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In The News 7-05-2013
Pink Floyd To Pandora: Internet Radio Rips Off Artists
Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd put aside their differences to write an editorial slamming music streaming service Pandora's royalty policies. They accused Pandora of wanting to cut artists royalties by 85%. They pointed out that 90% of artists who receive digital royalties already get less that $5,000 a year. They say Pandora tried to trick artists into signing a confusing petition without explaining properly what that petition supports.
Pandora's petition is in response to rules that require Internet radio to pay royalties to artists when they play their songs, but AM/FM stations are not required to pay royalties.
Pink Floyd recently made news last week when their catalog of music became available on rival Internet radio service Spotify.
Windows Finally Getting An Official Facebook App
Microsoft announced that there will finally be an official Facebook App for Windows. Facebook, along with Instagram and Words With Friends have been glaring omissions from the Windows 8 App Store. Considering that Microsoft actually owns part of Facebook, and that the Windows Store needs apps in the worst way, it's surprising that it took this long to announce an official app. The Windows App Store is so sparsely populated that Microsoft was bragging about an app for a popular chain of British grocery stores. I can't see Apple or Google getting fired up over a Kroger/Wegman's app. It's nice, but is that really press-release worthy? The app is expected to be released in the fall, which means Windows 8 will have been released for a year before getting an official Facebook app. Also on the way to the App Store are Flipboard and Vevo.
New App Helps You Use Social Media To Avoid Your Friends
If anti-social media is more your thing, a new web-based app helps you use social media to avoid your friends. It's called "Hell is Other People" and it uses FourSquare to track your "friends" and calculate how to stay as far away from them as possible.
It then generates a map of "safe zones" to enable you to be as anti-social as possible.
The app was designed by a graduate student at NYU, Scott Garner. Garner says he found living in New York City a bit overwhelming and designed the app to help him cope with social anxiety.
You can check it out by clicking here.
~ Cynthia
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Tired of Gross, Smudge-Covered Screens?
Always Hunting For a Pen?
Wish You Could Have An LED Light Anywhere?
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Have you ever been sitting there, fighting with your phone, just trying to dial in the right numbers? But the touchscreen buttons are too small, your fingers are too big, or the phone just seems not to want to listen to you?
Or maybe you noticed that after just a couple uses, your touchscreen device is COVERED from top to bottom in nasty smudges that look awful and get your screen blurry!
Oh, and scratches? Those are PERMANENT DAMAGE!
And how many times have you been out-and-about, ready to write a check, note, sign something... only to realize YOU HAVE NO PEN! It's infuriating!
Let's not forget how often you're DYING to find a flashlight, too! Whenever you need one, they all seem to disappear!
AWESOME Combination STYLUS PEN & LED LIGHT!!
It's a capactive touchscreen stylus , plus a smooth and precise pen!
And to top it all off, there's an LED light built right in! SWEET!
How has nobody ever thought of this before?!
If you've never used a stylus on your touchscreen device... you're in for a HUGE TREAT!
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Patty from South Dakota writes:
Recently I had to ask for help installing a printer. He asked me if he could go to assist and I said yes. Got everything going except now my task bar and background when I go to my start menu are a dull gray and I don't like that. I don't know what he did. Can you help me to go back the way it was when I got my computer?
Thank You
Patty, you don't say which version of Windows you're using, so I'll walk you through it on my Windows 7 Computer. You'll want to go to that dull gray Start Menu and select Control Panel:
A new window will open. Choose Appearance and Personalization.
Another Window will open offering you Personalization options.
Here, I've selected Change Window Glass Colors, but your option might be Change the color of your taskbar and window borders, depending on what version of Windows you're using.
Right now, the colors are gray and opaque.
I'm switching them to blue and transparent. (transparent may not be an option, depending on your operating system.) You can also adjust the intensity of the color to your liking.
Don't forget to Save Changes.
As you can see, my Start Menu is now my preferred shade of blue.
So is the Taskbar.
Hope this helps you get some color back to your desktop.
~ Cynthia
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Terri from West Virginia writes: Is an external hard drive the best place to store pictures?
It's difficult to say where the absolute "best" place to store pictures might be. What's best for you might not be best for someone else. An external hard drive is a good place to store photos. Photos can take up a lot of space on your computer's hard drive, especially if you have archived years of family photographs.
An external hard drive is nice because you can dedicate room to your images and also because you can access it from multiple computers in your home. And normally, there are really only a few images you need immediate access to on your computer at a time. If you decide you want to share or print some old photos or perhaps use them in a project, you can retrieve them from your external drive as needed. That leaves the hard drive space on your computer free for your current needs.
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Is there a way to password a flash drive?
The most reliable way to password protect a flash drive is to encrypt it, and the best free program currently available for encryption is TrueCrypt. This program features a powerful form of disk encryption which allows an entire drive to be encrypted (or a specific file created on a disk which will be "mountable"). Mounting allows a virtual drive to be created and stored inside one encrypted file on a disk which you can access by a drive letter on your computer.
Why is it best to use this mountable file option when creating your encrypted flash drive? Well, if you use the "whole drive encryption" the drive is useless without installing TrueCrypt. If you use the file method you can still store non-encrypted information on the flash drive for anyone to access and keep the encrypted information in a special password protected file.
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Jules Verne
Jules Verne is one of the great iconic authors that just about everyone has read, and if they haven't read his books they've seen one the movies based on it or have a general pop culture understanding of his works (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, anyone?).
Today I'm bringing you not one, but two links that are related to Verne. The first is Jules Verne: Collecting the Books and Ephemera of French Author Jules Verne. There you'll find the main page has easy navigation to all of the categories of the site. The categories are: Verne's Works, Ephemera, Jules Verne Dictionary, Autographs, Images of Verne, Family Tree, Locations, Links, as well as Every Book Has a Story (blue link wedged between the header image and the categories), and the alphabetical title listing of any Jules Verne book in English and French.
That is a lot of options, so my advice is to just dive into what catches your fancy. I headed for the Verne's Works section. I knew of the major works beforehand but was pleasantly surprised to see how much is out there left to read. He was a very prolific writer. After that I checked out the Ephemera and the the Images of Verne. I ended my visit in the Every Book Has a Story which takes an in-depth look at an actual book from 1875 and the story it has to tell. Definitely my cup of tea.
The second site I wanted to feature was this article from io9: Everything You Know About Jules Verne is Probably Wrong. The article clears up some common pop culture misconceptions about the author Jules Verne and his works.
There are six different points that are clarified about Jules Verne and his works throughout the article. I found it very interesting to see what the majority of people think about Verne's writing and where they are wrong. The one that surprised me was that people think that Verne is primarily a children's author, I've always thought of him as one of the foundation authors for the genre of Science Fiction.
Go check out the article and see which point of clarification surprises you!
These are both awesome site about Jules Verne. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
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I can only promise I'll watch the first movie. But I swore I'd watch it before I'd comment on it, so I've had to sit on the sidelines while my betters, those with the strength, sat through it. I'm four, maybe five drinks deep. It's Tuesday. Girlfriend away. Facebook uninspiring. This is the moment. I will watch this shit.
Prepared: One bowl of chips. Dip, made with the soup mix and sour cream. Little bit of whiskey left. One bottle of wine. Two cats. Giant iron gonads or weird personal issues, take your pick. One iTunes account. One Apple TV. One TV. Pixels, prepare.
Starting with a voiceover. Bad sign. Shaky camera chases a deer. Turns to steady camera. Back to shaky. Back to voiceover. Pretty girl with terrible dialogue. "I would miss my loving, erratic, mumble mumble mother." Fucking enunciate. I seriously just listened to that line four times, I still have no idea what the mumble mumble was. It's a voiceover, for chrissake, you can have as many takes as you want. Should have picked up more wine. Or possibly less, since alcohol is what put me in this situation. Some shitty pop or hipster music playing now; I need a smoke.
We've wrapped up our token old native american and our token cripple in one character. Certainly efficient. Father buys estranged daughter a shitty truck. First day of school; one single alienating comment from a blond girl, then she has a bunch of friends. OMG THAT'S SO JUST LIKE MY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE in no fucking way at all.
Oh, it's okay, the friends are just for plot exposition. Ah, and as a lead up to the hottest, most unattainable guy in school walking in and staring her down immediately. Seriously, fuck you. I got beat up on the goddamn orientation day at my high school.
Hot guy appears to have stomach issues upon seeing new girl, despite the fan placed to blow her hair around in slow motion. I don't know who the set manager is, but it's the least sexy slow-motion hair I've seen to date. There was some dramatic guitar, reminded me of the early 90s, can't say why.
I think that may have been a plot point. Something about cute boys, are they treating you nice, mom is weird but not weird, distant but loving… no, it's nothing, it's meant to drop the phrase "cute boys" and that's about it. But that's okay, because we can cut to
EYES. And more 90s guitar.
Voiceover: "I plan to confront him. And demand to know what his problem was." Jesus Motherfucking Christ. Updates will have to come slower, or I'll be here all night.
She slips. She says, "Ice doesn't really help the uncoordinated." Dad replies, "Yeah, that's why I had some new tires put on the truck." THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY FUCKING SENSE. FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING HACK. Seriously, fewer updates.
Hot guy back. At least we're approaching the primary relationship, if not the main conflict, which most decent movies establish before the title music. Hot guy has gotten over his stomach problems, though still can't enunciate any better than the protagonist. Or act.
Saved her life with superhuman strength and speed. Guess that makes up for not being able to act. Worked for Superman. Why the van was screaming out of control toward her in a parking lot is unclear. Oh, wait, it was driven by the black guy, that explains it.
If I knew absolutely nothing about this movie going in, I would know the doctor was a vampire. Or Tom Cruise pre-makeup.
Hot boy is now lying to her and telling her she's being irrational, with a fratty smirk on his face. Nice. I know this will seem sensible later, when his immortality problems are revealed to be so much more important than her mortality and sanity problems.
Still lying, with a dash of condescension. Teenage girls are watching this and thinking he's a dish. Mull that over for a bit, see if you don't vomit. I've seen porn with more progressive relationships. Oh, then he tells her she's a klutz, but it's cool, because he says, "Sorry I'm being rude all the time," then gets cut off. Inside info, this guy's supposed to be a century old or whatever; I figured out how to talk to women when I was 23, and that's pretty late.
"Why didn't you just let the van crush me." She said that. You can't make this up. Taking a bathroom break, hoping I miss something.
I overheard a line from the bathroom, but I don't want to talk about it. More important, why is this guy in high school? When you live forever, it takes serious mismanagement of your education and your finances to have to go to high school for eighty years. Apparently homeschooling isn't an option for super powerful monsters avoiding the sun and trying not to eat teenage girls. Not like he's trying to make friends and influence people.
Judging by her current high school social status, the protagonist has been in this town her whole life, and was always the prettiest girl. And only started being awkward three days ago. When the "plot" kicked in.
Miraculously, hot guy knew she was being attacked by random rapey hoodlums in a rural town, pop 3000, and stared them all down, so I guess this makes him cool, since he's clearly not stalking her and was just making a handbrake turn into a dead-end for the hell of it. Then we're supposed to be sorry for him because he's not killing the hoodlums. End of scene. Really: end of scene.
Well, at least she called him out on the stalking. He feels "very protective" of her and was following her. See: stalking. Anyway, there's some nonsense, but now he doesn't have the strength to stay away from her anymore, his words. Because, really, it's all about men having the strength not to stay away from women and women being too pretty and HOW IS THIS NOT RAPE APOLOGIST PROPAGANDA? FUCK YOU.
This is the scene in the library where Giles figures it out or they have a bunch of much wittier coming-of-age dialogue than this movie is going to provide, so I'm smoking.
Addendum to 47:30
Anything in this movie that isn't stolen from popular nonsense is stolen from Ann Rice.
She has the "oh shit he's a vampire moment" at the exact midpoint of the movie, classically known as the turning point, when you're supposed to have a revelation that changes everything. At least the script doctor did his job. And hot guy says "Say it. Out loud." Because… you know. Oh, and he sparkles in the sun. Exactly like all the vampires never. Brilliant. You come up with a new vampire myth, and that's the thing you change.
She's his heroin.1[1] He wants her blood more than anything. He wants to kill her, but she trusts him, because he's a liar who tells her she's crazy to think he's not normal because he has superhuman abilities. Look, to any girls or boys in high school reading this, I've had these relationships, and they suck. Run. Run at 24:20.
Pan out usually means sex, but since this movie seems to have a 19th century set of values, I assume the pan out means they hugged real sexy-like, then she fainted and he had to call the butler for the smelling salts, after which they took a lovely constitutional in the courtyard so she could get some air and stop swooning and being hysterical.
Somebody hit a bunch of piano keys for this part of the soundtrack. Somebody who sucked at life.
Back to voiceover. Voiceover stating the obvious in bullet point form. Not only obvious, but obviating whatever was left of the emotional content into the simplest, most immediately accessible terms. Pardon, need to piss a better story.
Token crippled native american is back! Will he be a breath of fresh air, or reveal some ancient secret about the land and the people? I paused it, so if you haven't seen the movie or read the book, take bets now, since I know next to nothing about this story besides the agony of the last hour and the facebook babble. Bonus points for the following: "my people," "ancient," reference to how he came to be in a wheelchair. Going to be straight up about these predictions; if none of them come up, I lose three points.
I was completely wrong. For now. Merely a not-subtle-at-all subtle suggestion that token dude knows what's up. I expect something plot-related about the wheelchair will be revealed later or in the next movie. Which I will never watch.
FYI, Claire de Lune never got a high school boy laid.
Neither did playing piano. It's possible that playing Clair de Lune on a piano could get a high school boy laid, but I'm not having kids, so can't conduct further research. Please contact me if you have data points.
Somehow, our protagonist's surreal life has brought her closer to her dad, even though she hasn't had an interaction with him in a hour and no part of the story suggests that emotional awakening in any way.
My roommate and his girlfriend came home and I had to admit to what I was doing. My roommate's girlfriend reports that her mother's best friend required her mother and her friends to watch all the existing movies prior to any release of a new one. I can't imagine such a hell.
My roommate's fundamental problem with twilight is that an ex-girlfriend gave him the book on the grounds that he had to read it since it was about vampires, and because hot guy was so beautiful, based on a few paragraphs of description. He feels he was tricked into carrying around a book for teenage girls based on the extrapolated fantasies of an effectively teenage ex.
I'm more offended that somebody wrote this for teenage girls.
He's been watching her sleep. This leads into a semi-sex scene that's oh so quaint. She apologizes for having sexual feelings. Because that would drive him into a blood rage, of course. Good thing she didn't wear a miniskirt.
At this point, we establish that the protagonist's dad doesn't like her boyfriend, doesn't respect his daughter, and that all the men in her life should probably have their balls removed by weasel. Cut to sexy baseball scene, based on a couple of Matrixy film techniques invented sixteen years ago, added to this movie to prevent all the twenty-somethings from slitting their other wrist.
In America, ancient battles between mythological beings are solved with friendly games of baseball. This could actually be awesome, if it wasn't so poorly done.2[2] Oh, wait, smelled human. Now everything's fucked.
Girl is too emotional, man has to drive. Oh, yeah, this just followed play 26 of the dad vs. daughter stock footage fight reels, so it doesn't matter how many rational faculties have been removed from the protagonist. It's daddy's fault.
Bunch of expensive cars blasting out of rural nowhere. There was probably another plot point leading up to this. I can't take it anymore. I have to go to bed and try to complete this tomorrow.
Next day
Coffee acquired. Don't want to do it, but I've come this far, and I owe it to society to report back, to save better men who might have trod this path from having these two hours of their life sucked away so cruelly. Waiting for my lunch break, and for the first time in my professional career, dreading it.
Fast forwarding to where I left off. Should have done this in the first place: it's basically the same story, but without all the rapey dialogue. Still too long.
Catching up a bit. This is harder sober. The vampires are suiting up for a kill, and vampire girl says "What if they kill one of us first?" which is a line rightly ignored by everyone in the room, since its sum contribution to plot, situation, and character is slightly less than zero. Seriously. It just makes the movie two seconds longer.
Hot guy's stomach problems are back. Girl is part of the family now, so they're protecting her. That happened fast.
Okay, so the nice cars belonged to the vampires, that makes more sense. I guess we're in the third act. Girl looks like she's recovering from a coke hangover. There's a lot of music.
Okay, so vampire sister has visions of the future, except they change when people change their minds, making one think, hey, what fucking good are these visions? Has nobody brought this up during a staff meeting? "So, Jim, so we hired Sara to see the future for us, and, well, she kind of, you know, can't."
Actually, now that I'm thinking about various past jobs, this makes perfect sense.
The pacing in this movie blows. Some of the scene cuts look like they forgot to stop recording during the commercials. And I'm not clear on why the bad guy gives such a fuck about the protagonist. I'm sure that came up at some point, and I would go back and check if I had the stomach, but I don't, and frankly, I should have had a few more cues on the new primary conflict if this movie isn't going to decide what it's actually about. You can watch Star Wars blackout drunk and still know what was going on the next day.
And the writing is just brilliant. Bear with this scene:
1) Future girl's vision changes because she's useless.
2) New vision: mirrored room.
3) Protagonist identifies it as a ballet studio. Because we discover she did ballet. Just now. Maybe they mentioned this before, I don't give a fuck. Not like it matters except for this scene, because, 20 seconds later, bad guy calls up, having kidnapped her mother, and says she has to come alone. Where are they going to meet? Wait for NO OMG LEMME TELL U RITE NOW ITS THE BALLET STUDIO!
This is what it feels like when your intelligence is slapped with giant troll dick.
Oh, and yes, the girl's two vampire bodyguards, sworn to protect her, just left her alone in a crowded room, so her fulfilling the bad guy's demand of giving her friends the slip consists of her turning around and walking out the door.
Voiceover: "Dying in the place of someone I love… seems like a good way to go." Subtext: "Because I have no skills, initiative, self-respect, or emotional control, I may as well abandon my super-friends who could totally solve this situation and go die." Appropriate audience response: "Yes, please."
Voiceover: "I can't regret the decisions I made that brought me face to face with death." Trying to remember a decision she made. Oh, she moved away from her mother, an hour and half ago. That was a decision. Oh, and decided to do exactly the stupid thing the bad guy told her to do so he could kill her.
Some fucking time I'm never getting back
In this scene she looks a little bit like Hermione from Harry Potter. If I were Emma Watson and somebody mistook me for this girl and asked for an autograph, I would take the pen, sign "get therapy," and stab them in the eye.
Sound mixing sucks. Designed to inspire dread, inspires confusion.
Hot guy saves her. Well, after the bad guy cracks her skull and breaks her leg. Oh, and hot guy is so transfixed by her blood, he doesn't notice the bad guy counter-attacking. Fight scene. Actually not terrible. Would be better if this was the whole movie.
Rest of the good guys show up. Girl on floor, going into shock, screaming a lot. I'm guessing now hot guy has to bite her, since every good-guy vampire in the history of storytelling has had to bite a girl for her own good.
Well, the family just executed the bad guy, virtually off-camera, which was about as climactic as soft-core porn. Oh, and the bad guy's venomous. Or will turn her into a vampire, I think. Oh, and her femoral artery is cut, and they're solving the vamp-venom thing by sucking her blood, of course, so we've got our Good Guy Vampire Bite in the bag. And then he sucks for too long (about two hours too long, so far), and, as usual, the girl's getting off on it. Oh, and she should be seriously, seriously dead at this point.
Worst. Flashback montage. Ever.
Voiceover: "Death is peaceful. Easy. Life is harder." I just saw death portrayed as lying next to the boy you love forever. This movie just told millions of girls to kill themselves, as close to literally as makes no difference. This isn't even funny. This is sick and dangerous.
Is she freaking out because she almost died? Because hot guy might freak out at any moment and suck her dry? Nope. Freaking out because hot guy might leave her. You could replace 90% of her dialogue with "abuse me harder" and get the same movie.
Yay, Prom!
Men are fighting over her. Because god knows she's a whore and will run off with whatever.
Just paused it to get a time and discovered the chapter where they go to prom is entitled "important rite of passage."
Hot guy just said "Prom is an important rite of passage." That explains it.
She's dancing with her much taller, much older boyfriend. Her feet are on his shoes because her leg's broken. Daddy issues? Anyone?
She wants to be a vampire.
Him: "I'm not going to end your life."
Her: "I'm done. Already."
He doesn't turn her into a vampire. The metaphor for not getting fucked on prom night is about as subtle as, oh, I don't know, a giant troll dick.
We end on some red-headed skank spying on them and plotting their downfall. Followed by EYES. Mercifully, I can stop watching this.
I went in expecting this to be bad, but it is so much worse than I thought. This movie is explicitly telling girls to shut up, be pretty, obsess over abusive boys, and kill themselves if the going gets rough, because hey, life's over at seventeen anyway. But don't have sex. Ever.
It's fucking horrifying. I feel bad for my TV. I need a drink.


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Batman and the Big Penny
A joke that started out of the story of a PA middle schooler doing a science project that ultimately led to the discovery that the US Government could save nearly $400 million a year in printing costs, just by switching from Times New Roman type to Garamond, led down a curious path.
Here's that story (which is a mind blower):
I actually have to credit Pete Kaliner for posting it first, over on Facebook. To which, I commented about the cost of making pennies and nickels, which outweigh their face value and how the government wouldn't go for it because it made sense.
Pete mentioned, jokingly, the Big Toner Lobby learning from the Big Nickel and Big Penny lobbies. To which, I joked that the Big Penny lobby had Batman support.
I dropped the joke into the conversation, in the first hour, and threw it out there for listeners who could figure out the cryptic reference.
Fast forward an hour, and Erin calls the show on behalf of her 11 year old song Teague, who was beside himself when he heard me mention it, and insisted on his mom calling me when they got home so he could reveal the answer.
I have to say, it was a fun and very cool call to take, and a tip of the hat to Teague for knowing his Batman Trivia.
Here's a great link, showing what Teague and I were talking about. For those who are curious:


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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Wellness Walks program creators Dr. Norman and Roslyn Levy joined TV20's Emily Burris on Morning Edition to talk about the health benefits of walking.
The Wellness Walks began as a 10-week initiative of COACH, a program in Alachua County fighting obesity. COACH, created by the Alachua County Medical Society and Alliance, focuses on creating county-wide partnerships working to improve the health of Alachua County residents.
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Visions of Lima in 2021
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What will Lima be like in 2021? Some leading thinkers weigh in on the city's future.
Lima is celebrating its anniversary and experiencing a bitter fight over whether to recall its mayor and councilors. That makes it a perfect time to ask how the capital city will look in 2021, when Peru celebrates its bicentennial. Here, a group of leading thinkers envision how Lima will look in eight years.
The challenges of water and transportation
Juan Luis Orrego Penagos, historian
In 2021, when we celebrate the bicentennial of the independence declared by José de San Martín the Plaza de Armas, I hope that all Limeños have adequate water and sewage services, as well as a modern system of mass transportation, clean and efficient, a subway train that is democratic, a place where every stratum of society meets. I wish for a city with more public spaces: parks, plazas, cultural centers and special places for children and the elderly.
To sum up, I want a city for everyone, where no one tries to "privatize" the public space, as some try to do now with the parks and beaches. I want to finish, as a historian, by referring to the past, to our city's grand legacy. I would like Lima's residents to be more sensitive to the cultural heritage that Lima possesses: its pyramids, mansions, churches, monuments, et cetera, which are part of the identity of an ancient city, whose history started long before it was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535.
Between reality and the dream
Wiley Ludeña Urquizo, architect
Between the real Lima and the one we dream of, the scenarios for the future are very different. Judging by the current dynamics, the real estate boom and the megaprojects conceived of as instinctive reactions rather than through forethought, for the nearly 12 million residents of Lima in 2021, the city will be a growing urban nightmare, more disperse, fragmented and conflictive, but with small doses of pleasant, sophisticated settings. More or less like today, but probably more sanitized and frivolous.
To say that I would like to see Lima more socially, environmentally and economically sustainable, inclusive, competitive, innovative, democratic and healthy in 2021 would just be to repeat the wishes for any city on the planet. I prefer, faced with a future that is gray but specked with many lights of pseudo-progress, to repeat Aristotle, and one of the simplest and most convincing definitions of what a city should be, in dreams and in reality: "The city is nothing more than the association of equal beings, who together hope to achieve a happy and easy existence."
The crisis explodes
Patricia Ciriani Espejo, historian
Apocalypse 2021. The real estate bubble bursts, the crisis explodes and the thousands of poorly built apartments bought on credit during the economic boom quickly go empty. The urban centers become poorer and the periphery multiplies, with its alternative art as active as its endemic crime. The museums and contemporary art galleries go broke and the funds from the big cities have stopped: Miami doesn't answer anymore and the captains of the art industry have abandoned ship.
The buildings on the overpopulated hills keep falling down with each earthquake, the parks have become private commercial areas, and the only green space left is the Costa Verde, devastated by a tsunami and bordered by an ultramodern seafront. Lima is no longer that horizontal line that closed the gray curtain of the sky. The city has become vertical, and the traditional spaces for socializing are empty fringes that separate the districts that have become atomized ghettoes.
How will Limeños have fun?
Alex Huerta Mercado, anthropologist
Predict how we will have fun? Definitely, one of the more entertaining things about Lima is its unpredictability. It has changed so much in recent years.
I can imagine that public spaces will become a social relation and not just a series of places; by that, I mean that I discern a greater democratization in the places where the Limeños of the future will meet, where the discourse against discrimination will be more efficient, at least. I hope, for example, that young people will have more places to flirt, date and have fun than those curious oases called "malls."
At the level of speech, I am sure that humor and melodrama will continue to be our favorite forms of fiction. We will keep laughing at ourselves and enjoying our absurdities, as we have always done on television, but I am sure that there will be greater risks of hurt feelings, more vigilance and more space for censorship.
We will keep eating fats and carbohydrates in the street as a way to get cheap energy, but we will feel guiltier and guiltier about the foreign discourse over calories and health. Anyway, we will enjoy sitting on the bench, sharing our food and criticizing the state, soccer or the economy.
In the end, I think that we will confess our love for our city, sitting as it is in the middle of the desert, but colored by our playful, endearing, flavorful culture.


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Round circles of two high-flavored cheeses nestled in crescent dough. Always KISS THE COOK!!
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What a wonderful and easy little appetizer. These could not be easier to make and are a gorgeous combination of creamy decadence from the cream cheese/mayo, spice from the pepper cheese, and tang from the blue cheese. I used a jalapeno cheddar instead of jack and completely forgot the lovely fresh parsley, but these were still gone in a flash!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1⁄2 cup blue cheese, crumbled
- 1⁄4 cup monterey jack pepper cheese, shredded
- 2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 (8 ounce) can Pillsbury Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
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- Heat oven to 375°F Lightly spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. Mix cheeses and mayonnaise in small bowl until well blended and soft.
- Separate dough into 2 long rectangles. Firmly press perforations to seal. Spread cheese mixture evenly over rectangles. Starting at short side, roll up each; pinch edges to seal. Cut each roll into 8 slices. Place cut side down on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with parsley.
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Epson has stopped leading on the draft print speeds it used to quote and now offers normal mode speeds, 15ppm black and 9.3ppm colour for this machine. Our 5-page black text document completed in 27s, which is 11.1ppm and the longer, 20-page one returned 14.1ppm, only a smidgen off the stated figure.
The 5-page colour print took 56s, though, which is only 5.4ppm. Still, both of these speeds are more than respectable for a colour inkjet printer and the black print speed is the fastest we've seen for a good while.
Copy speeds are also a cut above the normal with a single-page, colour copy taking just 22s and a 5-page black copy from the ADF coming through in 1:05. Photo prints take around the 1:20 mark, which is also on the quick side of average.
You do pay for some of these high print speeds with the occasional glitch in quality. A slight fuzziness to characters turns out to be a combination of the occasional missed registration of one print line with the next and some run of ink into the paper, but this will probably only be annoying to the more fastidious customer.
Colour print on plain paper is generally good and black text registration is pretty much spot on, but we did see some striping in areas of colour fill. This could be our particular review sample, though.
Photo prints are of high quality, with a good range of natural colours, and sharply drawn detail. Although this machine isn't billed as a photo printer, it does a pretty good job for a four-ink machine.
It's hard not to reach the conclusion that Epson is trying to steer customers towards more expensive consumables. The recommended inks for the Stylus Office BX610FW are the Cheetah set (the ones with a cheetah on their boxes), which offer yields of around 300 pages for about £8 a throw, while the 'also available' Rhino set (rhino on their boxes) gives 700 to 1,000 pages for £11 to £18, a much more economical choice.
When questioned, the company says it's trying to keep the individual purchase price down for the customer, but this machine is intended for the office, where the greater long-term economy is more important.
The cost per page we calculate at 2.5p for black and 6.2p for colour, including 0.7p paper cost. These figures are very good for a machine in this class and although a full set of cartridges may set you back £50, you're not going to be buying them every week.
The Stylus Office BX610FW certainly has the speed needed for an office printer, beating several budget colour lasers we've tested. The print quality is not up to laser standards, but is fine for general day-to-day use. Print costs are low and there's a good range of features included in this machine. It's a bit noisy and there's no duplexer, but for the asking price this is an excellent, colour all-in-one.
As an aside, this machine is also marketed at the home as the SX610FW - identical inside and out.
It's also almost identical to the BX600FW/SX600FW, but upgraded with the nice textured top, and a slightly faster print speed.
@Simon - when you say "a bit noisy"... how noisy? I can't see a dBa figure quoted?
@sthair: It's on the results page (no.4). 66 dBa peak.
Simon, can you tell me if it has a scan to (folder, email document) function?
The more recent HP AIO printers are absolutely crap at this. The feature is there, but 9 out of 10 doesn't work. I'm sure this has much to do with the fact that their drivers by default are about as large as an OS install for some reason. It's been so bad lately, that we're strongly advising our clients away from HP printers altogether. Brother do some good MFC printers, but this Epson is in a different price range from those.
I'll get off my soap-box now ;p
Is the Epson driver any good?
What about duplex printing?
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I need to write a poem in the style of an American romantic poet. I don't really understand how to incorporate that into a poem. My poem is supposed to be about nature with the five senses. Can someone please explain to me how i create an american romantic poem??
Romanticism was an era in literature that focused on the individual and his journey opposed to the earlier periods that were focused on religion (like the Puritan ideas.)
Ralph Waldo Emerson was a writer/poet from the romantic era. More specifically he was the hero of transcendentalism. Which was basically just the ideal that in order to understand life and the world one must transcend logic and materials to find the innate divinity within ourselves.
Emerson wrote an essay call "Nature" that talks about how through observing the beauty of nature one can become closer to transcending worldly things and become connected with your innate goodness.
So basically you just need to incorporate those ideas. The poem should be about an individual who is able to understand something significant about his life or the purpose of life through observing nature with his five senses.
For example maybe the individual could go to beach with his family and he sees the vast ocean, feels the warm sun, tastes/smells the salt water, and hears the waves, sees the smiles on his family's face and hear's them laughing and it reminds him of how he used to go to that beach with his family and makes him think about how fast life goes by.
I hope that helped!
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All 5 state championship gams and Cat-Griz? I'm in
It's without question the best weekend of football in the state of Montana.
My colleague at the Billings Gazette, Slim Kimmell, wrote a column earlier this week talking about moving all five of the high school state championship games to one location over a heck of a weekend.
For a long time, I've been against that idea. I like the fact that games are played in a school's home town. It's a nice boost for the local economies and at least one team doesn't have to travel.
But the football fan in me kinda wants to see it happen.
Someone on Twitter (sorry, I can't remember who or else I'd give credit) mentioned playing the high school games at the same site as the Cat-Griz game. And wow, what a weekend that could be.
This could be the schedule. Friday night: 4:30 and 7:30. On Saturday, 10:30, 1:30, 4:30 and then to top it all off, the Cat-Griz game at 7:30 p.m. I would have the classes rotate through the time schedules every year, that way 6-man isn't forced to play at 10:30 a.m., every year.
Obviously, this isn't going to happen over night and there are a ton of challenges to putting this on. But as Slim said, "if Wyoming can do it, so can we."
Onto the picks.
Glacier at Bozeman
They played a pretty close game (by Bozeman's standards) and as we've all seen, the second meeting is always closer. But Bozeman is just too good......Bozeman 31, Glacier 27
Dillon at Billings Central
Dillon is good. Real good. They beat Central earlier this season and Central doesn't have the best record in state championship games. But I'll take Holden Ryan and the Rams offense in this one.....Central 24, Dillon 21
Missoula Loyola at Baker
I'll be at this game, wandering the sidelines of one of the best fields in the state. As I mentioned in the previews, Baker is battle tested and the long bus trip for Loyola isn't going to help.....Baker 28, Loyola 26
Wibaux at Ennis
Looking at the Ennis team, they're impressive. Lots of different ways they can beat you. But I've had Wibaux ranked number one all season and I can't exactly jump off the band wagon now.....Wibaux 42, Ennis 38
Stanford-Geyser-Denton at Geraldine-Highwood
Shootout in 6-Man? Of course......Geraldine-Highwood 63, Stanford-Geyser-Denton 58
Montana at Montana State
I was standing in the bleachers of Bobcat Stadium last Saturday evening in a state of bewilderment and shock at the final play. A fifth-year senior quarterback, who has been the Big Sky Player of the Year the last two years, checked down to a running back in the middle of the field with 10 seconds left. I don't think he makes the same mistakes this week......Montana State 24, Montana 20
Baylor at Oklahoma State
I said it a couple weeks ago, but I'm going to say it again. This is where the BCS ride ends for Baylor.....Oklahoma State 41, Baylor 38
Arizona State at UCLA
Arizona State crept back into the rankings, but I think UCLA is a quietly good team.....UCLA 37, Arizona State 28
Texas A&M at LSU
Johnny Football avenges his loss to LSU and solidifies his Heisman bid.....Texas A&M 24, LSU 19
Missouri at Ole Miss
This Ole Miss team is going to be a force in the coming years. But, they're still one year away from being at the top of the SEC.....Missouri 28, Ole Miss 17
Carolina at Miami
A big win for Carolina last week over New England. And Miami is still a mess. I see Carolina overlooking this one.....Miami 17, Carolina 10
Minnesota at Green Bay
Without Aaron Rodgers, there's only one word for this game. Ugh......Minnesota 24, Green Bay 7
Dallas at New York Giants
Dear Lord, the Giants are going to win the NFC East.....New York 28, Dallas 27
Denver at New England
Is the Tom Brady Magic gone? We can only hope.....Denver 38, New England 28
San Francisco at Washington
Kaepernick!!! RGIII!!! I was never sold on Kaepernick (and his bicep kiss didn't help my perception) and RGIII should have never started the season. Either way, disappointing for both.....San Francisco 28, Washington 14
Last week: 11-4. Overall: 95-55.
Kelly Reid's picks: Bozeman, Dillon, Baker, Ennis, Stanford-Geyser-Denton; Montana, Baylor, UCLA, LSU, Missouri; Carolina, Green Bay, New York, Denver, San Francisco. Last week: 13-2. Overall: 109-41.
Tyler Chapmon's picks: Bozeman, Dillon, Baker, Ennis, Stanford-Geyser-Denton; Montana, Baylor, UCLA, LSU, Missouri; Carolina, Minnesota, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco. Last week: 11-4. Overall: 98-52.
Paul Rask's picks: Bozeman, Dillon, Baker, Wibaux, Geraldine-Highwood; Montana State, Baylor, UCLA, LSU, Missouri; Carolina, Green Bay, New York, Denver, San Francisco. Last week: 8-7. Overall: 97-53.
Ryan Watts' picks: Bozeman, Dillon, Baker, Wibaux, Stanford-Geyser-Denton; Montana State, Baylor, Arizona State, Texas A&M, Ole Miss; Carolina, Green Bay, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco. Last week: 10-5. Overall: 94-56.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Josh Samuelson is the Sports Editor of the Miles City Star.


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Paducah Tilghman knew it just had to stay on course and not panic against St. Mary, even after the Lady Vikings jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings in their Second District matchup at St. John's Field.
The Lady Blue Tornado finally got things going in the third and fourth innings and used the seven runs they scored during the two frames Tuesday evening to topple St. Mary 14-6.
After cutting the lead to 4-2 with two runs in the top of the third, Paducah Tilghman plated five runs in the top of the fourth and none were bigger than Emily Robertson's one-out, two-run double that scored the final two runs in the inning and put the Lady Blue Tornado ahead 7-4.
"Those runs were big, because this is an important district game," said Robertson, who went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI and two doubles. "We wanted to get ahead early, but didn't. But once we scored the runs it put less pressure on our pitcher and it was just big to win this game."
Those runs helped winning-pitcher Karlee Humphrey settle down, and she only allowed St. Mary to score single runs in the bottom of the fourth and the bottom of the seventh after that.
Paducah Tilghman (18-3, 2-0 2nd D) added three runs in the top of the fifth, one in the top of the sixth and three more in the top of the seventh to take the win.
"We haven't been very consistent scoring early, but we've been putting runs across every game and we knew that was just the first inning," said Humphrey, who was charged with six runs and eight hits and also struck out four. "We got off to a bad start, but knew we could come back from being four runs down. When we put together those string of hits it just killed their momentum and we were able to execute and produce when we needed to."
Lakyn Largent took the loss for St. Mary (7-13, 0-4 2nd D) and gave up 11 runs and nine hits over six innings with one strikeout. Rachel Denkins pitched one inning, the fifth and faced the first two batters in the sixth. Denkins allowed six hits and three runs to go with a strikeout in her inning of work.
Paducah Tilghman's victory sets it up for a two-game Second District showdown with top-ranked McCracken County (26-4, 2-0 2nd D) for the regular-season title.
The teams will play Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at McCracken County High School and then play a game that was rained out April 29, on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Tilghman's field.
"They're big ballgames," Tilghman coach Carl Johnson said. "They are ranked No. 1 in the state, and we're playing pretty loose. The pressure is on them. We'll be there and we'll be ready to play."
Tilghman goes into Thursday's game on a six-game winning streak, while McCracken County has won its last eight.
Paducah Tilghman 025 313 0 14 15 2
St. Mary 310 100 1 6 8 3
STM: Largent, Denkins (5), Largent (6) and M. Durbin ; PT: Humphrey and Tyler.
WP: Humphrey. LP: Largent
2B: STM - Gipson. PT -Robertson (2), Myers, Tyler, Morgan. 3B: STM - Lurtz. PT - none. HR: none. Top hitters: STM - Lurtz 3-4, 2 runs; Denkins 2-3; Gipson 2-4, RBI; M. Durbin 2-4. PT - Myers 3-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Tyler 4-5, Run, RBI; Driver 3-5, 2 RBI; Robertson 3-4, 2 RBIs; Sexton 2-5, 2 runs; Morgan 3-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs.
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text: As we near the anniversary of Whitney Houston's death, her mom is releasing a book about Whitney to take advantage of the publicity that will surely be coming. It was promised as a tell all, but apparently Cissy's definition and mine are completely different. You want to hear about Whitney's drug use. Cissy basically says Whitney started them and couldn't get off them. Lesbian rumors? Cissy just says she didn't like Robyn Crawford and that she doesn't know anything about any romantic relationship. if course she also said Whitney used to go out partying and Cissy had no idea what was going on with the drugs until later. So, out of a big biography that is all the dirt.


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I shy away from really old buildings (as in 50 years or older, talk less of 780+ years old) for many reasons. Mostly because I'd rather not share my room with previous residents from generations past. So all senses were heightened even before I stepped into the impressive Ashford Castle located in Cong, County Mayo. Once home to the Guinness family, Ashford sits on 300 hectares of meticulously manicured lush land which would take days to explore if one were to attempt it by foot.
The roughly 1 mile drive from its intricately decorated gates, cutting through green fields that rolled on and on up to the castle itself at the edge of Lough Corrib gave me a few seconds to reflect. Rather, a few seconds to free up my mind from preconceived notions of luxury. God knows I have my opinions, and they don't include flitting around 5-star digs just because I have incoming opportunities and access to do so.
Dingle the Owl welcomed us in style upon arrival, creating a powerful visual against the grand backdrop with uniformed staff lining up to greet us as well. They were key for me, these men and women behind neatly pressed uniforms and smiles. When I travel, I beeline it right for staff and feed off their vibe because they tell you, without words, just how a place truly works and the treatment margin between paying customers and daily workers.
Just how warm and real was this castle when the word 'castle' itself conjures up images of opulence and privilege?
In the next few days, Ashford would go on to show me its warmth in many ways; from the jovial chamber maids I kept bumping into everyday to Fiona, the falconer currently on her way to Oxford for further studies yet filled with humility so rare in this self obsessed social media age. With most of its staff clocking an average of over 5-8 years of continuous service at the castle, a couple multiple generation staff (parents/children), and an extremely low turnover rate, I felt like I'd walked into a cozy family home.
That quality alone is what makes a luxury property worth coming back to…way beyond high thread counts and melt-in-your-mouth succulent food.
And yes, residents from generations past do mill around the castle. From stories of jilted lovers roaming the halls of the older wing to actual captured photos of ghouls and goblins peeking in through windows, Ireland's legendary tales of mystic and magic won't disappoint you here.
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text: hey everyone, first time on so here goes. I have a early '94 that I can't seem to find any info on. It's got a 26" octagon barrel, "pistol grip", with a shotgun style butt.Serial number is 101624. I'm not sure what the proper name for the type of open sight it has is but it has 3 different flip up settings for diff. distances. The magazine is full length. On the barrel the words "nickel steel barrel- especially for smokeless powder", 30 W.C.F.,are stamped. On the bottom of the pistol grip is a medallion with a center screw with the words, "Winchester Repeating Arms Co." . I have looked in various sites, bought Flayderman's book, etc but can't find a 30-30 with these atributes.I can find octagon barrels, I can find pistol grips, but I can't find this combination. I would appreciate any ideas where to look, thanx.


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I stumbled across Chinese Hammer tonight and fell in love with it for a thousand reasons. Just the thought of someone halfway around the world mimicking a video from 1989 in a move-for-move remake. Also, the mom on the couch crocheting, oblivious to the awesome dancing. Then I posted it to MetaFilter only to find there's a such thing as YouTube Doubler to play them side by side.
I captured the best bits in a short movie here. About 30 seconds in, things start matching up and it just keeps staying awesome for another minute or so.
update: cool, the dude has a ton of other videos (Thriller, more MC Hammer, etc)


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We are investigating the mechanisms underlying pediatric obesity-related asthma. Having shown that systemic inflammation associated with obesity-related asthma in children is non-atopic, our lab is investigating the role of epigenetics in establishing the non-atopic inflammatory patterns among obese children with asthma.
Lautenbacher LA, Jariwala SP, Markowitz ME, Rastogi D. Vitamin D and pulmonary function in obese asthmatic children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2016 51(12): 1276-83
Vijayakanthi N, Greally J, Rastogi D. Pediatric obesity-related asthma: The role of metabolic dysregulation. State of the Art Review. Pediatrics 2016; 137(5): e20150812
Rastogi D, Fraser S, Oh J, Huber AM, Schulman Y, Bhagtani RH, Khan ZS, Tesfa L, Hall CB, Macian F. Inflammation, metabolic abnormalities and pulmonary function among obese asthmatic urban adolescents. Am J Resp Crit Care Med. 2015; 191(2): 149-160.
Rastogi D, Bhalani K, Hall CB, Isasi CR. Association of pulmonary function with adiposity and metabolic abnormalities in urban minority adolescents. Ann Am Thoracic Soc. 2014; 11(5):744-52.
Rastogi D, Suzuki M, Greally J. Differential epigenome-wide DNA methylation patterns in childhood obesity-associated asthma. Sci Rep 2013 Jul 16;3:2164.
Rastogi D, Madhok N, Kipperman S. Caregiver asthma knowledge, aptitude and practice in high healthcare utilizing children: Effect of an educational intervention. Ped Allergy Immunol Pulmonol 2013; 26(3):128-139
Vo P, Makker K, Matta E, Hall CB, Arens R, Rastogi D. The Association of Overweight and Obesity with Spirometric Values in Minority Children Referred for Asthma Evaluation. J Asthma 2013; 50(1): 56-63
Khan UI, Rastogi D, Isasi CR, Coupey SM. Independent and Synergistic Association of Asthma and Obesity with Systemic Inflammation in Adolescents. J Asthma 2012; 49(10): 1044-50
Rastogi D, Khan UI, Isasi CR, Coupey SM. Associations of Obesity and Asthma with Functional Exercise Capacity in Urban Minority Adolescents. Ped Pulmonol 2012 Oct; 47(11): 1061-9
Rastogi D, Canfield S, Andrade A, Hall CB, Isasi CI, Rubinstein A, Arens R. Obesity-associated asthma in children- a distinct entity. Chest 2012; 141(4): 895-905
Long CB, Ramos I, Rastogi D, Manwani D, Janow G, Delrio M, Mayers M, Herold BC, Fernandez –Sesma A, Madan R. Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to monovalent 2009 influenza A/H1N1 and seasonal trivalent influenza vaccines in high risk children. J Pediatr 2012; 160(1): 74-81
Lovinsky S, Rastogi D. Prescription Habits for Preventative Medications among Pediatric Emergency Department Physicians at an Inner-city Teaching Hospital. J Asthma 2010 Nov;47(9):1011-4.
Rastogi D, Gupta S, Kapoor R. Comparison of Asthma Knowledge, Management and Psychological Burden among Parents of Asthmatic Children From Rural and Urban Neighborhoods in India. J Asthma 2009; 46(9): 911-5
Rastogi D, Wang C, Mao X, Lendor C, Rothman PB, Miller RL. Antigen-Specific Immune Responses to Influenza Vaccine In Utero. J Clin Invest. 2007; 117(6):1637-46
Rastogi D, Reddy M, Neugebauer R. Comparison of patterns of allergen sensitization among inner-city hispanic and African American children with asthma. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2006; 97(5):636-42.
Rastogi D, Wang C, Lendor C, Rothman PB, Miller RL. T helper 2 polarization among asthmatics during and following pregnancy. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 2006; 36: 892-898
Rastogi D, Shetty A, Neugebauer R, Harijith A. NHLBI Guidelines and Asthma Management Practices among Inner-City Pediatric Primary Care Providers. Chest 2006; 129(3): 619-623
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'''We're very open,'' Regier said, about making a deal before the draft, held June 21-22, in Nashville, Tenn. ''We'd be more than happy to draft at No. 5, but if there's an opportunity to get something that's going to help us both next year and in the future, we have to look at it.'''
Archives for June 2003
Sabres shopping No. 5 pick in the draft
LaFontaine's career gets finishing touch
'"That type of thing is difficult to see anybody go through," Ray said of LaFontaine's concussion woes. "But when you know the person and know how hard he worked to leave on his own terms, it was hard. He went through a lot."'
Fuhr, Lafontaine Elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
'Fuhr also played with Toronto, Buffalo, Los Angeles, St Louis and Calgary during a 19-year career. He retired following the 1999 season. Lafontaine had eight seasons at the New York Islanders, six with the Buffalo Sabres and then a year with the New York Rangers before suffering a career-ending head injury.'
LaFontaine And Fuhr Elected To Hockey's Highest Shrine
'Only two players were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame and both are former Sabres. Pat LaFontaine and Grant Fuhr are the Class of 2003.'
Fuhr, LaFontaine make Hockey Hall of Fame
'LaFontaine had 468 goals and 545 assists in 865 career games with the New York Islanders and Rangers and the Buffalo Sabres. He had his best season in 1992-93, totaling 53 goals and 95 assists. He was the third American with 1,000 career points.'
G Fuhr, C Lafontaine elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
'Goaltender Grant Fuhr, a member of five Stanley Cup championship teams with the Edmonton Oilers, and center Pat Lafontaine were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday.'
Sabres prospect invited to Canadian junior team camp
'Forward Daniel Paille, one of two Buffalo Sabres' first-round picks in last year's draft, was invited on Tuesday to attend the Canadian National Junior Team development camp. Paille is one of 44 players invited to the camp, which will be held in Calgary, Alberta, in August, and help determine the team's roster for next year's world junior championships in Helsinki, Finland.'
Sabres project cut in losses, revenue boost
'According to a preliminary financial overview covering both the team and HSBC Arena, obtained by Business First, the Sabres lost $39.3 million during the 2001-2002 season and are projected to lose $26.7 million during its current fiscal year, which ends June 30…The March projections show the team losing $6.1 million for the 2003-2004 season. Losses are projected to drop to $4.3 million by the 2005-2006.'
Empire on the brink
'Last summer, the Sabres and Adelphia signed a five-year agreement that would keep the team's broadcasts on Empire and WNSA. According to documents obtained by Business First, the Sabres receive $6.5 million per season in exchange for those broadcast rights. The deal included a clause that would allow the Sabres or Adelphia to opt out after a year. The team's new management is opting to look around, and has until July 1 to make a decision. Jim Leahy, the team's new vice president of sales and marketing, confirmed that the Sabres have had contact with both the YES and MSG networks.'
Buffalo, Ottawa set Arena date
'As part of its five-year affiliation agreement with the AHL's Binghamton Senators, Ottawa will host Buffalo at 7:05 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19 at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.'
Hasek rules out comeback
'In other Sabres news, the team announced it will hold its fourth annual season-ticket holder sale. Season-ticket holders can enjoy up to 50 percent savings on merchandise at the Buffalo Sabres Store locations in HSBC Arena and in the Amherst Pepsi Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Fans will be able to meet current and former players Saturday in the HSBC Arena location only.'
Ducks tell Sabres to make other plans
'"When Francois wants to change jobs, that'll be in his ability, at whatever time, but he's the goaltending coach for this hockey team right now."'
Ducks won't share Allaire
'A weekend story in the Buffalo News cited the possibility of the Sabres adding Allaire to their staff, and quoted Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff calling Allaire "the hot person right now." The story said the club would likely seek permission from Murray to speak to Allaire after the Stanley Cup Finals. "They don't have to bother calling," Murray said. "They're not going to get permission to speak to him. We're not going to share him with anybody."'
With change coming, Golisano was right to keep status quo
'I haven't come across a season-ticket holder yet who, when informed the Sabres may play a few regular-season games in Rochester, hasn't responded with a variation of "yippee!"'
Sabres make themselves a perfect fit under a salary cap
'The Sabres could very well be among many teams contending quickly if NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman earns a decisive victory in the fight over a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. It will depend on whether Buffalo's core of prospects matures into good NHL players and whether they develop top-notch goaltending. Owner Tom Golisano appears willing to make the necessary financial commitment.'


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Choosing the right nail/staple...
I'm getting ready to install a nailed, 5/8" engineered maple floor in my 1969 era home I recently bought. This will be my first nailed floor install after doing a couple different types of floating laminates.
The subfloor is 1" x 6" T&G planks on joists 4 feet on center. The original floor was all carpet so the house has 3/8" underlayment grade particle board from 1969.
A local installer has recommended I replace that particle board with 3/8" CD exterior grade plywood to reduce the chance of squeaks developing later. It's A LOT OF WORK because that old particle board is down with thousands of staples.
But once I've got it pulled up, what type of fastener should I use to put down the new plywood? Nails or staples? What type? Galvanized? Ring shank? What about the nailing pattern?
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome! And thanks in advanced!
You have to pull the dustboard because the staples will not hold when you lay the floor. Pull it up and lay half inch sheathing nailed with ring shank 8s ( or screw off with risers..your choice) and glue the sheathing around the edges and across according to the joist pattern. I usually lay the sheet in place and trace it real quick with a pencil so I know where it seats so I dont glue to far ahead and end up stepping in it. In time you will develop the eye so you dont have to do this.
O yeah, glue with PL or some other Contsr. or subfloor adhesive. I like the PL urethane myself.
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The plan is to meet for two hours a week for four weeks. We'll be making cloth napkin(s), curtain(s), mini-duvet/zip pillow and a patchwork potholder.
This structured curriculum is offered for those of you who want an intensive and progressive introduction to the world of home decor sewing, with a focus on:
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Brokerage hopes to lure tenants with free rent
As bad times continue to soak every corner of the real estate market, realtors are getting creative (and generous) in a bid to stay competitive. As a result, some local business is about to land a helluva deal from broker Hoff & Leigh. On March 16 the firm will raffle off a free year of …
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Sunday morning started with four cups of flour and Mama's biscuit-cutter. There are two things my kids love better than anything — my biscuits and my carrot cake. The carrot cake is complicated to make. The biscuits are easy. So easy, in fact, the making of them calms me, transports me back to the Appalachian [Read More…]
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RPT-COLUMN-For copper miners, major problems are above ground: Kemp
By John Kemp
LONDON Feb 28 (Reuters) - Copper producers have struggled to raise production even though prices for the metal have quadrupled since the turn of the century, an embarrassingly poor performance for the industry.
Producers tend to blame falling ore grades at ageing mines for the industry's failure to produce more of a supply response in the face of soaring prices.
But the real barriers to expansion of copper production, as with crude oil, live above rather than below ground.
There is no shortage of potential copper deposits, even if output from some of the older worked ore bodies is starting to decline.
New estimates from the influential U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put undiscovered copper resources at 3.5 billion tonnes, more than double the already-identified resource base of 2.1 billion tonnes.
The potential resource base is enough to last 300 years, at current consumption rates of 20 million tonnes per year, and recycling could extend that many more centuries into the future ().
The challenge is getting the copper out of the ground in the face of an often hostile political environment. Continuación...


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Hi! I had a bilateral mastectomy in Jan.2014 with tissue expanders put in at the time of surgery. I was partially expanded prior to radiation in the month of April 2014. I have had one expansion post radiation and am currently at 500cc's. I am 5'4'', 120 lbs. with a fitness body. I was always a natural 34dd and I would like to go back to that size. 500cc's looks very small. How big do my implants need to be to obtain a 34dd size again? My PS and oncologist say my radiated breast looks amazing as if it were never radiated, so a simple exchange surgery is expected. No alloderm was used at the time of mastectomy, Thoughts?
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text: Painting is Clare Goodwins preferred medium. To be more precise: a formal, exact and severe hard-edge variation of it. The focus of this exhibition, however, is neither on the formal strength nor the high degree of abstraction in her paintings, but on their emotional quality. Therefore, in close cooperation with Goodwin, two other artists who deal with this issue in their own ways have been invited. The result, on display at Kunsthalle now is a sort of artistic triad that allows Goodwins work to be seen from an unconventional point of view.


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2013-14: Appeared in all but one tournament during the year, finishing fifth on the team with a stroke average of 84.7 ... recorded her best finish at the Wildcat Invitational where she carded a 10-over par 76 to finish 24th.
2012-13: Did not compete.
2011-12: Played in six tournaments, finished with a stroke average of 91.5 ... low round was 81 at Northern Arizona's Red Rocks Classic ... low finish was 26th at Idaho State's Bengal Invitational.
At Sky View HS: Was a four-year golf letter-winner for Coach Terrell Baldwin, earning all-region honors four times and all-state honors three times ... finished third at the state tournament her senior season when she helped the Bobcats to a third-place finish, helped the squad to a second-place finish as a junior ... also lettered in basketball at SVHS.
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weird..... did you read that post i sent about wiring the stuff? i can find them again if you need it. i know you need to tap into your parking light switch (or other source if you want) in order for the power...i dont know if you just assumed they would turn on when plugged in. i dont think there are sidemarkers on these after market ones. if you get a chance can you post a pic of the bulb so i can understand how the heck its hi and lows? btw THOSE LIGHTS ARE BALLER. it makes the car's front look mean as hell. the only thing i may not like are that the turning signals look really wide, but i can deal. is the turning signal the same type as before? i have silverstar turning signals so they look blue but flash amber, and id love to keep them.
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