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Crawl Feature
Fall Crawl 2006
A musical night of epic proportions
By Laura Marrich and Marisa Demarco
Citizens of Earth! Nowhere in the great state of New Mexico do some many local and national music acts converge in one bustling metropolitan hub, on a single heroic night. We call it "crawling," and its never been more action-packed! Buy one flat-rate wristband ($10 in advance, $15 day-of-show) and you'll gain access to six hours of original, live performances this Saturday, Aug. 26.
Thanks to a combination of unusually wet weather and a shortage of overtime Albuquerque Police Department officers, our usual Fifth Street outdoor stage wasn't looking like such a super idea. We've rendered it invisible for the time being, but rest assured, it will reappear for our next Crawl in the spring. We hope you'll still have a super time.
Vanquish Hunger!
Downtown is booming with the strongest, most diverse restaurant scene it's ever enjoyed. Everything from enchiladas and burgers to fine dining and exotic fare are within easy reach of the Crawl venues. Thumb through the "Crawl Chow" capsules in this week's food section. You'll find a listing of every late-night dining establishment in the heart of Downtown, plus many that are just a short walk or drive from all the action.
Rescue Youth from the Clutches of Boredom!
You don't have to be a barfly to Crawl. Thanks our special all-ages Crawl venue, even under-21 music lovers can take advantage of Downtown's thriving music community. The Sunshine Theater (Central between First and Second Streets) will showcase the immense skills of Albuquerque hip-hop emcees and DJs, plus national headliners KRS-ONE and Saafir. Smoking and alcohol service will be available in segregated areas for those of legal drinking age.
Eliminate Headache and Credit Card Debt!
You'll save time and money by purchasing your Fall Crawl wristbands in advance. They are available for $10 at all Ticketmaster outlets (plus a service fee, www.ticketmaster.com), Natural Sound in Nob Hill (plus a service fee, 255-8295) and online here. Note that you can avoid paying a service fee by purchasing wristbands directly through the Alibi website. If you enjoy standing in line, day-of-show wristbands cost $15 and will be available at the Alibi Info Booth, Sunshine Theater and El Rey Theater on the night of the Crawl.
Fight Crime!
Your best line of defense is always to drink responsibly. No matter what happens, do not drive drunk. Don't allow anyone you know to drive drunk, either. Instead, check in to one of the many reasonably priced hotels that Downtown has to offer, call a cab or take the $5 JIT Shuttle (departs from Fourth Street and Central between the hours of 11 p.m. and 2 a.m.). All three are especially fun when you've been hitting the sauce. Some taxi numbers are:
Albuquerque Cab: 883-4888
Checker Cab: 243-7777
Yellow Cab: 247-8888
Giant Cab: 293-4222
Customize Your Crawl!
Once you're squared away on safely getting into the Crawl, scan the schedule of bands to see who's playing and where during each time slot. Next, cruise through the Fortress of Amplitude, an alphabetical listing of Fall Crawl 2006 performers. Listings are made up of general information about each musical act, including music genres, where to find them online and a brief superpowered bio.
Note that we've also provided a nifty Crawl map with clearly marked locations of participating venues, the Info Booth and parking. We'll be glad to answer any additional questions you might have at our Info Booth. Now ... to the Fortress of Amplitude!
The Fortress of Amplitude
Agency E
Ants Have Voices
Alex Maryol Band
August Spies
The Big Spank
The Build
Bukue One
Caustic Lye
Coke Is Better with Bourbon
Danny Winn and The Earthlings
The Dirty Novels
Dread Pirate Hotchkiss
Feels Like Sunday
Five Minute Sin
The Foxx
The Giranimals
The Gracchi
The Ground Beneath
Hit By A Bus
Inner Parlors
The Isness
The Jenny Gamble Trio
Le Chat Lunatique
Long Gone Trio
Lousy Robot
The Lowlights
Memphis P. Tails
Mr. McVay
Mystic Vision/One Foundation
The MindySet
Oktober People
Old Man Shattered
Pilot to Bombardier
Rage Against Martin Sheen
Romeo Goes To Hell
Ryan McGarvey
Scream Machine
Sin Serenade
Speed One
Stan Hirsch
The Surf Lords
Unit 7 Drain
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City Manager's Update
November 8, 2013
November 21, 2013
Community Development Department
• Chase Bank – A building permit has been issued to demolish the existing one-story building and construct a new 4,275 square foot one-story building at 6201 Bristol Parkway (photo below).
• National Hayden LLP – A permit has been issued to construction a new 11,272 square foot office addition to an existing four-level parking structure located at 3540 Hayden Avenue (photo below).
• Hayden-Higuera Properties, LLC – Construction of a new five-level, 556 space parking garage at 8500 Higuera Street is underway (photo below).
• 4043 Irving Place – This project is approximately 94% complete, within budget, and scheduled for completion in November 2013 (photo below).
• Abraxis Bioscience/Nantworks – The renovation of the existing three-story office building at 9920 – 22 is near completion (photo below).
• Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony – The annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, December 5 in Town Plaza. Starting time is 6 pm. Staff is working with the Downtown Business Association on event planning and promotion to include carolers, drinks and an appearance by Santa Claus.
Fire Department
• Fire Station Tour - On October 25 two groups of students and teachers from La Ballona Elementary School visited Fire Station 2 for a tour. It was an opportunity for the visitors to see the station, apparatus, and a variety of equipment used. Demonstrations were provided along with safety tips and educational hand-outs.
• CERT – On November 2 community members completed the Culver City Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. These individuals participated in the nearly 40 hours of training which took place over three weekends and one week night. The training focused on emergency preparedness for the individuals along with skills to assist their family, neighbors, and the community. The participants learned basic first aid, basic search and rescue techniques, basic incident command structure, proper utilization of a fire extinguisher, the importance of an emergency kit and plan, etc. The skills learned will enhance the participant's ability to care for themselves, family members, and neighbors needing assistance in the event of a large scale disaster. The training culminated with a final drill that replicated some of the challenges one would face in a disaster and gave participants the opportunity to put their newly learned skills to the test. Anyone interested in obtaining additional information about the CERT program and upcoming classes is encouraged to visit the City's website at http://www.culvercity.org.
Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department
• Veterans Memorial Building (VMB) – The VMB, located at 4117 Overland Avenue, has been the site of more and more birthday parties this autumn. Room diagrams are available by visiting the Veterans Memorial Building page at http://www.culvercity.org/Government/PRCS/Parks/VMC/Vets.aspx, and rental inquiries may be made by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
• Public Events at Veterans Memorial Building – Upcoming public events at the VMB, include Iron Warriors Bodybuilding, presented by Lindsay Productions, on November 9; Donna Sternberg & Dancers free dance concert of Dark Energy on November 10; Angel City Derby Girls on November 16 and the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra on November 17. More information about these events is available on the VMB page at http://www.culvercity.org/Government/PRCS/Parks/VMC.aspx.
• Culver City Flu Clinic – The annual Culver City Flu Clinic was held on October 23 and distributed more than 250 flu immunizations to the public. Many thanks to the staff and volunteers who helped run the free event.
• Senior Center Nutrition Program – Staff thanks the volunteers from State Senator Holly Mitchell's office for helping with the Senior Center nutrition program. Four volunteer staff members from Senator Mitchell's office helped to serve lunch to the members on October 16.
• Senior Center Holiday Gift Boutique – Support your local artists at the annual Holiday Gift Boutique at the Culver City Senior Center on Friday, November 15 from 10 am to 2 pm. All items for sale are handmade by Culver City Senior Citizens Association members. The community is invited to get a head start on holiday shopping!
• Senior Center Health Seminar – The Senior Center presents a UCLA Health Seminar by Joshua Grill, PhD, on Wednesday, November 13 at 1:30 pm. The seminar, "Lowering Your Risk of Alzheimer's Disease," is free to members of the public ages 50 and older.
• Healthy Cooking at the Senior Center – Certified Dietician Joya Melissa will demonstrate some healthy and tasty cooking techniques at the Senior Center on Friday, November 15 at 1:30 pm. As part of the nutritional programming at the Senior Center, Joya's cooking class is free, and attendees get to enjoy the samples.
• Holiday Food Certificate Program – For more than 30 years, the Culver City Senior Citizens Association, Inc., a 501(c)3, has worked to spread the spirit of goodwill during the holidays through the Holiday Food Certificate Program. This program helps hundreds of needy people annually. Qualifying children, senior citizens, and families in need will have the comfort of holiday meals thanks to the public's generous monetary donations, which are used to purchase supermarket gift cards. Checks should be made payable to C.C.S.C.A., Inc. and will be accepted until December 31, 2013 at the Senior Center Business Desk or mailed to: Culver City Senior Center, Attention: Holiday Certificate Program, 4095 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA 90232. All donors will receive a thank you letter for tax deduction purposes. If you have any questions, please call Darren Uhl at (310) 253-6729.
• Award Recipient - The ongoing partnership between the PRCS Senior & Social Services Division and the L.A. County Department of Mental Health Older Adults Program was recently recognized at the 27th Annual Productivity & Quality Awards "Saluting County Excellence" for the co-location at the Culver City Senior Center. Mental health nurses and clinical social workers are available each Tuesday morning at the Senior Center for information and counseling to the general public. Individuals may call (310) 253-6729 for more information.
Police Department
• National Prescription Drug Take Back Day - On October 26 the Police Department, in conjunction with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, held another National Prescription Drug Take Back Day in front of the Police Department from 10 am to 2 pm. Personnel collected 132 pounds of unwanted prescription medication. The semiannual event has been a successful way for the community to dispose of unwanted medications.
• Tellefson/Tilden Neighborhood Association - On November 5 the Tellefson/Tilden Neighborhood Association held its meeting at Quest Church. Lieutenant Jason Sims presented crime trends and other topics to the members.
Public Works
• Expo Update - Crews from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will be installing a redesigned spring frog at the train crossover (National Crossover), between the Cattaraugus Avenue and Sherbourne Drive cul-de-sacs. The National Crossover uses spring frogs as the device that allows the movement of a train from one rail track onto another parallel track. Metro is currently implementing a two-stage process to install the spring frog. The first stage involved preparation work, which occurred between November 3 and November 7. The final stage of the work, spring frog equipment installation (Crossover Work), is scheduled for Saturday, November 23 from 6 am to 2 pm.. The Crossover Work includes the following:
1. Metro will implement a bus bridge and there will be no trains from La Cienega Station to Culver City Station. There will be hi-rail equipment with back up alarms.
2. Metro will remove the old spring frog and install the new frog. This is anticipated to make the most noise.
3. After the new frog is set, signal and traction Power will reinstall bond wires (not anticipated to make much noise).
4. While still working and when determined safe, Metro could go into single track operation with all trains on track 3.
5. Test trains will be run across the newly installed spring frog numerous times.
Note: Metro will cancel the work and reschedule if it rains.
• Sewer Main and Storm Drain Inspections - Beginning the week of November 11 the City's contractor (Houston and Harris PCS Inc.) will begin the inspection of the sewer mains and storm drain lines throughout the city.
The City maintains 90 miles of sanitary sewers and eight miles of City-owned storm drains. Under Houston and Harris's contract, 25 miles of City sewer mains and four miles of City-owned storm drain lines will be cleaned, inspected, and rated on their condition, using industry established standards. In the 2010/2011 fiscal year approximately 35 miles of sanitary sewer mains were cleaned and inspected.
• Renaming of Bush Way - Following City Council approval earlier this year, the Public Works Department's Traffic Painting Crew recently switched the Bush Way street name signs to "Albert and Ursula Vera Way" in honor of the late former Culver City Mayor and his wife. A total of four signs were replaced at the following locations: Bush/Sepulveda; Bush/Hannum; Bush/Stevens; and Bush/Malat.
• Roof Replacement - The project to replace or recoat the roofs at three City facilities has been completed. The membrane roofs at Fire Station #1 and the Emergency Command Center were removed and replaced, the roofs at the Police Department and the PD Maintenance buildings were recoated, and the roof and skylights at the Public Services building were replaced. The roofs had deteriorated and were in poor condition as were the skylights. The roofs were also identified in a Facilities Condition report as being at the end of their useful life. The new roofs will provide improved energy efficiency and reduced maintenance needs. The work was completed by Hull Brothers Roofing under the guidance of the Public Works Department.
• Plunge Repairs and Maintenance - The Culver City Plunge has closed for two weeks for repairs and maintenance. This is an annual closure that will allow maintenance staff unimpeded access to all areas of the facility in order to address outstanding repair issues and to perform preventative maintenance. The work will include but is not limited to the draining of the Plunge, coating of the locker room floors, electrical and plumbing repairs, repairs to the pool deck and pool vessel surface, and boiler and filtration system maintenance. The work will be done by Public Works Maintenance staff and Plunge Recreation staff. The facility is scheduled to reopen on November 18.

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Swing into Spring with Ballroom DancingLocation: Myrtle Beach Mall
Swing into Spring! Head on over to the Myrtle Beach Mall for a free dance lesson! The USA Dance Grand Strand Chapter will be giving demos and teaching lessons at the Cinema Court. They will cover various types of dance including the Tango and the Waltz.Next Date:


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Another last resort/crazy idea is kee-kee whistle, predominately used in the fall.
Sounds like they are henned-up and hung-up. Tough situation but common to us all. Your profile does not say where you are, so I don't know how much time you have left. Assuming that you've got a week or so-
My first bit of advice would be to beg for permission to hunt on the other side of the creek, or get right up on the edge. But I'd guess you've already thought of that.
My second bit of advice would be to hunt late in the day. Those hens may go to their nests by lunch time an those gobblers might just get lonely.
Lastly, I would give the situation time. As the month of May moves on, those hens will be less and less intreasted in making the toms happy. Once that happens, one of those big boys might just break the stalemate.
Let us know how it comes out.
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By Brandon Speck/NEMS Daily Journal
STARKVILLE – Gabe Myles had a lot of pressure on his shoulders entering the season.
The Starkville quarterback was the reigning Class 5A Offensive Player of the Year, had led his team to the state championship game and committed to Mississippi State.
Then he injured his ankle in the season opener and missed three weeks as the Yellow Jackets (10-3) got off to a 1-2 start. Both losses came against MHSAA North finalists, Noxubee County and Madison Central. A third loss came in Week 4 against West Point, which Starkville will face for the 5A North championship here Friday.
"I think it's been a tough year just because of the pressure he put on himself more than anything," Starkville coach Jamie Mitchell said. "He's the best player on the field and he wants to live up to that. Down the stretch, he's really come back to his own, letting it happen. That's when he's at his best."
Myles' role will likely turn to defensive back at MSU, but for now he's trying to lead the Yellow Jackets back to the 5A state championship after losing to Picayune last season.
The 6-foot, 170-pound senior isn't the loudest guy but Starkville has won nine straight behind him. Myles has rushed for 542 yards and nine touchdowns and thrown for 1,026 yards and 12 TD.
"Everybody knows I'm not too vocal. But when something needs to be said, I will say it. I'm mostly a quiet leader who leads by example," he said.
He was admittedly somewhat careful his first game back against West Point, when he had a combined 171 yards and three touchdowns in a 47-22 loss.
"I didn't run the ball near as much as they usually have me run the ball. Actually it was a good thing because I was able to complete passes," Myles said. "After I got used to running again, I was fine."
Mississippi State shouldn't be too concerned about the athlete wavering on his commitment. Myles' dad Eddie played defensive back for the Bulldogs from 1987-90.
Gabe Myles had offers from Ole Miss and Alcorn State as well, but neither had a chance.
"I grew up a Mississippi State fan," Myles said, then smiled. "I went to every home game possible. It was a wonderful opportunity to get to go."


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So, in the last post in July I said that money's been tight, and it has been for the most part, but now I can afford to get the AT-TE and can't find it in stores after Black Friday!
A couple weeks ago I saw the BMF in Costco for $125, but this week it was totally gone. Hoping the AT-TE shows up there with the extra figs (and that it doesn't sell out before I get there).
Found the Sarlacc Pit BP at Target this morning for 62.99. NICE looking set! The one downpoint would be that the paint app on the 3 on shelf was not the best. I'm am specifically referring to Luke, Han and the Skiff Guard. The skiff and sarlacc looked great; sarlacc tentacle is bendy, so you can wrap it around figs legs to draw them in. Not a single BAD fig, they were all SL and CW. No other BP's here (same at Wm and TRU) since Black Fri. Sry - they did have 1 or 2 of the exclusives, didn't look to see if Yoda or Obi.


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Here's a picture of a witnessed target that was shot in sanctioned still target competition last weekend at the "Timber Shoot" in Abbeville, SC.
You can see by the target that I was in position (seat) #1 and that my 3" score was 39. (Only the hits in the red part of the circle that do not touch the outer black line count.) That turned out to be the highest score of the day.
We later counted the number of hits in the 10" circle and as you can see, that was 212. When we turned the target over and looked at the back side, there was 3" circle with 44 hits, just below and to the left of the center.
All shots in sanctioned competition are 40 yards from the muzzle of the gun to the target and are shot without mechanical support, sitting on a lowboy stool, very much like a turkey hunting position.
The shell was a 3" Hevi-13 "Bronze" shell with 2 oz. of #6 shot and the choke was a Rem-Choke SSX.
and here's a picture of the back side of that same target
The "39" that you see on the back side is another group of shot and not the same 39 that's in the red 3" circle on the front.


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Who would have thought the Rangers would rely on a seventh rounder to protect the crease night in and night out? Or an undrafted defenseman to keep the puck from getting to the net? Or a 60th overall pick to lead the team in goals? Probably not Ranger fans 10 summers ago. But the homegrown talent is continuing to bloom. The Rangers responded to two straight losses with two straight wins on the...


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Untangling this constant from Le Gran K could provide a new definition of the gram
Ronald Fox, Theodore Hill
Farewell to Le Gran K
A similar solution can solve the dilemma of the current time-dependent definition of Avogadro's number. The idea is simply to define N A , once and for all, as was done for the speed of light. Unlike that case, however, the range of known possible values for N A is astronomical. Three desirable basic properties for a reasonable value for N A help narrow the search.
First, since Avogadro's number purports to count the number of atoms in some theoretical specimen, its value should be an integer, as any schoolchild would expect. This would avoid having to interpret one-third of an atom, or worse yet, 1/p of an atom.
Second, the value chosen should be within the currently accepted range, (6.0221415 ± 0.0000010) × 1023.
Third, the value chosen for Avogadro's number should ideally have some inherent physical significance. Since volumes of objects are measured cubically, as in cubic centimeters and cubic yards, and not spherically (for example, via volumes of spheres with unit radii or diameters), and since the current definition of Avogadro's number counts the number of atoms in a solid specimen,it is reasonable to imagine the object as being a perfect geometrical cube. That implies that the value chosen should be a perfect numerical cube.
The range of acceptable integers in the current estimate of N A is two hundred quadrillion (2 × 1017), but within that huge range of values there are only 10 perfect cubes—from 84,446,8843 to 84,446,8933. For our purposes, any one of those 10 may be used, but the one closest to the best current estimate of Avogadro's number, and the only one accurate to within one unit in the eighth significant digit of the current best estimate, is
Our proposal is simply to define Avogadro's number, permanently, as was done with the speed of light and with the second, and to set it equal to this specific integer. If the sides of the cube of atoms were only six atoms shorter or longer, the number of atoms it contains would no longer be within the currently accepted range for Avogadro's number, since 84,446,8833 = (6.02214034+) × 1023 and 84,446,8943 = (6.02214269+) × 1023.
Since the shape of a volume certainly affects the numbers of molecules it can contain—extremely long, thin cylinders can contain none—it seems natural to ask that the shape of the defining volume be a cube. Of course any other solid shape could also suffice as the defining object, but using a rectangular solid or parallelpiped would require specification of three numbers: the length, width and height. Using a sphere precludes choosing an integer at all, because of the irrationality of p.
At first glance, another possible candidate for the exact value of Avogadro's number might be 602,214,150, 000,000,000,000,000, which is dead center in the current range of values. This value, however, has little physical significance. It is neither a perfect cube nor a perfect square, so no perfect geometrical cube or square of atoms could be constructed which has that exact volume or area.
Moreover, the method of simply using the most recent best estimate of N A is not robust, unlike the methods that were used for defining fixed values for the speed of light and the second. If current experimental estimates of Avogadro's number increase the known number of significant digits by four or five places, for example, the "current best estimate" method of fixing the value for Avogadro's number would presumably also change by those same four or five digits.
The fixed values for the meter in terms of the speed of light and for the second in terms of vibrations of a cesium atom, however, were nearest-integer solutions, insensitive to further fractional refinements of the exact measurements. In exactly that same spirit, the definition of N A * above is also a nearest-integer solution—the nearest integral side length of a cube containing Avogadro's number of atoms. As such, the value chosen is also insensitive, within one atom either way, to improved experimental estimates of N A . The choice of an integer value for N A * seems essential, whereas the requirement that it be a perfect cube is largely esthetic, but with practical and intuitive physical significance as well.
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Tilghman to lead conversation on University future, March 22
Posted March 12, 2004; 04:41 p.m.
President Shirley M. Tilghman will use part of the next Council of the Princeton University Community meeting on Monday, March 22, to lead a conversation on upcoming projects, events, challenges and opportunities.
The meeting begins at 4:30 p.m. in McCosh 10 and is open to all members of the University community.
Tilghman's presentation will follow two other brief items on the agenda: a report from the Resources Committee by Professor Jeffrey Herbst; and a report from Nicole Esparza, the new Graduate Student Government president.
Tilghman will give a short summary and then will take questions from the audience.
One of the fundamental reasons the CPUC was created in 1970 was to provide a direct means of communication on a regular basis between the president of the University and members of the Princeton community. The council has been effectively used over the years as a sounding board and as a channel of communication for the University.
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AG Cooper will appeal 7.2 percent Duke Energy rate hikeUtilities Commission failed to heed Supreme Court ruling, Cooper says
RALEIGH — Attorney General Roy Cooper will appeal a decision announced late yesterday by the North Carolina Utilities Commission approving higher power bills for Duke Energy customers, a rate hike that was struck down by the state Supreme Court earlier this year.
"This opinion just puts window dressing on a bad decision," Cooper said. "A thorough examination of the impact on consumers like the Supreme Court directed should result in lower rates."
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on the proposed 7.2 percent rate increase on April 12, ordering the Utilities Commission to determine the impact on consumers before it set an allowable profit margin and agreed to raise rates.
The Utilities Commission initially agreed last year to let Duke Energy raise its customers' rates by 7.2 percent in order to allow a 10.5 percent profit for the company. Cooper fought the rate increase to the NC Supreme Court, arguing that state law requires that consumers be taken into account when evaluating requests for higher profit margins and rates.
In its ruling, the Court agreed with Cooper's assessment of the law (NCGS § 62-133). The Court held that the law does not just protect utilities and shareholders and that consumer interests "cannot be measured only indirectly or treated as mere afterthoughts" by the Commission.
Duke Energy this year requested an additional rate increase, on top of the 7.2 percent hike granted yesterday by the Commission, which could raise rates by 4.5 percent for the first two years and then 5.1 percent after that. Cooper is fighting that rate hike along with a 7.5 percent rate increase for Duke Energy Progress, formerly Progress Energy, approved by the Commission earlier this year.
According to an analysis by Moody's, North Carolinians currently pay a higher percentage of their household disposable income for electricity than all but six other states in the nation.


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You roll up your sleeve for a flu shot every year, work out regularly and take a multi-vitamin daily to protect your health.
But if you're not taking precautions in the kitchen, you could be increasing your risk for food-borne illness.
The Centers for Disease Control estimates 48 million people get sick from food-borne illness each year. Almost all of these people are sick briefly and recover. But some become hospitalized and a few die.
A study released last week developed a comprehensive set of estimates on the sources of nearly 4,600 outbreaks, including 277 deaths, between 1998 and 2008. It's not a list of food to avoid, and the results are probably most helpful to food production industries to improve on a largely safe system.
"We still have a very safe food supply," said Brent Fountain, a Mississippi State associate professor and registered dietitian. "It's quite encouraging."
Poultry and meat accounted for the highest percentage of fatal food-borne illnesses. Produce, particularly leafy greens were responsible for most cases of food illness, and roughly half of those cases were connected to norovirus, one of several bugs typically connected to the "stomach flu."
There's plenty people can do to reduce their risk of food illness at home, particularly with poultry and meat handling.
"Cross contamination is a big issue in the household," Fountain said. "You want to make sure you keep potentially hazardous foods away from ready-to-eat foods."
Fountain and other food safety experts recommend a four-prong attack: Clean, separate, cook and chill.
Smart cleaning strategies start with frequent, thorough hand washing, but they don't stop there.
Kitchen towels that are used to wipe up spills and sponges that wash everything can become breeding grounds for bacteria, Fountain said.
"Single use paper towels are the best for cleaning up," Fountain said.
Allowing dishes to air dry also reduces the chance of bacteria being transferred from a towel to a clean plate or glass.
Because the norovirus is so hardy, the best at-home defense against it is good hand washing habits and having anyone who is experiencing a "stomach bug" pass on preparing meals.
Washing leafy greens just before using them is a good practice, but it's no guarantee against all types of food-borne illness.
Experts recommend washing a head of lettuce before use, but not bagged lettuce that was washed during packaging because of the risk of cross contamination at home.
Washing poultry doesn't help reduce the germ load, and actually creates a host of opportunities for cross-contamination, Fountain said.
Making sure that ready-to-eat foods don't come into contact with the germs from poultry and meat is a key strategy in preventing food illness.
That means not only making sure the raw chicken doesn't touch the salad fixings, but that anything that touched the chicken or chicken juice – including your hands, knives, cutting boards, plates and towels – doesn't touch the other food.
"You want to make sure you're eliminating the risk of cross contamination," Fountain said.
Separate cutting boards and knives for different kinds of food is a good precaution.
"The best practice is to wash, rinse and sanitize," between different types of food, Fountain said.
With the most potentially dangerous food-borne pathogens like salmonella, listeria and E.coli, thorough cooking is the best defense.
A meat thermometer is the best bet for being sure meat has been cooked to a safe temperature. It's something that's hard to gauge only with eye balls.
"There's no guarantee if you press on a burger and the juices run clear that it's fully cooked," Fountain said.
Bacteria can make a comeback after cooking; that's why leftovers need to be refrigerated promptly.
Cooking foods thoroughly eliminates the dangerous bacteria, but as the food cools away from steaming hot, the bacteria can make its presence known. That's why leaving the leftovers out for after dinner can be dangerous.
"The bacteria can more than double in size every 20 minutes," Fountain said. "Below 40 degrees, they're not going to grow."


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The Hasselblad Foundation announced today that photographer Robert Adams has been awarded their prestigious annual prize. Adams was one of the photographers featured in the legendary New Topographics exhibition, and has since produced an enviable set of publications including What We Bought. The New World, Scenes from the Denver Metropolitan Area, 1970-1974 and denver. A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area, 1973-1974 (both links here, second edition), and Eden.
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I have a thirteen year old daughter that is a very strong in her beliefs which are typically Republican.
Because she is oppossed to Obama she is constantly being called a racist (I think that is all kids get from supporting Obama). Keep in mind that her best friend and lockermate is black, her other good friend is Chinese, and the girl across the street that hangs out all the time is American Indian.
She is really frustrated by the fact that because she is Republican that she is deemed racist.
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Snowman and snowflake are adorable. The quilt is STUNNING!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Snowman and snowflake are adorable. The quilt is STUNNING!
Beautiful quilt!! Snow men are sew cute!!!
Love your quilt. I've downloaded the pattern but don't have any plans to make it anytime soon.
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both are very nice
I love your quilt.....I hope to do that one some day!
Your quilt is lovely!
Moonglow is one of the most popular quilts of all time. It first came out in the late 1990s and in my shop we sold bolts and bolts of the fabric and many, many kits. It seems to be enjoying a resurgence and is very popular all over again; that's wonderful. Jinny Beyer is a well deserving, well known, wonderful quilting teacher, innovator, and teacher. How lucky we are have her here in Virginia! She has contributed so much to this industry! I love seeing the quilts made by lovers of her patterns and fabrics.
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Beautiful Quilt, great job and thank you for sharing, love the snowman and snow flake.
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Gorgeous quilt--love the snowmen
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The Tiki is small enough and light enough that it could be your next LAN-party rig, but it's really meant for your desk. And although it's much, much smaller than your old full- or mid-tower system, it's going to draw a lot more attention, by virtue of its statuesque design. The Tiki has a clean, dark chassis with hard lines and a laser-cut, backlit logo that shines bright even when the room's lights are on. But the most striking aspect of the system's exterior is the granite base. The Tiki certainly makes a statement.
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We'll take a closer look at the Tiki's design on the next page, but we'll start with the most important part of any high-end system: its guts. The Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell processor, which launched in the second quarter of the year, features four cores at 3.5GHz, a 3.9GHz Turbo capabilities. The CPU is a solid choice for a high-end gamer and Falcon keeps it humming with a custom closed-loop cooling system.
Graphics come courtesy of a single EVGA GeForce GTX Titan card. Fitting such a powerhouse into a mini tower requires plenty of consideration for heat dissipation, not to mention decent spatial organization skills. We recently reviewed the AVADirect Mini Gaming PC, which also included a Titan and Core i7-4770K, so that system is likely to be the Tiki's biggest competition among the SFFs in our benchmark charts on the following pages.
Falcon Northwest rounded out the major components in this system with two 8GB DDR3 DIMMs and three drives. The 3TB Western Digital hard drive gives the system plenty of storage, but the primary OS drives caught our attention: two 480GB Crucial M500 SSDs in RAID-0. Putting the drives in a striped array gives the Tiki and extra performance bump, which ought to help in the benchmarks.
Other components of note include the 450W Tiki-specific SilverStone power supply and the Asus Z87 Maximus VI Impact, which is a mini-ITX style motherboard that provides Gigabit LAN and plenty of USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports. All this will run you $3,857 (if you configure an identical system to our review unit), so let's take a look at the design features that make up some of that lofty price tag.


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In Watson Capstone Projects, senior ECE and ME students spend two semesters applying their technical knowledge and creative minds to real engineering problems.
Students work on Project I in cooperation with local industry, other external clients, and university sponsored projects — outlining specifications, proposals, time schedules, and paper designs. Teams meet periodically with their client to review designs, provide written and oral progress reports, and eventually give a final presentation at the culmination of the semester. Evaluation is based on individual and team performance.
The second semester of Capstone Projects is a continuation of Project I. Project II asks students to fabricate and test a prototype. Teams then deliver a demonstration and documentation of the functioning system to their client. Evaluation based on individual and team performance.
Our W. S. Capstone Labs provide development facilities for the Watson Capstone Projects teams. Our students work in the following labs:
The Projects Lab has a diverse array of benchtop equipment, which is assigned to individual teams as needed. The Tech Lab has a 3D digitizer, two 3-D printers, and several surface-mount technology soldering systems, which are used by multiple teams. The Vehicle Lab has innumerable automotive tools, including a TIG welder, and is home to the Supermileage and MiniBaja Improvement project teams. The Special Projects Lab is currently home to our Rube Goldberg Machine, Robotic Gadgetry, Power of Play, and Battery Powered Go-kart project teams.
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10.1: Encelia californica: Bush Sunflower
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Common Name
- Pea Plant
- Garden Pea
Scientifically, the pea plant Pisum sativum may be once of the most important members of the plant kingdom. This plant was used by Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, to develop the basic concepts of inheritance.
The pea plant, like all angiosperms, is classified as an autotroph, meaning it uses photosynthesis to convert the energy of the sun to glucose. This plant has been cultivated across the world for thousands of years. Also, it is a legume, so it has the ability to fix nitrogen through a symbiotic relationship with the bacteria, Rhizobium.
Pea Plants are useful for studying heredity due to the duality of their various phenotypes. For example, their flower color is purple or white, the seed form is round or wrinkled, or the stem is tall or short. This means that there are no intermediate phenotypes. Also, the male and female reproductive parts of the plant are enclosed in the same flower, and mating/pollination can be controlled. It can also grow easily and mature in a short period of time, which allows results to be obtained quickly. Mendel studied about 29,000 pea plants during his studies.
The taxonomic classification of P. sativum is as follows:
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Anthophyta
- Class: Eudiotyledones
- Order: Fabales
- Family: Fabaceae
- Genus: Pisum
- Species: P. sativum
The pea plant can be grown in any area with moderate temperatures; it isn't localized to any one ecosystem or biome. P. sativum can be found across the world today either in garden's for personal use or for commercial sale. The plant is native to the eastern Mediterranean areas and began to grow in rocky areas, from the regions of Turkey east to Syria, Iraq, and Iran. The pea plant thrives at temperatures between 13-18°C (55-64°F), developing best in the spring, cool summers, or the beginning of fall.
Cell Biology
Like all plants, P. sativum is an autotroph, absorbing sunlight to start the photosynthesis process. Together with carbon dioxide and water, the plant produces glucose, releasing oxygen as a waste product. The pea plant is also known as a producer, forming the energy that will benefit itself and other organisms in the ecosystem. This energy is stored within the plant as the carbohydrate starch, which is a polysaccharide of thousands of glucose molecules bonded together.
The pea plant, like all vascular plants, uses a vascular system comprised of phloem and xylem to transport water, sugars and other substances. The pea plant cells have a central vacuole used to store water. The phloem is used to transport sugars and nutrients. The xylem is used to transport water.
P. sativum has a large and complex genome. It contains 4,300 mega base pairs or 4,300,000,000 base pairs. The P. sativum's genome contains 14 chromosomes. The Pea Plant was used by Gregor Mendel to develop of his two laws of genetics. These principles of Mendelian genetics are the foundation of modern genetics.
Mendel investigated seven different characteristics in pea plants including seed shape, flower color, stem size, pod shape and pod color. Mendel cross-pollinated pure-bred parent plants, referred to as the P-generation. The offspring of the P generation, called the F1 generation, all had phenotypes representing one parental characteristic. When individuals from the F1 were allowed to self-pollinate, the next generation, the F2 generation, had 3 of 4 individuals with one P generation characteristic, and 1 of 4 individuals with the other P generation characteristic. This led to Mendel's law of segregation. This law states that there are two factors controlling a given characteristic, one of which dominates the other, and these factors separate and go to different gametes when a parent reproduces.
Additional experiments analyzing two pea plant characteristics, such as pod shape and color, resulted in Mendel developing his second law, the law of independent assortment. This law states that factors controlling different characteristics are inherited independently of each other.
Evolutionary scientists believe that the P. sativum first evolved in Egypt in the Nile Delta area around 4800-4400 BC. The Pea Plant has not evolved over time or from a specific organism but it has made adaptations. The adaptations that it has made over time are self-pollination, nitrogen fixation, and the development of xylem and phloem. Self- pollination allows the pea plant to reproduce without the need of an organism to move its pollen. The downside to self-pollination is that there is less of a chance for greater genetic variability and change.
The pea plant's ecological role in the environment is a producer.
The pea plant is able to carry-out nitrogen fixation because of a symbiotic relationship relationship with certain bacteria and fungus. The bacteria receive extra sugars that the pea plant has made through photosynthesis, and the bacteria provides the plant with nitrogen. The plant, like all organisms, incorporates the nitrogen into its nucleic acids. The fungus provides the plant with additional nutrients that it usually receives from the soil. The fungus also receives glucose from the plant.
Like all plants, P. sativum has an alternation of generations life cycle. This type of life cycle has separate times when either the haploid or diploid organism is dominant. Like all angiosperms, the pea plant has separate male and female reproductive structures, though both are located in the same flower.
Like most vascular plants, P. sativum maintains homeostasis through the use of xylem and phloem, self-pollination, and nitrogen fixation. Since the pea plant is a legume, it has developed a relationship with the bacteria Rhizobium. This bacteria enters the roots of the pea plant and forms nodules. Through this symbiotic relationship, the bacteria receive carbohydrates and other substances in exchange for fixing/converting nitrogen gas. The pea plant obtains and produces glucose during the process of photosynthesis, which it supplies to the bacteria. The pea plant has also developed a symbiotic relationship with a fungus. The fungus provides the plant with additional nutrients from the soil, and the fungus receives sugars from the plant.
The development of plant vascular tissue, xylem and phloem, occurred when plants migrated onto land. This vascular system allowed for the movement of water up the plant, and sugars made in their leaves during photosynthesis down the plant. The xylem moves water and the phloem moves dissolved solutes like sugars and amino acids. With this adaptation, the pea plant, like all plants is able to grow taller.
Photosynthesis converts water and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen, with the help of sunlight. P. sativum has two separate layers in the walls of the pods that are involved in photosynthesis. The outer layer is used to collect carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and the inner layer is used to collect carbon dioxide that is coming off from the developing seeds inside the pod.
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- http://en.wikipedia.org
- Johnson, George, and Raven, Peter. California Biology. Austin, TX, Holt, 2008.
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Two Models, The Old Crappy and the new Goody
Pros: Fun sound, more than enough volume,
Cons: Apartment Dwellers should consider the AV 30
The old version of the AV 40 to my understanding is not only ugly, but also not very good.
The new AV 40 (pictured above) is quite handsome and musical, not unlike myself.
Build Quality
Build is solid, fairly heavy for their size. Appear to be MDF construction. Nice amplification specs and not hiss or buzzing. Come with an ok input av plug, nothing special there. Ported in the rear.Blue light is ever present when on, doesn't bother me at all. Over all they feel like you could easily bludgeon a home invader into a deep relaxing coma in a pinch.
The new model has no bass boost, that alone was probably the most complained about feature on the old model. The new model has good bass with straight EQ settings. It does drift off at 40hz, with almost nothing at 30hz. I would not try to EQ in more bass either, my experience is a more than a 10% tweak at the low end really throws the sound off. With rock music it becomes clear that these are a little bass heavy. Most other genres it isn't as accentuated. Heavy, punchy, and pretty tight.
I'm not very good at describing mids, but I will give it my best. They seem accurate and clean, not over done. Overshadowed perhaps by the bass highs but not muddied by them.
I had to edit this. They are smoother than I remembered. I would say they are equal to the mids in that they are not emphasized but not recessed. They are just kind of there. Detail is good.
Enough to fill a moderately sized room. These go to 11 and scream on to 12,13, and 14 if the source allows them to with no hiccups or distortion. These sound best at mid to moderate volume. High volume (near max or maxed out) they really throw out some wicked bass for a small 2.0 system. Overkill for a dorm room situation.
Sound stage.
Imaging is as good as can be expected from a 2.0 system. Decent separation and stereo.
Your mileage will vary. I got mine a couple years ago for a price lower that what is available now days.
They are very musical, terrifically loud, and fairly affordable. I would buy them again.


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Akihiro Gono; The Kickboxer
- Written by EK
Akihiro Gono held a public practice today as he trains at the Saenchai Muay-Thai Gym in preparation for his upcoming March 19th Krush match against K-1's Yuya Yamamoto.
Don't think that the longtime staple of Japanese MMA is totally out of his element when it comes to kickboxing, he is a former All-Japan Kickboxing Heavyweight champion.
Last year in MMA, Gono defeated Sweden's Diego Gonzalez at Sengoku 12 and and then dropped down to Lightweight for Sengoku 14 only to lose to former K-1 veteran and SRC training player Jadamba Narantungalag.
It'll be fun to see Gono return to kickboxing, the question is can he hang in with the much more experienced Yamamoto? Either way this is great exposure for the Krush promotion as they continue to roll out quality events.
Here's the video of Akihiro Gono's AJKF Heavyweight title fight against Kazushi Nishida.


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so I'm trying to implement scripting using runtime-compiled c++ code. Now my problem is that when I load the DLL, it's functions see different memory than the exe's code (so getting a singleton results in a new singleton, rather than getting the exe's singleton).
So I suppose I should implement some sort of interface, so that I can call the exe's functions, and the exe's code is hidden from the gameplay code. This would enable anyone to create a gameplay c++ code or DLL and load it in the exe. I suppose this interface is needed with different script languages like lua too, so there should be a 'usual' way to handle this.
How is this usually handled?


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Come home to a hearty slow cooked dinner that's made with sausage, potato, mushroom and peas.
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An exhibition showcasing paper money as works of art is on view at Princeton's Firestone Library through Sunday, Jan. 2. The exhibition features currency from the University's Numismatic Collection, including examples from the American Colonies, which were the home of the earliest regular issues of paper money. This image shows the back of a one-shilling note from New Jersey from 1763.
Images courtesy of Princeton University Library Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
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Exhibition showcases paper money as art
Posted December 20, 2010; 12:00 p.m.
An effort to thwart currency counterfeiters in America's Colonial period spawned an outlet for creative expression that remains vibrant to this day: money as art.
Because British Colonial policies resulted in a dearth of circulating coins, the American Colonies were the home of the earliest regular issues of paper money. Illustration was applied to Colonial currency as an anti-counterfeiting device, as well as for aesthetic purposes. The trend has continued for more than two centuries around the world.
The art of paper money can be viewed in an exhibition through Sunday, Jan. 2, in the Leonard Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts at Princeton University's Firestone Library. Titled "Money on Paper: Bank Notes and Related Graphic Arts from the Collections of Vsevolod Onyshkevych and Princeton University," the exhibition showcases currency from the University's Numismatic Collection.
The 1763 shilling note, shown here from the front, is an example of how illustration was applied to Colonial currency both for anti-counterfeiting and aesthetic purposes.
"Paper money as a form of art might seem the makings of a rather small exhibit, to judge from the modern bills of the United States and Europe. Bank notes, however, have constituted one of the dominant forms of visual communication for the past two centuries, and in many cases can be seen as works of art in their own right," said Alan Stahl, Princeton's curator of numismatics.
One of the highlights of the exhibition is the first public display of the recently discovered bank note engraving of a grouse by John James Audubon, the famed wildlife illustrator's first published work.
In the American Colonies, the most inventive printer of paper money was Benjamin Franklin, who devised a system of transferring the vein patterns of tree leaves to printing plates to foil counterfeiters. The Princeton exhibition includes a large selection of Franklin's nature-print notes, as well as issues of Paul Revere and the South Carolina engraver Thomas Coram.
American painter Asher B. Durand became a major figure in bank note art in 19th-century America. This note from 1829, with images of George Washington and the mythological figure Hebe, is one of a set of six printed by the National Bank Note Company in New York and later smuggled into the Confederacy in 1861.
The American painter Asher B. Durand also was a major figure in the development of bank note art in America. Along with his brother Cyrus, who invented a highly decorative series of anti-counterfeiting devices, Durand developed a classical, patriotic approach to bank note design that dominated the medium for the first half of the 19th century.
A section of the Princeton exhibition explores the divergence of imagery on the bank notes of Northern and Southern issuers before and during the Civil War. The display includes a set of six notes printed by the National Bank Note Company in New York and smuggled into the Confederacy in 1861 for distribution as notes of Montgomery, Ala., and Richmond, Va. The American section of the exhibition also features the Educational Series of 1896, designed and engraved by some of the most important illustrators of the day.
The exhibition highlights imagery on the bank notes of Northern and Southern issuers before and during the Civil War. This Confederate note from 1861 bears the images of former U.S. President Andrew Jackson (right) and his vice president, John C. Calhoun (left), two revered Southerners.
The stagnation of American paper money design in the 20th and 21st centuries is put into relief by comparison with some creative examples of European notes, on loan for the exhibition from the collection of Onyshkevych, a 1983 Princeton graduate. Alfons Mucha, the popular creator of poster art, designed paper money for Czechoslovakia in the 1920s that epitomizes the glory of art nouveau design. Other important artists of the period, such as Emile Vloors in Belgium and Eliel Saarinen in Finland, put their stamp on the currency of the period.
In the second half of the 20th century, R.D.E. Oxenaar and J.T.G. Drupsteen created a distinctive look for the bank notes of the Netherlands. In the era since the euro was adopted as currency throughout many European countries, Switzerland has kept the innovative look of its paper money with the computer-enhanced colorful notes designed by Jörg Zintzmeyer, while the Faroe Islands, a Danish territory, have issued a series of simple, evocative notes based on the watercolors of Zacharias Heinesen.
Hours for the Milberg Gallery are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. weekends. The library is closed for the holidays on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1.
Examples of European notes in the exhibition include paper money designed for Czechoslovakia in the 1920s by Alfons Mucha, the popular creator of poster art. The note from 1929 is shown from the front (above) and the back (below).


text: Got back from training last night and noticied my dogs back toe second one from outside was straight out about a half inch or more than the others it it not knuckled up like the other three. There is no swelling, does not feel warm, no limping, shows no signs of discomfort if i touch it. Still trying to run around but we are taking her out on lead I am going to vet tomorrow morning just wondering if anyone here has seen this in there dogs and what could it be. Thank you


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Ed, do you have numbers still running?
Must have been a doozy for you to scrap it.
I bet you have a good test for tomorrow.
Ed, do you have numbers still running?
Must have been a doozy for you to scrap it.
I bet you have a good test for tomorrow.
3,6,14,17,27,28,31,50 - from memory, if numbers aren't right 3 Farmer, 1 Beck, 1 Eckett, 1 Blythe, 1 Pugh, 1 Roberts, big hard marks anyone would like to have tried, good luck to all tomorrow!
Open results
1st FC Trumarc's Dot Come, Thompson/Farmer qualifies for Natl
2nd FC-AFC Premier's Riptide, Busler/Beck
3rd Rare Heir O/H Pugh
4th FC Vinwood's Merle Haggard, Thompson/Farmer
RJ Rock River Benjamin, Aul/Eckett
JAM Max Your Power Time O/H Blythe
Excellent help and nice people!
Can someone post the results on yesterday's derby? Thank you.
they are on EE....its all posted except for Am....which is coming soon.
Congrats to James Roberts, Joe Obrien and Dance Hall Gal AM 2nd!
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Congratulations to Jim Beck & Rip on 2nd, Dennis Pugh & Air on 3rd and Steve Blythe and Nicki on a JAM in the Open.
Congratulations to Chuck Mize and Dakotah on 1st, Dennis Pugh and Air on 4th, and Ken Schaaf and Babe on an RJ in the Amateur.
Congratulations to Jim Beck & Clinton on lst,Steve Blythe and Ruby on on 2nd, Jim Beck and Noah on 4th and Steve Blythe on a Jam with Abe and Shasta in the Qualifying.
Congratulations to Dennis Pugh and Indy on a RJ in the Derby.
Looks like the Sioux Valley dogs and handlers brought their A Game!
Congratulations to Team Farmer with Open win and placement. 11 wins with 9 different dogs!
A big Congrats to Chuck with the 1st place Am win- you have had a great summer!
Congratulations also to James and Joe with Kate's 2nd, Jim and Zoom with the 3rd place finish, and
to all the rest who placed.
Sylvia McClure
Retrieve a Cure
Bird Boy #1 finished the derby with a 4th place running his dog Tango.
Good going Dave!!
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You really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013
get your dog out and TRAIN! caryalsobrook 2013


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Since our hunting season is winding down, I've started thinking about new gear for next year. After "several" flocks of geese flaring, I think I need to add a dog blind to the setup.
Wondering what dog blind most of you folks are using? What dimensions fit best for a 75lb Lab?Durability? Easiest Setup? Etc?


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Hope College's popular contribution to Holland's annual Tulip Time festival continues with organ recitals on Wednesday-Saturday, May 11-14.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Occurring every half-hour, the 20-minute performances begin at 10 a.m. with the last performance beginning at 1:30 p.m.
The organists include David Bellows, a 2005 graduate from Rochester, N.Y.; Marie Blauwkamp, a 1962 graduate from Zeeland; Dr. Elizabeth Claar, who teaching and performing includes serves as a staff accompanist at Hope; Christopher Dekker, a 2009 graduate from Hudsonville; David Schout, a 2000 graduate from Zeeland; and Linda Strouf, a 1984 graduate who is an adjunct assistant professor of music at Hope.
Two organs will be used in the recitals: the Chancel Organ, which was built in 1929 by the E.M. Skinner Organ Company of Boston, Mass., and recently renovated, and the Gallery Organ, built in 1970 by Pels and Van Leeuwen Organ Company of Alkmaar, the Netherlands.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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Badr Hari vs Ruslan Karaev 2007
- Written by Dave Walsh
Now that we know Badr Hari is returning to action against Tony Gregory for It's Showtime on May 14th, I thought this would be a good time to show one of my all-time favorite fights. When you read that either Badr or Ruslan will be involved in a fight, it's sure to be exciting. Put them both in the same ring and you get fireworks.
In their first meeting, Ruslan knocked out Badr with a right hand in the early stages of the first round. Although they would rematch just five months later, it must have seemed like an eternity for the mighty Moroccan as he surely had revenge on his mind. Badr came into this contest riding a two-fight win streak while Ruslan was coming off of a KO loss to Glaube Feitosa. The timing was just right for Hari to avenge that demoralizing defeat and prove that it was just a fluke.
As usual, Ruslan starts the fight with a feverish pace. He doesn't want to allow Badr to settle into a rhythm and establish his gameplan. Not to be denied, Badr is giving back as much punishment as he's taking and the round finishes as what amounts to a war of attrition, albeit a very entertaining one.
The second round starts with Ruslan going after Badr but we start to see a shift in momentum early on. Hari is landing more punches and doing more substantial damage. The left straight that he hits Karaev with at 5:25 into the video almost plants the spirited Russian six feet under and turns his nose into a crimson fountain. This turn of events seems to reinvigorate Karaev as he shows no quarter going right at Badr with punches. He stalks Hari landing punches leading to a left that stuns Badr and ultimately another left to the chin that drops The Golden Boy. The crowd's going wild! Ruslan smells blood and it's not just from the left hand Badr landed on him. Karaev goes in for the KO but as great fighters do, Badr sees an opening and sneaks a right hand in for the knockout. A perfectly placed punch right on the chin sends Karaev towards the canvas to the cry of "Ahhhh down goes Karaev!" from Michael 'The Voice' Schiavello.
A great ending to an absolute war of a fight.
What's your favorite fight? Leave me a comment and explain why.


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Hi Folks. I jut relocated to Nashville and am looking for a recommendation for a vet. We are going to be in the Mt. Juliet area.
Hi Folks. I jut relocated to Nashville and am looking for a recommendation for a vet. We are going to be in the Mt. Juliet area.
Chris N. Clark
It would be a little bit of a cross town drive for you, but Dr. Dave Bernander @ Caring Hands Animal Hospital is very good. Very good with sporting dogs, as he raises and shows pointers. You simply won't find anyone better when it comes to Xray work for OFA hips and elbows. Just a very good overall vet.
Caring Hands Animal Hospital
1410 Columbia Ave.
Franklin, TN 37064
Stoneridge Let the Good Times Roll MH "Lacey"
GCH Victory's Irish Rose of Stoneridge RE WCX MH "Reba"
Stoneridge Rock N Roll Hoochie Koo MH "Hoochie"
Stoneridge Misty Mornings at Mallards End MH "Casey"
Mallards End Whats it All About Alfie MH QAA "Alf"
Stoneridge Quick Pick MH CD RN "Quicker"
CH BearCountry Teddy End O Lane MH CD RE "Teddy"
Stoneridge I Rock N Roll MH "Rocker"
We are staying in Franklin till we close on our house, so that will be perfect. Thanks Matt.
Chris N. Clark
Dr. Marc Smith is also in Franklin I think. He's a regular contributor to another hunting dog/hunt test website I visit and it seems he understands working dogs well. He may even be involved with retrievers himself but I can't confirm that. He's has a lot of YouTube vids out there if you do a search.


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With consecutive titles in the trophy cabinet and seven straight wins establishing them as firm favourites for a three-peat, it's easy to wonder where the Breakers find the drive.
Take Friday night's game against Townsville, a team they had already defeated twice this season.
The Breakers were coming off a gruelling but successful roadtrip which had propelled them back to the top of the Australian NBL. The Crocs may have been winless but they had pushed the Breakers to three games in last season's semifinals, and their struggles in this campaign belied the talent on their roster.
It had the makings of a potential upset, of the Breakers suffering from a combination of complacency and fatigue.
But what happened? The Breakers won by 30.
No matter how seemingly straightforward the task appears on paper, the Breakers find the will to rise to the challenge.
"We just make small goals before each week," said Alex Pledger, who equalled a career-high with 18 points. "They're the things that motivate us each week. Especially in a game like this when we were pretty big favourites."
Last week it was a celebration of milestones for veterans Dillon Boucher (300th ANBL game) and Mika Vukona (250th); this week it was the preservation of a winning streak which now sits one behind their all-time best.
Next week, however, there will be no need to manufacture motivation. The Breakers will attempt to equal the eight consecutive victories they racked up early in 2011, and the team standing in their way are the only side to have beaten the defending champions since they lifted the trophy.
Not only that but the Perth Wildcats will host their arch-rivals in a new 12,000-seat stadium, christened this weekend with a loss to Adelaide.
"We kind of got embarrassed a little bit in that first game," Pledger said of the 21-point loss in round one. "We're playing at their new arena with 12,000 people who don't like us very much. It'll be a good environment to play in.
"Playing against a title contender like Perth in front of that many people will be a great challenge and one we're looking forward to."
Andrej Lemanis thought it the perfect time to play Perth, with his side getting better every game, but denied the existence of any extra significance to Thursday night's encounter.
"You've got to play them four times - the results are the results," he said. "Are we going to try harder? We're going to go out there and do what we do and they're going to do what they do."
But Lemanis did slightly contradict his one-game-at-a-time approach when, immediately after the Townsville game, he discussed the identity of the referees for the clash at Perth Arena. It appeared even the coach couldn't resist peeking past the entree and eying up the main course.
"It's going to be an unbelievable atmosphere," Lemanis said. "One of those ones that they'll be fired up for and we'll be fired up for. It should be a great game of basketball."


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I have been doing some major reworking of matchbox wm internals specifically the window stacking and focusing code. Much of the code for doing this kind of stuff was really basic and unchanged since very early matchbox versions. With handhelds nowadays having quite largeish resolutions, people have room for more complex multiple dialog setups ( rather than the single dialog per app palm os type model matchbox originally aimed at ). The old code, though it worked, just didn't work that well imho. The rework has made something more flexible and powerful yet so far uses less code. So I guess the amount of time and pain involved to get the rework done has been worth it... Expect it in the upcoming mb 0.9 release ( with other goodies ).
The Firefox Live-CD appears to be using matchbox - cool!
SoftGun is an interesting, linux booting, software emulated piece of ARM hardware.
Nokia are looking to hire GNOME/freedesktop.org hackers. Jobs ads here and here.
Thought it was about time I posted a diary entry with some of the newer stuff I've been hacking on in the last few months.
DidiWiki is a tiny (25k) self contained simple wiki engine. It has its own webserver and is written in c. Its pretty useful it you want something for keeping notes etc thats sharable between machines and is very simple to setup ( just compile and run, theres no deps other than a libc ).
Yesterday I committed some new kdrive stuff into freedesktop. kdrive now does XRECORD which is needed for things like Xnee ( useful for automated testing ). More interestingly I also committed a new kdrive backend - Xephyr. It basically uses a window on a host X server as its framebuffer. kind of like xnest but with support for modern extensions like randr, composite etc. Heres a quite large screenshot of lots of Xephyr's in action.
Matchbox work recently has been mainly small fixes and minor new features as I try and get things super nice for nearing 1.0 release. One new thing I wrote is matchbox-nest which provides a definable graphical ( with working buttons! ) background around Xnest ( or Xephyr ) - its basically a cheap handheld or whatever device 'simulator'. screenshot and Source.
Picked up the pony from the mechanics today - no more annoying gearstick rattle - but will it get me to France this weekend ?
woohoo advogato back :-)
Now running a linkblog too, http://del.icio.us/mallum .
Some more quick hackings for the mighty fine treo 600 - treo-grab-calls.c pulls the call logs from the phone and dumps them as csv data to stdout.
Hacked a little code today to pull images off a Treo 600 camera phone ( nice piece of kit ). The code is here . You'll need the pilot link libs for it to work.
Uploaded a few updated Matchbox packages. Nothing really new, just fixes to oddities in the 0.8 release.
Have my module based X Proxy now basically working. The only pluggin so far is a little Xauth spoofer. Finding it hard to motivate myself to do much more on it :(
Autotooled Xtst for freedesktop.org xlibs . The matchbox test stuff and the badly in need of some love, 'xkbd' both need it.
Nokia have an interesting software developer position ( url correct now ).
Some random linkage for today;
Socket now have a Cordless Serial Adapter with Bluetooth . Could be fun to connect with my stinger serial joystick and ipaq.
New mobile computing have Interview with Doug Turner and Chris Hofmann of the Minimo Project . Minimo totally rules especially with it small screen rendering. I really hope GPE start including it in images for high end ipaqs. It royally trumps dillo.
Finally got round to uploading my fosdem 'X Not on the desktop' slides .
On Sids demand got Sky+ installed yesterday which is basically the closest thing to Tivo here in the UK. It works pretty good, though Sid wasn't so impressed when I childishly set it to record all the adult channel 10 minute freeviews.
I also got a netgear me101 wireless bridge so I can reconnect up the mini-itx based mediabox to the TV and catch up on bittorrented 24 episodes missed whilst in the dial up wilderness. Cant seem to get dhcp to work through the bridge though which is odd as everything else seems fine.
Started hacking a simple 'plugin' based X Proxy to experiment with various ideas. Plugin ideas include; 'Allow XYZ to use this display' GUI tool, SSL ( though xlib would need hacking too ), mDNS support ( via howl ), compression, filtering etc ... We'll see how it goes.
Hopefully get a matchbox 0.8.1 release out towards the end of the week with various minor fixes.
Woohoo. DSL just got connected ( with BT in the end ). My 2 week dial up wilderness is over :-)
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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Princeton challenges Yale in basketball playoff, March 7
Posted March 7, 2002; 10:43 a.m.
Tonight at 8 p.m., Princeton's men's basketball team will play against Yale in a game to determine who will challenge the University of Pennsylvania for the right to go to the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Tonight's playoff game takes place at The Palestra on Penn's campus in Philadelphia.
The winner of the Princeton-Yale game will face the Penn Quakers for the NCAA tournament spot Saturday, March 9, at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa.
All three teams are co-champions of the Ivy League, but only one is guaranteed a spot in the NCAA tournament. Penn holds the advantage, since the Quakers won the most games when playing against Princeton and Yale this year.
Tickets, which are $12 for reserved seating and $5 for general admission, are available at the Princeton athletic ticket office . The office is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and can be reached at (609) 258-3538. Click here for additional ticket information and directions. The game will be covered on WPRB-FM 103.3, Princeton's student radio station.
Contact: Marilyn Marks (609) 258-3601


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Sequester bill means big cuts for Spokane charity
SPOKANE, Wash. - President Barack Obama has officially signed the sequester bill and now millions of people may soon feel the effects, including Spokane charities.
Pam Almeida, Director of the Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels, says the non-profit will lose about $45,000 or five percent of their budget because of these automatic cuts.
"We are doing 30 percent more people than last year at this time and we were already saying 'how are we going to feed everyone?'" she said.Sequester bill means big cuts for Spokane Charity
Just like many of us, the non-profit will stretch their food dollars even more, finding cheaper ingredients and changing up the meals a bit.
"We are changing portion sizes as much as we can, we used to add a little extra to all the meals because for many of our folks our meal is there only meal that day," Almeida said.
The cuts and downsizing is worrying seniors that serve.
The seniors that they serve each day are concerned.
"They are very worried. I keep reassuring them we are not going to cut them out, we are not going to go away, we will find a way to feed them," she said.
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