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I'm not sure why, google is no help. array_search is not returning a value even though I know its in the array. Any ideas?
Edit:here is a link to my last thread for some more info on the subject.
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The Skyview Panthers swept both of their games on Friday at the ASAA 3A State Volleyball tournament at the Curtis Menard Sports Complex in Wasilla, leaving them as the only Peninsula team left standing as the tournament heads into its third and final day.
Skyview swept Barrow earlier on Friday, then won three close games against Nome to seal their fate in the seconday bracket, with scores of 25-23, 26-24 and 25-22.
"I'm excited, that's a good win for us, we had split with Nome during the season and here at the end of the season we sweep them," Skyview coach Sheila Kupferschmid said. "It's very satisfying for Skyview."
The Panthers were put to the test on Friday's second match, winning by a combined seven points.
"Hopefully that's going to carry over into tomorrow's championship round," Kupferschmid said. "Close wins give the kids confidence like that."
In the first game, Nome held an 11-5 lead at one point, but Skyview rallied to take a 16-15 lead and the game win.
The second game saw similar fate play out, as Nome put up seven straight points to take a 15-8 lead, but Skyview went on an 8-1 tear to tie the game up, with several important kills coming from middle blocker Cheyanne Laber. The junior ended up with 16 kills.
"Coming from yesterday, we just wanted it really bad, and if we lose a game now, we're done," Laber said. "That's what pushes us."
After a shot from Devynn Johnson put Nome in the lead 24-23 (and match point), Skyview's blocking negated the Nanooks from doing anymore damage, and won three points to clinch game 2.
"It was an up-in-the-air kind of game, it was really exciting," Skyview senior Marlee Cunningham said. "We all came together in the end, and they played hard and we played hard, so I don't know what to say. It's awesome."
The third game was a tale of two halves. Skyview began on fire, holding a 16-3 lead at one stage, but Nome slowly crawled back into contention, outscoring Skyview 19-7 to put them within a point of the Panthers at 23-22.
Sam Reynolds knocked out the last point to save Skyview's game hopes and title hopes.
"One of my big things I tell them is grab the momentum, because that is what carries you," Kupferschmid said. "The kids are tough, they play through a tight match, and they came through on all three tight games. I'm really proud of them."
Apart from Laber's 16 kills, Cunningham had nine and Holly Ramsell had eight. Also, Hayley Ramsell racked upt 21 assists, nine digs and six aces, Reynolds had 11 assists, 12 digs and four aces, libero Casey Neill got 12 digs, and Cassie McKenzie had 10 digs.
Skyview will begin the final day of state competition with a 10 a.m. matchup against Monroe Catholic, the same team that ousted Nikiski from the tournament on Friday.
"We can play with Monroe, I'm excited for that," Kupferschmid said.
The Panthers returned on Friday to sweep the Whalers, after a 3-1 loss to Grace on Thursday. Led by Cheyanne Laber's 16 kills, Skyview easily cruised to a 25-14 game 1 win, then held off Barrow in the second and third games 25-23 and 25-20.
"Cheyanne switched up her game a little," Skyview coach Sheila Kupferschmid said. "Now she's learning about roll shots and tips and things that can also be affective, along with big ball kills. She was smart and we kind of threw their defense off."
Eight of Laber's 16 kills came in game 3, when it is most crucial to put up points.
Hayley Ramsell provided 21 set assists, nine digs, five aces and four kills, Sam Reynolds had 18 assists and four kills, Marlee Cunningham got nine kills and six digs, Holly Ramsell recorded eight kills, and Cassie McKenzie and libero Casey Neill each had 12 digs.
Skyview scored three straight points to take a win in game 2, a set that looked to favor Barrow, since they were leading 23-22 late. Kupferschmid said although they won, her players will have to step up their game as they progress through the bracket.
"We're going to have to play better than that, but I'm pleased with the win," Kupferschmid said. "It was just kind of a slower pace ball, something a little different than what the kids are used to, but they fought to the end, and it's good to be able to win close games like that. It gives them confidence that they can pull those games out."
Skyview's win moved them up the bracket into a match with Nome.

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I have a 2011 Anthem X 1 that I trail ride (rough, rocky/rooty trail ) and race mostly endurance events which the Anthem is very good at. This year I am thinking of doing some short course racing as well and have been working harder at trying to improve mine and the Anthems single track handling. I'm only going to have the 1 bike for all riding. Last season I had a similar feeling and bought a hardtail 29er (Scale) but I missed the dual suspension and it got sold.
On the Anthem I have shortened the stem from 100mm to 90mm to 80mm (medium frame, 700mm bar, I'm 5'9") which helped but it feels as though I can initiate tighter high speed turns but I don't seem to be able to complete the turn without a fair lean angle on the bikeor a fair amount a bit of bar wrenching/pressure or often Ill just overshoot the exit. I am starting to realise how much I miss sharp handling. I've experimented with seat height and position, bar height etc but without significant improvements. I read another posters similar issues and from the feedback I am guessing the long chainstays don't help? Not sure.
I rode a friends Epic 29er and the geometry instantly felt great and it felt much more nimble and better in turns/cornering and pretty stable at speed. The Anthems suspension (apart from steep climbs) was much, much better. If I could have the Anthems suspension on the Epic frame that would be perfect.
Does anyone have any tips that might help to sharpen/improve the handling?
The other option is to sell the anthem and shell out for an Epic but the cost is a worry as is the possibility of missing the maestro suspension.
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"It is a privilege to bestow these prestigious degrees on these individuals and honor the excellence of their professional achievements," said Geneva president Dr. Ken Smith.
Mr. Manzetti will receive an honorary Doctor of Entrepreneurial Business degree. He is currently the president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, a business incubator that provides services to life sciences enterprises in the Pittsburgh region. Manzetti is a 1969 graduate of Geneva, where he earned a B.S. in Business Administration. He is the recipient of the 2008 Carnegie Science Center Catalyst Award for Life Sciences and the 2008 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
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At the CUTS commencement, Mr. Park will receive an honorary Doctor of Law degree. He is the president of the Korean-American Association of Greater Philadelphia and employs more than 20 attorneys at his law office. Mr. Park is a Christian leader who has been instrumental in promoting the Korean Program at CUTS as a spokesman in both the Asian-American communities and in South Korea.
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I 've always wanted to build a project car. The last time I was even close to doing one was 35 years ago, when I had a VW Bug drag car. I encountered a number of C1 Corvettes while racing my Bug, and consequently I developed a great affinity for the cars.
Three years ago I bought a '60 Corvette on eBay. The car was in Maryland, so I asked my dad to go see it. After he verified that it was in good shape, I had a brief phone conversation with the owner, and the Vette was mine. I went down the next weekend with a friend's borrowed truck and picked up a trailer at Hertz to haul it back home.
At first, we talked about restoring the car with a frame-off, but I knew the motor wasn't correct for the car, so I decided to make a hot rod instead. Initially, the plan was to install coilover shocks, front disc brakes, and rack-and-pinion steering. But as I started taking the car apart, one thing led to another, and I ended going for the full, frame-off approach.
Since I had never separated a body from a chassis before, a couple of guys from one of the Corvette forums came over to help me with the job. I had already built a wooden dolly for the body so it would have a place to sit when we removed it.
Having decided that I might never undertake such a complex project again, I resolved to do the job right the first time. I purchased a Ford 9-inch rear with a four-link and Panhard bar, coilover shocks, and disc brakes. I was now committed to a more serious project involving fabrication. Unfortunately, I hadn't welded anything since seventh-grade shop class.
The frame itself was actually quite easy. I removed the old parts, tacked on the new ones with my $50 stick welder, then took the whole thing to a real welder to finish the job. The body, however, was a completely different story. I hadn't known what to look for when I bought the car, but after a full media blast, all of its problems became painfully apparent.
I knew the body had a big crack through the right front fender. What I didn't realize was that the front valance had also been damaged, and the shop that "fixed" it had simply glassed another valance over the existing one. I was going to need an entire hood surround and front lower valance to perform the repair the right way.
Additionally, the rear passenger side of the body had been pushed in, requiring that the fiberglass be "pulled" about 0.75 inch. Fortunately, the shop that handled the bodywork for me did an excellent job, elevating the quality of the build to an even higher standard than I had originally planned
At one point during the teardown, when the car was completely disassembled, Sharon, my fiance, stuck her head in the garage and asked me, "Have you ever done this before?" When I replied in the negative, she quietly shut the door and left me to it. Her reference on car rebuilding is her dad's '74 Corvette, which remains in the same position and shape as when he first started taking it apart in the garage more than 20 years earlier. In her mind, the car was never going back together.
Now finished, the '60 is the long-awaited culmination of a dream I never thought I'd have the time, money, or support to achieve. I had a ton of fun working on the car and learned the crucial role of patience in ensuring that things get done the right way. I can now see why people build a car, then almost immediately start work on another. It really is very satisfying-and a lot of fun!
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Im thinking of buying a little diversion 165 for my little tig projects that i run across once in a blue moon. What are the pros and cons of that machine? I currently have a mm252, 2 old bobcat 225g, and a bobcat 250. I want a good ac/dc tig machine so i can have good heat control. Any suggestions? What would i need to buy to tig with remote on my bobcat 250? Im new to the forums here. Ive been welding since 2005 i was a Hull Tech in the Navy from 05-09(for yall who dont know thats basically a glorified plumber/welder). I used my GI bill to put myself through weld school and now i currently work as a production mig and tig welder building mostly SS parts and some mild steel work for Hunter Marine sailboats. I cant afford a dynasty or a syncrowave so thats why i am looking at the diversion. Any input positive or negative is very greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
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I opted for the Diversion 180. For a few more bucks you get more. I weld a lot of 1/8 aluminum and have know problems doing it. I also don't have a problem with duty cycle , I don't push my machine to the limit.
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Save up and get a syncrowave 210. Way more options but not quite a production welder. My Diversion did the job but I really thought it was not the best on aluminum. I never really got a nice shiny bead. My Dialarc HF had a much nicer arc and welded aluminum like a boss.....Originally posted by jjgriffis View PostThanks for the advice. Ill probably take your advice on going with the 180. Ive been keeping an eye on craigslist so that maybe i can get lucky and find a good deal on there.
The 180 is 115 / 230 volts which may come in handy if you want it to be kinda of portable. There is no stick feature as with a 200 syncro or the new 210. Big difference in duty cycle as mention too. The foot control really makes it nice.
The Diversion is on the current MILLER REBATE program. Your location may vary in pricing.
Thanks for all the input. Im definitely going to go with the 180. Will my bobcat 250 power that machine with no problem? Also unrelated can that bobcat 250 power my mm252? Ive never tried to before. Im finally getting setup to have that machine on a trailer so i can go mobile with it.
As far as the BOBCAT running the 252 I think you are out of luck. I have a MILLER catalogs 2010 and 11 that stated it will run the 212 . Check your manual
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Lijiang (丽江; Lìjiāng) is a small city in Yunnan Province, China.
The city has an 800 year history from as early as the late Song Dynasty. It is built where the Jade River divides into three and its streams form the canals and waterways which flow along the old town streets. Lijiang became known in the west through a book written by an American commissioner who traveled in and out of Yunnan province in late 19th century. Particularly after China started to admit foreign tourists in the 1980s, Lijiang began to attract visitors. To fulfill their needs, local people started restaurants and cafes. It was the earthquake in 1996 that brought Lijiang to the world's attention. Chinese people also long for the lifestyle and the excellent environment in Lijiang and started pouring in. This started the new era of Lijiang.
Get in
By plane
There are many flights to Lijiang, mainly from Kunming, Chengdu and Chongqing, but also flights from Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xi'an and Guangzhou (which may or may not stop enroute at Kunming airport). The Kunming-Lijiang route has flights from early morning to late at night, at around US100 one way + 100 yuan tax. The flight is only 50 minutes. But the day or night train between Lijiang and Kunming is the cheapest and most environmentally-friendly way to arrive or depart Lijiang. The Lijiang airport will have international flights from mid-2011. The airport is 35 minutes from the city. You can take a taxi - 80-100 yuan - or outside the arrivals hall you will find the airport bus, which leaves regularly when full, for 20yuan,to the Blue Skies Hotel near the Guangfung hotel and 1km from the old town. A taxi to the old town will be 10-15yuan from the Blue Skies carpark. Buses to the airport leave about 100 minutes before flights, giving you enough time to check-in one hour before your flight.
By train
There are daily services to Dali and Kunming. A ticket booking office is located on the north side of the road several hundred metres west of the bus station. The train station is an impressive structure about 7km south of Lijiang old town. Several public bus lines serve the station, including the number 18 and some number 4 buses. Taxis are reluctant to use the meter and will demand high fares of 30-40 yuan, though with bargaining 15 yuan may be possible. Be aware that taxis are not easy to come by in Lijiang. An alternative is the small SUV-type vans which cruise around offering a share-taxi service.
A hard sleeper berth from Kunming to Lijiang costs ¥130 and runs from 10PM to 7AM. The soft sleeper car would cost you about ¥205 on the same train. If you travel by a small family, parents and a kid, consider the VIP chamber which is at the price of ¥614, one less than purchasing three individual tickets in a four bed standard room. You may feel a bit tight for luggage storage space, but you gain more valuable privacy, with your own family. From Dali the train is a faster, cheaper alternative to the crowded buses: Hard (padded) seat is about 31Y, and the journey takes only 2 hours from Dali city.
By bus
Get around
Walking is the only option in the old town, while taxis are often the easiest way around the rest of town for ¥7 (June 2008). Make sure you have the exact location info or address for the cab driver. Some of them do not know a whole lot more than you do.
Fracture alert: watch where you are walking. It is easy to trip on the cobblestones or fall into the canals from the walkways or bridges, many of which do not have handrails. The cobblestones can be very slippery when wet.
To see the sights outside the old town, the options are walking, biking, public bus, private mini-bus, or taxi. The public bus mainly stays within the city and stops 8PM-PM. The mini-buses are the same price as the public bus within the city. They will have the number of the bus on the front windshield. The price of a mini-bus to a nearby village is ¥2-5, but the starting location within the city is different for most villages. If you do not know where you want to go and are limited on time, the best option is to rent a taxi or mini-bus for the day, but the price can vary wildly from about ¥100 all the way up to ¥300. The price mainly depends on whether you can speak Chinese or not, and how comfortable you look when you try to bargain the deal.
Loads of tourist shops available in old town. Probably overpriced, but Lijiang does not have as many cases of the Westerner price being too much higher than the Chinese price as in many other parts of China.
Local skirts that include Ancient Egyptian designs maybe are actually pictographs the preceded Chinese characters.
There are three primary types of restaurants in Lijiang: Naxi, Tibetan, and Sichuan. Some restaurants offer more than one type of food. Much Western food is also available, but more expensive. Lots of local snack-type foods available from street vendors, including:
If you are in the old town, it's probably better to get out to maintain cheap prices.
There are a couple of local drinks worthy of special mention. Lijiang Yinjiu and Sulima (both commonly available in Lijiang) are modern renditions of ancient beer types of the Naxi and Mosuo people and far more enjoyable than the typical bland Chinese lager. Yunnan is famous for tea, as well (though Pu Ehr itself is way down south on the road to Xishuanbanna) and every fourth shop is a tea shop specializing in the length and breadth of Chinese tea, the likes of which you will not find in your average Western Chinatown.
Unlike the rest of China, Lijiang's cafés and restaurants shut down around 11PM. Several of the bars along bar street face each other across the narrow canal. From here singing erupts across the water by opposing teams of (usually) girls. In order to keep the singing going small donations are normally requested from the patrons.
Several western bars are beginning to spring up, notably:
Stone the Crows (乌鸦飞了 wu ya fei le), Wuyi street wen zhi xiang 134 134 五一街文治巷 (From Si fang jie take your first right after the large stone stairs on the right hand side of the road. The intersection is about a five minute walk from Four Sided Square (Si fang jie/四方街). After turning right down a small alley the bar is on the right hand side.) One of the longest established bars in Lijiang and the only real Irish Pub among a few knock-off pubs. Best cocktails (all spirits are real!), mixed clientelle of locals and tourists,sports, and free pool!
Lijiang has plenty of hotels to fit all budgets and desires. Prices below are very out of date! Some of the "budget" guesthouses now charge four times as much as prices listed below.
It is sometimes difficult to find specific addresses in Old Town, the best option, especially in low season, is to walk around town and check put prices and rooms to see which suits you best as there are many different options to choose from (in the winter ensure there is a heated mattress pad or heating in the room as the nights are quite chilly).
There are hundreds of beautiful and clean Chinese hotels not listed below. To find them it's best to ask around, or stand in the train station bus drop-off stop (East of the water-wheels central square) with a big backpack and look lost. Nice ladies will approach you: expect to get a double room for around 80Y-100Y, depending on the season.
Stay safe
Even though hotels and tourist attractions are generally peaceful, Lijiang is NOT as safe as Shanghai and Beijing. The old town is possibly the "safest" area, because surveillance cameras are set in streets, and cops patrol more active in recent years. But it's still necessary to avoid walking alone at night in other parts of the city, especially in Qixing street and most of alleys -- otherwise you may be a target of assault or robbery.
Many shops in the old town have signs refusing business to Japanese citizens (and a few shops refusing business to Americans). Even though most of these are ploys to attract business from nationalistic Chinese travelers, if you are a Japanese citizen it would be wise to refrain from speaking Japanese in public.
Near by
Baisha's also a great spot to go for a day's hike, surrounded by nature, you can hit the tracks fairly quickly.


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HENNIKER, N.H.—New England College used a pair of third-period goals to snap #6/11 UMass Boston's program-record unbeaten streak at 14 in a row Saturday with a 3-2 Pilgrims win at Lee Clement Arena.
Despite building a 2-0 first period lead, UMass Boston couldn't hang on, as New England College earned their second one-goal win of the season over UMass Boston. The Pilgrims improved to 11-5-1 and 7-4-0 in ECAC East play, while the Beacons fell to 13-2-2 and 6-2-2 in ECAC East action. The loss ended UMass Boston's longest unbeaten streak (14 games) and their program-record tying winning streak (11 games) that started November 22, the game directly after the last meeting between the two programs.
Cheyne Matheson led the Pilgrims comeback with a goal in the second period and the game-winning goal with 4:53 remaining. Senior goaltender Sebastian Andersson stonewalled the Beacons for a second time, holding the nation's second leading offense to just two goals on 25 total shots.
UMass Boston senior captain Travis Daniel (North Brunswick, N.J.) led UMass Boston with a goal and an assist to move into sole possession of ninth-place all-time in career points in UMass Boston program history. The first-line right-winger passed former teammate Eric Tufman ('11) and Eric Friday ('85) to move into the top-10 with his 114 career points.
Sophomore Frankie DeAugustine (Pittsburgh, Pa.) added the other Beacons tally, with freshman Tyler Bishop (Ramsey, N.J.) picking up an assist.
Billy Faust (Alta Loma, Calif.) dropped the first decision of his collegiate career, despite making 44 saves on 47 shots.
DeAugustine gave UMass Boston a 1-0 lead at the 4:37 mark of the first period, when he took a pass from Daniel and rocketed home a shot for his eighth goal of the year.
The Beacons pushed the lead to 2-0 at 11:51, when Daniel recorded his eight tally of the year. Daniel took a pass from Bishop and slipped a shot just inside the post.
New England College dominated the remainder of the period, outshooting UMB 14-6 for the period.
Matheson put the Pilgrims on he board at 6:28 of the second, when he received a pass from John Quinlan and just barely beat Faust to cut the deficit to 2-1.
The two teams would stay scoreless for the next 22 minutes until the Pilgrims went on the power-play after a penalty on UMB freshman Sam Boyd (Lake Worth, Fla.). Kyle Manlow made the Beacons pay as his shot tickled the twine to even the game at 2-2 at the 9:47 mark.
Manlow's goal set up Matheson for the theatrics, as the sophomore gave New England College a 3-2 advantage with 4:53 to play.
The Beacons failed to muster many chances in the final minutes, as Bishop was whistled off at 2:03 for elbowing, negating any chance the Beacon had of playing 6-on-5. Mike Kuhn (Holbrook, Mass.) did have a good look with under 10 seconds to play, but his shot was deflected wide by a defenseman to kill the final seconds off the clock.
UMass Boston will be back in action Friday when they host #7/8 Babson College at 7 p.m.


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There was a serious lack of Metal Gear Solid: Rising action during Konami's pre-E3 conference today; however, Kojima Productions did offer one new announcement: a new development engine, powering a new Kojima-directed game.
Hideo Kojima dropped a few hints on a future project being developed at his internal Konami studio, explaining that the unannounced title will run on the team's brand new technology--aptly named the "Fox Engine." The engine is a multiplatform development tool that Kojima Productions will use in-house. Though platforms were not explicitly stated, Kojima teased demoing the tech by picking from a line-up of control options for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 [via GameTrailers].
According to Kojima, the engine has been in development internally since just after the completion of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Being multiplatform will allow Kojima Productions the luxury to develop more games across a broader scope of platforms. However, it's interesting that a new engine is being introduced as a time saver this late into this generation's console cycle.
Shacknews will be at E3 2011 next week and will hunt down more details on the new unannounced game and the new engine. Perhaps they will both be hiding under a cardboard box.


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The fact is that today's children are terrible. The increase in coal production is purely for Santa to leave lumps of it in stockings for these children.
This might be my favorite AC post. Ever.
Granted the CO2 is not good if we want the climate to stay as is but if coal is too cheap then we MUST figure a way to use it without the drawbacks.
There has been talk about talking CO2 from the air and making diesel out of it. Why not get straight from a coal burning plant? (BTW: sequestration of CO2 in the ground was proven to cause Earth quakes.)
Because right now, it's cheaper to pull oil out the ground and refine it into diesel.
In the US it seems that free energy is a right, or at a least such a sign of prosperity that no one is willing to give it up, the new chicken in every pot. Now we focus on cheap electricity, and cheap gas, not making efficient use of the resources we have.
Take christmas. When I was a kid we would
Oh, climb down off that soap box before you hurt yourself.
We ARE making more efficient use of resources every day, and most of north America does recycle.
Most waste management companies have invested heavily in the equipment. In fact recycling has gotten so efficient and pervasive that the recycling companies are running out of warehouse space to store recyclable paper because the paper mills can't handle the supply. The market price of recycled newspapers has crashed due to an over supply. The recycle m
Sources suggest [indexmundi.com] that apart from a brief blip during the economic downturn in 2009, worldwide coal consumption has been steadily increasing for the past 10 years or so, after plateauing in 1988-2000.
Right, but the rich countries (that pay the most) were reducing consumption in the 1988-2000 range, maybe a bit later than that even, while the poor countries were picking up consumption.
And then they started to take off like a rocket.
Coal had fallen out of favour as one of those 'we're not going to eliminate it over night' kind of things. And then china decided it liked being able to power factories and TVs.
Coal had fallen out of favour as one of those 'we're not going to eliminate it over night' kind of things. And then china decided it liked being able to power factories and TVs.
Actually what happened was that our corporate overlords decided that cheap Chinese labor was the way of the future so they dismantled our manufacturing industry and moved it to China. This caused a massive increase in demand for electricity in China so that they could build cheap TVs, mobile phones, laptops and other gadgets for us to buy with the top notch salaries we were all earning in the new 'service economy'. In order to keep their prices low and margins high the Chinese went for the cheapest most abundant fuel they could find, unfortunately that also happened to be the dirtiest most polluting one. Of course none of that is our fault, we just buy Chinese TVs, mobile phones, laptops and re-elect the puppets our corporate overlords finance with the money they earned exporting our manufacturing industry to China
That's what you get for knee-jerking and planning to shut down all of your nuclear reactors. The promise of replacing that power with clean renewable energy is proving a tad hard to follow up, right? I'm not exactly surprised.
I expect Europe will eventually start driving coal down once more, but it'll take a while to do such a shift, during which time coal will be the stopgap measure. That, or they finally wake up and do nuclear right instead of writing it off entirely.
Europe doesn't have much good coal left. After centuries of mining, only crappy coal is left behind. Germany, the world leader in brown coal (the worse of the worse) production and consumption..
http://www.worldcoal.org/resources/coal-statistics/ [worldcoal.org]
44% of Germany's power production is still coal. But environmentalists say that nuclear is the problem and shut it down. Because we all know that nuclear power causes global warming, destroyed the ozone layer and killed millions in Chernobyl and destroyed the enviro
There's a reason why the research into the liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) has been dusted off and given serious consideration again.
Unlike conventional nuclear reactors, LFTR's have a lot of advantages:
1. It uses plentiful thorium-233 dissolved in molten sodium fluoride salts as fuel--cheap to make.
2. You can use spent uranium fuel rods and even plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads dissolved in molten sodium fluoride salts as fuel--eliminating a huge nuclear waste disposal problem.
3. It doesn't require an expensive pressurized reactor vessel.
4. Shutting down the reactor quickly involves only dumping the liquid fuel from the reactor--no need for complicated reactor control rod procedures.
5. Using closed-loop Brayton turbines, we eliminate the need for expensive cooling towers or locating the reactor near a big body of water.
6. The radioactive waste generated is very small, and only has a half-life of under 300 years. That means very cheap disposal costs (if the nuclear medicine industry doesn't grab it first!).
So what are we waiting for?
It has nothing to do with nuclear. Keep in mind fukushima happened last year and there is no way new coal plants could have been built as a reaction by now.
The growth has been coming for years due to rising costs in other areas and the falling cost of coal. Carbon capture has also made it more attractive.
I'm sure nuclear will eventually make a difference, but not yet.
There are two ways I can think of this being a direct reaction within the timescale-- existing idled coal-fired plants / multi-source plants switching to coal, or the addition of coal fired boilers at existing plants.
I have done work in CO2 distillation plant that took feed from a nearby refinery; it is pretty hard for me to imagine carbon sequestration ever being a commercially viable means to keep coal attractive. I would have thought that in-situ gasification would have happened by now.
Nobody complains about all the nuclear reactors mounted on thousands of kilograms of rocket fuel, pointed directly at the world's major population centers, locked and loaded, a few electrical impulses from going off.
People are stupid, and the anti-nuke people are even stupider. We'll burn every last drop of commercially extractable energy profitable hydrocarbon before we look at nuclear. My only ray of light is nuclear is so clean, and there is so much of it, that it may be able to power a next generation o
Having fusion reactors would be a national miracle seeing as how all current reactors and weapons are of the fission type.
Fusion reactors we are currently working on will produce more radioactive waste than current fission reactors.
After we have those successful we still need to move/scale them to fuels that don't produce strong neutron fluxes.
It's not clear to me that fusion can EVER be made practical. It's quite possible that a SMALL fusion plant just can't be made, which leaves you with investing in mega-plants. Then, if you pay more in capital to build a fusion plant than you can recover from selling the power than, say, wind power, no one will ever build a fusion plant.
As an example of the stringent constraints on fusion, did you know that a thermal plasma of reasonable size with elements heavier than h
America is the only country it would seem, still building clean nuclear plants (much less shutting them down as Germany has done!). We are also the only country going full speed ahead on fracking, giving us lots of natural gas to use which burns without emitting CO2. Also where are realistic electric cars like the Telsa being designed? America.
Frankly I did not ever see Europe being a leader in CO2 reduction, they were all talk. It's one thing to sign a paper or give statements of support, it's quite another to carry through with real actions that will actually cause the reduction you seek. If Europe had been at all serious about CO2 reduction they would have leaned on Germany not to close down nuclear plants.
We are also the only country going full speed ahead on fracking, giving us lots of natural gas to use which burns without emitting CO2.
Um, no. Burning natual gas emits lots of CO2. Less than coal or oil, because so much more of it is hydrogen, but there's still a good amount of carbon there and it emits CO2 when burned.
I misspoke in saying it burnt without emitting CO2, but as you say it burns cleaner than coal which is what as the article says, they are turning to in Europe.
So switching to a much heavier use of natural gas can significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
Meh. For certain values of "significantly". Compared to coal, yeah, you get a pretty good cut--about a 38% reduction. Compared to oil, you're not doing nearly as well: it's somewhere in the 4% to 15% range depending on exactly what kind of oil you're using.
Is the reduction not even 40% ? I'd thought it was 50% because gas turbines were also more efficient or something.
Anyway, the poster is skipping that you can't really get gas out of the ground and to the plant without a few percent loss. And since methane has 20X the infrared "X-section" of CO2, every percent lost harms the atmosphere as much as 20% of the coal effect. So 2% methane + 60% of the CO2 = Just as Bad As Coal.
Aye, but it's still a stopgap measure. We need to cut our emissions dramatically, not let them climb up at a lesser rate, which is what natural gas would afford us at best. Worse, it's not even a step in the right direction, since it's a dead end: there's no logical way of hopping from natural gas to clean energy.
America is the only country it would seem, still building clean nuclear plants
Canada (specifically Ontario) is too. Several reactors have recently been refurbished and more are underway. A tender to build 4 additional reactors is being prepared.
Canada has very high energy usage on a per-capita basis but a fairly small population.
Funny you should mention Germany...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5f1fa75e-047c-11e0-a99c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2D4Mp89rU [ft.com]
natural gas to use which burns without emitting CO2
It's a fossil fuel, CO2 emissions from it are relatively low but still present. And the extraction process is highly questionable at best...
America is the only country it would seem, still building clean nuclear plants
What do you mean "still"? We had a ~40 year hiatus, while other countries (eg. France) were going full-bore on nuclear power, and we were just hoping our existing plants wouldn't fall apart.
natural gas to use which burns without emitting CO2.
Completely wrong! Less than coal, sure, but it emits plenty of CO2.
Also where are realistic electric cars like the Telsa being designed? America.
This is the "No true Scotsman" logical fallacy. Plenty of electric cars and hybrids are coming from Japan... Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Toyota Prius plug-in, etc. You have to completely contrive your idea of "realistic", going out of your way to make it fit only US-built vehicles.
Other EVs include: Peugeot iOn, Citroen C-ZERO, Smart Fortwo electric, Tata Vista, Vauxhall Ampera, Renault Fluence ZE, Mia electric, Azure Transit Connect Electric; Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell; Faam Ecomile; Faam Jolly 2000; Mia U; Smith Electric Edison, BYD Auto's F3DM, Fisker Karma, Ford C-Max Energi.
If Europe had been at all serious about CO2 reduction they would have leaned on Germany not to close down nuclear plants.
It might have been a short-sighted and politically motivated move, OR MAYBE the Germans know something about the safety of their existing nuclear power plants that the rest of us do not... Waiting until there's an accident and then shutting them down is the worst of both worlds.
Meanwhile, Germany has been incredibly aggressive in developing solar and wind power, something we can't say about the US, even after Obama's campaign promises.
Plenty of electric cars and hybrids are coming from Japan... Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Toyota Prius plug-in, etc.
Funny that you should mention Toyota.. whose EV engine design do you think is in the second generation Toyota RAV4 EV?
Toyota went to Tesla for their EV engine. Thats whose engine is in the RAV4 EV.
Coal reserves are much higher than oil and gas reserves, and it's dirt cheap to extract when strip mined. The only real question is whether we'll make coal plants cleaner by using all sorts of filters.
So we are already sliding back, and we haven't even had an Empire and a Foundation.
Fukushima killed 20,000 people! Think what a tsunami like that would do in central Europe!
Besides, Europe is going to be 100% solar and wind powered in five years. I think hand-cranked generators are the way to go, though. Think of all the jobs that would be created.
The nuclear accident of Fukushima has yet to kill *a single person* due to radiation. I don't know where you get your data, but surely it's not factual.
The wind turbines say "Whoosh!"
It seems to me the Greenpeace's successful campaign against nuclear power and failure to campaign against coal power has been a major cause of global warming. No doubt Greenpeace knew or should have known since the 1980s how much worse coal is for the environment.
Patrick Moore [wikipedia.org] understood this but of course to the ignorants at Greenpeace this makes him a corporate shill. Environmental protection should be all about setting global priorities straight NOW.
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Chantell Alford had 21 points and led four players in double figures as Boston University routed Maine, 85-54, at Orono, Maine, in which the Terriers (15-3) won their 12th straight to remain unbeaten in the America East with a 5-0 mark.
Alford hit five 3-pointers and is one away from tying former teammate Alex Young (218) for the most in BU history.
Mo Moran and Whitney Turner each scored 13 points and Rashidat Agboola added 11 points and eight rebounds.
The Black Bears, (1-16, 0-4) were led by Liz Wood, who had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Ashleigh Roberts added 10 points for Maine.
The Terriers took a 37-18 lead in the first half after a 16-2 run that put the game out of reach for the Black Bears, who were held without a field goal for more than eight minutes.
BU built on the big edge in the second half when Agboola scored the first 7 points, then the Terriers went on a 12-2 run, including two 3-pointers for a 56-22 lead.
Baylor 90, Kansas State 69 — Brittney Griner scored 29 points and the top-ranked Lady Bears routed the undersized Wildcats in Manhattan, Kan., for their 27th consecutive regular season Big 12 victory.
Brooklyn Pope added 12 points and Kimetria Hayden had 11 for the Lady Bears (15-1, 5-0), who have won 13 straight overall since losing to then-No. 4 Stanford early in the season. With the Cardinal's loss to California last week, the Lady Bears now own the longest conference winning streak.
Griner pushed her career scoring total to 2,770 points.
Duke 48, Virginia Tech 26 — Elizabeth Williams scored 20 points to keep No. 4 Duke unbeaten.
The host Blue Devils (16-0, 5-0 ACC), who are the only undefeated team left in Division 1, have won 18 straight in the series, the last eight by double digits.
Fordham 69, UMass 57 — Erin Rooney scored 19 points and Marah Strickland and Abigail Corning had 14 points each to lead the Rams (12-5, 2-0 Atlantic 10) over the Minutewomen (3-14, 1-1) in New York. UMass was led by Carolann Cloutier's 13 points and the Minutewomen got 11 each from Jasmine Watson and Emily Mital. Rashida Timbilla had 10 rebounds and 9 points for UMass.
Albany 78, UNH 43 — Ebone Henry and Lindsey Lowrie had 16 points each to lead the Great Danes over the visiting Wildcats. Cari Reed had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks for UNH (6-10, 1-3 America East), but Albany won its fifth straight for a 4-0 conference mark and 13-3 overall.
Navy 60, Holy Cross 47 — Alix Membreno had 16 points and Chloe Stapleton added 12 to lift the Mids over the Crusaders in Worcester. Navy (9-8, 2-0 Patriot League) also got 11 points from Audrey Bauer. Holy Cross (8-9, 0-2) was led by Alex Smith with 12 points and Amy Lepley, who added 11.
Charlotte 53, URI 42 — Jennifer Hailey had 15 points and the 49ers rallied in the second half to defeat the host Rams, who faded down the stretch. Tayra Melendez led URI (5-12, 0-2 A10) with 12 points. Charlotte moved to 12-4 and 1-1.
Rutgers 87, Providence 61 — Betnijah Laney had a game-high 24 points and Monique Oliver added 16 as the host Scarlet Knights defeated the Friars in a Big East matchup. Rutgers (10-7, 1-3) also got 14 points from Kahleah Copper. Providence (5-11, 0-3) was led by Symone Roberts's 19 points and Tori Rule, who had 17. The Friars also got 10 from Danielle Pearson.
BU 5, Northeastern 4 — Sarah Lefort led the Terriers with a hat trick and No. 5 Boston University held off a late rally in the last three minutes to defeat the No. 10 Huskies at Walter Brown Arena. Trailing, 5-2, with less than three minutes left in regulation, Northeastern (11-9-2, 5-6-1 Hockey East) scored twice in 10 seconds, but fell short to the Terriers (15-3-3, 10-2-1).


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Web series that aired one or more new episodes from April 28-May 4, 2013 are eligible. If an indie soap aired this week and is not on the list, cast your vote as "Other" and add a note in the Comments section below.
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After another superb UFC card in Brazil, former number one contender to the welterweight title Jake Shields earned a split decision victory over fellow grappler Demian Maia.
With another event wrapped up, here are a few fights that Dana White, Joe Silva and Sean Selby should consider in the next coming months.
Jake Shields vs Dong Hyun Kim
The main event winner matched up against the co-main event winner. Shields showed improving stand up against Maia, throwing more combinations and head kicks in order to set up his clinches and take downs.
It was back and forth, however Shields' grinding attitude which he showed against Dan Henderson saw him have his arm raised. Kim on the other hand, looked super impressive against Erick Silva, showing how good his judo and top control is and displayed devastating KO power to finish the Brazilian
This fight would virtually put the victor in the driving seat in the division and indefinitely set up a number one contenders bout. It would be a test for both fighters - they portrayed excellent top control, however who would be the one who could gain advantage is the question.
The 'Stun Gun' would love a rematch with Carols Condit and a victory over Jake Shields would virtually ensure this if all goes to plan. As for Shields, he wants to gain himself another shot at GSP and prove that the first fight was not a fluke and he can dethrone the long time champion.
Demian Maia vs Jake Ellenberger
Two fighters who very nearly sealed themselves as the number one contender to Georges St. Pierre's title. Maia didn't put a bad performance in at all against Jake Shields. He showed that he can compete with the best in the division and makes a case for winning the fight.
Ellenberger hasn't looked bad lately either. He's fallen at the last hurdle before, very nearly gaining himself a number one contenders fight, after the loss to Martin 'The Hitman' Kampmann and then to Rory McDonald.
This fight would really test each others' weaknesses. Ellenberger has tool that is the Brazilian's kryptonite - punching power. Maia possesses where 'The Juggernaut' has never been tested - on the mat. It is a classic 'sprawler and brawler' vs grappler and will really determine where each of them belong in the division.
Rousimar Palhares vs Tarec Saffiedine
Successful weight cut, successful first victory at 170lbs. Rousimar 'Toquinho' Palhares displayed he is a force to be reckoned with at welterweight.
He waltzed through Mike Pierce with his vintage leg lock. Strikeforce's last welterweight champion Tarec Saffiedine is yet to fight in the UFC. He showed maturity since losing against Tyrone Woodley and his last fight against Nate Marquart depicted this to clinch the title from Marquart in Strikeforce's last ever show.
Either of these could be the dark horse of the division. For me, the pair are already top ten fighters. A dominant victory for Palhares against the Belgin Saffiedine scares his rivals, however another excruciating leg lock win makes fighters wonder if it may be worth them losing their leg with the Brazilian having a tendency to 'make sure' he gets the tap.
Saffiedine on the other hand has to be respected and a win just like the Marquart fight puts him right in the title mix in GSP's division.
Erick Silva vs Martin Kampmann
Two men who come to scrap. Silva displayed good striking in his loss at UFC Fight Night 29 to Dong Hyun Kim. It looked at one point he was going to finish 'The Stun Gun'. However it ended up the other way. Kampmann is currently coming off a KO loss to Carlos Condit and previously a KO loss to current number one contender Johnny Hendricks.
This fight could be in contention for fight of the year. It seems as though Kampmann has taken the gatekeeper role in the UFC, facing top rated guys again and again. Both love to stand and put a show on for the fans. A victory for Silva puts him back in the title, a victory for 'The Hitman' gains him even more respect from his fans and peers.
T.J. Dillashaw vs Brad Pickett
This could too be another entertaining fight. In Dillashaw's fight on October 9 against Raphael Assuncao, he highlighted how much he has improved since going on The Ultimate Fighter. He is a complete fighter from just a wrestler and was very unlucky to not finish the fight by Rear Naked Choke in the first round. Pickett is coming off a loss to Michael McDonald.
In both of their last fights, they both earned 'Fight of the Night' award. If they were to meet, I can't see a reason why they wouldn't compete for this. Dillashaw has been set back but he will continue to improve training at Team Alpha Male with the elite lighter weight fighters there like Joseph Benavidez, Uriah Faber and Chad Mendes.
As for Pickett, he just loves entertaining fights. He's no spring chicken at 35 and wants one crack at the title before he hangs his gloves up. A win for either points them in the fight direction.
Raphael Assuncao vs Eddie Wineland
Since dropping from featherweight to bantamweight, Assuncao has really displayed his potential. His victory against T.J. Dillashaw last night conveyed that he was fighting 10 lbs too high and that 135 lbs is his home. Wineland on the other hand, is coming off his title shot defeat to Renan Barao.
There's not much more that Assuncao can do. He beat Mike Easton who was pegged for big things in the division and now he has done the same to Dillashaw. It's time that Assuncao faced the next level of competition. Wineland feels his TKO loss to Barao was stopped early and will be determined to prove everyone wrong.
Thiago Silva vs the winner of Jimmy Manuwa/ Ryan Jimmo
Silva did what most expected to in Brazil against Matt Hammill, using him virtually as a punch bag for three rounds. Silva is seemingly a 'B' level fighter in the light heavyweight division. Both Manuwa and Jimmo are 205 lbers who are hungry and looking to fight at the next level. A match up between Silva and Manuwa would be an absolute war. Both men love to stand and bang and that's what us fans love too.
Mike Pierce vs John Hathaway
Before his submission loss to Rousimar Palhares, Mike Pierce was on a four fight win streak. This is a set back in his plans but nonetheless he can get himself back up the welterweight ladder.
Hathaway is too is trying to do the same. He hasn't fought in a year however he was slated to fight Erick Silva before getting injured and having to pull out - clearly the UFC rate him. A win for either helps them climb back up the rankings and have a legitimate reason to demand a top ten opponent.
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Enterprise reconciliation and matching solutions significantly increase bank's straight-through-processing rates to improve operational efficiency and reduce exposure to risk
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Nov. 27, 2012 03:00 AM
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced that WGZ BANK, the central institution to local cooperative banks in Germany's Rhineland and Westphalia regions, has successfully gone live with three modules from Broadridge's PROactiveTM suite of enterprise reconciliation and matching solutions. The solutions enhance operational efficiency and help reduce risk exposure for WGZ BANK by increasing straight-through-processing (STP) rates.
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Following a collaborative implementation, PROactive FaxMatch and PROactive Conversation Checker have now fully automated WGZ BANK's previously manual processes for paper- and conversation-based trade confirmation matching. In addition, PROactive Fee & Commission Manager has significantly advanced the bank's management of brokerage fees and commissions and provides a full, consolidated view of complex payments and receipts.
"We needed to accelerate our processes for paper confirmations. The Broadridge solutions contain very sophisticated features, such as the ability to match specially created bar codes on faxes in order to improve accuracy of execution. Since the implementation, we have seen both impressive increases in our STP rate and the ability to more quickly detect potential errors," said Thomas Ogilvie, IT Product Manager, WGZ BANK. "We no longer need to archive paper confirmations, and our regulatory reporting obligations are met through the provision of electronic storage, auditing, and easily retrievable conversations and tickets. We are extremely satisfied with the results of the solutions set."
The bank's resident trade system needed the ability to easily check and settle all types of broker invoices – a recurring issue particularly for swap deals. The Fee & Commission Manager solution has enabled full control of commissions and fees, and ensures that the information required to manage payments and receipts across all financial instruments, entities and trading partners is readily accessible.
PROactive FaxMatch processes faxes, emails and paper confirmations with the same checks and controls as for standard electronic messages, and removes the printing costs and operational risk inherent with intensive, manual processing. PROactive Conversation Checker is a powerful tool for managing the deal capture and matching of Reuters and EBS conversational trading in the foreign exchange, money market and derivative markets. The solution eliminates the manual and time-intensive checking of print-outs of these conversations and matching of trading activity that is open to errors and omissions.
"Clients are coming to Broadridge for our core matching solution to create cost efficiencies while securely enhancing their process controls," said Robin Kneale, Head of Strategy and Product Management, Securities Processing Solutions, International, Broadridge. "This expansion of our relationship with WGZ BANK speaks to the reliability and success of our technology-driven solutions and customer service. We are delighted with the success of this project and the significant improvements in efficiency our service has brought to WGZ BANK."
About WGZ BANK
Since 1884, WGZ BANK has been the central institution to local cooperative banks in Germany's Rhineland and Westphalia regions, with its head office in Dusseldorf, Germany's second largest financial centre. It supports and complements the services of its 200 member banks in both national and international business. Apart from its traditional function as a central institution, WGZ BANK is a commercial bank, offering a wide range of customized and highly sophisticated services and products to corporates and capital market clients. As a wholesale bank, WGZ BANK plays an active role as a trading partner in the international money, forex, derivatives and capital markets as well as in bond issues and syndications.
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Broadridge is a technology services company focused on global capital markets. Broadridge is a market leader enabling secure and accurate processing of information for communications and securities transactions among issuers, investors and financial intermediaries. Broadridge builds the infrastructure that underpins proxy services for over 90% of public companies and mutual funds in North America; processes more than $4.5 trillion in fixed income and equity trades per day; and saves companies billions annually through its technology solutions. For more information about Broadridge, please visit www.broadridge.com.
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A dynamic meeting of fashion and art, the new Chris&Tibor and Stuart Semple Accessory Line – featuring pink leather and black clutch bags with screen-printed Perspex, slouchy silk satin shoppers and vibrant necklaces and key rings – is as vivacious as it is collectable.
Inspired by the line 'love will tear us apart' from the Joy Division song, the collection palette and font style is distinctively Semple, while the fine Italian leather and hand-finished trimmings convey couture fashion.
Chris Liu and Tibor Matyas met whilst working as design consultants at Burberry. "As both a close friend and an artist whose work we admire, creating work with Stuart was a natural progression."
"I didn't approach this collaboration any differently than I would approach making any other piece of my art," said Semple. "The process and emotion was almost identical. Together I think we found a way to make my art truly accessible and I think that's really exciting."
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�How do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume? Oh, it isn�t easy, but I�ll try. If you wanted the sky I would write across the sky in letters that would soar a thousand feet high To Sir, with love ...�
This is British singer Lulu�s poignant declaration of gratitude to Sidney Poitier in the 1967 movie �To Sir, with Love.� It not only helped the film to become a huge hit (those were the days when a theme song could do that) but it propelled Lulu, already something of a sensation in England, to worldwide prominence.
But Lulu never really capitalized on her American success � in America. In the UK, she had her own TV show. She has topped the British charts in every decade, has written hits for the likes of Tina Turner, and worked with everybody from Johnny Cash to Jimi Hendrix to Elton John, Sting, David Bowie and Paul McCartney. She is, with no exaggeration, an iconic figure to her countrymen � the Queen of Soul.
But over here? �Not so much; not at all!� Lulu herself laughs. �Maybe somebody might remember �To Sir, with Love,� but otherwise, I am pretty much an unknown quantity in America.�
I spoke to the singer over the phone, just a few days before her New York concert debut at B.B. King�s Blues Club. It happens Feb. 16.
She called from Connecticut, which surprised me. Lulu said, �I�m here rehearsing, and preparing for the launch of my skin care line on QVC. Let�s just pretend Connecticut is an exotic spot, shall we?�
I asked if Lulu, so associated � in the United States � with one gigantic hit, ever wearies of being associated with it and with singing the song.
�Well, let me answer two ways. For one thing, we were poor in Glasgow. I mean, poor. We didn�t have a bathroom; we had a toilet. I had to bathe at the sink. I�m not telling you this for an �awww� reaction. But that�s how it was. And my family was very attracted to all things American � movies, music. We never listened to British music. America was the land of hope and glory. So, when I had my first hit in England, �Shout,� it was astonishing. And, by the way, nobody thought I�d last. They all said, �Oh, my God, all that screaming and yelling, she�ll be gone soon.� And, of course, I was singing American soul-style.
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UConn has won 11 national championships. The Huskies play in the national semifinals vs. Mississippi State Friday (10 p.m., ESPN2). If they win that game they will try for No. 11, which would be five in a row, Sunday at 6 p.m. (ESPN).
So which team do you think is the best ever? Go to courant.com/BestTeamEver to read highlights of each team and tell us your favorite.
Voting started March 12 and runs through Friday. The winner is announced online on Monday. There is one vote per email, per day.
Here are recaps of the 11 titles.
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Felix Hernandez's perfect game last Wednesday has cemented Felixing as today's preeminent celebratory trend. Everyone from Eddie Vedder to Fredy Montero has been spotted getting their Wild Thing on early and often.
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The "hidden cash" phenomenon that's been causing a social media frenzy in the San Francisco Bay Area has spread to Boulder, where an anonymous group started hiding money around town and tweeting out clues via the @HiddenCashCO account Wednesday afternoon.
The group hid the first batch of money behind the St. Julien Hotel & Spa downtown inside the basket of a Boulder B-cycle bike.
The first clue that was tweeted: "It's our very first clue! See our town in red, white, and blue. Two wheels will make you wise. In the bottom of a basket, find the prize."
The group tweeted increasingly revealing clues about the location of the money.
That cash was found by accident by Marni Ratzel, who rode off on the B-cycle bike and found the money when she arrived at her destination. Matt de Caussin walked up to the B-cycle station minutes too late, peered into the baskets of two remaining bikes, shrugged his shoulders and walked away.
Ratzel, city of Boulder bike and pedestrian transportation planner, said she was completely surprised when she looked down and saw the envelope.
"It's totally random that I found it," she said. "But it's also great that it happened while I was on a B-cycle, as far as I'm concerned."
A second envelope was found Wednesday afternoon by Josh Montague in front of the Flatirons Bank at 11th Street and Canyon Boulevard. It contained $40.
Montague said he planned to go buy a batch of cupcakes to share with his coworkers.
"It's fun," he said. "If you have the opportunity to scoot out for 60 seconds during the day, then it's cool. If you've got a few dollars to throw out and people can have a good time, that's pretty fun."
In San Francisco, an anonymous man with the Twitter handle @HiddenCash has been hiding money throughout the city since Friday, leading scores on a scavenger hunt. His Twitter following exploded from a few hundred Friday to more than 80,000 and counting by midday Tuesday.
Hidden Cash's anonymous creator said his giveaways are a "social experiment for good." He claims to make his money off San Francisco's hot and lucrative real estate market and hopes that winners also "pay it forward."
The Boulder group spoke to the Daily Camera on condition of anonymity because they didn't want any one person to be identified as responsible for the game.
The group said it was inspired by the original Hidden Cash movement and thought something similar would be fun in Boulder.
"It's great to promote happiness and get people to enjoy life a little bit," the group said.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: 10 Year Anniversary
All this Grand Theft Auto anniversary talk makes me feel old. It feels like just yesterday I was listening to Michael Jackson, swerving around as Tommy Vercetti, and taking in the sights of Rockstar's faux-Miami setting.
I think a lot of people missed out on Vice City because it came out so soon after Grand Theft Auto III, and that's a shame. Just like Grand Theft Auto III on mobile devices before it, this new anniversary edition honors the franchise's legacy: so long as you're willing to put up with touch controls.... read more


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"They failed to tolerate internal processes of democracy. I think they have become hostage to their own successes as liberation movements. The tendency is to be closed to the outside and closed also to fresh ideas.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24228425
Californians say the state's water supply system has serious problems that require improvement, but they are unwilling to spend billions of dollars in ratepayer and taxpayer funds on the task, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll.The results suggest an uphill fight for proponents of a state water bond and for a proposal to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the transfer point for Northern California supplies delivered to the San Joaquin Valley and urban Southern California.http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-poll-water-20130930,0,2154381.story?track=lat-pick
Vladimir Putin sought to cast Russia as the moral arbiter of the world on Thursday, as he hit out at Americas non-traditional values and its influence across the world.In an annual state of the nation address, the 61-year-old Russian president said his country did not aspire to be some kind of superpower.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10513330/Vladimir-Putin-claims-Russia-is-moral-compass-of-the-world.html
It was a familiar pattern. Members of Congress from both parties introduced fewer bills last year than in similar legislative years over the past decade. They cast fewer votes than usual. And, as has been noted, they passed fewer laws than in any other year in recorded congressional history.http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-congress-2014-begins-with-shrunken-ambitions/2014/01/05/e5cdcd48-7243-11e3-8b3f-b1666705ca3b_story.html?tid=hpModule_f8335a3c-868c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394


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Family-Favorite Oven-Barbecued Spareribs Recipe
I am fortunate to have both a mother and a mother-in-law who are wonderful cooks. My husband's mother shared this recipe with me at least 30 years ago, and it's still my favorite way to fix ribs.
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- 3/4 pound country-style pork ribs
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons chopped celery
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon prepared mustard
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon chili powder
- Place ribs in a shallow baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1-1/2 hours. In a saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
- Pour sauce over ribs. Bake, uncovered, 30-45 minutes longer or until meat is tender. Yield: 1 serving.
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After spending the past few weeks reading, listening, debating and educating myself on gun violence, I have reached an epiphany. The epiphany came when yet another college campus, this one in Texas, became the location of a shooting.
Of all the recent mass shootings, and all the ones I have read about occurring in schools of any kind with the exception of Virginia Tech and the Aurora Colorado shooting, the "legally obtained" guns all came from the same place ... the parents of the shooters.
Now for all you who will start posting comments correcting me, this is only the ones I have read. Columbine, Sandy Hook, a few days ago in New Mexico. So don't start commenting with corrections. I simply wanted to note a pattern in some of these shootings. I am a believer in the Second amendment, I am a believer that with that amendment comes responsibility and should come reasonable regulation.
So while we all are finding our voice, might we not look at the parents who irresponsibly allowed their weapons into the hands of their children? Parents can now be charged, prosecuted and imprisoned for parties in their homes that result in injury or death when their are minors drinking in their home.
If they survive the gun violence that they help to perpetuate by not adequately securing their legally obtained weapons, should they not be charged, prosecuted and held civilly and criminally responsible?
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Sean Waltman has responded to the incident that took place over the weekend where he tore his anus. Here is what he wrote on Twitter:
Sorry its taken so long to thank everyone. I'll be getting out of hospital today.Thank U Jerry Lynn. If it wasnt for U there would be no me
Thank u everyone for the kind wishes & some funny 1 liners Im sure were hard to pass up. If u cant laugh at yourself, who canu laugh at?
The video doesnt do justice to the severity of the situation. the turnbuckle wasnt covered & my landing should have been 45 degrees.
I ended up landing hard & horizontal. The turnbuckle ripped me another new a hole. I kew it right away, U can see me tell ref "tore my ass!"
Sorry for typo. I ewent to after party brieflly, but had to leave as blood starting gushing. Hotel looked like a murder scene. So much blood
Im typing in the dark. sorry for typos. Hotel security called ambulance & Dr Morken @ HCMC performed sphincterplasty to save me from having
to have a colostomy bag. It hard not to laugh. So feel free to find it humorous. I did almost bleed out, before ambulance got there.
I did the x factor from the top rope & 1 through a table after it happened. My concern was Jery getting the proper send off, Not my butthole
@MJCANDANCE It happened once befoer a few yrs back w Jay Bradley. Thats why I knew what happened this time.
@MJCANDANCE If i woud have lost anymore blood, I would have bleed completely out & needed a blood transfusion. Or died. Barely made it
@MJCANDANCE Colostomy is in the dictionary, but its when a person needs a bag put in there ide or stomach to go poop into.
@shaungt Why not. Its not my 1st near death experience anyway. Plus, how can you not chuckle about a story lke this?
Brighter side of things. will start taking applications for my school. Beginners need to be in shape.
@steveporterjr I'll still be at my appearance for FUW in Tampa on Saturday. Im advertised, so not missing it. Cant wrestle however.


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Review: Hyosung Aquila Pro 650
Driven March 2013
It's long, it's low, and it's got enough chrome to blind onlookers on a sunny afternoon. We like the sweeping design, which starts from the fuel tank and flows seamlessly into the tail-lamp. Not to forget the chrome air inlets on both sides of the fuel tank – they ratchet up the muscle quotient by a couple of notches.
Fit and finish is good in most places, but there is scope for improvement. The switchgear looks strictly okay. The digital speed display pod is dipped in chrome. It shows speed, fuel level and engine temperature, but is surrounded by lots of cheap plastic. Given the amount of real estate wasted here, an rpm meter could easily have been accommodated.
The chrome polish looks different in different places. What disappoints most is the lack of chrome on the engine, which is sacrilege for a cruiser sold in India. Also, on the chassis, we would have preferred a brushed metal coat instead of the current black powder coating, which stands out like an eyesore.
The fuel-injected, 647cc, 90-degree V-twin churns 74bhp and 62.1Nm, transmitted via a five-speed 'box tuned for low-end torque. This is the same engine that does duty in the GT650 series but has been worked on for better refinement. It feels a lot more responsive and free-revving than it did before.
Pity we can't say the same about the gearbox. Stopping at a traffic light or in stop-and-go traffic, it's cumbersome getting into neutral. On open roads, it shifts much more easily, but the clunky feel remains.
The Aquila's seat is a nice place to be on. The swept back handlebar leads to a fairly upright seating position. In contrast, the foot pegs are placed way too far ahead and give the rider a recliner-on-wheels feel. Shorter riders will appreciate the low saddle height too.
Riding it, the Aquila feels a lot less intimidating than it looks. In peak city traffic, it feels agile as we dodge cows, pedestrians, bicycles, potholes – the usual.
The upright seating position helps as well, but as travel time in traffic increases, so does engine temperature. At this point, we miss those smaller-capacity single-cylinder engines that don't slow roast your legs in traffic. As you move out of the city, traffic eases and so does the heat from the engine.
On the highway is where the Aquila feels most at home. The engine purrs as the bike cruises lazily at 70kph. The cushiony seat means you can ride this bike all day long. But try riding it at higher speeds and you'll run into high wind resistance that pushes your torso back with rising speed.
Worry not. Hyosung offers a whole range of accessories for its cruiser bikes, and a windshield seems to be a good investment. Show it a corner and the Aquila flows in with ease. It's almost surprising, especially when you consider the size of this machine. Learning how the bike responds doesn't take much time. And it feels all the more enjoyable on the highway, and on twisty mountain roads.
The rear suspension is basic twin shocks, while the inverted forks upfront are adjustable. In their default settings, we think they do a good job. Bad roads are not an issue and the bike glides over most of them without much fuss. The well-padded seat filters the bumps before they reach your spine. The Bridgestone Battlax BT - 54 tyres do a decent job gripping the road in normal conditions, but they're prone to skidding under panic braking. Apart from better tyres, there's also a need for ABS as standard.
Prices for the Hyosung Aquila Pro 650 start from Rs 4.99 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). At that price, we think the Aquila Pro 650 is a fairly decent product. Expensive for a Korean bike, but still a steal for a Harley V-Rod lookalike.
The numbers
2-cyl, 647cc, 74bhp, 62.1Nm, 197kph, 22.3kpl (est), Rs 4.99 lakh, ex-showroom, Delhi
The verdict
A V-twin 650cc cruiser that offers bling, power and value for money.
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Submission + - How Familial DNA Testing Nabbed Alleged Serial Kil (sciencemag.org)
cremeglace writes: A quarter-century of conventional detective work failed to track down the killer responsible for the deaths of at least 10 young women in south Los Angeles dating back to the mid-1980s. But a discarded piece of pizza and a relatively new method of DNA testing has finally cracked the case, police announced last week. On 7 July, L.A. police arrested Lonnie Franklin Jr., 57, a former garage attendant and sanitation worker they suspect is the serial killer nicknamed the "Grim Sleeper." The key evidence? A match between crime-scene DNA and the suspect's son. ScienceInsider has more details.


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- Paul Ramirez found out he had epilepsy when he was 22
- Ramirez hid the serious brain disorder from family, friends until he read a story on CNN
- Story inspired Ramirez to share his story and raise money for epilepsy research
For most of Paul Ramirez's life, only those closest to him knew that he lived with a serious brain disorder.
Ramirez, of Pasadena, California, found out he had epilepsy when he was 22. Now 50, he's had seven grand mal seizures, which make him lose consciousness. Still, he often went years without having a seizure at all.
"I kept it private from extended members of my family. I never told my friends. I was ashamed of it," Ramirez said.
That changed in June. Ramirez was waiting to see his neurologist after a recent seizure. The doctor would help determine whether Ramirez should continue driving.
In the waiting room, Ramirez stumbled across a CNN.com story on his iPad. The story, published after U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson had a seizure while driving, explained how common seizures are and the reasons they can occur. It featured people living with epilepsy who talked about the impact the disorder had on their lives.
Reading the piece marked a turning point in Ramirez's life.
"It was the first time I had ever read a story that actually mirrored my own life," he said. "It was inspiring. It was encouraging. It gave me hope that there were others out there (like me)."
Ramirez immediately sent an e-mail to Nathan Jones, who was featured in the story. By the time the doctor appointment was over, Jones had responded. Ramirez and Jones, project coordinator at the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, soon became fast friends, sharing stories over coffee and lunch.
A week later, Ramirez went to the foundation's office and met with the staff. He wrote an e-mail to his family and friends, telling them about his journey and his struggles with epilepsy. He also told them the Department of Motor Vehicles was looking into whether he should keep his license.
He was overwhelmed with support.
"I now feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders," he said. "I'm not afraid to come forward, to discuss it."
Ramirez realized that he had an opportunity to share his story and to help others. He signed up to become a team captain for the foundation's Walk to End Epilepsy on October 28 at the Rose Bowl.
Then he decided to do more.
Last month, days before his 50th birthday, Ramirez climbed Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, in one 15-hour hike. He dedicated that hike and his birthday to raising money for the walk.
When he reached the summit, Ramirez put on a shirt with two simple words: End Epilepsy.
"Standing on that mountain and being able to put on the End Epilepsy shirt meant more to me than any footstep I took getting up there," Ramirez said. "It meant a lot. And I'll do it again next year and the year after that."
Susan Pietsch-Escueta, executive director of the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, says more people with epilepsy need to come forward. She says that sharing stories and information is vital to helping people understand the world's most common serious brain disorder.
"I think that's why it's so amazing to have people like Paul willing to speak up and be an example," she said. "I truly do believe we will never end epilepsy if people with epilepsy remain in the shadows and in hiding, in a sense."
Ramirez takes precautions but says he is not going to let epilepsy manage his life. He's been cleared to drive; he's an expert skier and an avid mountain biker and swimmer.
"He's not going to let anything hold him back," Jones said. "He's going to live his life like he wants to, and I really admire that."
Ramirez says the CNN story came at the perfect time in his life.
"I'm not embarrassed anymore. I just don't see it as a humiliating circumstance. It's just another part of life," he said. "I think everyone has something, and this is my something."