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February 1, 1969
New York, NY US
Fillmore East
includes: White Summer / Black Mountainside, Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, Pat's Delight, How Many More Times (medley), Communication Breakdown.
Two Shows: 8pm & 11:30pm. The band begins late as Plant reveals "we forgot the bass player's guitar" and begin their set with the instrumental White Summer. Zeppelin open for Iron Butterfly during this two night stand in New York.
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Best Show Ever !
Me & my Friends were Fillmore Groupies !!!!
I'll never 4get that night !!!!!!! (I'm almost sure It was the Friday nite Jan 31, 1969 Concert)
As I recall we were so lookin forward 2 see Iron Butterfly .However, when Led Zepplin took the stage we were SO BLOWN OUT !! No one at that time really ever heard of LZ & They were Grreat! >>>>>>>>
O How I Remember !!!!
We went to the Fillmore East every Friday Nite, Cause on Saturdays we did our clubbing nite ( Electric Circus, Unganos,Ondines ETC)
And of course on Sundays ALL US "Hippie/Love/Flower Children"(LoL) Hung out in Central Park, Smokin weed & other shyt>>>>And walked aimlessly round & round Bethesa Fountain "WRAPPIN" about our GROOVEY Weekend >>>OMG,,What a DYNAMITE/GROOVEY/OUTRAGEOUS Time, 2 have Grown Up In >>Really Miss them DAYS & That Entire ERA !!!!
Now All I Have R The Memerories 2 Share With My Children & Grandchildren..Until I Die or Alzheimers robs me of Them !
But I Always Thank GOD I Grew at that Time !!!!!!
Woodstock 69' 4 Ever !!!!!! Rera123


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By Hayden Sowers
After two grueling practices yesterday, Ole Miss took the field to close out the second week of fall camp. Coach Hugh Freeze said he expected lulls today, "I knew today would be a challenge because we went almost 200 full plays yesterday. That was a meat grinder and we needed it. I knew that this morning the after effects of that would be a challenge, but I do feel like we found a way to get some good stuff done."
Here are some observations as the season is just 16 days away:
RB was supposed to be a position this season that was thin depth-wise, but it seems as the Rebels have built some solid depth there. Nick Parker had an outstanding day running the ball on some short yardage situations, and Devin Thomas did the same last night. Freeze singled out Parker after practice and he was one I certainly noticed today. Those two, along with Jeff Scott, Randall Mackey, I'Tavius Mathers, and Jaylen Walton provide some solid depth.
Kickoff return duties looks to belong to Jeff Scott, Walton, Trae Elston, and Senquez Golson.
Punt Return has been mostly handled by Scott, Philander Moore, and Korvic Neat.
Neat is a guy I have noticed who has improved tremendously over the summer and into fall camp. He is the number 1 slot guy right now and among the top 5 receiers in the rotation along with Donte Moncrief, Vincent Sanders, Ja-mes Logan, Neat and Philander Moore. After that Cody Core has impressed, but he is a guy who you would like to redshirt.
Two more true freshmen I have noticed are Issac Gross and Trae Elston Both took snaps with the first team today and both will get immense playing time during the season.
Still no word on another freshman, DE Channing Ward, who is awaiting word from the NCAA Clearinghouse.


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The 2009 British Youth Go Championships will be held at
King Edward VI (Aston) School, Frederick Road, Aston, Birmingham, B6 6DJ
(close to the Aston Villa football stadium and just two minutes drive from J6 on the M6)
The entry fee is £5; payable on the day.
Registration will be from 9.15am to 9.45am and the first round will commence promptly at 10am.
The prize giving will be completed by 5pm.
NB Refreshments will be provided for adult helpers (and chauffeurs) but otherwise there are no catering facilities at the venue and all participants are asked to bring with them drinks for the day and a packed lunch.
The title of British Champion will be contested in six age-groups (under-18, under-16, under-14, under-12, under-10 and under-8) as well as the title of overall British Youth Champion. The school or youth club team with the best performance will win the title of British Schools Champions and the Castledine Trophy.
The Youth tournament is open to anyone under 18 on 31st August 2008 or still in full-time secondary education on the day of the tournament. Your age on 31st August 2008 determines your age group for championship purposes. Only British citizens can win the titles, but any other UK resident can attend and win other prizes. The titles will be decided by even games, but players who are out of the running will play handicap games, so that everyone has the chance to win a prize.
The organisers are very keen to attract young players of all strengths, and beginners are particularly welcome. If you have only recently learned to play Go, we will make sure that you play others at a similar level, on 13x13 boards or with suitable handicaps.
Entries should be sent to
Mike Lynn, Hillcroft, Barston Lane, Barston, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 0JZ
(Tel. 01675 442753) or via e-mail (please include all the details requested below) to michael.lynn at keaston.bham.sch.uk
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Head lice are tiny insects that feed on blood from the human scalp. An infestation of head lice, called pediculosis capitis, most often affects children and usually results from the direct transfer of lice from the hair of one person to the hair of another.
A head lice infestation isn't a sign of poor personal hygiene or an unclean living environment. Head lice don't carry bacterial or viral infectious diseases.
Over-the-counter and prescription medications are available to treat head lice. Following treatment instructions carefully is important for ridding your scalp and hair of lice and their eggs.
A number of home or natural remedies are used to treat head lice infestations, but there is little to no clinical evidence of their effectiveness.
You may not be aware of a lice infestation. However, common signs and symptoms can include:
See your doctor before you begin treatment if you suspect that you or your child has a head lice infestation. Studies show that many children have been treated for head lice with over-the-counter medications or home remedies when they don't have an active head lice infestation.
Things often mistaken for nits include:
A head louse is a tan or greyish insect about the size of a strawberry seed. It feeds on human blood that it extracts from the scalp. The female louse produces a sticky substance that adheres each egg to a hair shaft. An egg is attached approximately 3/16 inch (4 millimeters) from the base of the shaft — an environment that provides an ideal temperature for incubating the egg.
A louse egg hatches after eight or nine days. What emerges is an immature form of the louse called a nymph. The nymph becomes a mature adult louse after nine to 12 days, and an adult lives for three to four weeks.
Head lice crawl, but they cannot jump or fly. Most often transmission of a head louse from one person to another is by direct contact. Therefore, transmission is most often within a family or among children who have close contact at school or play.
There's some evidence that brushing dry hair with static electricity may make a louse airborne for a short distance.
Indirect transmission is not likely, but lice may spread from one person to another by items such as:
Indirect transfer also could occur among items of clothing stored together. For example, hats or scarves hung on the same hook or stored in the same school locker could serve as vehicles for transmitting lice.
Because head lice are spread primarily by head-to-head contact, the risk of transmission is greatest among younger people who play or go to school together. In the United States, cases of head lice most often occur in children in preschool through middle school.
If your child scratches an itchy scalp from a head lice infestation, it is possible for the skin to break and develop an infection.
See your family doctor or pediatrician if you suspect your child has head lice. The best practice for determining if a child has an active head lice infestation is the identification of a live nymph or adult louse. Your doctor can carefully inspect your child's hair and, if necessary, examine suspect items under a microscope before confirming a diagnosis of head lice infestation.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines, the gold standard for diagnosing an active head lice infestation is the identification of a live nymph or adult louse.
These guidelines recommend an examination of wet-hair lubricated with such products as a standard hair conditioner. Your doctor will carefully comb your child's hair with a fine-toothed comb (nit comb) from the scalp to the end of the hair. If no live louse is found, he or she will likely repeat the entire exam a second time.
Your doctor will also look for nits in your child's hair. To find nits, he or she may use a specialized light called a Wood's light, which causes nits to appear bluish. But the identification of nits does not necessarily confirm the diagnosis of an active infestation.
A live nit needs to be near the scalp to incubate. Nits found more than about 1/4 inch (6 mm) from the scalp are likely dead or empty. Suspect nits can be examined under a microscope to determine if they're living — evidence of a likely active infestation.
If no live nits are found, they're probably left from a previous infestation and not evidence of an active infestation.
Your doctor will likely recommend an over-the-counter (OTC) medication that kills lice and some of the eggs. These medications may not kill recently laid eggs. Therefore, an appropriately timed second treatment is usually necessary to kill nymphs after they hatch but before they become adult lice.
Some studies suggest that the ninth day after the first treatment is the ideal time for a second treatment, but other retreatment schedules exist. Ask your doctor for written instructions for a recommended treatment schedule.
OTC medications are based on pyrethrin, a chemical compound extracted from the chrysanthemum flower that is toxic to lice. Wash your child's hair with shampoo with no conditioner before using one of these treatments. Rinsing the hair with white vinegar before washing may help dissolve the glue that holds the nits to the hair shafts. Follow directions on the package for how long to leave the medication in the hair, and rinse your child's hair over a sink with warm water.
OTC medications include the following:
In some geographic regions, lice have developed resistance to OTC medications. Also, OTC treatment may fail because of incorrect use, such as not repeating the treatment at an appropriate time.
If the correct use of an OTC treatment has failed, your doctor may recommend a prescription treatment. These include:
If you prefer not to use a medication for treating a head lice infestation, you may consider an alternative home treatment. There is little to no clinical evidence of the effectiveness of such treatments.
Combing wet hair with a fine-toothed nit comb may remove lice and some nits. Research is inconclusive on the effectiveness of this method.
The hair should be wet, and you should add something to lubricate the hair, such as a hair conditioner. Comb the entire head from scalp to end of the hair at least twice during a session. The process should be repeated every three to four days for several weeks — at least two weeks after no more lice are found.
Small clinical studies have suggested that some natural plant oils may have a toxic effect on lice and eggs. These products include:
These products are not required to meet safety, efficacy and manufacturing standards used for drugs approved by the FDA.
A number of household products are used to treat head lice infestations. The reasoning is that these products deprive the lice and incubating eggs of air. The product is applied to the hair, covered with a shower cap and left on overnight. Products used for this purpose include:
Flammable products, such as kerosene or gasoline, should never be used to kill lice or to remove nits.
Lice usually don't live past one day without feeding from a scalp, and eggs do not survive if they aren't incubated at the temperature near the scalp. Therefore, the chance of lice surviving on household items is small.
As a precaution you may clean items that the affected person has used in the last two days. Cleaning recommendations include the following:
It's difficult to prevent the spread of head lice among children in child care facilities and schools because there is so much close contact. And the chance of indirect transmission from personal items is slight.
However, it is generally a good practice for children to hang their garments on a separate hook from other children's garments and not to share combs, brushes, hats and scarves. A worry about head lice transmission is not considered a good reason to avoid sharing protective headgear for sports and bicycling when sharing is necessary.
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Get Out!
Springs Fling
A relaxed, all-season Colorado destination
By Elizabeth W. Hughes
Pagosa Springs is an emerald oasis nestled up against the San Juan Mountains. It's lush in the summer, and in winter, a delightful place to enjoy hot springs and skiing at nearby Wolf Creek. Despite the year-round allure of the steamy pools, the town has a laid-back vibe that keeps it from feeling too touristy. There are swanky hotel accommodations at The Springs Resort and Spa and serene creek-side campsites in the San Juan National Forest, so choose your own adventure.
I stayed about 20 miles outside of town at Bridge Campground. To get there I took County Road 600, a well-maintained dirt road that winds its way through valleys and pastures to the San Juan National Forest. At the campground there were 19 sites hugging the banks of Williams Creek. I spent hours relaxing in my hammock while my dog played in the water. This sunset scene was well-complemented with a growler of Powder Day IPA from Pagosa Springs Brewery.
With a light rain falling on my tent, I slept soundly and was up early looking for sunshine. Summertime activities in Pagosa Springs revolve around the San Juan River. Early in the season when the spring snow is melting, white water rules. Rafting the river when its flow tops 400 cubic feet per second is a serious sport. It's best to take a rafting trip or white water kayak lessons from a local outfitter like Pagosa Outside. Later in the summer, the river slows, and tubes are the way to go. You can rent them from an outfitter and take a shuttle north of town for a two-hour float. Or, to do it on the cheap, just rent a tube ($25 for the day) and follow the locals.
When I arrived with my tube at the Town Park (just off Hot Springs Blvd. and across the street from the Visitor's Center) there was an event underway. Apparently, I'd stumbled upon an annual competition: Cruise-A-Thong, "a race for the average Joe." The festivities kicked off with a Bloody Mary-making competition and were followed by a quirky, triathlon-style event where contestants were given sweatbands painted with names like (Higgs Boson, IPA, and EZ-E) instead of race numbers. I was informed that the point of the exercise was to come in with the most average time.
As the sun grew higher in the sky there was a circus atmosphere of costumed racers, decorated bicycles and ridiculous inflatable animals—which participants would be using to float the river. At the start, competitors loaded up the provided water bottles with their adult beverage of choice and set off, slowly, in costume, down the bike path for a 4-mile ride along the river.
This parade of absurdity rode a loop around the park. I sat watching in awe and wonder, then decided to join the fun and float the river with the racers. The slow and bumpy journey was punctuated with people riding various novelty floats, like killer whales and piranhas. I think I even saw a guy float by riding a giant tiki pole.
When the contestants finished at the park, there were awards and barbecue and live music. It was the perfect end to a weekend of solitude and silliness in Pagosa Springs, a town that I can assure you does not take itself too seriously.
"Travelin' On" • Norah Jones • Little Broken Hearts
"WHALE" • Yellow Ostrich • The Mistress
"Love in the Dark" • YACHT • Shangri La
"Angela Surf City" • The Walkmen • Lisbon
Elizabeth W. Hughes can usually be found speeding away from Albuquerque with her dog, Dixie Belle, windows down, music up, in search of hot springs, cold beer or both.
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Just ordered an EpIII Cinemacast Vader statue from Hasbrotoyshop for 26.24 shipped! Happened to look on the New to Hasnrotoyshop section - Star Wars, and there it was. The code still works too - FNFSPR7 25% off and free shipping. Unfortunately no newer figures, but got an extra lava miner, a couple of on sale SW Transformers, and a couple figure case packs. Can't beat it!
Found another McFett and the new titaniums. Got the new Titanium V-Wing which looks awesome and Plo-Koon's clone wars starfighter w/ hyperdrive ring. They painted it purple instead of blue, so it looks more like Mace's starfighter from clone wars. There was also a B-wing with the new orange deco and clone tank with snow deco.
Nothing to report on the Secret Targets that I visit quite often on my journey to a place of employment that is far far away from my house. Did check anything this weekend took it off to take a breath before Celeb IV.
But based on what I you guys are saying this forum is no good anymore as a way of communicating with fellow collectors?
If that is the case I am sad.
Yesterday I hit Kmart after nothing at Target; comic packs! Thanks to whoever the guy was that handed me the ARC pack from the bottom shelf (only 2 were there, with 3 or 4 Lukes and around 6 Quinlans). So I got all 3 sets. Disappointed in Quinlan due to the rubbery blaster, rubbery hilt, and lopsided legs. Villie's bent blaster straightened nicely after a bit of time in his holster... had to pick that set since it's the only one where Quinlan's knuckles didn't have sloppy paint. The ARC's nice but that helmet's a snug fit, would definitely like a couple more. Picked up the Vader & Mace Order 66s at Target Saturday. The Saleucami BP I ordered from eBay also showed up Friday! Now I'm feeling cloned out!
OK, this "secret" stuff is getting misunderstood and out of hand. This is still THE best thread for L.A. finds. The thing is that we are a salty and sarcastic bunch. We also don't like scalpers and lurkers who take advantage of our free flowing communication, so from time to time we stop giving specific information to the group. PMs are always a great way to get specific help. If it's something that's not too hard to find, then we don't keep it a secret. Basically, if you can be a somewhat regular contributor and can offer help when you can, you'll get nothing but gratitude from the rest of us. Then again, we like to keep our numbers low so that we have a fighting chance of finding our precious toys at retail.
You are right that this is the best thread for LA and I have noticed you regulars can be a salty and sarcastic bunch which I think is fine.
I have felt that saltiness at times but felt that you guys have been chatting away for a long time . I was turned on to this web site by a fellow collector thru word of mouth and my son and I enjoy the chats and adding information when ever we can. I know it might be tough but if at least a few people on the board can get together for a beer at Celeb IV and put a name to a face, people wont look strange at each other in stores and believe that if I dont know you the you must be a scalper.
Thanks for listening
I didn't recognize the guy at Kmart yesterday who handed me the Obi-Wan/ARC pack, or his buddy who joined him a bit later. Since he handed me the 2nd ARC set, the "hot" one of the new wave, I figured "not a scalper" and overheard them chatting about painting figures while I was in the next aisle. I think that sealed the "no scalper" judgment


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Vandals drop season finale at Utah State
LOGAN, Utah – The Idaho Vandals put forth a spirited effort at Utah State Saturday afternoon but the same troubles that haunted the Vandals throughout the season – turnovers, penalties, an inability to convert on third down, continued to plague them.
The result was the No. 25 Aggies won 45-9 to claim the final Western Athletic Conference football title and improve to 10-2 overall and 6-0 in the league. Idaho fell to 1-11 and 1-5.
"That was the story of our season," said interim head coach Jason Gesser, who led the Vandals through the final four games of the season. "I'm proud of our guys' fight. They battled."
Gesser did apologize for a late-game scuffle on the USU sideline.
"I do apologize for that," he said.
Junior quarterback Taylor Davis threw three inceptions in the first half. One was returned 59 yards for a score and the Aggies ultimately scored off of the other two for a 21-0 lead with 13:03 left in the first.
Idaho was, however, able to rely on the consistent leg of senior Trey Farquhar. After a second-quarter Vandal drive fizzled in the second quarter, Farquhar added the first points for Idaho with a 38-yard field goal with 7:59 left in the first half.
Freshman Solomon Dixon set up Idaho's next score with his third interception of the season. Again, the Vandals couldn't make their way into the end zone and Farquhar was summoned for a 46-yard field goal as time expired in the first half for a 21-6 halftime score.
"They racked up a couple of big plays," Gesser said. "Our defense made some stops; did some good things. Offensively, we could not move the ball."
The Vandal defense did hold the high-octane USU offense to just 250 total yards - well below its season average of nearly 480.
Idaho's first drive of the second half had a couple big scares – a possible fumble, but wound up with Farquhar called upon again. This time is was a 52-yarder that was good to cut the gap to 21-9 with 9:55 left in the third.
The Aggies responded quickly, though, with a two-play, 55-yard drive to push its lead to 28-9 with 9:20 left in the third. The teams traded punts throughout the remainder of the quarter but the Aggies added another score – a 45-yard field goal by Nick Diaz with 11:37 left in the game.
The Aggies tacked on two fourth-quarter touchdowns for the final score.


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Wave B contains follow-up assessments completed for 252 Wave A respondents between November 2002 and March 2005. Wave B assessments were attempted for 333 respondents - those with a diagnosis of "cognitive impairment, not demented," mild dementia, or borderline normal cognition and for whom longitudinal information would likely clarify the diagnosis.
The Health and Retirement Study strives to provide high quality data without compromising respondent confidentiality. Since respondent health data records contain particularly sensitive information, such data products are released to researchers who qualify for access only through a supplemental registration system. Users who were approved for previous versions of this sensitive health data product can download newer versions using the same password. First-time users should proceed with the application instructions on the Sensitive Health Data page.
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By NEMS Daily Journal
Every good relationship between two or more people, whether it is friendship, marriage, or community, creates space where strangers can enter and become friends. Good relationships are hospitable.
– Henri Nouwen, Bread for the Journey
Lent is the perfect season for relearning a basic tenet: Hospitality is essential to Christian identity because in faith perspective all people live on the margins in need of grace.
The Christian social ethicist Christine D. Pohl, a well-known writer long-affiliated with Asbury Theological Seminary has written, " (T)he best place (to) learn about hospitality is often from those who are on the margins. You have to be a stranger yourself. There has to be an intentional marginality, an intentional experience that becomes part of our spiritual discipline."
Writing in Faith and Leadership, a publication of Duke Divinity School, Pohl says, "One can't claim the role of host all the time; … it is a gift also to be willing to be guests and to share in people's lives."
She said in an interview for the Duke periodical,, "(Hospitality) continues to be important to me for a lot of reasons. As a concept it made sense out of my commitments, but I didn't start out understanding that hospitality was this robust practice. I thought of it more as entertaining, coffee and donuts or casseroles or whatever, but hospitality is significant when you look at the Scriptures. It's significant, and it wasn't coffee and donuts. It was struggling with Jews and Gentiles and how people were going to get along together and be in the church together and be one body.
"The Catholic Worker [movement] uses the language and used the language of hospitality from the beginning, from the 1930s. There are a couple of traditions that already were thinking in terms of hospitality. These were communities that were rooted in an ancient tradition. For the Catholic Worker it was monasticism, but I think it was there to be found.
"It doesn't take long to look closely at the Scriptures and closely at the tradition and see that hospitality is a significant part of the Christian life."
It is seldom easy to become gracious enough to need someone else's hospitality, but that practice is at the heart of the Christian journey: believing that faith requires accepting God's hospitality.
The church as an institution cannot offer hospitality if it is not a servant, living on the margins.
In churches the loss of memory makes hospitality about pleasantries, welcoming only those who are viewed as acceptable rather than as outcasts like, for example, illegal immigrants in need of hospitality that begins to set right broken relationships at every level.
Writes Pohl, "Often, the people who offer the best hospitality tend to be people who are marginal to the institutions and the communities themselves, people who have experienced themselves as strangers in some way."
In that context it is not hard to understand why many American missioners to poor, marginalized nations come back with effusive praise for the hospitality they have received from the poor people whom they had gone to serve: They understand the need.
"You have to be a stranger yourself," Pohl writes. That is part of the reason Lent is such a difficult but necessary season – and state of mind.


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text: Garland, Texas - November 2, 2011 - As part of the Veteran's Day activities in Garland, the Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts Department will commemorate the thirty one Garland residents who were killed in action during World War II. The plaque dedication ceremony will start at 5 p.m. at the Veteran's Tribute Garden on the grounds of the Senior Activity Center, 600 West Ave. A. Several World War II veterans from the Garland area will attend the ceremony, including a Medal of Honor recipient, a survivor of the Battan Death March and a retired general. City of Garland Council member Rick Williams, a Vietnam War Veteran, will host the ceremony. Fireforce, the Garland Fire Department quartet, will sing the National Anthem before the plaque is unveiled. World War II veteran Jack McPherson will unveil the memorial plaque and Council member Williams will read the names of the thirty one heroes who gave their lives for freedom. The ceremony will close with the lowering of the American flag and playing of taps. Later that evening, Debbie Reynolds will perform to a sellout audience at the first of two shows at the Granville Arts Center. The beloved entertainer will bring music and comedy from her successful nightclub act to the Garland stage. Although Friday's show is sold out, tickets for the Saturday evening performance are still available at the Arts Center Box Office, 972-205-2790. For more information about Garland's Veteran's Day events, call 972-205-2882 or visit garlandparks.com.


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Charity basketball tournament set for April 8
Posted March 27, 2006; 10:18 a.m.
The third annual Princeton 3 vs. 3 Charity Street Basketball Tournament is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, April 8, in Dillon Gym.
The tournament, sponsored by the Black Men's Awareness Group, was created to help strengthen the relationship between Princeton students and youngsters from the local community. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit Community House.
Prizes will be awarded to winners of the three divisions: men's "top gun"; men's "recreational"; and women's. The event also will feature basketball skills competitions, video game tournaments and a performance by the NYC Streetball All-Stars.
Registration is $20 for teams from the campus community and $30 for others. To register or learn more, visit the tournament's Web site.


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In Zaanstad, Netherlands there was a parking problem on the main retail strip. A bicycle parking problem.
Built to accommodate 700 bicycles, in a city with only 145,000 residents, fietsenpakhuis reflects the "Zaanse" industrial architecture style of the city and supports the residents and visitors who bike daily in the area.
The floor is paved with bricks connecting it visually to the street outside and in the large front windows stored bicycles and bicycle repair stations will be visible. The space also includes bicycle rental, storage lockers and public washrooms.
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You're right gman I have no clue what I'm doing, but it is lots of fun getting it to work. I'm sure a real hacker could of fixed this in an hour but its been a great learning experience for me and also inspiring.
Well if you haven't guessed by now I've been trying to get the help menu working in gnome-games for the past week. I got frustrated after enabling all the OMF docs (and breaking the build :() that the menu items weren't working. It seemed that no one was really doing it so I started trying to do it myself as it seemed like a basic cut and paste job.
So I've learnt that coding is never just cut and paste, you also need to have some idea what you're doing. Well I think I'll stick to docs for now, but this was enough fun to make me want to do some more, so I'll try to work at finding easy stuff to do and learn from.


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The House of The Year
Out of 200 homes profiled in our House of the Day feature, readers picked an unusual favorite
Out of roughly 200 homes for sale profiled this year in WSJ.com's House of the Day feature, our readers voted on an unusual favorite: This home in suburban Chicago with a pagoda-style design. In the contest, which got 456,939 total votes, this home had 52,633 votes, handily beating out 48 other House of the Week winners.
Joyce Marcus's home is a playful and futuristic mix of architectural styles, with echoes of Frank Lloyd Wright and a dash of 1970s interior design.
Its provenance is explained in part by Ms. Marcus's fond feelings for the 1970s, shag carpeting notwithstanding.
While working at an office building in Des Plaines, Ill., in the late '70s, she met architect Arthur Dennis Stevens. He had designed the building, and she was taken by its unconventional features. A wall of windows faced inward towards an atrium flush with tropical plants, palm trees and a swing set. A glass elevator peered over the scene. "I'd never seen anything like it," Ms. Marcus recalls.
She discovered Mr. Stevens had an office in the building. "I walked in one day and I said, 'I'd like you to build me a house.'"
Mr. Stevens, who studied under Wright, was up for the task. Just one thing, he noted: she hadn't bought land yet.
By 1978, Ms. Marcus, who owns a creative marketing and design company, had her roughly 2-acre property in the village of Riverwoods in northeastern Illinois, and Mr. Stevens was on board.
They completed this roughly 5,700-square-foot home for about $400,000 in 1981, she said. Inspired by what Mr. Stevens calls the "Jamaica house" style, the home features a pagoda-like roof above a two-story great room encased in wood and glass.
As with many Wright homes, the design emphasized bringing the outside in. Stone aggregate flooring is used inside and out. Large boulders that line an exterior stone walkway are also found in the living room, where a 30-foot rubber tree was planted during construction. Thanks to a large skylight above the tree, it's still growing.
The Homes By the Numbers
Each week on WSJ.com, readers select a House of the Week from featured homes for sale. Here's a breakdown of the 49 winners of 2012.
- Most Expensive Listing: $44 million
- Least Expensive Listing: $895,000
- Now in Contract or Off Market: 6 homes
- Sold: 7 homes:
- •Sales price ranged from $825,000 to $5.65 million
- •Two sold at auction
- •All sales came in under asking price. Thes smallest cut was 7%; the largest was 30%. (One property was never officially on the market and went straight to auction.)
How the House of the Year Was Chosen
- Monday through Thursday each week, WSJ editors choose a distinctive property to feature as a House of the Day at WSJ.com/HouseoftheDay. On Fridays, readers vote for their favorite of the week. This year, from Dec. 7 to Dec. 21, readers were invited to vote among 49 House of the Week winners on WSJ.com. There were 456,939 votes in all, reflecting total clicks. Some home owners and brokers promoted the contest online.
"I saw his drawings and I just went nuts," Ms. Marcus recalls about the planning stage. She says she didn't change Mr. Stevens's design, except for one detail. She opted not to put a hot tub in the living room; it was built in the master bedroom instead, although it was later removed during renovations.
Ms. Marcus, 65, lives in the home with her husband, Gary Janowitz, 60, whom she married in 2009.
The home backs up to wooded conservation land with several miles of hiking trails. She added waterfall features, thick landscaping and a gazebo built to mimic the look of the main home.
"I've gotten lost at least twice walking through there," Mr. Janowitz says about the large forest reserve behind the home.
But their remote location might also be the reason why the home hasn't found the right buyer, says listing agent Tracy Wurster of Prudential Rubloff Properties. "It's a sleepy town—nobody knows about Riverwoods," she said.
Ms. Marcus also says the home isn't child-friendly, with open-tread staircases that have turned off at least one prospective buyer.
The home was listed in June 2011 for about $2.7 million, Ms. Wurster said, but was reduced to just under $2 million. The couple says they're looking to sell to split their time between Florida and downtown Chicago.
As for when they might find the right buyer, "I don't pay attention to it, to be honest with you," said Mr. Janowitz. "When the right person sees the house, they're going to grab it that fast."
Where Are They Now?
An Island Haven
When superstorm Sandy was bearing down on the Northeast in late October, Barrie Zesiger, 68, and her husband Al, 83, holed up in the safest place they could think of—their private island home in Norwalk, Conn.
"It was the place to be," said Ms. Zesiger, 68, who has lived on the island practically year-round with her husband for 26 years.
They had seen their fair share of storms from the window of their Tudor-style home on the island, and this would be no different. The next day, all of the buildings on the island were intact, save for part of the dock, which ended up on the front yard. "There wasn't one drop of water in the basement" of the main home, she said. She estimates having to spend about $50,000 in repairs on what could have been far worse damage.
The couple's good fortune was the product of years of planning, and a bit of luck. Because of their proximity to the mainland, they were able to bury their utilities underground. A private generator powers the property, even as thousands lost power on shore. Most important, the island sits on a higher elevation, which protected them from the worst of the surge.
Since the storm, though, prospective buyers have been scarce, she said. The property was listed in October for $12.9 million with Doug Werner of William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty.
The couple also owns an apartment in New York, where they run a money-management firm, but from Thursday to Monday morning, they're commuting to work by boat and then hopping on a train to the city.
For the sailing-averse, she says they're considering adding a helipad to the property.
Luau-Ready Retreat
Richard Erickson, a stock trader in Asian markets, purchased this half-acre property within the Hualalai Resort in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, for $1.9 million in 2005. The following year, he built this 5,200-square-foot, Bali-inspired home for about $5.5 million, including furnishings.
The house has a fire pit on the yard, an infinity-edge pool overlooking the ocean, five bedrooms, five full baths and an outdoor shower.
Mr. Erickson, 48, and his family were living in Japan before purchasing the home. Now they have another residence on the island of Oahu, and Mr. Erickson said this home was being underutilized.
He listed the home in April for $5.65 million. In October, it sold to the owner of a U.S. telecommunications company for roughly $4.7 million
The listing agent, Rob Kildow of Hualalai Realty, said the buyer was a frequent visitor to the resort.
—Stefanos Chen
An Arizona Fun House
In the late 1990s, Bill Gibbs, the former president of the University of Phoenix, began building the ultimate play house.
The roughly 16,000-square-foot home, located in Scottsdale, Ariz., includes an observatory with a retractable roof. There is a 4,700-square-foot indoor gym, a woodworking area and an eight-car garage. There are eight bedrooms, nine full bathrooms and two indoor kitchens.
For kids of all ages, there is a custom-built train with an adult-size conductor's seat that snakes around the property. When the children graduate to more grown-up endeavors, a 300-foot zip line is installed on the property. Including the land, Mr. Gibbs said he spent $12 million on the property.
All of this adds up to a highly customized property the owner knew would fare better on the auction block than in a conventional sale. "A lot of people are still under the impression that distressed assets are what auctions are most appropriate for, and that's not true," said Stacy Kirk Reich, president of Grand Estates Auction Company, which oversaw the sale of the property.
The home went to absolute auction in February and sold for $4.62 million to a buyer from Chicago looking for a second home, she said.
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Corrections & Amplifications
A hot tub in the Riverwoods, Ill., home was removed in 1999 during renovations. An earlier version of this article didn't note that it was taken out.


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It's a scary thought: the president of the United States doesn't know what he's doing. What other conclusion can the nation draw?
The US has been at war in Iraq longer than it was involved in World War II. You remember that one, the one against Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy, and imperial Japan. The one your father or your grandfather or maybe even your great-grandfather called the "Big One": the one that engulfed all of Europe, much of Asia, and a good chunk of Africa. That one.
Well, it looks like President George W. Bush is going to keep this one going for a long, long time. By the time you read this, Bush probably will have called for an increase of 20,000 troops in Iraq. Even before he spoke, the Associated Press reported that elements of the 82nd Airborne Division stationed in Kuwait were preparing for deployment in Iraq.
It's hard to know what to think. Should we be outraged? Or incredulous? Bush may be ignorant, but he is not stupid. It's hard not to conclude that his arrogance knows no bounds. Or that he's crazy. Talk that he might face impeachment by the newly Democratic House of Representatives — a fitting dream, but an unlikely reality — should be replaced by calls that he undergo a psychiatric evaluation. But even if Bush were found to be certifiable, the thought of his being replaced by that even more dangerous political psychopath, the aptly named Dick Cheney, is even more frightening.
There is no elegant way to put it: we're screwed. Given the intricacies of the federal budget, Bush already has the money to get more troops into Iraq. It's likely the first step in stopping him would be to place a limit on the number of troops that could be deployed. But some key congressmen think no meaningful fiscal hobblers can be put on Bush's escalation of troop levels until next year. And even if Congress were to summon the gumption, the courage, to do the right thing, the commonsensible thing, and deny funding for additional troops, as Senator Edward M. Kennedy wisely urges, there is absolutely no reason to believe — let alone hope — that Bush would accept the duly constituted authority of Congress. It seems more certain that the nation will eventually face a constitutional showdown.
Bush lied to get us into Iraq. He's lied to keep us there. He's ignored the swing in public opinion against the war. He's been indifferent — if not contemptuous — of international opinion. He's unmindful of his father's apparent reservations about the war. He's scornful of the Iraq Study Group's bipartisan recommendation that we cut our losses and get out. (Although if he scorned his father's advice, why should we expect him to take the advice of his dad's secretary of state, James Baker, co-chair of the group?)
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The groundbreaking, sometimes controversial author of "Naked Lunch" lived in Lawrence from 1981 until his death in 1997. During that time he continued to create and collaborate, as the exhibit and a number of special events at the center will bring to light.
Randy Mason and Don "the Camera Guy" Mayberger dropped in as the show was going up. The exhibition runs through March 2, but along the way there are all sorts of screenings, talks and other Burroughs related activities. In April, the Art Center's annual auction will feature some of the pieces that have been on display.
Watch the segment on The Local Show.
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By Tiernan Ray
'Tis the season to initiate coverage of the Internet.
Following a raft of coverage notes yesterday from Citigroup's incoming analyst Mark May, Susquehanna Financial Group's Brian Nowak, formerly of Nomura Equity Research, this afternoon kicked off his coverage of ten Internet names, assigning "Positive" ratings to Amazon.com (AMZN), Pandora Media (P), Google (GOOG), eBay (EBAY), Priceline.com (PCLN), and LinkedIn (LNKD), and Neutral ratings to TripAdvisor (TRIP), Facebook (FB), Orbitz (OWW), and Expedia (EXPE).
Amazon, which he bestows with a $370 price target, is going to start to reap the rewards of investments, and its Amazon Web Services cloud computing facilities are all upside:
AMZN's 1P business is its closest to traditional retail – choosing categories to invest in, vendor terms, controlling pricing, etc. – but its digital store front, growing user base and distro network give it substantial levers to control 1P gross profits. "1P investment" through aggressive pricing, loss leading, and negative mix from new categories isn't going away; but our waterfall analysis of 1P profit drivers underscores how AMZN is showing a growing ability to drive 1P profit dollar growth…with 30% lower net investment levels [...] AMZN has steadily grown its 3P gross profit per unit, rising at a 4% CAGR over the past 4 years. We see more of the same, modeling 1% 3P GP/unit going forward as 3P grows to 38% of AMZN's gross profit [...] Our analysis of AWS's CSOI contribution – losing roughly -$1.6bn in '12 – speaks to the long-term, multi-million dollar profit upside potential as AWS scales and incremental investment spending slows.
Pandora is "removing the friction" in ad buying, he thinks:
Our analysis of P's multi-year monetization strategy – improving reach, frequency, and measurement, Triton, ad buying platform integration, local sales force build – underscores how it has removed much of the friction in the ad buying process and made itself into a stronger offering for radio advertisers [...] But ad dollars don't move overnight and there is a digital learning curve for the sales force and clients, so for now, we are modeling P's local sales force to operate at 40% below average this year, ramping to 25% above the nationwide average next year. If anything, P's large-market focus could prove this to be overly-conservative.
Google is dominating mobile search, which will lead to an even greater concentration of its monopoly in search:
We believe GOOG's initiatives to improve mobile monetization from here – pushing faster mobile user adoption, improving the core mobile searcher experience and context, and Enhanced Campaigns – will lead to continued strong mobile search revenue growth…To Drive Faster Budget Gains on the Way to 80%: This will drive more ad dollars toward GOOG and lead to natural share gains as users and advertisers migrate toward mobile. In all, we see mobile driving ~90% of GOOG's forward search revenue, and expect GOOG to grow from 73% to ~80% of the global search market.
eBay is also riding the mobile wave, he writes, and has potential to make breakthroughs in emerging market commerce:
The growth of mobile favors eBay's Marketplaces business and extends its reach advantage vs. traditional retailers. Further, our "app vs browser" analysis underscores eBay's sizable first-mover mobile app edge, as its mobile app traffic is 50x larger than the median traditional retailer, and 11 of the 23 retailers in our sample don't have a mobile app presence at all [...] The Int'l Marketplaces will benefit from a growing BRICs contribution, as eBay's BRICs initiatives and web traffic speak to traction in the region. While we are modeling BRICs users to grow at an 86% CAGR (in-line with guidance), our penetration analysis shows this may end up being conservative as it implies BRICs' adoption occurs ~85bp slower than eBay's adoption in the late 1990′s. Even with these conservative assumptions, we see both the int'l and global marketplaces growing at a 15% CAGR.
Among the less-favored, Nowak finds that although Facebook will continue to attract ad dollars, "there are limits to how fast incremental budgets will move to the site given the rapid growth we've seen over the past 5 years and lack of unique FB innovation or superior ad performance."
The company has to prove they can move beyond the some of the weakness in display ads through innovation:
A large part of FB's ad growth has also been advertisers experimenting and hoping that using social data would solve some of the weaknesses of the display market, offer more contextual and targeted ads and ultimately lead to higher conversion. Thus far, in our view, that hasn't really happened as FB has remained a standard reach ad buy. As such, we see FB's ad share gains decelerating. Innovation will matter to driving ad growth from here, and while we are monitoring FB's "irons in the fire" – FBX, Graph Search, Partner Categories, Sponsored Stories, etc. – for now we do not see any of the new products driving a material ad growth acceleration. We are also skeptical of a FB video offering leading to notable near-term ad share gains, as we are not willing to invest in FB based on the idea of advertisers flocking toward user generated videos.


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Nutrisource isn't in the same league with Dr. Tim's but it is good food and less money.
Anytime you use a food with such low carbohydrate as Momentum you will see a loss of body fat. That is just the way the dog's body reacts. That is a good thing. If your dog loses weight on Momentum it was too heavy to begin with.
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This is American made game is a classic. A great way to knock down some pins if the bowling alley is closed! Spin the top and watch the pins fall. Challenge a friend or play by yourself. Features Solid 0.75" thick wood frame and playsurface is screen printed using lead-free ink. Game includes one hardwood spinning top, braided twine and twelve hardwood pins. No assembly required. For ages 6 to adult. Made in the USA.
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What's thet best place to get mini Lightsabers that are no longer available on Master Replica's website? My birthday is coming up, and my wife is asking me for something she can tell my family to get me. I don't want them going through the hassle of eBay, so what's an alternative?
Anyone have good experience with some of the online stores such as BigTimeComics, etc?
Suggestions would be great. By the way, my wonderful wife got me the membership to Master Replicas Collector society, I can't wait for my undamaged Darth Maul mini!
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Home > High School & Campus Resources > Early Awareness Efforts >
Characteristics of Early Awareness Initiatives
More than half of all pre-college early awareness and intervention initiatives are run by a college or university. The remainder are community- and school-based. Some are funded with federal dollars, others with state dollars and many through non-profit organizations. The most common goals of these programs are:
- improve academic skills
- increase high school retention
- build self-esteem
- provide role models
- increase parental involvement
- build college and career awareness
- promote college attendance
- increase financial aid awareness
Services Provided
Services are typically delivered on a college campus or at an elementary or secondary school, and may include:
- academic mentoring and tutoring
- study skill training
- critical thinking skill training
- cultural activities
- test-taking preparation
- academic and career counseling
- college awareness and visits
- clarification of the financial aid process
Five Types of Programs
- awareness programs that inform children from underrepresented groups about preparing for college
- intervention programs that work with children and parents on academic and life skills and provide information about college and career opportunities
- multi-service resource centers that provide college planning information, advice and (in some instances) scholarships to enhance postsecondary access for low-income students
- guaranteed tuition programs that promise funds for college tuition and books to at-risk children if certain academic standards are met upon graduation from high school
- last dollar scholarship and financial aid advising programs, which may also include early awareness efforts
Target Populations
The student populations most often targeted by early awareness/early intervention programs are low-income, minority and/or students who would be the first-generation in their family to attend college. Most programs focus on middle and high school students although some begin in grade school.
Financial Support
Representing more than half of all total funding, the federal government is the largest source of financial support for early intervention programs although such funding is primarily for the federal TRIO and GEAR-UP programs. Financial support from state governments, non-profit organizations and colleges and universities make up the remainder. Most programs receive financial support from more than one source.
College Access Matters: The Opportunity for College Access Programs in Minnesota. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc.
Short-term Early College Awareness: Key Strategies for Successful Early Intervention and Early College Awareness Programs. Alexandria, VA: National Association for College Admissions Counseling.
Swail, W.S. & Perna, L. W. (2002). Pre-College Outreach Programs, A National Perspective. Increasing Access to College: Extending Possibilities for All Students, Chp 1. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Swail, W.S. (2000). Preparing America's Disadvantaged for College: Programs That Increase College Opportunity. Understanding the College Choice of Disadvantaged Students, v27 n3 p85-101 Fall 2000. San Francisco: New Directions for Institutional Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


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I did not want to hijack Marvins thread, but did want to reply to Cotts query of Uncle bill saying he was done flying after having to deal with the security lines in his socks.
Prior to 9-11, I flew at least 2 times per week with my job in Alaska and between Alaska and Seattle. We all know what happened with "security" after 9-11. It got so crazy, I finally left that job. Who needs to put up with being treated like a farm animal to get on a plane?
I do a lot of hunting out west. For my last 4 big game hunts out west, I have chosen to drive 24 hours EACH WAY just to avoid the hassle of dealing with the airports and the so called security. I shudder to think how many former passengers nationwide have done the same and are chosing to drive. The industry can't afford to lose many more passengers. What are your thoughts?...Don't touch my junk regards


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to pick up and/or bring bigger ducks out of the water.
My golden retriever Lucy just started her third hunting season. I don't get to kill a lot of birds for her but her "light bulb" came on at the end of last season. At our blind, she has to climb out of the water(not that hard) and she will bring in a bluebill or smaller duck. Yesterday she left two mallards at waters edge because she does not want to pick them up. I tried forcing her to hold the mallard but she just does not want to grip them firmly enough.
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Verona boys hockey wins Big 8 conference
Verona, Wis. - The Verona boys hockey team clinched its second straight outright Big 8 conference title with a 9-0 home win over rival Middleton Thursday night.
Verona's Zach Jones found Charlie Parker and scored the game's first goal with 18 seconds left in the first period.
In the second period Zac Keryluck scored the game's second goal.
The Wildcats won the first meeting between these teams back in December and the team's only regular season loss last year was to the Cardinals.
Check out more game highlights in the video:Verona boys hockey wins Big 8 conference


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Pinna abnormalities and low-set ears refer to an abnormal shape or position of the outer ear (pinna or auricle).
Low-set ears; Microtia; "Lop" ear
The outer ear or "pinna" forms when the baby is growing in the mother's womb. The growth of this ear part takes place at a time when many other organs are developing (such as the kidneys). Abnormalities in the shape or position of the pinna may be a sign that the baby also has other related problems.
Common abnormalities include cysts in the pinna or skin tags.
Many children are born with ears that stick out. Although people may comment on the ear shape, this condition is a variation of normal and is not linked with other disorders.
However, the following problems may be related to medical conditions:
Common conditions that can cause low-set and unusually formed ears include:
Rare conditions that can cause low-set and malformed ears include:
In most cases, a health care provider finds pinna abnormalities during the first well-baby exam. This exam is most often done at the hospital at the time of delivery.
The doctor will:
To determine whether the pinna is abnormal, the doctor will take measurements with a tape measure. Other parts of the body will also be measured, including the eyes, hands, and feet.
All newborns should have a hearing test. Exams for any changes in mental development may be performed as the child grows. Genetic testing may also be done.
Most of the time, no treatment is needed for pinna abnormalities because they do not affect hearing. However, sometimes cosmetic surgery is recommended.
More severe abnormalities may require surgery for cosmetic reasons as well as for function. Surgery to create and attach a new ear is often done in stages.
Haddad J Jr. Congenital malformations. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 630.
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Pontotoc school board cited for big turnover
Many of your readers may not be aware that the first full week of May is traditionally recognized as Teacher Appreciation Week, with the Tuesday of that week being Teacher Appreciation Day.
I cannot begin to say enough about the dedication and commitment of our local teachers to their students and their responsibilities as educators.
Teachers are the unsung heroes of our community and they, and the school system in general, were simply the main reason why we relocated to Pontotoc over 17 years ago.
However, in spite of all of our teachers efforts, a great many of them seem to be deserting the very school system that brought us to town in the first place. In our high school alone, there have been 7 principals in just the past 11 years, an astounding turnover.
Ultimately all leadership flows from the top, and as the saying goes, the fish turns bad from the head down.
It is up to the citizens of Pontotoc to decide why the school board, which is comprised of elected and appointed members, is allowed to make decisions that cost our schools the very teachers that are so important to it to survive. Why do our students want to transfer away from a high school that allows eight continuous periods all through the day without a break? Do we want these decisions being made by a board of education that so obviously has a personal agenda?
It is time for all of our Pontotoc readers to take an active look at the school board and start to ask hard questions about why the administrators and teachers all want to leave our hometown for greener pastures in neighboring towns and districts.
When we first moved here many years ago, these were in fact the greener pastures we were looking for, right here in Pontotoc.
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By Randall Forsyth
Mincing no words in his first report since being named in March as the emergency manager for Detroit, Kevyn Orr wrote Michigan's largest city is "clearly insolvent," which could mean restructuring of its $8.65 billion long-term debt.
Long-term debt service eats up nearly 20% of Detroit's budget, which has been running in the red at a $100 million annual pace since 2006, Reuters reports. The city also has only $64 million in cash on hand and $226 million in current liabilities, leaving it $162 million in the hole.
Options to restructure debt could include a haircut to bonds' principal; stretching out repayment, reducing interest rates or refinancing outstanding debt. Chapter 9 bankruptcy would require the approval of the state governor, however.
Municipal Market Advisors' Matt Fabian writes that haircuts on Detroit general obligation bonds would have a significant impact on the city's ability to borrow in the future and potentially on that of other financially distressed Michigan cities. Moreover, he adds all but three outstanding Detroit bond issues (which have state credit enhancement) have bond insurance, which means holders of the securities should receive 100% of principal and interest payments as long as the insurer remains solvent. (One exception: bonds backed by FGIC, which is in "rehabilitation" and is paying 30% of current claims.)


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Intimus 4BP Bipole Surround Speaker Pair
The rata-a-tat-tat of machine gun fire, the whisk of a brush across a snare drum, the snap of a bug zapper on a summer night—immersion in sounds like these make movies at the local Dolbyplex seem oh-so-real. Check out their system while you're guzzling your ϋbersoda, and you'll find a quartet or more of surrounds along the side walls and a duo at the back. To rival the experience they create, you need to replicate the multi-directional sound at home.
But let's be even more real - unless your salary rivals Will Smith's, you need a scaled-down solution in terms of size and price. Start with the Intimus 4BP Bipole Surround, which borrows the design technology of our cine-worthy Verus Dipole/Bipole. Squ-e-ee-eee-ze that into a tight, stylish package with our Gloss Black finish, then add it to a troupe of Intimus 4 or 5 series home theater speakers. No two ways about it: You've got profound sound at a great value for movies and multi-channel music.
No matter how your room is configured, the included mounting hardware and instructions ensure your bipoles in place faster than you can say Lights. Take a seat and bring on the popcorn - the show's about to begin.
Key Features
Aperion Advantage
|8.0 lbs
|Frequency Response
|(+/- 3dB) 100-15,000 Hz ~ (+/- 6dB) 80-18,000 Hz
|8 Ohms
|87 dB
|Recommended Power
|25-200 Watts
|100 Hz
|Dual 1" Audiophile-Grade Silk-Dome Tweeters
|4" Woven-Fiberglass Mid-Woofer
|Driver Configuration
|Enclosure Type
|15mm MDF - Sealed Cabinet
|6" H x 12.5" W x 5.35" D
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Dual 1" Audiophile-Grade Silk-Dome Tweeters
We engineered the 1-inch, audiophile-grade, silk-dome tweeter for optimal sonic performance - even at the highest volume levels. Do you savor warm, sparkling sound with no harsh aftertaste? Perfect. This tweeter's unique venting system uses a rear chamber with multiple rear vents outside the neodymium magnet which is a departure from conventional systems that use a single vent through the magnet's center. Leaving the magnet fully intact results in a stronger motor structure with a lower resonant frequency, smooth response and amazingly pure, authentic sound. This tweeter is the high point of our speaker - literally.
4" Woven-Fiberglass Mid-Woofer
Our custom 4" woven-fiberglass midrange helps your music, movies and games feel alive. This robust and versatile little driver is tough enough to handle the thump-thump-thump of lower midrange frequencies, yet precise enough to support a choir of voices. It may be small, but our midrange driver packs a solid punch by delivering pure, distortion-free sound.
Magnetically-Shielded Tweeters & Woofer
Your Aperion speakers are magnetically shielded so that they can be placed near any video monitor, ensuring a "rainbow free" video experience.
5-Way Gold-Plated Binding Posts
When you make a connection, it's all about convenience. Whether you use banana plugs, bare wire, round pins, flat pins or spades, our binding posts ensure effortless attachments to your new speakers. And though the gold plating may make you feel regal, it has a practical purpose - Gold resists corrosion and provides the best possible connection to your receiver.
Anti-Resonant Cabinet
Every Intimus 4BP cabinet is made of solid 15mm-thick medium-density fiberboard (MDF) to eliminate unwanted cabinet vibrations that muddy the sound. Muting the speaker walls ensures that the only input to your ears comes from your music, movies and games.
Furniture-Grade Finish
Each of our Intimus speakers are finely groomed into a suave black tux, and it's quite the detailed process. We apply layer after layer of lacquer, hand sanding and polishing between coats to achieve a deep and brilliant shine. The precision-fit cabinetry unites the acoustic qualities of the most expensive loudspeakers with a curved-edge aesthetic that lets your Intimus speaker blend effortlessly with any décor.
Acoustically-Transparent Grille
Nothing stands between you and exceptional sound. We've voiced the speakers with the grilles on to ensure precise performance that not only looks great, but also protects your precious speakers from curious fingers, claws, snouts, tentacles and trunks.
Wall & Ceiling Mountable
Mount your speakers wherever you want - out of the way and outside the reach of inquisitive children and pets. All of our speakers (aside from floor-standers) come with dual 1/4" threaded inserts on the back for ceiling or wall mounting. Industry standard spacing on these inserts means they'll work with a variety of wall and ceiling mount brands.
Speaker Stand Mountable
All bipole speakers come with a 1/4" threaded insert on the bottom for securing the speaker to a stand. Now you can mount your speakers wherever you want without worrying about them toppling over on Rover.
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Customer Reviews
Excellent surround speakerPosted on 9/10/2016 I am very impressed with the 4 BP's. I don't have the ideal room they suggest to use these speakers, but they sound great to me. My living room is 20 X 18 and the rear is open to the kitchen and breakfast area and 10' ceilings throughout. I have theses speakers hanging from ceiling brackets at the rear of the living room just behind the couch and angled toward the sweet spot. The sound still bounces off adjacent walls and provides a much wider rear soundstage than the direct radiating JBL N24's they replace. They work great for movies and music. I have a 5.2 setup. They seem to complement the Intimus 5C center channel as and JBL S312 mains very well. They are powered by a Pioneer SC-85. I absolutely would recommend these to anyone seeking to enhance their listening enjoyment. It should be noted that these speakers come with flat wall mounts to keep the speaker flush with a wall. I had some extra speaker bracket pieces that I used to make the speakers work with my existing ceiling brackets. Definitely worth trying.
Great for movies AND musicPosted on 6/8/2012 This is my first experience with Aperion speakers and I ordered 4T's, 4C, Bravus dual 8" sub, and these 4BP's for my surround speakers. I have to admit I was a little aprehensive about using them for music (thought I should have ordered the 4B's), but after calibrating them I am amazed at the powerful sound! For movies they are perfect, giving just that right amount of spaciousness. The real surprise was for music. I love my DVD-Audio and SACD surround discs and these speakers sound great. I don't always sit in the same place in my room and sound coming from them is both direct and wide. My 30 day trial has just begun, but I am keeping these babies.
Fantastic Surround SpeakerPosted on 6/8/2012 Since this was going to be my first surround system purchase (and my last for a long time), I really did my homework. Despite all my search, I always came back to Aperion Audio for all that they are known for: GREAT sounding speakers at a fair price plus excellent customer service. Add in the completely free 30 day trial and I couldn't go wrong. Here's what I bought: 5T, 5C, 4BPs and 8D.
The 4BPs are my favorite part of my system. Going in I really wanted good surround. My problem is that I have a really challenging room - high ceilings, no place to mount the side surrounds and lots of open space. The 4BPs really fit the bill because they are so flexible and forgivable when it comes to placement. I have them both on 59 stands one against a wall of windows and other at the edge of the couch with open space all around it. Despite their placement, they sound fantastic! I originally purchased two 4BP in Medium Cherry but they just didn't match the couch so ordered two more 4BPs in High Gloss Black. Just for kicks, I kept the original two 4BPs for an extra day and moved them to back of my room as part of a 7.1 system (keep in mind I planned on only getting a 5.1 system :-) All I can say is WOW what a difference and I thought the 4BPs in a 5.1 setup sounded good. Because the 4BPs are bipole, the surround sound is not localized which is exactly what you want. I am very impressed and will not be returning the extra set of 4BPs after all. I highly recommend them.
WOW!!!!Posted on 6/8/2012 I just bought these today, brought them home, and installed them. They replaced a well-worn in set of 4Bs for 5.1 in a system including 4Ts and a 4C in front. While I was pretty pleased with my surround set-up before I purchased the 4BPs, adding them has been an astounding difference to the home theater sound field in my media room. I promptly queued up a particularly impressive episode of HBO's The Pacific to test these on their inaugural run. Even without proper break-in time, these 4BPs completely blow the door off the 4Bs I was relying on before. I didn't even make it through the opening credits before I knew these surround speakers were the best home theater purchase I had made since I upgraded my receiver.
Kudos Aperion, you've truly outdone yourselves here!!! Thank you for the incredible deal on these gorgeous speakers!
Great Surround SpeakerPosted on 6/8/2012 My seating position is against the back wall. This does not give me the best options for surround placement, but these 4bp's sound great above the coach and off to the side a bit. I really think i prefer it this way over having them on the side walls which I could have done but one of the tweeters would be firing into the back wall. And of course they look great because they hang right on the wall and are not sticking out on mounts. I'm really glad I chose these! Sound fantastic!
Excellent Surround Speaker for Movies!Posted on 6/8/2012 I recently bought these and set them up on a rear wall - Wow! The surround effect was a big step up from my old rear surrounds, the Aperion 422's (predecessor to the 4B). They are mounted on a rear wall, with my couch up against the wall. Even in this difficult arrangement, they're fantastic.
The multidirectional bipole design is clearly superior to my 422's for movie effects. It provides a much more immersive sound stage. That said, these are good for music too, though the mono-directional 422's provide a more defined multi-channel music experience with my SACD's. So if you're a big movie person with some music use, these are perfect. If you're a big music person with a lot of multichannel music, you might stick with a 4B, 5B, 6B, etc.
On a side note, Aperion's customer service, fit and finish, and overall satisfaction have hit it out of the park again - and are the reasons I don't shop anywhere else for my speaker needs.
Swapped intimus 5B for thesePosted on 6/8/2012 I recently purchased a 5.1 system. 2 Intimus 5T's, a 5C, and 2 5B's for surrounds. I also bought a HSU subwoofer. Awesome set up. I bought the the 5B's because my couch is up against the back wall with no side walls and didn't think bipoles would work. Well a couple months later I purchased the 4BP's out of curiosity. The ones with the furniture grade finish that are still available as an open box item. No offence to the 5B's, which are great sounding bookshelf speakers, but the BP's are much better as surround speakers despite the less than optimal placement. They really sound awesome! They are on the back wall about 3 feet out on either side of my couch. They create a much more diffuse surround sound field and I couldn't be happier. The 5B's won't go to waste as I'll run them as a Zone 2 to my garage. The bipoles also look sharp with no exposed wires like the 5B's had. If you want a surround system I would go with the bipoles over the bookshelves no matter what your room configuration is. Big Aperion fan. My buddy, after hearing my system, bought the same setup. He is also thrilled. He has a more traditional set up with side walls and room behind his couch, but I can't say that his setup sounds any better than my back wall placement.
Easy on the ears and eyes!Posted on 6/8/2012 I bought a pair of these great speakers to finish my surround set-up and can't believe how they changed my whole viewing/listening experience. Whether tasked with an affects-heavy Hollywood blockbuster or the rustling crowd at a live baseball game, the performance of these speaker is outstanding. The detail and clarity of the sound is a bargain at this price.
EngadgetHD Reviews the Intimus 4BP Surround Speaker, August 2009Posted on 5/25/2012 "Whether you like your surround speakers in monopolar, bipolar, or dipolar flavor, there's no disputing the fact that you need real surround channels to get the full theater effect. The problem is that they need space in your room, and if you opt for something other than a monopole, they tend to get creep towards "eyesore" territory. Internet retailer Aperion Audio has dished up its 4BP bipolar surrounds for just such cases -- measuring only 5x12.5x5.8-inches, it's about as small as you'll get for a bipolar design, and Aperion crammed a pair of 1-inch silk tweeters and a 4-inch mid/woof into the small breadbox of a speaker. Pity it couldn't fit a bipole/dipole switch in there, but at $199 each and good-looking to boot, it's hard to complain. Our advice -- if you're holding out for a small surround speaker, downplay the "monopole/bipole for music, dipole for theater" wisdom and consider giving these an audition and get going with surround sound!"
- Steven Kim, engadgetHD.com, August 2009
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Big Picture Big Sound Reviews the Intimus 4BP Bipole Surround Speaker, September 2009Posted on 5/25/2012 Big Picture Big Sound reviewed our Intimus 4B-BP Fusion SA system and gave it a 3 out of 4 Star rating and the Intimus 4BP Bipole Surround Speaker is a component of that system. Here's what Big Picture Big Sound had to say specifically about the 4BP in that review:
"The surround sound from these was generally excellent in our testing."
"The 4BPs take it a step further. The bipole surrounds feature the bottom mount, along with the rear mount and have had the rear of the speaker grooved out to accommodate the speaker wire. This makes using these speakers in a number of configurations a snap. More importantly these speakers are available individually so you can start with a basic 5.1 system and grow it out over time, as tastes and budget allow."

Solid craftsmanship and excellent materials

Reasonable sized satellite speakers

[Comments about the 4B-BP Fusion SA System]
"With its furniture-grade piano finish and sleek design the Aperion Intimus 4B-BP Fusion SA system looks like a million bucks, but this system almost sounds like it too. While the satellites and center speaker don't quite match up visually, together the 5.1 system packs quite an audio punch."
- Peter Suciu, BigPictureBigSound.com, September 2009
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Let's say I'm away from home, ssh-ing on my home computer. For any reason, I need it rebooted.
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In 1961, I can't remember the exact number of elements that was supposed to comprise the universe but I do know that there are more today. Since these theories have had to be modified,does that mean that they are both more complicated than the THEORY of Relativity?
Maybe we could keep it simple. When does human life begin? When does it end? Simple? Maybe, but we STILL don't have a FACTUAL answer. When I went to college, one was taught to QUESTION, to CHALLENGE, to BE SKEPTICAL. That was the basic precept of science. Now today we talk about "junk science", "end of discussion", theory is now to be taken as FACT, discussion not allowed.
As to income redistribution, do you not call corporate welfare(solar and wind production and purchasing, ect), food stamps, student loans, housing subsities, heating subsities, ect, income redistribution? You even have a thread talking about the distribution of income. In a market based capitolistic system, people have the right to FREELY exchange their doods and serivces. Income is just a medium of exchange to facilitate that RIGHT. Yet you seem to speak of it as if income distribution is something other than that.


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I'm wondering, if there is a special technique for drawing a games' fields (like in Age of Empires or Heroes IV etc.). But I don't know what I should search for. I know, I can draw one with primitives and "dress" it up with texture. But would be it really the same as in the games mentioned above? And if there is a special technique for drawing such fields, could anybody give me any hints, what I should search for?
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Elroy-Sparta State Trail
This is the granddaddy of them all! The Elroy-Sparta Trail was the first rails-to-trails conversion in the country and it is perennially one of the most popular bicycling destinations in the state. Located in one of the most scenic parts of Wisconsin, the trail is one of the few flat surfaces in a land of narrow valleys and steep wooded bluffs. The Headquarters for this trail is Kendall Depot. Three tunnels are a big part of the trail's appeal. The longest, between Sparta and Norwalk, is more than three-quarters of a mile long. Walking through the tunnels, (you can't ride them), is an adventure in itself. The small towns en-route all have a bike-friendly atmosphere; after all, the trail has made them famous.
Hours of Operation
The Headquarters in Kendall is open May 1 - October 31. Daily 9am to 5pm.
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Just spoke with nice lady at Argos. They have sent all their Starfighters back over quality issues over the wings on the thing. Apparently there are concerns of their safety.
Argos will not accept any stock of the fighter until Hasbro have rectified the fault.
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Ok, so this week, I set up a wiki.
It was 1999, somewhere around there, when I was at the 2600 site, getting more info on freeing Kevin. Well, I saw the information on DeCSS and got involved.
It was easy at first. Not a lot of DMCA cases. I could keep track of all the new ones. That is until about 2001. Then, it got really strange. It was around this time that I called Berkman center about the GAIM case, and spoke with Wendy Seltzer about her new project, Chilling Effects.
Chilling does an excellent job, and so does the EFF. However, I thought that a contributatory system of DMCA information was in need.
I needed help back then. I couldn't track, list, link, comment and post on all the upcoming DMCA information.
On the 20th of July (about a week and half ago), I gave a presentation at The Last Hope. Presentation found here:
http://www.tim.netblues.org/index.php? option=com_rokdownloads&view=folder&Itemid=10&677e12c07f99a 353eb0968c0e8b0df69=3dfdec78cc6ea4d588e09cff32d74596
ok, long link - Tim dot Netblues dot org - then click downloads.
I think they were expecting my typical, passionate "DOWN WITH THE DMCA" speech.
Instead they got boring information about counternotifications and such. I had to. Not many people are fighting the DMCA. This is the way they can fight! I thought about it, and realized, after 10 years, I lost some hope. Lost some passion. Never did I lose interest. I just lost the hope to fight. We made such small steps into progress. After years of work, I felt like I was an anonymous bug caught in the windshield of the DMCA. What could I do?
What I realized when I was doing my research was that there is so much information and it's not found in one place.
The sites that list all the cases are not as easy to access as I would like. I think a WIKI would serve as a good knowledgebase.
Another thing I realized at the conference is that I am never going to get this book out until I get myself organized. I know I was supposed to get my outline and draft to RMS this month and I'm way behind.
There's so much info. I just need to organize it. I'm hoping to get some community help and reviews. If I can get people to contribute to the wiki, that would rock. I wouldn't have to spend hours in a day posting new info. Sometimes I miss cases!
Then, maybe I can concentrate on the book. Also, if I can get some donations, maybe I can finalize the DMCA documentary or at least post some stuff to netblues or Youtube or something!
I have some awesome video - albeit less than amateur:
Dmitry Sklyarov Rally and Speech
Protesters with Don Marti in San Fran
Interview with Bennett Haselton - Peacefire
I seriously need to get this stuff done and can't do it alone.
I'm hoping the wiki and the community will drive this single source for information about the DMCA!
Yeah, I'm back. Finally, something I can contribute in the fight against the DMCA!