20 inches and a weight of .9 kilograms (2.0 lb).[5] Small scales cover its body, with larger scales protecting the ear openings.[3] The coloration of these lizards varies by location and between juveniles and adults, as well as among males and females.[3] In adult males, the head, shoulder, and pelvic regions are black while the mid-body is light tan speckled with brown.[3] Adult females are brownish in color with a scattering of dark red spots. Young chuckwallas have four or five broad bands across the body, and three or four on the tail which are lost in adulthood by males, but retained somewhat by females.[3]
Harmless to humans, these lizards are known to run from potential threats.[5] When disturbed, the Chuckwalla will gulp air, distend its body and wedge itself into a tight rock crevice.[5] The Chuckwalla will inflate its body with air in order to entrench itself.[5]
Males are seasonally and conditionally territorial; an abundance of resources tends to create a hierarchy based on size, with one large male dominating the area's smaller males.[5] Chuckwallas use a combination of colour and physical displays, namely "push ups", head-hobbing, and gaping of the mouth to communicate and defend their territory (see animal communication).[5]
Chuckwallas are diurnal animals and as they are exothermic, spend much of their mornings and winter days basking.[5] These lizards are well adapted to desert conditions; they are active at temperatures of up to 102°F (39°C).[5] Chuckwallas brumate during cooler months and emerge in February.[5]
Mating occurs from April to July, with 5-16 eggs laid between June and August. The eggs hatch in late September.[5]
Primarily herbivorous, the chuckwalla eats creosote bush flowers, leaves, fruit, and occasionally insects.[5]
- ^ "Sauromalus ater". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
- ^ Grismer, L. Lee (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including its Pacific Islands, and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. University of California Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-520-22417-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g Schwenkmeyer, Dick. "Sauromalus ater Common Chuckwalla". Field Guide. San Diego Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Hollingsworth, Bradford D. (2004). "The Evolution of Iguanas an Overview and a Checklist of Species". Iguanas: Biology and Conservation (University of California Press). p. 42. ISBN 978-0-520-23854-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Stebbins, Robert C.,(2003) A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, ISBN 0-395-98272-3


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Intel Corp. reportedly prepares a dual-core processor, which would be very affordable, but will not be really fast, some Asian web-sites reported recently. The chipmaker may offer the new Intel Pentium D 805 product to those, who require serious multitasking, but whose applications are not generally demanding for computing power.
Intel Pentium D 805 will operate at 2.66GHz, will contain 2MB L2 cache (1MB per core) and will use 533MHz processor system bus, reports HKEPC web-site. Currently the most affordable Intel dual-core processor is Intel Pentium D 820, which functions at 2.80GHz and utilizes 800MHz Quad Pumped Bus.
According to a short report published by the Asian web-site, the new Pentium D 805 would be mainly promoted among system makers in conjunction with inexpensive Intel 945GZ core-logic, which is only expected to be available in the beginning of next year, which may indicate that Intel's 2.66GHz dual-core chip is not something, which will be available shortly.
Intel's 945GZ core-logic will support processors with 800MHz and 533MHz processor system bus, will feature single-channel DDR2 memory controller, will integrate Intel GMA950 graphics core and will lack PCI Express x16 port for graphics cards, according to certain reports. By contrast, current Intel 945-series chipsets support processors with up to 1066MHz processor system bus, dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM controller as well as feature PCI Express x16 slot for graphics cards.
Intel Pentium D 805 is likely to cost less than $241, the price at which Intel Pentium D 820 is sold.
The company's arch-rival Advanced Micro Devices is reportedly also preparing relatively affordable dual-core chips, but those are unlikely to cost less than $300 within the next couple of quarters.
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GAYLORD – Herbert Gahler, 84, of Gaylord, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at the Sibley Medical Center in Arlington.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 11, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gaylord with burial in the church cemetery.
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Our selection of picnic spots in parks or on the banks of the Seine. And a map so you can find all the addresses.
Whether on the grass or with a view of the water, there are picnic spots for all tastes in ParisHere is our selection so you can enjoy a relaxing time with your friends...
-The Champ-de-Mars: the unrestricted view of the Eiffel Tower and the elegant buildings surrounding it attract tourists and Parisians alike. It is an ideal place for the young and cosmopolitan to picnic. 2 Allée Adrienne Lecouvreur, 7th district. Metro: Ecole Militaire/RER: Champ-de-Mars. Another great idea in the 7th district: the Avenue de Breteuil has lawns which are ideal for a picnic. Avenue de Breteuil (7th). Metro: Saint-François Xavier or Duroc.
- Buttes-Chaumont Park: the young, the trendy, tourists and families picnic side by side on the sloping lawns of the park until closing time. 1 Rue Botzaris, 19th district. Metro: Buttes-Chaumont, Botzaris.
- Parc de La Villette: film-lovers, music-lovers and families gather on the park's huge lawns, attracted by the open-air music and cinema festivals and the children's playgrounds. Perfect for large groups. 211 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 19th district, Metro: Porte de Pantin.
- Monceau Park: a former property of the Duke of Chartres, adorned with statues of famous artists and surrounded by town houses, this superb garden hosts chic, family picnics. 35 Boulevard Courcelles, 8th district. Metro: Monceau.
- Bercy: a large modern park which attracts families and film-lovers wanting to find a spot on the grass before they take in a film at the Cinémathèque Française film archives. 128 Quai de Bercy, 12th district. Metro: Bercy/Cour Saint-Emilion.
- André-Citroën: in surroundings which some find futurist and others very natural, the park welcomes picnickers who like to spread out on the lawns or take refuge in the nooks and alley-ways. The icing on the cake: you can climb onboard a hot air balloon and look down on the whole of Paris. 2 Rue Cauchy, 15th district. Metro: Javel/Balard.
- The Cité Universitaire: far from the hustle and bustle of the city, this is an island of protected greenery with an unrestricted view of architectural masterpieces. A feast for the eyes. 17 Boulevard Jourdan, 14th district. Metro: Cité Universitaire.
Our selection of the best spots on the quays
Along the Seine There is no shortage of locations with unrestricted views of the capital's bridges and the pleasure boats. Tango fans meet on the Quai St Bernard, between Sully and Austerlitz bridges. Lovers prefer the area around the Square du Vert-Galant, near the extremely romantic Pont-Neuf. The Pont des Arts, its backdrop highly appreciated by painters, is also an unmissable spot.
- The Ourcq canalPetanque lovers like to meet on the Quai de Loire, near the Barourcq (at n°68), also very popular with young people and foreign students.
- The St Martin canalFilm-lovers who worship the cult of the French actress Arletty prefer to eat their picnic near the Hôtel du Nord (n° 102 Quai de Jemmapes), between the Rue de la Grange aux Belles and the Rue du Faubourg du Temple. The atmosphere is young and relaxed and less touristy than on the banks of the Seine.
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Stagnelius, Erik Johan
Erik Johan Stagnelius 1793-1823
Swedish poet and dramatist.
Stagnelius wrote lyric poetry, an epic, several dramas, and an opera in a fervent, ornate style that expressed an ascetic spiritualism in terms of highly sensual imagery. Although he was virtually unknown to his contemporaries during his eleven-year career, today he is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the Swedish Romantic movement.
Biographical Information
Stagnelius was born on the island of Öland, off the southeastern coast of Sweden. His father, a local vicar, later became bishop of Kalmar. A solitary child, Stagnelius read widely in the classics and in Norse mythology. In 1811 he attended the University of Lund briefly as a student of theology, but soon left to pursue his studies at the University of Uppsala. There he became acquainted with the writings of contemporary European authors of the Romantic movement and began writing verses of his own. After passing a civil service exam in 1814, he accepted a junior government post at the Department of Church and Education. Around this time he was diagnosed with a severe heart ailment. His subsequent abuse of alcohol and possibly drugs is often attributed to attempts to relieve the physical suffering and mental anguish caused by his deteriorating health. Around 1817, a spiritual crisis appears to have drawn him to a mystical and fervent Christianity inspired by the writings of Gnostic and Pythagorean philosophers, who saw the soul as engaged in a constant struggle to transcend the limits of its physical prison. Although Stagnelius appears to have written steadily throughout his adult life in a number of poetic and dramatic genres, he did not mix in Swedish literary circles, and relatively little of his work was published before his death. He was found dead in bed in 1823.
Major Works
Many of Stagnelius's mature works center on the conflict between a sensual attachment to the world and a spiritual yearning for transcendence. In many of his lyric poems, spiritual aspirations are expressed metaphorically in terms of sexual desire.
His first major poem, Vladimir den Store (Vladimir the Great; 1817), has been described by Leif Sjöberg as "the first great Swedish hexameter poem"; it recounts the conversion to Christianity of a pagan warrior through his love for a Christian woman whom he has taken captive. Liljor i Saron (Lilies in Sharon), a collection of religious poems, was published with Martyrerna (The Martyrs), a verse drama expressing an ascetic Christianity, in 1821. His tragedy Bacchanterna eller Fanatismen (The Bacchantes, or Fanaticism; 1822) was his last work to be published during his lifetime. Many of the works published posthumously in his Samlade skrifter (Collected Works; 1824-26) are in the form of fragments. These include the unfinished epic poems Blenda, which celebrates the vigor and manly virtues of Viking days, and Gunlög, which affirms the divine origin of poetry.
Critical Reception
Stagnelius is seen as one of the leading representatives of the Romantic movement in Sweden. His work is often associated with that of the Swedish "Phosphorists," who valued emotion over intellect and idealized beauty as the highest expression of divinity. British and American critics have likened his work to that of the English poets William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Critics often discuss Stagnelius' work in terms of contradictions. While his style is described as almost Byzantine in its rich, ornate complexity, he is also praised for the clarity of his language and the lucidity of his ideas. Both in his lyric poetry and in his dramas, a transcendent and ascetic spirituality is generally expressed in terms of highly sensual imagery, and motifs drawn from classical and Norse mythology are pressed into service to convey Christian ideals.
Principal Works
Vladimir den Store [Vladimir the Great] (poetry) 1817
Liljor i Saron och Martyrerna [Lilies in Sharon and The Martyrs] (poetry and drama) 1821
Bacchanterna eller Fanatismen [The Bacchantes, or Fanaticism] (drama) 1822
Thorsten Fiskare [The Fisherman Thorsten] (drama) 1823
Samlade skrifter [Collected Works] 3 vols. (poetry, drama, and opera) 1824-26
Samlade skrifter [Collected Works] 5 vols. (poetry, drama, and opera) 1911-19
Samlade skrifter [Collected Works] 4 vols. (poetry, drama, and opera) 1957
William and Mary Howitt (essay date 1852)
SOURCE: "Poets Belonging Generally to the New School," in The Literature and Romance of Northern Europe: Constituting a Complete History of the Literature of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland, Vol. II, Colburn and Co., 1852, pp. 405-26.
[In the following excerpt, the authors characterize Stagnelius as a "gnostic" poet and cite resemblances between his work and that of English Romantic poets William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley.]
The most prominent poets of [the "New School"] are Stagnelius, Almquist, Livijn, Dahlgren and Fahlcrantz. It would be incorrect to allocate them with Phosphorists or Goths, for they differ both from these schools and from each other so decidedly, that they can only be styled writers of modern power, tendencies and spirit. They possess much of that independent and individual character which should be the result of the doctrine of every man endeavouring to develop his own genius according to his own inner impulses, and the perception of his own natural organization and endowments. The greatest of these poets is unquestionably—
Erik Johan Stagnelius
Stagnelius is a genuine modern gnostic. His poetry is as fully and as positively the enunciation of gnosticism as ever were the preachings of the old Syrian and Egyptian speculative Christians. Himself a physically suffering creature, with passions at war in his body with the intense heavenward longings of his soul, he was deeply impressed with the philosophy which the gnostic sect of the early Christians inherited from Plato and Pythagoras, that our souls were once in a higher state of existence, and that, in the words of Byron, we all live in a place of penance:
Where for our sins to sorrow we are cast.
It was the doctrine which Wordsworth drew from Plato in his noble Ode, "Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood."
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:
The soul that rises with us, our life's star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar.
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home:
Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
Shades of the prison-house being to close
Upon the growing boy.
The farther he goes, the more the heavenly inborn light "fades into the light of common day."
Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own;
Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind,
And, even with something of a mother's mind,
And no unworthy aim;
The homely nurse doth all she can
To make her foster-child, her inmate man,
Forget the glories he hath known,
And the imperial palace whence he came.
This is the gnosticism of a man comfortably wandering amid the lakes and mountains of Cumberland, with a good old clerk issuing stamps to the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, and leaving him no care except that of receiving the rich percentage. But the gnosticism of Stagnelius was held under different circumstances. Cooped in a sickly body, contending with the higher instincts of the soul, "the homely nurse," old mother earth, did seem to him to have an "unworthy aim." Psyche, in his eyes, was in bondage to Hyle; the soul was in a stern prison to matter, which was constantly endeavouring to make her,
Forget the glories she had known,
And the imperial palace whence she came.
Stagnelius did not, like Wordsworth, live out a serene life of upwards of seventy years, but his tried and conflicting existence terminated at the age of thirty. Therefore, we have no remoulding of his youthful doctrines, no calmer views evolved through the experience of longer and more tranquil years, but his thoughts and feelings stand before us, thrown off in the fire of youth, and the gloomy fervour with which the upward and the downward tendencies of complicated human nature inspired him.
The Swedish critics see a strong resemblance between Stagnelius and Wordsworth: we see more between him and Shelley. With the exception of the differing faiths, there is the same early fate, the same speculative spirit, the same attachment to Greek philosophy and Greek poetic forms. No one can read the Cydippe, the Narcissus, the Bacchantes, "Proserpina," nor even his "Svedger," without being struck with this. There is the same yearning after the unknown, the same tendency to the mythic and speculative, the same constant warring of oppressed nature, which Shelley has expressed in his Prometheus Unbound, against some overbearing power or element, and the same wonderful power of language and affluence of inspired phrase. In the very choice of the subject of the Riddertornet and the Cenci we see a resemblance. But far more lies this kinship of spirit in the spirit itself, in those longings, despairings, those far flights into the ideal world and those sufferings from the real one, which marked them both.
Stagnelius was the son of a clergyman, afterwards Bishop of Kalmar. He was born in 1793; studied in Lund, and afterwards in Upsala, and became a Clerk of Chancery in the Ecclesiastical Department in 1815, and took successive advancements in that office. He died in Stockholm in 1828. In his lifetime he published "Women in the North," for which he received the prize of the Royal Academy. His Wladimir, a fine heroic poem in hexameters, was published in 1817; his Lilies of Sharon, in 1821; his Bacchantes, in 1822; and, after his death, his Collected Writings were published in three volumes by Hammarsköld.
They are his Lilies of Sharon which distinguish him from all other Swedish poets, and place him amongst the greatest intellectual poets of the age. Some of the critics of his native country complain of the gloom and the sorrowful tone of his poetry, and are inclined to regard it as sickly. To our fancy it is much too strong and wrestling in its nature to be sickly. That there is a tone of suffering running through the greater part of his productions, is true; for it was the lot of Stagnelius preeminently to present an example of the truth of Shelley's declaration, that
We learn in suffering
What we teach in song.
We are, therefore, more pleased with the serious portions of his poetry than with the rest. The world has a superflux, and Sweden especially, of the light, the playful and the merely fanciful lyric; and we listen with a far profounder interest to the outpourings of a great and suffering soul, as it were the wail of the chained Prometheus on his midnight Caucasus, uttering his...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (essay date 1870)
SOURCE: "Eric Johan Stagnelius," in The Poets and Poetry of Europe: With Introductions and Biographical Notices, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893, p. 173.
[In the following excerpt, originally published in 1870, the American poet comments briefly on Stagnelius's career and cites a review that typifies the Swedish lyricist as a mystical, otherworldly poet.]
The most signal specimen of a genius at once precocious and productive, which the annals of Swedish literature afford, is Stagnelius. He died at the age of thirty, but has left behind him three epic poems,—one of which, though never completed, was written at the age of eighteen,—five tragedies, and seven other...
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Edmund Gosse (essay date 1875)
SOURCE: "Birds of Passage," in Cornhill Magazine, Vol. XXXII, No. 189, September, 1875, pp. 346-53.
[In the following excerpt from an essay on several Swedish poets, Gosse praises Stagnelius' work for its spontaneity and philosophical depth.]
In presenting the reader with some specimens of Swedish poetry, and of the works of three great poets of the language, we have selected the subject of Birds of Passage; not because the lyrics here given exhibit these poets at their best, but because the idea is a typical one, and has been treated characteristically by each. The advent of the birds of passage is the most anxiously awaited event in the life of the North....
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Adolph Burnett Benson (essay date 1914)
SOURCE: "Erik Johan Stagnelius: The Old Norse Element as a Vehicle for Romanticism," in The Old Norse Element in Swedish Romanticism, Columbia University Press, 1914, pp. 125-43.
[In the following essay, Benson examines various ways in which Stagnelius combined elements of Scandinavian mythology and ancient Hellenic drama in expressing Romantic themes.]
The most thorough Romanticist in Sweden was the young and suffering Stagnelius. Both his life and work point him out as the natural exponent of what is deepest and most typical in Romanticism. He did not have to affiliate himself with any new school to be called Romantic. He did not have to take part in any polemics to...
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Leif Sjöberg (essay date 1968)
SOURCE: "Wladimir den Store: Some Observations," in Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1, February, 1968, pp. 303-09.
[In the following essay, Sjöberg examines Stagnelius' style as well as political and religious ideas expressed in his epic poem Wladimir den Store.]
Wladimir den Store, the first great Swedish hexameter poem, is also the first poem which Stagnelius allowed himself to publish (1817). The reasons for this may have been many, but the main one is presumably that he had a specific poetical method—Chateaubriand's theory in Le Génie du Christianisme—which is almost consistently applied, and used Les Martyrs as a...
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Karl Toepfer (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: "Orfeus and the Maenads: Two Modes of Ecstatic Discourse in Stagnelius's Bacchanterna," in Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 64, No. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 26-52.
[In the following essay discussing Stagnelius' Bacchanterna, Toepfer suggests that the poet used tensions between Classicism and Romanticism to probe the relationship between feeling and language.]
In 1822, a year before his death, Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793-1823) completed a fascinating one-act tragedy, Bacchanterna eller Fanatismen.1 But despite the beauty of its language, the complexity of its thematic concerns, the intensity of its dramatic effects, and the bizarre...
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Get used to the new market where interest rates rule the roost, Jim Cramer told his "Mad Money" TV show viewers Friday as he laid out his game plan for next week's trading.
Cramer said that first thing Monday morning, investors should be adding the CBOE Interest Rate 10-Year Treasury Index, TNX, to their screens. He said this measure of interest rates has become an excellent contra-indicator. When interest rates are on the rise, stocks are headed lower.
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Hello, I have a 2005 V-6 AWD, 18,180 miles, I got it from a broker in St Louis, the little old lady kind of thing, got it with 16,500 and drove it to Idaho.
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Just catching up with this fascinating thread myself and really enjoyed the mileage race so far and all the SRX positivity.
Glad you're enjoying your Cadillacs!
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Hi all
I got my srx 1. Of august last year with 54.000 mls
Now I have 97.000 mls on the Odometer.
Repairs so far
Both cats on warranty replaced
Transfer case chain replaced
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2004 V6 RWD with 101,000 miles and no "major" problems
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2006 SRX Black/Black Northstar, no roof, no Nav.
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OIl rings on the pistons replaced?! wow...my srx v8 does burn oil between changes too. we check it twice a week just to be sure.. reply to email@example.com if you like.
Some of you guys need to start driving.
My 2004 SRX Northstar V8 has 118,000 miles.
1) ABS control module at approx $1200. found a used one. 2 did not work. 3rd did! done by Caddy dealer.
2) Front Struts. (shudder problem) at approx $2000. done by goodyear.
3) A/c Drain unplug.
4) AIR BAG light is currently ON! Any quick fixes?!!!
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it is time for some updates on the amount of miles racked up on your SRX. Please indicate your year, V6 or V8, 2WD or AWD. Any other info or reliability comments are welcome, good or bad.
In the past we have had posters with over over 200K on their SRX. We have had low miles champs (with garage queens) and high mileage champs who seem to be running livery service coast to coast!!
So I will start.........
Year/drivetrain: 2007 Light Platinum SRX4 AWD CPO Off Lease (purchased 12/2009 with 27K miles)
Engine: Northstar V8
Mileage: 74,800
Options: Theater package, UltraView, power adjustable pedals, Premium Seating package, Utility package (trailering, 3rd row seat, rear a/c), Performance package.
Other: Warranty extension.
Fuel Economy: Pure city 14mpg; pure highway 22+ mpg; mixed 18 mpg.
Motor Oil Consumption: none; oil changes @ 8K-9K miles.
Comments: dealership-resolved issues with......... worn front swaybar insulators (@ 27K); worn lower control arms (@ 27K); Lake Cadillac (@27K); rear defroster (@ 74K); balky UltraView (@ 27K and 74K) with binding rear guides that took out the sunshade (@74K); short in AM antenna module (@ 74K). Unresolved issues: 4 inoperative LEDs in rear hatch high mount brake light bar.
Summary: a pleasure to own and drive.
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And my update
117k Miles on the odometer
adaptor on the rear differential will be replaced next Fryday
A/C Compressor replaced
MIL is lightning, Camshaft position sensor bank 1 (A) give a signal, must be replace this item
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But notice, that I had not such a trouble with my BMW within 290k Miles. So cadillac, to play in the upper league you have to increase your quality
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Upset your team doesn't have the wide receiver it needs? Plenty of those too!
The second night of the draft features the second and third rounds. In that time, we will see a handful of quarterbacks drafted who could become starters. A deep class at interior line, cornerback, wide receiver and tight end will also start to thin out.
Heck, if we play our cards right, we may even see a running back get drafted.
Follow here all night long for live grades for the second night of the draft. For those who weren't with me during Round 1, here's how this is going to work: For each pick, I'll provide a grade and some perspective (both positive and yes, negative). Even if I love the pick, I'll show you where things could go wrong.
Unlike most people who do this sort of thing, I could care less about "reaching" for a player who isn't high on my board unless others are clearly better fits for that team. In fact, I dislike people overusing the term "reach," when what they really mean is that they—in a vacuum, without an actual team to run with schemes, coaches, preferences, etc.—wouldn't have valued that player.
So, no bad grades for teams whose new draftee didn't crack the top 100, so long as I feel that player is a good fit. The mythical idea that every team could trade down and get the players it wants isn't going to factor into my grades much.
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Skip to comments.Hypothetical Question;If Aliens Came To Your Door&Said:Take Me To Your Leader.What Do You Do?
Posted on 09/16/2012 6:06:13 PM PDT by Ryan_Rubio_2016
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Here is what I would do. I would give them directions to James Carville's house. Hey, why not? they have so much in common!
And here I thought you meant illegal aliens. But same answer.
I'd introduce them to Jim Robinson
I tilt my head to the side and yell to my wife, "honey, there's someone here who wants to see you!".
I'd tell the alien about Jesus.
Put them in a room with a moose?
Get off my lawn!
maybe we can send them to Debbie Wassermans house?
Ask him what he was trying to accomplish; if no good answer or explanation was forthcoming, send him to Beijing.
I send the aliens to Tallahassee, and Florida Governor Rick Scott.
The aliens would come back and laser my arse if I sent them to Obama...they would feel so insulted
Jesus Christ is my leader so it would have to entail a pretty large theological discussion. If they phrased it as "take me to the leader of this government" then it would have to involve a discussion of the three branches of government.
I'd point to the French doors and say, "He's out on the deck nursing a cigar and a scotch. And take off your shoes, I just mopped."
I would suggest having them watch newer science fiction film of alien encounters with Earthlings. Perhaps, they might try playing musical instruments on some isolated, deserted mountain outcrop to get to meet our leaders.
I'd save the alien a trip by handing him an empty chair.
I'd say "Grab your clubs, he's probably out on the back 9..."
I would introduce them to Jesus.
If they were space aliens, I'd say "here I am".
If they were just illegals I'd say, "you have 30 seconds before I call INS - now run".
I would say " Take my Leader Please".
Yeah sure... I'll bet that your husband wears the pants in the family... But you pick them out for him!
Tell him to look up President Romney.
"Yes, may I help you?"
What if? We've got 20 million+ of them: illegal aliens. They don't speak English and I'm thinking one of them is in the White House already.
My leader is Jesus Christ. I no longer place any trust in the ways of man. I will reluctantly vote for Mitt Romney, a flip-flopping heretical, blasphemous Mormon because I support the GOP platform while the alternative, Barack Obama is so anti-Christ in his thinking and actions, no genuine Christian could ever pull the lever for an open pro-abortion/infanticide, pro-sodomy "marriage," bent on the destruction of the economic engine of capitalism. I do not love money but believe that socialist government is a metaphor for godless idolatry.
Hand it the leash and call the dog.
"Honey! It's for you!"
I'd say "You mean those aren't your guys running things already?"
Only if you will take him !
1. Valerie jarrett
2. CEO, Goldman Sachs
go to the last house on the left,knock on the front door,ask for Queen Nancy Pelosi.
To try and answer seriously, I would suggest Pope Benedict XVI.
I have tremendous respect for him as an individual, and he represents an organization that has 2000 years experience, where the vast majority of what the Church has done has been for the good.
And he is The Successor to Peter, Christ's designated leader among men.
If the USA fades, I will be glad to have The Catholic Church defending The Human Dignity of Man.
China, Islam, USSR, UN (take your pick) will not be dedicated to defending The Human Dignity of Man.
Second choice: Prime Minister Netanyahu, but that is more due to his character than to the Office of Prime Minister of Israel.
Give them the directions to the alien who thinks he is our leader, on condition that they promise to take him back to Zeta Reticullei with them....
So when did he become a leader. He is lost right now trying to find what side of the issue he wants to be on.
Well, if I conclude they are hostile ... easy answer!
offer them some brewskies, chicken wings and watch some football.
Tell them my leader was crucified 2,000 years ago, but if they'd like to get to know him. . .
The Bernanke.
I'd say "you don't want to meet that guy, he's a nincompoop, come back in mid-November and we'll see if conditions have improved."
Tell them about Reagan and say he was the last real leader we had.
Hey Earthling ! You jivin' me ? !
There's nothin' in here but an empty chair . . and some kinda glass square thing on a pole . . wth ??
introduce them to the wife
I would tell them to go to the White House, but Obama would probably bow to them and apologize for Earth's arrogance toward the rest of the universe.
In this home, if I am more than ten feet from the kitchen or bedroom, consider me a runaway.
My cat.
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Serving Size ¼ of recipe
Calories 237
Total Fat 5 g
Saturated Fat 1.5 g
Sodium 457 mg
Total Carbohydrate 8 g
Dietary Fiber 1.5 g
Protein 38 g
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Ingredients Measures
Whole chicken (about 3 ½ pounds) 1
Onion, diced ½
Carrots, peeled and diced 2
Celery stalks, diced 2
Garlic cloves, chopped 2
Cornstarch 4 teaspoons
Water 2 teaspoons
Salt ½ teaspoon
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After discussion with ChaoticMike, we decided to do a call out for help with the Action Room Computers.
Please can we set a date/time for a consolidated effort to get at least two Linux machines running in there.?
Can we get the Scanner set up so you can choose the destination as any of the computers in there even the Macs?


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Looks good for your 1st attempt. Really good!!!. Is this your 1st pizza or only your 1st NY style keep up the good work. Thanks for posting. Mark
Looks pretty good. And nice backyard. I'd love that much open grass.
How hot does that thing get?
I just put one of these together.22.5" WeberTombstone stone.top grill with steel plate and aluminum foil.Used lump charcoal.1st try with just charcoal not hot enough2nd attempt charcoal w/wood chunks good3rd attempt I cut back to one chimney of charcoal w/wood chunks not hot enough4th try I used too much charcoal and the top cooked too fast, I wasn't expecting that.Pizza Friday tomorrow for 5th time.
And GO REDSOX! Love it up there!
It's not a redsox B, it is actually a Brooklyn Dodgers B. Common mistake. The dead give away for Brooklyn is the little triangle hole.
Man that was a small triangle and didn't even notice it! Oh well Go REDSOX! lol They copied the B from the Redsox in 1958! then was like add a triangle..lol


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The plan would limit losses for insurers by shifting the burden for massive storm damage to the state.
By TOM ZUCCO and JENNIFER LIBERTO
Published January 17, 2007
TALLAHASSEE - A radical idea - to have the state of Florida assume much of the risk for massive hurricane damage - emerged on the first day of the special insurance session as one possible way to drive down skyrocketing premiums.
A concept that would have been unthinkable just 10 months ago, the Florida Hurricane Excess Loss Program has been proposed by a cadre of senior senators and was the primary topic of discussion in the Senate throughout Tuesday.
Under the proposal, the state would cap the potential losses for private insurance companies at $40-billion, and that, at least in theory, could allow those companies to lower premium rates for wind coverage by about 33 percent.
The program has its detractors and its flaws. But it's also a shiny new idea that some lawmakers say could gain momentum. Gov. Charlie Crist is open to the idea.
"It's not without its problems," said Sen. Jim King, R-Jacksonville. "The state is going to lead with its wallet, and yes, it puts the state at risk. But we're a lot closer to a consensus on the big issues than we were in other special sessions."
The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee spent several hours Tuesday discussing FHELP. Proponents argue that the $40-billion cap is one that is not likely to be reached. Hurricane Katrina caused about $45-billion in insured losses in the entire Gulf Coast in 2005, and the 2004 Florida hurricane season, the worst in state history, caused about $23.5-billion in damages.
The state, through its Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, already covers excessive losses between $6-billion and $22-billion.
FHELP would kick in for losses between $22-billion and $40-billion and the state would pay 90 percent of the damages with insurance companies paying the remaining 10 percent.
The state would come up with the money through bonds, assessments or a portion of state sales tax.
The theory is that if the private companies know their maximum potential losses, they can lower wind premiums by about a third, write more policies, or both.
The weeklong special legislative session was called because the insurance market is in crisis. Premium rates have risen sharply and steadily in recent years and many companies have dropped policyholders. The state, through Citizens Property Insurance, already insures about a third of homes in Florida and is taking in new policies at a rate of about 60,000 a month.
Still, the Senate proposal makes some in Tallahassee nervous.
"How will we pay for that?" Sen. J.D. Alexander, R-Lakes Wales, asked twice during the discussion.
Indeed, FHELP's fate is uncertain, largely because of the financial burden the state would face in the event of a catastrophic storm season.
"Any time you talk about an idea that has the potential for dramatic liability on the shoulders of our taxpayers we're going to spend more than seven days talking about it," said House Speaker Marco Rubio.
Even the House Democratic caucus hasn't decided if it will back the idea first floated by Senate Democrats. Minority Leader Dan Gelber dubbed it the "uber fund," and acknowledged the potential for premium savings if you "sort of hold your breath a little bit."
State Farm, Florida's largest private property insurer, isn't taking sides on the issue yet. State Farm would like its liability capped from a corporate standpoint and told the Senate insurance committee that it could lead to 33 to 34 percent savings on wind-only residential policies, according to Mark Delegal, a lobbyist for State Farm.
The Senate proposal is just one of many ideas lawmakers are considering this week. Others include:
- Allowing insurers to more easily buy reinsurance from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (CAT Fund).
- Forcing auto insurers that write property insurance in other states to also write property policies in Florida.
- Allowing Citizens to offer full coverage in its high risk account, where it is now allowed to write only the wind policies.
- Allowing Citizens rates to be competitive with the private market and freezing Citizens rates as of Dec. 31, 2006.
Steve Burgess, who is serving his final week as the state's insurance consumer advocate, said he was encouraged by the "number of creative ways" lawmakers are looking at solving the crisis.
As for the FHELP program, Burgess said that is a "social question, not an insurance question. Policymakers have to decide how much the state wants to get involved."
Both House and Senate proposals may reach the chambers' floors as early as today.
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Americans will spend a little bit more on dad this year than last year, shelling out more than $100 on gifts for the man of the house on Father's Day.
The National Retail Federation's annual Father's Day spending survey, conducted by Worthington-based BIGinsight, says the average person will spend $119.84 on dad's gifts this year, up from $117.14 last year. Total spending for Father's Day is expected to reach $13.3 billion.
According to the survey, those celebrating Father's Day will spend $2.5 billion on a special outing, such as a sporting event or dinner; $1.7 billion on a new electronic gadget, such as a tablet or GPS system; $1.8 billion on clothing, and $1.8 billion on gift cards.
Most shoppers, 40.6 percent of them, will buy gifts at department stores, while 31.5 percent will buy at discount stores.
Some of those shoppers will stop by Cabela's Columbus during the Father's Day weekend and see the Stihl Pro Carving Team use chain saws to turn wood logs into sculpture. There will be carved bears, cactus, pine trees and what Cabela's touts as "the only chain sawed T-rex dinosaur skeleton known to mankind."
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After the recent stands at Harlem's Apollo Theater that featured a backing orchestra, tons of bells and whistles, Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn reveales that the animated group may retire.
"We're putting Gorillaz back on the shelf after these last few gigs and working on other things for a while," Albarn said. "It's been brilliant, and this time it's been a runaway success, so why not just leave it like that? So we're retiring. We've been taking notes and we're going to do it hip-hop style, like Jay-Z."
However, buoyed by the success of the Apollo shows, Albarn admitted he was looking to give the Gorillaz a proper send-off with a glamorous run of shows in Las Vegas. "There's a possibility of doing these shows one more time, in Las Vegas. But we're not sure when. I love the idea of Gorillaz — on their third-ever [set of gigs] — playing Vegas," Albarn laughed. "And, of course, it'll be big and all bells and whistles. And then that's it."
Albarn said the Vegas shows would be staged in lieu of the Gorillaz's oft-rumored world tour, which he said has been put on the back burner. He also pooh-poohed a string of reports in the British tabloids that quoted a source within the band saying Gorillaz would break up at Christmas. "That was one of our drunk friends ranting down in the pub. It's stupid," Albarn sighed. "The great thing about Gorillaz is that when we're not working with them, they're relatively low-maintenance."
Also on the docket for Gorillaz before they call it quits are a video game ("It's in the early stages, but it will cost 8 million pounds to make," Albarn said) and a movie, which Albarn and Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett plan on financing themselves. The dynamic duo are also hard at work on a Chinese opera called "Monkey: Journey to the West," which they hope to have completed by the end of the year.


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One Down...One More to Go
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Tonight was one of our more crucial wins of the tournament so far. Without tonight's win we would have made it very difficult on ourselves to make it to the top 4. But...we came out on fire and played some good volleyball.
USA def. Netherlands 25-17, 25-22, 25-18
To read Lindsey's full Nov. 9 blog, visit http://lindseyberg.blogspot.com/2010/11/one-downone-more-to-go.html.